Academy Award for Best Original Score - wikipedia Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Original Score Country United States Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences First awarded February 27, 1935 ; 83 years ago ( 1935 - 02 - 27 ) Currently held by Alexandre Desplat The Shape of Water ( 2017 ) Website oscars.org The Academy Award for Best Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. Contents 1 History 2 Academy Award for Best Original Musical 3 Winners and nominees 3.1 1930s 3.2 1940s 3.3 1950s 3.4 1960s 3.5 1970s 3.6 1980s 3.7 1990s 3.8 2000s 3.9 2010s 4 Notes 5 Superlatives 6 Female nominees 7 Notable nominees 8 Multiple nominations 9 See also 10 References 11 External links History The Academy began awarding movies for their scores in 1935. The category was originally called Best Scoring. At the time, winners and nominees were a mix of original scores and adaptations of pre-existing material. Following the controversial win of Charles Previn for One Hundred Men and a Girl in 1938, a film without a credited composer that featured pre-existing classical music, the Academy added a Best Original Score category in 1939. In 1942, the distinction between the two Scoring categories changed slightly as they were renamed to Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. This marked the first time the category was split into separate genres, a distinction that technically still lasts today, although there have n't been enough submissions for the musical category to be activated since 1985. From 1942 to 1985, musical scores had their own category, with the exception of 1958, 1981 and 1982. During that time, both categories had many name changes : 1. Non-musical scores Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture ( 1942 ) Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ( 1943 -- 1962 ) Best Music Score -- substantially original ( 1963 -- 1966 ) Best Original Music Score ( 1967 -- 1968 ) Best Original Score -- for a motion picture ( not a musical ) ( 1969 -- 1970 ) Best Original Score ( 1971, 1976 -- 1995, 2000 - today ) Best Original Dramatic Score ( 1972 -- 1975, 1996 -- 1999 ) 2. Musical scores Best Scoring of a Musical Picture ( 1942 -- 1962 ) Best Scoring of Music -- adaptation or treatment ( 1963 -- 1968 ) Best Score of a Musical Picture -- original or adaptation ( 1969 -- 1970 ) Best Original Song Score ( 1971 ) Best Scoring : Adaptation and Original Song Score ( 1972 -- 1973 ) Best Scoring : Original Song Score and Adaptation - or - Scoring : Adaptation ( 1974 -- 1976 ) Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score ( 1977 -- 1978 ) Best Adaptation Score ( 1979 ) Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation - or - Adaptation Score ( 1980, 1983 ) Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score ( 1984 ) Best Original Song Score ( 1985 ) Best Original Musical or Comedy Score ( 1996 -- 1999 ) Best Original Musical ( 2000 ) Following the wins of four Walt Disney Feature Animation films in six years from 1990 to 1995 ( The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King ) during a period called the Disney Renaissance, it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As Alan Bergman, the chairman of the Academy 's music branch said, `` People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch did n't distinguish between the two. So when a score like The Lion King is competing against a drama like Forrest Gump, it 's apples and oranges -- not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There 's a big difference. '' The category was therefore split into Best Original Dramatic Score and Best Original Musical or Comedy Score in 1996. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as Charles Bernstein, chairman of the Academy 's rules committee, noted that `` no other Oscar category depended on a film 's genre '' and `` the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama. '' This split was reverted in 2000. Academy Award for Best Original Musical The Academy Award for Best Original Musical was a category established in 2000 but never awarded due to a prolonged drought of films meeting the sufficient eligibility requirements. The category was taken out of the rulebook in 2017. According to the rules, the Best Original Musical was defined as this : `` An original musical consists of not fewer than five original songs by the same writer or team of writers either used as voiceovers or visually performed. Each of these songs must be substantively rendered, clearly audible, intelligible, and must further the storyline of the motion picture. An arbitrary group of songs unessential to the storyline will not be considered eligible. '' Winners and nominees The following is the list of nominated composers organized by year, and listing both films and composers. The years shown in the following list of winners are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for films released in 1967. 1930s Year Film Nominees 1934 ( 7th ) One Night of Love Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department ( Thematic music by Victor Schertzinger & Gus Kahn ) The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department ( Score by Kenneth Webb & Samuel Hoffenstein ) The Lost Patrol RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Steiner, head of department ( Score by Steiner ) 1935 ( 8th ) The Informer RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department ( Score by Steiner ) Captain Blood ( Write - in ) Warner Bros. - First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. 