From "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards"

Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.

The years shown are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies made in 1967.

1930s

• 1934
  • MUSIC (Scoring): One Night of Love - Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers , head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
    • The Gay Divorcee - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein )
    • The Lost Patrol - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
• 1935
  • MUSIC (Scoring): The Informer - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • (Write-in Candidate) Captain Blood - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein , head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • Mutiny on the Bounty - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston , head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
    • Peter Ibbetson - Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot , head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
• 1936
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Anthony Adverse - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein , head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • The Charge of the Light Brigade - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein , head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • The Garden of Allah - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • The General Died at Dawn - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros , head of department (Score by Werner Janssen )
    • Winterset - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
• 1937
  • MUSIC (Scoring): One Hundred Men and a Girl -- Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn , head of department (no composer credit)
    • The Hurricane - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
    • In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers , head of department (no composer credit)
    • The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein , head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • Lost Horizon - Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff , head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
    • Make a Wish - Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld , musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld )
    • Maytime - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston , head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
    • Portia on Trial - Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
    • The Prisoner of Zenda - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
    • Quality Street - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb , musical director (Score by Roy Webb )
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline , head of department (Score by Frank Churchill , Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith )
    • Something to Sing About - Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff , musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger )
    • Souls at Sea - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros , head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder )
    • Way Out West - Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)
• 1938
  • MUSIC (Original Score): The Adventures of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Army Girl - Victor Young
    • Block-Heads - Marvin Hatley
    • Blockade - Werner Janssen
    • Breaking the Ice - Victor Young
    • The Cowboy and the Lady - Alfred Newman
    • If I Were King - Richard Hageman
    • Marie Antoinette - Herbert Stothart
    • Pacific Liner - Russell Bennett
    • Suez - Louis Silvers
    • The Young in Heart - Franz Waxman
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Alexander's Ragtime Band - Alfred Newman
    • Carefree - Victor Baravalle
    • Girls' School - Morris Stoloff , Gregory Stone
    • The Goldwyn Follies - Alfred Newman
    • Jezebel - Max Steiner
    • Mad about Music - Charles Previn , Frank Skinner
    • Storm over Bengal - Cy Feuer
    • Sweethearts - Herbert Stothart
    • There Goes My Heart - Marvin Hatley
    • Tropic Holiday - Boris Morros
    • The Young in Heart - Franz Waxman
• 1939
  • MUSIC (Original Score): The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart
    • Dark Victory - Max Steiner
    • Eternally Yours - Werner Janssen
    • Golden Boy - Victor Young
    • Gone with the Wind - Max Steiner
    • Gulliver's Travels - Victor Young
    • The Man in the Iron Mask - Lud Gluskin , Lucien Moraweck
    • Man of Conquest - Victor Young
    • Nurse Edith Cavell - Anthony Collins
    • Of Mice and Men - Aaron Copland
    • The Rains Came - Alfred Newman
    • Wuthering Heights - Alfred Newman
  • MUSIC (Scoring: Stagecoach - Richard Hageman , Frank Harling , John Leipold , Leo Shuken
    • Babes in Arms - George E. Stoll , Roger Edens
    • First Love - Charles Previn
    • The Great Victor Herbert - Phil Boutelje , Arthur Lange
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alfred Newman
    • Intermezzo - Lou Forbes
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Of Mice and Men - Aaron Copland
    • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • She Married a Cop - Cy Feuer
    • Swanee River - Louis Silvers
    • They Shall Have Music - Alfred Newman
    • Way Down South - Victor Young

