Academy Award untuk Musik Orisinal Terbaik

The Academy Award for Original Music Score (Musik Orisinal Terbaik Oscar) adalah penghargaan Oscar untuk musik orisinil yang khusus ditulis oleh seorang komposer untuk digunakan dalam film.

Pemenang 
Empat orang komposer telah memenangkan Oscars dalam dua tahun berturut-turut:
 Franz Waxman, untuk Sunset Boulevard (1950) dan A Place in the Sun (1951),
 Andre Previn, untuk Gigi (film) (1958) dan Porgy and Bess (1959),
 Alan Menken untuk Beauty and The Beast (1991) dan Aladdin (1992)
 Gustavo Santaolalla untuk Brokeback Mountain (2005) dan Babel (2006).

Daftar pemenang dan nominasi terbanyak

 9: Alfred Newman (45)
 5: John Williams (45)
 4: Johnny Green (12)
 4: André Previn (11)
 4: John Barry (6)
 4: Alan Menken (5)
 3: Max Steiner (25)
 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: Henry Mancini (7)
 2: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (3)
 2: Gustavo Santaolalla (2)
 2: Howard Shore (2)
 1: Jerry Goldsmith (17)
 1: Victor Young (17)
 1: Herbert Stothart (11)
 1: Elmer Bernstein (10)
 1: James Horner (9)
 1: Lionel Newman (9)

 1: Hans Zimmer (7)
 1: Dave Grusin (6)
 1: Georges Delerue (5)
 1: Bernard Herrmann (5)
 1: Aaron Copland (4)
 1: Elliot Goldenthal (3)
 1: Rachel Portman (3)
 1: Stephen Schwartz (3)
 1: Gabriel Yared (3)
 1: John Corigliano (2)
 1: Dario Marianelli (2)
 1: Nino Rota (2)
 1: A. R. Rahman (1)

Pemenang dan Nominasi

1930-an 
 1934
 MUSIK: One Night of Love - Louis Silvers
 The Gay Divorcee - Max Steiner
 The Lost Patrol - Max Steiner
 1935
 MUSIK: The Informer - Max Steiner
 (Write-in candidate) Captain Blood - Leo F. Forbstein
 Mutiny on the Bounty - Nat W. Finston
 Peter Ibbetson - Irvin Talbot
 1936
 MUSIK: Anthony Adverse - Leo F. Forbstein
 The Charge of the Light Brigade - Leo F. Forbstein
 The Garden of Allah - Max Steiner
 The General Died at Dawn - Boris Morros
 Winterset - Nathaniel Shilkret
 1937
 MUSIK: One Hundred Men and a Girl - Charles Previn
 The Hurricane - Alfred Newman
 In Old Chicago - Louis Silvers
 The Life of Emile Zola - Leo F. Forbstein
 Lost Horizon - Morris Stoloff
 Make a Wish - Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld
 Maytime - Nat W. Finston
 Portia on Trial - Alberto Colombo
 The Prisoner of Zenda - Alfred Newman
 Quality Street - Roy Webb
 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Leigh Harline
 Something to Sing About - C. Bakaleinikoff
 Souls at Sea - Boris Morros
 Way Out West - Marvin Hatley
 1938
 MUSIK: 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
 1939
 MUSIK: 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
 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Dimitri Tiomkin
 Nurse Edith Cavell - Anthony Collins
 Of Mice and Men - Aaron Copland
 The Rains Came - Alfred Newman
 Wuthering Heights - Alfred Newman
 Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alfred Newman