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 ( 9th ) Anthony Adverse Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department ( Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold ) The Charge of the Light Brigade Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Forbstein, head of department ( Score by Max Steiner ) The Garden of Allah Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Steiner, head of department ( Score by 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 Shilkret ) 1937 ( 10th ) 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 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 F. 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, Hugo Riesenfeld, head of department ( Score by 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 Colombo ) The Prisoner of Zenda Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department ( Score by Newman ) Quality Street RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, head of department ( Score by Webb ) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department ( Score by Frank Churchill, Harline & Paul Smith ) Something to Sing About Grand National Studio Music Department, Constantin Bakaleinikoff, head of department ( Score by Victor Schertzinger ) Souls at Sea Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department ( Score by W. Franke Harling & Milan Roder ) Way Out West Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department ( Score by Hatley ) 1938 ( 11th ) Original Score The Adventures of Robin Hood Erich Wolfgang Korngold Army Girl Victor Young Block - Heads Marvin Hatley Blockade Werner Janssen Breaking the Ice Young The Cowboy and the Lady Alfred Newman If I Were King Richard Hageman Marie Antoinette Herbert Stothart Pacific Liner Robert Russell Bennett Suez Louis Silvers The Young in Heart Franz Waxman Scoring Alexander 's Ragtime Band Alfred Newman Carefree Victor Baravalle Girls ' School Morris Stoloff & Gregory Stone The Goldwyn Follies 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 ( 12th ) Original Score The Wizard of Oz Herbert Stothart Dark Victory Max Steiner Eternally Yours Werner Janssen Golden Boy Victor Young Gone with the Wind Steiner Gulliver 's Travels Young The Man in the Iron Mask Lud Gluskin & Lucien Moraweck Man of Conquest Young Nurse Edith Cavell Anthony Collins Of Mice and Men Aaron Copland The Rains Came Alfred Newman Wuthering Heights Scoring Stagecoach Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold & Leo Shuken Babes in Arms Roger Edens & Georgie Stoll 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 Newman Way Down South Victor Young 1940s Year Film Nominees 1940 ( 13th ) Original Score Pinocchio Leigh Harline, Paul Smith & Ned Washington Arizona Victor Young The Dark Command 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 Hageman The Mark of Zorro Alfred Newman My Favorite Wife Roy Webb North West Mounted Police Young One Million B.C. Werner Heymann Our Town Aaron Copland Rebecca Franz Waxman The Thief of Bagdad Miklós Rózsa Waterloo Bridge Herbert Stothart 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 ( 14th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture The Devil and Daniel Webster Bernard Herrmann Back Street Frank Skinner Ball of Fire Alfred Newman Cheers for Miss Bishop Edward Ward Citizen Kane Herrmann Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Franz Waxman Hold Back the Dawn Victor Young How Green Was My Valley Newman King of the Zombies Edward Kay Ladies in Retirement Morris Stoloff & Ernst Toch The Little Foxes Meredith Willson Lydia Miklós Rózsa Mercy Island Cy Feuer & Walter Scharf Sergeant York Max Steiner So Ends Our Night Louis Gruenberg Sundown Rózsa Suspicion Waxman Tanks a Million Ward That Uncertain Feeling Werner Heymann This Woman Is Mine Richard Hageman 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 & Bronisław 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 ( 15th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Now, Voyager Max Steiner Arabian Nights Frank Skinner Bambi Frank Churchill ( posthumously ) & 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 Jungle Book Miklós Rózsa 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 The Talk of the Town Frederick Hollander & Morris Stoloff To Be or Not to Be Werner Heymann 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 ( 16th ) 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 & Constantin 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 Wallace 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 Smith The Sky 's the Limit Leigh Harline Something to Shout About Morris Stoloff Stage Door Canteen Robert Emmett Dolan Thousands Cheer Herbert Stothart 1944 ( 17th ) 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 Steiner The Bridge of San Luis Rey Dimitri Tiomkin Casanova Brown Arthur Lange Christmas Holiday Hans J. Salter Double Indemnity Miklós Rózsa The Fighting Seabees Walter Scharf & Roy Webb The Hairy Ape Edward Paul & Michel Michelet It Happened Tomorrow Robert Stolz Jack London Fred Rich Kismet Herbert Stothart None but the Lonely Heart Hanns Eisler & Constantin Bakaleinikoff The Princess and the Pirate David Rose Summer Storm Karl Hajos Three Russian Girls Franke Harling Up in Mabel 's Room Paul Voice in the Wind Michelet Wilson Alfred Newman The Woman of the Town Rózsa Scoring of a Musical Picture Cover Girl Stoloff & Carmen Dragon Brazil Walter Scharf Higher and Higher Constantin Bakaleinikoff Hollywood Canteen Ray Heindorf Irish Eyes Are Smiling 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 Hans J. Salter Minstrel Man Ferde Grofe & Leo Erdody Sensations