1940s

• 1940
  • MUSIC (Original Score): Pinocchio - Leigh Harline , Paul J. Smith , Ned Washington
    • Arizona - Victor Young
    • The Dark Command - Victor Young
    • The Fight for Life - Louis Gruenberg
    • The Great Dictator - Meredith Willson
    • The House of the Seven Gables - Frank Skinner
    • The Howards of Virginia - Richard Hageman
    • The Letter - Max Steiner
    • The Long Voyage Home - Richard Hageman
    • The Mark of Zorro - Alfred Newman
    • My Favorite Wife - Roy Webb
    • North West Mounted Police - Victor Young
    • One Million B.C. - Werner Heymann
    • Our Town - Aaron Copland
    • Rebecca - Franz Waxman
    • The Thief of Bagdad - Miklos Rozsa
    • Waterloo Bridge - Herbert Stothart
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Tin Pan Alley - Alfred Newman
    • Arise, My Love - Victor Young
    • Hit Parade of 1941 - Cy Feuer
    • Irene - Anthony Collins
    • Our Town - Aaron Copland
    • The Sea Hawk - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Second Chorus - Artie Shaw
    • Spring Parade - Charles Previn
    • Strike Up the Band - Roger Edens , Georgie Stoll
• 1941
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture): All That Money Can Buy - Bernard Herrmann
    • Back Street - Frank Skinner
    • Ball of Fire - Alfred Newman
    • Cheers for Miss Bishop - Edward Ward
    • Citizen Kane - Bernard Herrmann
    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Franz Waxman
    • Hold Back the Dawn - Victor Young
    • How Green Was My Valley - Alfred Newman
    • King of the Zombies - Edward Kay
    • Ladies in Retirement - Morris Stoloff , Ernst Toch
    • The Little Foxes - Meredith Willson
    • Lydia - Miklos Rozsa
    • Mercy Island - Cy Feuer , Walter Scharf
    • Sergeant York - Max Steiner
    • So Ends Our Night - Louis Gruenberg
    • Sundown - Miklos Rozsa
    • Suspicion - Franz Waxman
    • Tanks a Million - Edward Ward
    • That Uncertain Feeling - Werner Heymann
    • This Woman Is Mine - Richard Hageman
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Dumbo - Frank Churchill , Oliver Wallace
    • All-American Co-Ed - Edward Ward
    • Birth of the Blues - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Buck Privates - Charles Previn
    • The Chocolate Soldier - Herbert Stothart, Bronislaw Kaper
    • Ice-Capades - Cy Feuer
    • The Strawberry Blonde - Heinz Roemheld
    • Sun Valley Serenade - Emil Newman
    • Sunny - Anthony Collins
    • You'll Never Get Rich - Morris Stoloff
• 1942
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Now, Voyager - Max Steiner
    • Arabian Nights - Frank Skinner
    • Bambi - Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
    • The Black Swan - Alfred Newman
    • The Corsican Brothers - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Flying Tigers - Victor Young
    • The Gold Rush - Max Terr
    • I Married a Witch - Roy Webb
    • Joan of Paris - Roy Webb
    • Jungle Book - Miklos Rozsa
    • Klondike Fury - Edward Kay
    • The Pride of the Yankees - Leigh Harline
    • Random Harvest - Herbert Stothart
    • The Shanghai Gesture - Richard Hageman
    • Silver Queen - Victor Young
    • Take a Letter, Darling - Victor Young
    • The Talk of the Town - Frederick Hollander , Morris Stoloff
    • To Be or Not to Be - Werner Heymann
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Yankee Doodle Dandy - Ray Heindorf , Heinz Roemheld
    • Flying with Music - Edward Ward
    • For Me and My Gal - Roger Edens , Georgie Stoll
    • Holiday Inn - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • It Started with Eve - Hans Salter , Charles Previn
    • Johnny Doughboy - Walter Scharf
    • My Gal Sal - Alfred Newman
    • You Were Never Lovelier - Leigh Harline
• 1943
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Song of Bernadette - Alfred Newman
    • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday - Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
    • Casablanca - Max Steiner
    • Commandos Strike at Dawn - Morris Stoloff , Louis Gruenberg
    • The Fallen Sparrow - Roy Webb , C. Bakaleinikoff
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls - Victor Young
    • Hangmen Also Die - Hanns Eisler
    • Hi Diddle Diddle - Phil Boutelje
    • In Old Oklahoma - Walter Scharf
    • Johnny Come Lately - Leigh Harline
    • The Kansan - Gerard Carbonara
    • Lady of Burlesque - Arthur Lange
    • Madame Curie - Herbert Stothart
    • The Moon and Sixpence - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The North Star - Aaron Copland
    • Victory through Air Power - Edward H. Plumb , Paul Smith, Oliver G. Wallace
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): This Is the Army - Ray Heindorf
    • Coney Island - Alfred Newman
    • Hit Parade of 1943 - Walter Scharf
    • Phantom of the Opera - Edward Ward
    • Saludos Amigos - Charles Wolcott , Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith
    • The Sky's the Limit - Leigh Harline
    • Something to Shout About - Morris Stoloff
    • Stage Door Canteen - Frederic E. Rich
    • Star Spangled Rhythm - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Thousands Cheer - Herbert Stothart
• 1944
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Since You Went Away - Max Steiner
    • Address Unknown - Morris Stoloff , Ernst Toch
