Academy Award for Original Music Score

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.

Contents

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
- 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