of 1945 Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open Road Charles Previn Up in Arms Heindorf & Louis Forbes 1945 ( 18th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Spellbound Miklós Rózsa The Bells of St. Mary 's Robert Emmett Dolan Brewster 's Millions William Walton Captain Kidd Werner Janssen The Enchanted Cottage Roy Webb Flame of Barbary Coast Morton Scott & Dale Butts G.I. Honeymoon Edward J. Kay 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 Miklós Rózsa Love Letters Victor Young The Man Who Walked Alone Karl Hajos Objective, Burma ! Franz Waxman Paris Underground Alexandre Tansman A Song to Remember Miklós Rózsa & Morris Stoloff The Southerner Werner Janssen This Love of Ours Hans J. Salter The Valley of Decision Herbert Stothart The Woman in the Window Arthur Lange & Hugo Friedhofer Scoring of a Musical Picture Anchors Aweigh Georgie Stoll Belle of the Yukon Arthur Lange Ca n't Help Singing Jerome Kern ( posthumously ) & Hans 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 Smith Tonight and Every Night Marlin Skiles & Morris Stoloff Why Girls Leave Home Walter Greene Wonder Man Ray Heindorf & Lou Forbes 1946 ( 19th ) 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 Miklós Rózsa 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 ( 20th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture A Double Life Miklós Rózsa The Bishop 's Wife Hugo Friedhofer Captain from Castile Alfred Newman Forever Amber David Raksin Life with Father Max Steiner 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 Smith & Charles Wolcott 1948 ( 21st ) 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 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 Newman 1949 ( 22nd ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture The Heiress Aaron Copland Beyond the Forest Max Steiner Champion Dimitri Tiomkin 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 Year Film Nominees 1950 ( 23rd ) 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 Scoring of a Musical Picture Annie Get Your Gun Adolph Deutsch & Roger Edens Cinderella Oliver Wallace & Paul Smith I 'll Get By Lionel Newman Three Little Words André Previn The West Point Story Ray Heindorf 1951 ( 24th ) 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 Miklós Rózsa A Streetcar Named Desire North 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 ( 25th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture High Noon Dimitri Tiomkin Ivanhoe Miklós Rózsa The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Max Steiner The Thief Herschel Burke Gilbert Viva Zapata ! Alex North 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 ( 26th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Lili Bronisław Kaper Above and Beyond Hugo Friedhofer From Here to Eternity Morris Stoloff & George Duning Julius Caesar Miklós Rózsa This Is Cinerama Louis Forbes 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 Friedrich Hollaender & Morris Stoloff Kiss Me Kate André Previn & Saul Chaplin 1954 ( 27th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture The High and the Mighty Dimitri Tiomkin The Caine Mutiny Max Steiner Genevieve Larry Adler On the Waterfront Leonard Bernstein The Silver Chalice Franz Waxman 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 & Lionel Newman 1955 ( 28th ) 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 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 André Previn Love Me or Leave Me Percy Faith & Georgie Stoll 1956 ( 29th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Around the World in 80 Days Victor Young ( posthumously ) Anastasia Alfred Newman Between Heaven and Hell Hugo Friedhofer Giant Dimitri Tiomkin The Rainmaker Alex North 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 Georgie Stoll & Johnny Green 1957 ( 30th ) The Bridge on the River Kwai Malcolm Arnold An Affair to Remember Hugo Friedhofer Boy on a Dolphin Perri Paul Smith Raintree County Johnny Green 1958 ( 31st ) 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 Scoring of a Musical Picture Gigi André Previn The Bolshoi Ballet Yuri Fayer & Gennady Rozhdestvensky Damn Yankees Ray Heindorf Mardi Gras Lionel Newman South Pacific Ken Darby & Alfred Newman 1959 ( 32nd ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Ben - Hur Miklós Rózsa The Diary of Anne Frank Alfred Newman The Nun 's Story Franz Waxman On the Beach Ernest Gold Pillow Talk De Vol Scoring of a Musical Picture Porgy and Bess André 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 Year Film Nominees 1960 ( 33rd ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Exodus Ernest Gold The Alamo Dimitri Tiomkin Elmer Gantry André Previn The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein Spartacus Alex North Scoring of a Musical Picture Song Without End Morris Stoloff & Harry Sukman Bells Are Ringing Previn Can - Can Nelson Riddle Let 's Make Love Earle Hagen & Lionel Newman Pepe Johnny Green 1961 ( 34th ) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Breakfast at Tiffany 's Henry Mancini El Cid Miklós Rózsa Fanny Morris Stoloff & Harry Sukman The Guns of Navarone Dimitri Tiomkin Summer and Smoke Elmer Bernstein Scoring of a Musical Picture West Side Story Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal & Sid Ramin Babes in Toyland George Bruns Flower Drum Song Alfred Newman & Ken Darby Khovanshchina Dmitri Shostakovich Paris Blues Duke Ellington 1962 ( 35th ) Music Score -- Substantially Original Lawrence of Arabia Maurice Jarre Freud Jerry Goldsmith Mutiny on the Bounty Bronisław Kaper Taras Bulba Franz Waxman To Kill a Mockingbird Elmer