    • The Adventures of Mark Twain - Max Steiner
    • The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Casanova Brown - Arthur Lange
    • Christmas Holiday - H. J. Salter
    • Double Indemnity - Miklos Rozsa
    • The Fighting Seabees - Walter Scharf , Roy Webb
    • The Hairy Ape - Edward Paul , Michel Michelet
    • It Happened Tomorrow - Robert Stolz
    • Jack London - Frederic Efrem Rich
    • Kismet - Herbert Stothart
    • None but the Lonely Heart - Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • The Princess and the Pirate - David Rose
    • Summer Storm - Karl Hajos
    • Three Russian Girls - Franke Harling
    • Up in Mabel's Room - Edward Paul
    • Voice in the Wind - Michel Michelet
    • Wilson - Alfred Newman
    • Woman of the Town - Miklos Rozsa
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Cover Girl - Morris Stoloff , Carmen Dragon
    • Brazil - Walter Scharf
    • Higher and Higher - C. Bakaleinikoff
    • Hollywood Canteen - Ray Heindorf
    • Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Alfred Newman
    • Knickerbocker Holiday - Werner R. Heymann , Kurt Weill
    • Lady in the Dark - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Lady, Let's Dance - Edward Kay
    • Meet Me in St. Louis - Georgie Stoll
    • The Merry Monahans - H. J. Salter
    • Minstrel Man - Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
    • Sensations of 1945 - Mahlon Merrick
    • Song of the Open Road - Charles Previn
    • Up in Arms - Ray Heindorf , Louis Forbes
• 1945
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Spellbound - Miklos Rozsa
    • The Bells of St. Mary's - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Brewster's Millions - Lou Forbes
    • Captain Kidd - Werner Janssen
    • The Enchanted Cottage - Roy Webb
    • Flame of Barbary Coast - Morton Scott , Dale Butts
    • G. I. Honeymoon - Edward J. Kay
    • The Story of G.I. Joe - Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
    • Guest in the House - Werner Janssen
    • Guest Wife - Daniele Amfitheatrof
    • The Keys of the Kingdom - Alfred Newman
    • The Lost Weekend - Miklos Rozsa
    • Love Letters - Victor Young
    • The Man Who Walked Alone - Karl Hajos
    • Objective, Burma! - Franz Waxman
    • Paris--Underground - Alexander Tansman
    • A Song to Remember - Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
    • The Southerner - Werner Janssen
    • This Love of Ours - H. J. Salter
    • The Valley of Decision - Herbert Stothart
    • The Woman in the Window - Arthur Lange , Hugo Friedhofer
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Anchors Aweigh - Georgie Stoll
    • Belle of the Yukon - Arthur Lange
    • Can't Help Singing - Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
    • Hitchhike to Happiness - Morton Scott
    • Incendiary Blonde - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Rhapsody in Blue - Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner
    • State Fair - Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
    • Sunbonnet Sue - Edward J. Kay
    • The Three Caballeros - Charles Wolcott , Edward Plumb , Paul J. Smith
    • Tonight and Every Night - Marlin Skiles , Morris Stoloff
    • Why Girls Leave Home - Walter Greene
    • Wonder Man - Ray Heindorf , Lou Forbes
• 1946
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Best Years of Our Lives - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Anna and the King of Siam - Bernard Herrmann
    • Henry V - William Walton
    • Humoresque - Franz Waxman
    • The Killers - Miklos Rozsa
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The Jolson Story - Morris Stoloff
    • Blue Skies - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Centennial Summer - Alfred Newman
    • The Harvey Girls - Lennie Hayton
    • Night and Day - Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner
• 1947
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Double Life - Miklos Rozsa
    • The Bishop's Wife - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Captain from Castile - Alfred Newman
    • Forever Amber - David Raksin
    • Life with Father - Max Steiner
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Mother Wore Tights - Alfred Newman
    • Fiesta - Johnny Green
    • My Wild Irish Rose - Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner
    • Road to Rio - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Song of the South - Daniele Amfitheatrof , Paul J. Smith , Charles Wolcott
• 1948
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Red Shoes - Brian Easdale
    • Hamlet - William Walton
    • Joan of Arc - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Johnny Belinda - Max Steiner
    • The Snake Pit - Alfred Newman
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Easter Parade - Johnny Green , Roger Edens
    • The Emperor Waltz - Victor Young
    • The Pirate - Lennie Hayton
    • Romance on the High Seas - Ray Heindorf
    • When My Baby Smiles at Me - Alfred Newman
• 1949
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Heiress - Aaron Copland
    • Beyond the Forest - Max Steiner
    • Champion - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): On the Town - Roger Edens , Lennie Hayton
    • Jolson Sings Again - Morris Stoloff , George Duning
    • Look for the Silver Lining - Ray Heindorf

1950s

• 1950
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Sunset Boulevard - Franz Waxman
    • All About Eve - Alfred Newman
    • The Flame and the Arrow - Max Steiner
    • No Sad Songs for Me - George Duning
    • Samson and Delilah - Victor Young
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Annie Get Your Gun - Adolph Deutsch , Roger Edens
    • Cinderella - Oliver Wallace , Paul J. Smith
    • I'll Get By - Lionel Newman
    • Three Little Words - Andre Previn
    • The West Point Story - Ray Heindorf
• 1951
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Place in the Sun - Franz Waxman
    • David and Bathsheba - Alfred Newman
    • Death of a Salesman - Alex North
    • Quo Vadis - Miklos Rozsa
    • A Streetcar Named Desire - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): An American in Paris - Johnny Green , Saul Chaplin
    • Alice in Wonderland - Oliver Wallace
    • The Great Caruso - Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
    • On the Riviera - Alfred Newman
    • Show Boat - Adolph Deutsch , Conrad Salinger
• 1952
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): High Noon - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Ivanhoe - Miklos Rozsa
    • Miracle of Fatima - Max Steine
    • The Thief - Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • Viva Zapata! - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): With a Song in My Heart - Alfred Newman
    • Hans Christian Andersen - Walter Scharf
    • The Jazz Singer - Ray Heindorf , Max Steiner
    • The Medium - Gian-Carlo Menotti
    • Singin' in the Rain - Lennie Hayton
• 1953
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Lili - Bronislau Kaper
    • Above and Beyond - Hugo Friedhofer
    • From Here to Eternity - Morris Stoloff , George Duning
    • Julius Caesar - Miklos Rozsa
    • This Is Cinerama - Louis Forbes
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Call Me Madam - Alfred Newman
    • The Band Wagon - Adolph Deutsch
    • Calamity Jane - Ray Heindorf
    • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T - Frederick Hollander , Morris Stoloff
    • Kiss Me Kate - Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
• 1954
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The High and the Mighty - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Caine Mutiny - Max Steiner
    • Genevieve - Larry Adler (Front: Muir Mathieson )
    • On the Waterfront - Leonard Bernstein
    • The Silver Chalice - Franz Waxman
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Adolph Deutsch , Saul Chaplin
    • Carmen Jones - Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • The Glenn Miller Story - Joseph Gershenson , Henry Mancini
    • A Star Is Born - Ray Heindorf
    • There's No Business Like Show Business - Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman
• 1955
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Alfred Newman
    • Battle Cry - Max Steiner
    • The Man with the Golden Arm - Elmer Bernstein
    • Picnic - George Duning
    • The Rose Tattoo - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Oklahoma! - Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton , Adolph Deutsch
    • Daddy Long Legs - Alfred Newman
    • Guys and Dolls - Jay Blackton , Cyril J. Mockridge
    • It's Always Fair Weather - Andre Previn
    • Love Me or Leave Me - Percy Faith, George Stoll
• 1956
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Around the World in Eighty Days - Victor Young
    • Anastasia - Alfred Newman
    • Between Heaven and Hell - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Giant - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Rainmaker - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The King and I - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • The Best Things in Life Are Free - Lionel Newman
    • The Eddy Duchin Story - Morris Stoloff , George Duning
    • High Society - Johnny Green , Saul Chaplin
    • Meet Me in Las Vegas - George Stoll , Johnny Green
• 1957
  • MUSIC (Scoring): The Bridge on the River Kwai - Malcolm Arnold
    • An Affair To Remember - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Boy on a Dolphin - Hugo Friedhofer
    • Perri - Paul Smith
    • Raintree County - Johnny Green
• 1958
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Old Man and the Sea - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Big Country - Jerome Moross
    • Separate Tables - David Raksin
    • White Wilderness - Oliver Wallace
    • The Young Lions - Hugo Friedhofer
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Gigi - Andre Previn
    • The Bolshoi Ballet - Yuri Faier , G. Rozhdestvensky
    • Damn Yankees - Ray Heindorf
    • Mardi Gras - Lionel Newman
    • South Pacific - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
• 1959
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Ben-Hur - Miklos Rozsa
    • The Diary of Anne Frank - Alfred Newman
    • The Nun's Story - Franz Waxman
    • On the Beach - Ernest Gold
    • Pillow Talk - Frank DeVol
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Porgy and Bess - Andre Previn, Ken Darby
    • The Five Pennies - Leith Stevens
    • Li'l Abner - Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley
    • Say One for Me - Lionel Newman
    • Sleeping Beauty - George Bruns