Bernstein Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment The Music Man Ray Heindorf Billy Rose 's Jumbo Georgie Stoll Gigot Michel Magne Gypsy Frank Perkins The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Leigh Harline 1963 ( 36th ) 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 Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment Irma la Douce André Previn Bye Bye Birdie Johnny Green A New Kind of Love Leith Stevens Sundays and Cybele Maurice Jarre The Sword in the Stone George Bruns 1964 ( 37th ) Music Score -- Substantially Original Mary Poppins Sherman Brothers Becket Laurence Rosenthal The Fall of the Roman Empire Dimitri Tiomkin Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte De Vol The Pink Panther Henry Mancini Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment My Fair Lady André 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 ( 38th ) 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 Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment The Sound of Music Irwin Kostal Cat Ballou De Vol The Pleasure Seekers Lionel Newman & Alexander Courage A Thousand Clowns Don Walker The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Legrand 1966 ( 39th ) Original Music Score Born Free John Barry The Bible : In the Beginning... Toshiro Mayuzumi Hawaii Elmer Bernstein The Sand Pebbles Jerry Goldsmith Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Alex North 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 Bacalov Return of the Seven Bernstein The Singing Nun Harry Sukman Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off Al Ham 1967 ( 40th ) 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 Scoring of Music -- Adaptation or Treatment Camelot Alfred Newman & Ken Darby Doctor Dolittle Lionel Newman & Alexander Courage Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner De Vol Thoroughly Modern Millie André Previn & Joseph Gershenson Valley of the Dolls John Williams 1968 ( 41st ) 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 Legrand Scoring of a Musical Picture -- Original or Adaptation Oliver ! Johnny Green ( adaptation score ) Finian 's Rainbow Ray Heindorf ( adaptation score ) Funny Girl Walter Scharf ( adaptation score ) Star ! Lennie Hayton ( adaptation score ) The Young Girls of Rochefort Michel Legrand ( music and adaptation score ) & Jacques Demy ( lyrics ) 1969 ( 42nd ) 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 Scoring of a Musical Picture -- Original or Adaptation Hello, Dolly ! Lennie Hayton & Lionel Newman ( adaptation score ) Goodbye, Mr. Chips Leslie Bricusse ( music and lyrics ) & Williams ( adaptation score ) Paint Your Wagon Nelson Riddle ( adaptation score ) Sweet Charity Cy Coleman ( adaptation score ) They Shoot Horses, Do n't They ? Johnny Green & Albert Woodbury ( adaptation score ) 1970s Year Film Nominees 1970 ( 43rd ) Original Score Love Story Francis Lai Airport Alfred Newman ( posthumously ) Cromwell Frank Cordell Patton Jerry Goldsmith Sunflower Henry Mancini Original Song Score Let It Be The Beatles ( music and lyrics ) The Baby Maker Fred Karlin ( music ) & Tylwyth Kymry ( lyrics ) A Boy Named Charlie Brown Rod McKuen & Uncle John ( music ) McKuen, Bill Melendez & Al Shean ( lyrics ), & Vince Guaraldi ( adaptation score ) Darling Lili Henry Mancini ( music ) & Johnny Mercer ( lyrics ) Scrooge Leslie Bricusse ( music and lyrics ), Ian Fraser & Herbert W. Spencer ( adaptation score ) 1971 ( 44th ) 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 John Williams ( adaptation score ) Bedknobs and Broomsticks Sherman Brothers ( song score ) & Irwin Kostal ( adaptation score ) The Boy Friend Peter Maxwell Davies & Peter Greenwell ( adaptation score ) Tchaikovsky Dimitri Tiomkin ( adaptation score ) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley ( song score ) & Walter Scharf ( adaptation score ) 1972 ( 45th ) Original Dramatic Score Limelight Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch ( posthumously ) & Larry Russell ( posthumously ) Images John Williams Napoleon and Samantha Buddy Baker The Poseidon Adventure Williams Sleuth John Addison Scoring : Adaptation and Original Song Score Cabaret Ralph Burns ( adaptation score ) Lady Sings the Blues Gil Askey ( adaptation score ) Man of La Mancha Laurence Rosenthal ( adaptation score ) 1973 ( 46th ) 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 : Adaptation and Original Song Score The Sting Marvin Hamlisch ( adaptation score ) Jesus Christ Superstar André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer & Andrew Lloyd Webber ( adaptation score ) Tom Sawyer Sherman Brothers ( song score ) & Williams ( adaptation score ) ( 47th ) 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 : Adaptation and Original Song Score The Great Gatsby Nelson Riddle ( adaptation score ) The Little Prince Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe ( song score ), Angela Morley & Douglas Gamley ( adaptation score ) Phantom of the Paradise Paul Williams ( song score and adaptation score ) & George Tipton ( adaptation score ) ( 48th ) 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 Leonard Rosenman ( adaptation score ) Funny Lady Peter Matz ( adaptation score ) Tommy Pete Townshend ( adaptation score ) 1976 ( 49th ) Original Score The Omen Jerry Goldsmith Obsession Bernard Herrmann ( posthumously ) The Outlaw Josey Wales Jerry Fielding Taxi Driver Herrmann ( posthumously ) Voyage of the Damned Lalo Schifrin Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Bound for Glory Leonard Rosenman ( adaptation score ) Bugsy Malone Paul Williams ( song score and