1960s

• 1960
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Exodus - Ernest Gold
    • The Alamo - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Elmer Gantry - Andre Previn
    • The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
    • Spartacus - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) - Morris Stoloff , Harry Sukman
    • Bells Are Ringing - Andre Previn
    • Can-Can - Nelson Riddle
    • Let's Make Love - Lionel Newman , Earle H. Hagen
    • Pepe - Johnny Green
• 1961
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Breakfast at Tiffany's - Henry Mancini
    • El Cid - Miklos Rozsa
    • Fanny - Morris Stoloff , Harry Sukman
    • The Guns of Navarone - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Summer and Smoke - Elmer Bernstein
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): West Side Story - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green , Sid Ramin , Irwin Kostal
    • Babes in Toyland - George Bruns
    • Flower Drum Song - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Khovanshchina - Dimitri Shostakovich
    • Paris Blues - Duke Ellington
• 1962
  • MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
    • Freud - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Mutiny on the Bounty - Bronislau Kaper
    • Taras Bulba - Franz Waxman
    • To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): The Music Man - Ray Heindorf
    • Billy Rose's Jumbo - George Stoll
    • Gigot - Michel Magne
    • Gypsy - Frank Perkins
    • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - Leigh Harline
• 1963
  • MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Tom Jones - John Addison
    • Cleopatra - Alex North
    • 55 Days at Peking - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • How the West Was Won - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Ernest Gold
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): Irma La Douce - Andre Previn
    • Bye Bye Birdie - John Green
    • A New Kind of Love - Leith Stevens
    • Sundays and Cybele - Maurice Jarre
    • The Sword in the Stone - George Bruns
  • 1964
  • MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
    • Becket - Laurence Rosenthal
    • The Fall of the Roman Empire - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Frank DeVol
    • The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): My Fair Lady - Andre Previn
    • A Hard Day's Night - George Martin
    • Mary Poppins - Irwin Kostal
    • Robin and the 7 Hoods - Nelson Riddle
    • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Robert Armbruster , Leo Arnaud , Jack Elliott , Jack Hayes , Calvin Jackson , Leo Shuken
• 1965
  • MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarre
    • The Agony and the Ecstasy - Alex North
    • The Greatest Story Ever Told - Alfred Newman
    • A Patch of Blue - Jerry Goldsmith
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): The Sound of Music - Irwin Kostal
    • Cat Ballou - DeVol
    • The Pleasure Seekers - Lionel Newman , Alexander Courage
    • A Thousand Clowns - Don Walker
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand
• 1966
  • MUSIC (Original Music Score): Born Free - John Barry
    • The Bible - Toshiro Mayuzumi
    • Hawaii - Elmer Bernstein
    • The Sand Pebbles - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Alex North
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Ken Thorne
    • The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Luis Enrique Bacalov
    • Return of the Seven - Elmer Bernstein
    • The Singing Nun - Harry Sukman
    • Stop the World--I Want to Get Off - Al Ham
• 1967
  • MUSIC (Original Music Score): Thoroughly Modern Millie - Elmer Bernstein
    • Cool Hand Luke - Lalo Schifrin
    • Doctor Dolittle - Leslie Bricusse
    • Far from the Madding Crowd - Richard Rodney Bennett
    • In Cold Blood - Quincy Jones
  • MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): Camelot - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Doctor Dolittle - Lionel Newman , Alexander Courage
    • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - DeVol
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie - Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson
    • Valley of the Dolls - John Williams
• 1968
  • MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]): The Lion in Winter - John Barry
    • The Fox - Lalo Schifrin
    • Planet of the Apes - Jerry Goldsmith
    • The Shoes of the Fisherman - Alex North
    • The Thomas Crown Affair - Michel Legrand
  • MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation): Oliver! - Adaptation score by John Green
    • Finian's Rainbow - Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
    • Funny Girl - Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
    • Star! - Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