adaptation score ) A Star Is Born Roger Kellaway ( adaptation score ) 1977 ( 50th ) Original Score Star Wars John Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind 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 Jonathan Tunick ( adaptation score ) Pete 's Dragon Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn ( song score ) & Irwin Kostal ( adaptation score ) The Slipper and the Rose Sherman Brothers ( song score ) & Angela Morley ( adaptation score ) 1978 ( 51st ) 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 Adaptation Score The Buddy Holly Story Joe Renzetti Pretty Baby Jerry Wexler The Wiz Quincy Jones 1979 ( 52nd ) 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 Ralph Burns ( adaptation score ) Breaking Away Patrick Williams ( adaptation score ) The Muppet Movie Paul Williams ( song score and adaptation score ) & Kenny Ascher ( song score ) 1980s Year Film Nominees 1980 ( 53rd ) Fame Michael Gore Altered States John Corigliano The Elephant Man John Morris The Empire Strikes Back John Williams Tess Philippe Sarde 1981 ( 54th ) Chariots of Fire Vangelis Dragonslayer Alex North On Golden Pond Dave Grusin Ragtime Randy Newman Raiders of the Lost Ark John Williams 1982 ( 55th ) Original Score E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial John Williams Gandhi Ravi Shankar & George Fenton An Officer and a Gentleman Jack Nitzsche Poltergeist Jerry Goldsmith Sophie 's Choice Marvin Hamlisch Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Victor / Victoria Henry Mancini ( song score and adaptation score ) & Leslie Bricusse ( song score ) Annie Ralph Burns ( adaptation score ) One from the Heart Tom Waits ( song score ) ( 56th ) 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 and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score Yentl Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman ( song score ) The Sting II Lalo Schifrin ( adaptation score ) Trading Places Elmer Bernstein ( adaptation score ) 1984 ( 57th ) Original Score A Passage to India Maurice Jarre Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom John Williams The Natural Randy Newman The River Williams Under the Volcano Alex North Original Song Score Purple Rain Prince The Muppets Take Manhattan Jeff Moss Songwriter Kris Kristofferson 1985 ( 58th ) Out of Africa John Barry Agnes of God Georges Delerue The Color Purple Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey & Randy Kerber Silverado Bruce Broughton Witness Maurice Jarre 1986 ( 59th ) Round Midnight Herbie Hancock Aliens James Horner Hoosiers Jerry Goldsmith The Mission Ennio Morricone Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home Leonard Rosenman ( 60th ) 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 Williams 1988 ( 61st ) The Milagro Beanfield War Dave Grusin The Accidental Tourist John Williams Dangerous Liaisons George Fenton Gorillas in the Mist Maurice Jarre Rain Man Hans Zimmer 1989 ( 62nd ) 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 Williams 1990s Year Film Nominees 1990 ( 63rd ) Dances with Wolves John Barry Avalon Randy Newman Ghost Maurice Jarre Havana Dave Grusin Home Alone John Williams 1991 ( 64th ) 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 ( 65th ) Aladdin Alan Menken Basic Instinct Jerry Goldsmith Chaplin John Barry Howards End Richard Robbins A River Runs Through It Mark Isham 1993 ( 66th ) 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 ( 67th ) The Lion King Hans Zimmer Forrest Gump Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire Elliot Goldenthal Little Women Thomas Newman The Shawshank Redemption 1995 ( 68th ) Original Dramatic Score The Postman ( Il Postino ) Luis Bacalov Apollo 13 James Horner Braveheart Nixon John Williams Sense and Sensibility Patrick Doyle Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas Alan Menken ( music and orchestral score ) & Stephen Schwartz ( lyrics ) The American President Marc Shaiman Sabrina Williams Toy Story Randy Newman Unstrung Heroes Thomas Newman ( 69th ) Original Dramatic Score The English Patient Gabriel Yared Hamlet Patrick Doyle Michael Collins Elliot Goldenthal Shine David Hirschfelder Sleepers John Williams Original Musical or Comedy Score Emma Rachel Portman The First Wives Club Marc Shaiman The Hunchback of Notre Dame Alan Menken ( music and orchestral score ) & Stephen Schwartz ( lyrics ) James and the Giant Peach Randy Newman The Preacher 's Wife Hans Zimmer 1997 ( 70th ) Original Dramatic Score Titanic James Horner Amistad John Williams Good Will Hunting Danny Elfman Kundun Philip Glass L.A. Confidential Jerry Goldsmith Original Musical or Comedy Score The Full Monty Anne Dudley Anastasia Stephen Flaherty ( music ), Lynn Ahrens ( lyrics ) & David Newman ( orchestral score ) As Good as It Gets Hans Zimmer Men in Black Danny Elfman My Best Friend 's Wedding James Newton Howard 1998 ( 71st ) Original Dramatic Score Life Is Beautiful Nicola Piovani Elizabeth David Hirschfelder Pleasantville Randy Newman Saving Private Ryan John Williams The Thin Red Line Hans Zimmer 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 and lyrics ) & Hans Zimmer ( orchestral score ) 1999 ( 72nd ) The Red Violin John Corigliano American Beauty Thomas Newman Angela 's Ashes John Williams The Cider House Rules Rachel Portman The Talented Mr. Ripley Gabriel Yared 2000s Year Film Nominees 2000 ( 73rd ) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Tan Dun Chocolat Rachel Portman Gladiator Hans Zimmer Malèna Ennio Morricone The Patriot John Williams 2001 ( 74th ) 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 Williams Monsters, Inc. Randy Newman 