    • The Young Girls of Rochefort - Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
• 1969
  • MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]): Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach
    • Anne of the Thousand Days - Georges Delerue
    • The Reivers - John Williams
    • The Secret of Santa Vittoria - Ernest Gold
    • The Wild Bunch - Jerry Fielding
  • MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation): Hello, Dolly! - Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
    • Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams
    • Paint Your Wagon - Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle
    • Sweet Charity - Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Adaptation score by John Green and Albert Woodbury

1970s

• 1970 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Score: Love Story - Francis Lai
    • Airport - Alfred Newman
    • Cromwell - Frank Cordell
    • Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Sunflower - Henry Mancini
  • Best Music, Original Song Score: Let It Be - music and lyrics by Paul McCartney; John Lennon; George Harrison; Ringo Starr (as the Beatles)
    • The Baby Maker - music by Fred Karlin ; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
    • A Boy Named Charlie Brown - music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter ; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
    • Darling Lili - Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
    • Scrooge - music by Leslie Bricusse; lyrics by Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer
• 1971 separate awards:
  • Original Dramatic Score: Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand
    • Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry
    • Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shaft - Isaac Hayes
    • Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding
  • Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score: Fiddler on the Roof - Adaptation Score by John Williams
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Boy Friend - Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
    • Tchaikovsky - Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf
• 1972 separate awards:
  • • Original Dramatic Score: Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch , Larry Russell
    • The Godfather - Nino Rota (Note: Was Withdrawn when found that Nino Rota has used music from an earlier score and was replaced by that of Sleuth)
    • images - John Williams
    • Napoleon and Samantha -- Buddy Baker
    • The Poseidon Adventure -- John Williams
    • Sleuth - John Addison
  • Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score: Cabaret -- Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Lady Sings the Blues - Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
    • Man of La Mancha - Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal
• 1973 separate awards:
  • Original Dramatic Score: The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
    • Cinderella Liberty - John Williams
    • The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
    • Papillon - Jerry Goldsmith
    • A Touch of Class - John Cameron
  • Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: The Sting - Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
    • Jesus Christ Superstar - Adaptation Score by Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
    • Tom Sawyer -- Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
• 1974 separate awards:
  • Original Dramatic Score: The Godfather Part II - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
    • Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shanks - Alex North
    • The Towering Inferno - John Williams
  • Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: The Great Gatsby - Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
    • The Little Prince - Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
    • Phantom of the Paradise - Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
• 1975 separate awards:
  • Original Score: Jaws - John Williams
    • Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried
    • Bite the Bullet - Alex North
    • One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
    • The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: Barry Lyndon - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • Funny Lady - Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
    • Tommy - Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend
• 1976 separate awards:
  • Original Score: The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Obsession - Bernard Herrmann
    • The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
    • Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
    • Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • [[Bug