2002 ( 75th ) 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 ( 76th ) 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 ( 77th ) Finding Neverland Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban John Williams Lemony Snicket 's A Series of Unfortunate Events Thomas Newman The Passion of the Christ John Debney The Village James Newton Howard 2005 ( 78th ) Brokeback Mountain Gustavo Santaolalla The Constant Gardener Alberto Iglesias Memoirs of a Geisha John Williams Munich Pride & Prejudice Dario Marianelli 2006 ( 79th ) Babel Gustavo Santaolalla The Good German Thomas Newman Notes on a Scandal Philip Glass Pan 's Labyrinth Javier Navarrete The Queen Alexandre Desplat 2007 ( 80th ) Atonement Dario Marianelli The Kite Runner Alberto Iglesias Michael Clayton James Newton Howard Ratatouille Michael Giacchino 3 : 10 to Yuma Marco Beltrami 2008 ( 81st ) Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Alexandre Desplat Defiance James Newton Howard Milk Danny Elfman WALL - E Thomas Newman 2009 ( 82nd ) Up Michael Giacchino Avatar James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer 2010s Year Film Nominees ( 83rd ) The Social Network Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross How to Train Your Dragon John Powell Inception Hans Zimmer The King 's Speech Alexandre Desplat 127 Hours A.R. Rahman 2011 ( 84th ) The Artist Ludovic Bource The Adventures of Tintin John Williams Hugo Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Alberto Iglesias War Horse John Williams 2012 ( 85th ) Life of Pi Mychael Danna Anna Karenina Dario Marianelli Argo Alexandre Desplat Lincoln John Williams Skyfall Thomas Newman 2013 ( 86th ) Gravity Steven Price The Book Thief John Williams Her William Butler & Owen Pallett Philomena Alexandre Desplat Saving Mr. Banks Thomas Newman 2014 ( 87th ) The Grand Budapest Hotel Alexandre Desplat The Imitation Game Desplat Interstellar Hans Zimmer Mr. Turner Gary Yershon The Theory of Everything Jóhann Jóhannsson 2015 ( 88th ) The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone Bridge of Spies Thomas Newman Carol Carter Burwell Sicario Jóhann Jóhannsson Star Wars : The Force Awakens John Williams 2016 ( 89th ) La La Land Justin Hurwitz Lion Hauschka & Dustin O'Halloran Jackie Micachu Moonlight Nicholas Britell Passengers Thomas Newman 2017 ( 90th ) The Shape of Water Alexandre Desplat Dunkirk Hans Zimmer Phantom Thread Jonny Greenwood Star Wars : The Last Jedi John Williams Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Carter Burwell Notes Jump up ^ From 1934 until 1937, nominated films were represented by the head of the film studio 's music department rather than the composer. Each film 's actual composer ( s ) are listed in parentheses. Jump up ^ Captain Blood was not officially nominated for this award, but appears in Academy records because it placed third in voting as a write - in candidate in 1935. Jump up ^ From 1937 until 1945, film studios could submit one eligible film of their choosing, guaranteeing it a nomination. Jump up ^ Blacklisted composer Larry Adler 's name was removed from American prints of the British - made Genevieve. The film 's arranger and orchestrator Muir Mathieson was credited instead and received an Oscar nomination. In 1986, the Academy 's Board of Governors removed Mathieson 's name from the nomination and gave it to Adler. Jump up ^ In 1957, dramatic and comedy films competed with musicals in a combined category called Music -- Scoring. Fifteen scores were shortlisted with ten from dramatic and comedy films and five from musicals. Voting resulted in no musical nominees. Jump up ^ Limelight was originally released in 1952, but had never screened theatrically in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it became eligible for Oscar consideration. Jump up ^ From 1995 until 1998, Best Original Score was split into Original Dramatic Score and Original Musical or Comedy Score. For musicals and comedies, songwriters and lyricists along with orchestral underscore composers were eligible for nomination. Jump up ^ Lisa Gerrard and Klaus Badelt also received screen credit for the Gladiator score, but only Zimmer was deemed eligible for the nomination. Superlatives These are only for nominations in the Scoring categories. Nominations in other categories, such as the Original Song category, are not included. Category Name Superlative Notes Most Awards Alfred Newman 9 awards Awards resulted from 41 nominations Most Nominations John Williams 46 nominations Nominations resulted in 5 awards Most Nominations without an Award Alex North 14 nominations Received an Academy Honorary Award Only one composer has won two Scoring Oscars the same year : in 1973, Marvin Hamlisch won Original Dramatic Score for The Way We Were and Best Adaptation Score, for The Sting. Hamlisch also won Best Song that year for The Way We Were ( song ), making him the only composer to win three music Oscars in the same year. Only one composer has won Oscars three years in a row : Roger Edens won for Easter Parade ( 1948 ), On the Town ( 1949 ) and Annie Get Your Gun ( 1950 ). Eight composers have won Oscars two years in a row : Ray Heindorf won for Yankee Doodle Dandy ( 1942 ) and This is the Army ( 1943 ). Franz Waxman won for Sunset Boulevard ( 1950 ) and A Place in the Sun ( 1951 ). Alfred Newman won for With a Song in My Heart ( 1952 ) and Call Me Madam ( 1953 ). He won again for Love is a Many - Splendored Thing ( 1955 ) and The King and I ( 1956 ). Adolph Deutsch won for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers ( 1954 ) and Oklahoma ! ( 1955 ). André Previn won for Gigi ( 1958 ) and 1959 's Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ). He won again for Irma La Douce ( 1963 ) and My Fair Lady ( 1964 ). Leonard Rosenman won for Barry Lyndon ( 1975 ) and Bound for Glory ( 1976 ). Alan Menken won for Beauty and The Beast ( 1991 ) and Aladdin ( 1992 ). Gustavo Santaolalla won for Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) and Babel ( 2006 ). Female nominees Three women have won in the scoring categories. Two are composers : Rachel Portman, who won for Emma ( 1996 ), and Anne Dudley, who won for The Full Monty ( 1997 ) ; the third, is lyricist Marilyn Bergman, who won for Yentl ( 1983 ) in the Original Song Score category, sharing the award with co-lyricist Alan Bergman ( her husband ) and composer Michel Legrand. The only female composers nominated for multiple Scoring Oscars are Rachel Portman, who was nominated for Emma ( 1996 ) ( for which she won for Best Original Score ), The Cider House Rules ( 1999 ) and Chocolat ( 2000 ) ; and Angela Morley, who was nominated twice in the Original Song or Adaptation Score category for The Little Prince ( 1974 ) and The Slipper and the Rose ( 1976 ). In total, only five women have been nominated in Music Score categories : Rachel Portman, Anne Dudley, Marilyn Bergman, Angela Morley and Micachu. Notable nominees Dmitri Shostakovich and Duke Ellington were both nominated the same year but lost to arrangers of West Side Story. The scores of Midnight Express by Giorgio Moroder in 1979, Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman in 2009, The Social Network in 2011 by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Her by William Butler and Owen Pallett in 2014 are the only scores with electronic based music ever to be nominated, with the first three winning the award. Noted nominated composers known for their music mostly outside the film world include : Aaron Copland, Kurt Weill, Gian - Carlo Menotti, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Peter Maxwell Davies, Randy Newman, Richard Rodney Bennett, Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Artie Shaw, Trent Reznor, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and Jonny Greenwood. Rock musicians and pop stars are most often nominated in the songwriting category. A handful that were nominated in the Scoring categories includes : The Beatles, Prince, Pete Townshend, Rod McKuen, Isaac Hayes, Kris Kristofferson, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, Anthony Newley, Paul Williams, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Trent Reznor and Matthew Wilder. Record producers George Martin ( the Beatles ) and Jerry Wexler ( Atlantic Records ) also received nominations in the Scoring categories. At the age of 87, Ennio Morricone became the oldest winner in Oscar history at the time for a competitive award. Multiple nominations The following is a list of composers nominated more than once and winning at least one Academy Award ( in this category ). This list is sorted by number of awards, with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses. These do not include nominations ( or awards ) in the Best Original Song category. 9 : Alfred Newman ( 43 ) 5 : John Williams ( 46 ) Also received 5 nominations for Best Original Song, which brings his total to 51 - the most nominated person in all of the music categories combined. 4 : Johnny Green ( 12 ) 4 : André Previn ( 11 ) 4 : John Barry ( 6 ) 4 : Alan Menken ( 5 ) 3 : Max Steiner ( 24 ) 3 : Ray Heindorf ( 17 ) 3 : Morris Stoloff ( 17 ) 3 : Miklós Rózsa ( 16 ) 3 : Dimitri Tiomkin ( 14 ) 3 : Maurice Jarre ( 8 ) 3 : Ken Darby ( 6 ) 3 : Roger Edens ( 6 ) 3 : Saul Chaplin ( 5 ) 3 : Adolph Deutsch ( 5 ) 2 : Franz Waxman ( 11 ) 2 : Alexandre Desplat ( 9 ) 2 : Henry Mancini ( 7 ) 2 : Lennie Hayton ( 6 ) 2 : Michel Legrand ( 6 ) 2 : Irwin Kostal ( 5 ) 2 : Marvin Hamlisch ( 4 ) 2 : Leonard Rosenman ( 4 ) 2 : Ralph Burns ( 3 ) 2 : Howard Shore ( 3 ) 2 : Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2 ) 1 : Jerry Goldsmith ( 17 ) 1 : Victor Young ( 17 ) 1 : Herbert Stothart ( 11 ) 1 : Hans Zimmer ( 11 ) 1 : Elmer Bernstein ( 10 ) 1 : Hugo Friedhofer ( 9 ) 1 : Lionel Newman ( 9 ) 1 : Georgie Stoll ( 9 ) 1 : James Horner ( 8 ) 1 : Leigh Harline ( 7 ) 1 : Charles Previn ( 7 ) 1 : Paul Smith ( 7 ) 1 : Dave Grusin ( 6 ) 1 : Ennio Morricone ( 6 ) Also received an Academy Honorary Award. 1 : Leslie Bricusse ( 5 ) 1 : Georges Delerue ( 5 ) 1 : Richard Hageman ( 5 ) 1 : Bernard Herrmann ( 5 ) 1 : Nelson Riddle ( 5 ) 1 : Oliver Wallace ( 5 ) 1 : Aaron Copland ( 4 ) 1 : Ernest Gold ( 4 ) 1 : Leo F. Forbstein ( 4 ) 1 : Richard M. Sherman ( 4 ) 1 : Robert B. Sherman ( 4 ) 1 : Louis Silvers ( 4 ) 1 : Frank Churchill ( 3 ) 1 : Elliot Goldenthal ( 3 ) 1 : Erich Wolfgang Korngold ( 3 ) 1 : Bronislau Kaper ( 3 ) 1 : Dario Marianelli ( 3 ) 1 : Rachel Portman ( 3 ) 1 : Stephen Schwartz ( 3 ) 1 : Harry Sukman ( 3 ) 1 : Gabriel Yared ( 3 ) 1 : John Addison ( 2 ) 1 : Luis Enríquez Bacalov ( 2 ) 1 : Robert Russell Bennett ( 2 ) 1 : Jay Blackton ( 2 ) 1 : John Corigliano ( 2 ) 1 : Michael Giacchino ( 2 ) 1 : Michael Gore ( 2 ) 1 : W. Franke Harling ( 2 ) 1 : A.R. Rahman ( 2 ) 1 : Heinz Roemheld ( 2 ) 1 : Nino Rota ( 2 ) 1 : Leo Shuken ( 2 ) The following composers have been nominated for a Best Original Score Oscar more than once but have yet to garner one. The number of nominations is listed in parentheses. These do not include nominations ( or awards ) in the Best Original Song category. Deceased : Alex North ( 14 ) Received an Academy Honorary Award. Roy Webb ( 7 ) Werner Janssen ( 6 ) Edward Ward ( 5 ) Frank Skinner ( 4 ) Frank