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• • • A Star Is Born - Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
• 1977 separate awards
  • Original Score: Star Wars - John Williams
    • Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
    • Julia - Georges Delerue
    • Mohammad - Messenger of God - Maurice Jarre
    • The Spy Who Loved Me - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: A Little Night Music - Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
    • Pete's Dragon - Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn ; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
• 1978 separate awards
  • Adaptation Score: The Buddy Holly Story - Joe Renzetti
    • Pretty Baby - Jerry Wexler
    • The Wiz - Quincy Jones
  • Original Score: Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
    • The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone
    • Heaven Can Wait - Dave Grusin
    • Superman - John Williams
• 1979 separate awards:
  • Original Score: A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
    • The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
    • The Champ - Dave Grusin
    • Star Trek - The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
    • 10 - Henry Mancini
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score: All That Jazz - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Breaking Away - Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
    • The Muppet Movie - Song Score by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher ; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams

1980s

• 1980 Fame - Michael Gore
  • Altered States - John Corigliano
  • The Elephant Man - John Morris
  • The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
  • Tess - Philippe Sarde

• 1981 Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
  • Dragonslayer - Jerry Goldsmith
  • On Golden Pond - Dave Grushin
  • Ragtime - Randy Newman
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams

• 1982 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Score: E.T. - John Williams
    • Gandhi - Ravi Shankar; George Fenton
    • An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
    • Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
    • Sophie's Choice - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Victor/Victoria - Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini
    • Annie - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • One from the Heart - Song Score by Tom Waits

• 1983 separate awards:
  • Original Score: The Right Stuff - Bill Conti
    • Cross Creek - Leonard Rosenman
    • Return of the Jedi - John Williams
    • Terms of Endearment - Michael Gore
    • Under Fire - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl - Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
    • Sting II - Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
    • Trading Places - Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein

• 1984 separate awards:
  • Original Score: A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
    • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - John Williams
    • The Natural - Randy Newman
    • The River - John Williams
    • Under the Volcano - Alex North
  • Original Song Score: Purple Rain - Prince
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan - Jeff Moss
    • Songwriter - Kris Kristofferson

Best Music, Original Score

• 1985 Out of Africa - John Barry
  • Agnes of God - Georges Delerue
  • The Color Purple - Quincy Jones; Jeremy Lubbock ; Rod Temperton ; Caiphus Semenya ; Andraé Crouch ; Chris Boardman (composer) ; Jorge Calandrelli ; Joel Rosenbaum ; Fred Steiner ; Jack Hayes ; Jerry Hey ; Randy Kerber
  • Silverado - Bruce Broughton
  • Witness - Maurice Jarre

• 1986 'Round Midnight - Herbie Hancock
  • Aliens - James Horner
  • Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Mission - Ennio Morricone
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Rosenman

• 1987 The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
  • Cry Freedom - George Fenton; Jonas Gwangwa
  • Empire of the Sun - John Williams
  • The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone
  • The Witches of Eastwick - John Williams