De Vol ( 4 ) Richard Rodney Bennett ( 3 ) Louis Gruenberg ( 3 ) Marvin Hatley ( 3 ) Ernst Toch ( 3 ) Jack Nitzsche ( 2 ) Has won 1 Oscar Award for Original Song. Richard Robbins ( 2 ) Victor Schertzinger ( 2 ) Meredith Willson ( 2 ) Jóhann Jóhannsson ( 2 ) Living : Thomas Newman ( 13 ) Randy Newman ( 8 ) Has won 2 Oscars Awards for Original Song. James Newton Howard ( 6 ) Lalo Schifrin ( 5 ) Danny Elfman ( 4 ) George Fenton ( 4 ) Philip Glass ( 3 ) Alberto Iglesias ( 3 ) Quincy Jones ( 3 ) Has won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a special Academy Award. Marc Shaiman ( 3 ) Marco Beltrami ( 2 ) Carter Burwell ( 2 ) Patrick Doyle ( 2 ) David Hirschfelder ( 2 ) See also Saturn Award for Best Music BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Score Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella References Jump up ^ `` Rule Sixteen : Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award Rules for the 85th Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ''. Oscars.org. 2012 - 08 - 24. Archived from the original on 2013 - 12 - 11. Retrieved 2014 - 05 - 15. 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Retrieved January 11, 2018. Jump up ^ `` 1957 Academy Award Voting Rules ''. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1957. Retrieved January 10, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Academy Awards 2017 : Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees ''. Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Oscar win at 87 may make Ennio Morricone the oldest winner ever ''. David Ng. Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Italy, Hollywood Celebrate Ennio Morricone 's First Competitive Win ''. Ariston Anderson. Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016. 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Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. Book Category Portal Academy Award for Best Original Score 1930s Louis Silvers ( 1934 ) Max Steiner ( 1935 ) Leo F. Forbstein ( 1936 ) Charles Previn ( 1937 ) Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman ( 1938 ) Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken ( 1939 ) 1940s Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington / Alfred Newman ( 1940 ) Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace ( 1941 ) Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld ( 1942 ) Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf ( 1943 ) Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon ( 1944 ) Miklós Rózsa / Georgie Stoll ( 1945 ) Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff ( 1946 ) Miklós Rózsa / Alfred Newman ( 1947 ) Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens ( 1948 ) Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton ( 1949 ) 1950s Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens ( 1950 ) Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin ( 1951 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman ( 1952 ) Bronisław Kaper / Alfred Newman ( 1953 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin ( 1954 ) Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch ( 1955 ) Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby ( 1956 ) Malcolm Arnold ( 1957 ) Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn ( 1958 ) Miklós Rózsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby ( 1959 ) 1960s Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman ( 1960 ) Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal ( 1961 ) Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf ( 1962 ) John Addison / Andre Previn ( 1963 ) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn ( 1964 ) Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal ( 1965 ) John Barry / Ken Thorne ( 1966 ) Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby ( 1967 ) John Barry / Johnny Green ( 1968 ) Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman ( 1969 ) 1970s Francis Lai / The Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ) ( 1970 ) Michel Legrand / John Williams ( 1971 ) Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns ( 1972 ) Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch ( 1973 ) Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle ( 1974 ) John Williams / Leonard Rosenman ( 1975 ) Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman ( 1976 ) John Williams / Jonathan Tunick ( 1977 ) Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti ( 1978 ) Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns ( 1979 ) 1980s Michael Gore ( 1980 ) Vangelis ( 1981 ) John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse ( 1982 ) Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman ( 1983 ) Maurice Jarre / Prince ( 1984 ) John Barry ( 1985 ) Herbie Hancock ( 1986 ) Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su ( 1987 ) Dave Grusin ( 1988 ) Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s John Barry ( 1990 ) Alan Menken ( 1991 ) Alan Menken ( 1992 ) John Williams ( 1993 ) Hans Zimmer ( 1994 ) Luis Enríquez Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman ( 1996 ) James Horner / Anne Dudley ( 1997 ) Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck ( 1998 ) John Corigliano ( 1999 ) 2000s Tan Dun ( 2000 ) Howard Shore ( 2001 ) Elliot Goldenthal ( 2002 ) Howard Shore ( 2003 ) Jan A.P. Kaczmarek ( 2004 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2005 ) Gustavo Santaolalla ( 2006 ) Dario Marianelli ( 2007 ) A.R. 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Question: who won the academy award for best original musical score
Answer: Alexandre Desplat; The Shape of Water