• 1988 The Milagro Beanfield War - David Grusin
  • The Accidental Tourist - John Williams
  • Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
  • - Maurice Jarre
  • Rain Man - Hans Zimmer

• 1989 The Little Mermaid - Alan Menken
  • Born on the Fourth of July - John Williams
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys - Dave Grusin
  • Field of Dreams - James Horner
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - John Williams

1990s

• 1990 Dances with Wolves - John Barry
  • Avalon - Randy Newman
  • Ghost - Maurice Jarre
  • Havana - Dave Grusin
  • Home Alone - John Williams

• 1991 Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
  • Bugsy - Ennio Morricone
  • The Fisher King - George Fenton
  • JFK - John Williams
  • The Prince of Tides - James Newton Howard

• 1992 Aladdin - Alan Menken
  • Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Chaplin - John Barry
  • Howards End - Richard Robbins
  • A River Runs Through It - Mark Isham

• 1993 Schindler's List - John Williams
  • The Age of Innocence - Elmer Bernstein
  • The Firm - Dave Grusin
  • The Fugitive - James Newton Howard
  • The Remains of the Day - Richard Robbins

• 1994 The Lion King - Hans Zimmer
  • Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri
  • Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles - Elliot Goldenthal
  • Little Women - Thomas Newman
  • The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman

• 1995 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Il Postino - Luis Enríquez Bacalov
    • Apollo 13 - James Horner
    • Braveheart - James Horner
    • Nixon - John Williams
    • Sense and Sensibility - Patrick Doyle
  • Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Pocahontas - Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz
    • The American President - Marc Shaiman
    • Sabrina - John Williams
    • Toy Story - Randy Newman
    • Unstrung Heroes - Thomas Newman

• 1996 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
    • Hamlet - Patrick Doyle
    • Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
    • Shine - David Hirschfelder
    • Sleepers - John Williams
  • Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Emma - Rachel Portman
    • The First Wives Club - Marc Shaiman
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz
    • James and the Giant Peach - Randy Newman
    • The Preacher's Wife - Hans Zimmer

• 1997 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Titanic (1997 movie) - James Horner
    • Amistad - John Williams
    • Good Will Hunting - Danny Elfman
    • Kundun - Philip Glass
    • L.A. Confidential - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: The Full Monty - Anne Dudley
    • Anastasia - Stephen Flaherty; Lynn Ahrens; David Newman
    • As Good As It Gets - Hans Zimmer
    • Men in Black - Danny Elfman
    • My Best Friend's Wedding - James Newton Howard

• 1998 separate awards:
  • Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: La Vita è bella - Nicola Piovani
    • Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder
    • Pleasantville (movie) - Randy Newman
    • Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
    • The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer
  • Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
    • A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
    • Mulan - Matthew Wilder (music); David Zippel (lyrics); Jerry Goldsmith (orchestral score)
    • Patch Adams - Marc Shaiman
    • The Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz (music/lyrics); Hans Zimmer (orchestral score)

Best Music, Original Score

• 1999 Le Violon rouge - John Corigliano
  • American Beauty - Thomas Newman
  • Angela's Ashes - John Williams
  • The Cider House Rules - Rachel Portman
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley - Gabriel Yared

2000s

• 2000 Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) - Tan Dun
  • Chocolat - Rachel Portman
  • Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
  • Malèna - Ennio Morricone
  • The Patriot - John Williams

• 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
  • A.I.:Artificial Intelligence - John Williams
  • A Beautiful Mind - James Horner
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - John Williams
  • Monsters, Inc. - Randy Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

• 2002 Frida - Elliot Goldenthal
  • Catch Me If You Can - John Williams
  • Far from Heaven - Elmer Bernstein
  • The Hours - Philip Glass
  • Road to Perdition - Thomas Newman

• 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
  • Big Fish - Danny Elfman
  • Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
  • Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
  • House of Sand and Fog - James Horner

• 2004 Finding Neverland - Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

External link

• http://www.oscars.org/75academyawards/rules/index.html