1940-an 
 1940
 MUSIK: 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 - Miklós Rózsa
 Waterloo Bridge - Herbert Stothart
 1941
 MUSIK (Film Drama): 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 - Miklós Rózsa
 Mercy Island - Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
 Sergeant York - Max Steiner
 So Ends Our Night - Louis Gruenberg
 Sundown - Miklós Rózsa
 Suspicion - Franz Waxman
 Tanks a Million - Edward Ward
 That Uncertain Feeling - Werner Heymann
 This Woman Is Mine - Richard Hageman
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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 - 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 - Victor Young
 The Talk of the Town - Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
 To Be or Not to Be - Werner Heymann
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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 - Miklós Rózsa
 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 - Miklós Rózsa
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): Spellbound - Miklós Rózsa
 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 - Miklós Rózsa
 Love Letters - Victor Young
 The Man Who Walked Alone - Karl Hajos
 Objective, Burma! - Franz Waxman
 Paris--Underground - Alexander Tansman
 A Song to Remember - Miklós Rózsa, 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): Anchors Aweigh - Georgie Stoll
 Belle of the Yukon - Arthur Lange
 Can't Help Singing - Jerome Kern (posthumous nomination), 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): The Red Shoes - Brian Easdale
 Hamlet - William Walton
 Joan of Arc - Hugo Friedhofer
 Johnny Belinda - Max Steiner
 The Snake Pit - Alfred Newman
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): The Heiress - Aaron Copland
 Beyond the Forest - Max Steiner
 Champion - Dimitri Tiomkin
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): On the Town - Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
 Jolson Sings Again - Morris Stoloff, George Duning
 Look for the Silver Lining - Ray Heindorf

1950-an 
 1950
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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 - Alex North
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): Lili - Bronislau Kaper
 Above and Beyond - Hugo Friedhofer
 From Here to Eternity - Morris Stoloff, George Duning
 Julius Caesar - Miklós Rózsa
 This is Cinerama - Louis Forbes
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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 - Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin
 1954
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): Around the World in Eighty Days - Victor Young (posthumous award)
 Anastasia - Alfred Newman
 Between Heaven and Hell - Hugo Friedhofer
 Giant - Dimitri Tiomkin
 The Rainmaker - Alex North
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK: 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): Ben-Hur - Miklós Rózsa
 The Diary of Anne Frank - Alfred Newman
 The Nun's Story - Franz Waxman
 On the Beach - Ernest Gold
 Pillow Talk - Frank DeVol
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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

1960-an 
 1960
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): Exodus - Ernest Gold
 The Alamo - Dimitri Tiomkin
 Elmer Gantry - Andre Previn
 The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
 Spartacus - Alex North
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Drama atau Komedi): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal): West Side Story - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
 Babes in Toyland - George Bruns
 Flower Drum Song (film) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
 Khovanshchina - Dimitri Shostakovich
 Paris Blues - Duke Ellington
 1962
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
 Freud - Jerry Goldsmith
 Mutiny on the Bounty - Bronislau Kaper
 Taras Bulba - Franz Waxman
 To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): Irma la Douce - Andre Previn
 Bye Bye Birdie - Jack N. Green
 A New Kind of Love - Leith Stevens
 Sundays and Cybele - Maurice Jarre
 The Sword in the Stone - George Bruns
 1964
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Adaptasi): 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
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal - Orisinal atau Adaptasi): Oliver! - Johnny Green
 Finian's Rainbow - Ray Heindorf
 Funny Girl - Walter Scharf
 Star! - Lennie Hayton
 The Young Girls of Rochefort - Michel Legrand; lirik oleh Jacques Demy
 1969
 MUSIK (Musik Orisinal): 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
 MUSIK (Film Musikal - Orisinal atau Adaptasi): Hello, Dolly! - Lennie Hayton dan Lionel Newman
 Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Leslie Bricusse; John Williams
 Paint Your Wagon - Nelson Riddle
 Sweet Charity - Cy Coleman
 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - John Green dan Albert Woodbury

1970-an 
 1970
 Musik Orisinal: Love Story - Francis Lai
 Airport - Alfred Newman
 Cromwell - Frank Cordell
 Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
 I Girasoli - Henry Mancini
 Lagu Orisinal: Let It Be - music and lyrics oleh The Beatles
 The Baby Maker - musik oleh Fred Karlin; lirik oleh Tylwyth Kymry
 A Boy Named Charlie Brown - musik oleh Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lirik oleh Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptasi oleh Vince Guaraldi
 Darling Lili - musik oleh Henry Mancini; lirik oleh Johnny Mercer
 Scrooge - musik oleh Leslie Bricusse; lirik oleh Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer
 1971
 Musik Orisinal: Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand
 Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry
 Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett
 Shaft - Isaac Hayes
 Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: Fiddler on the Roof - John Williams
 Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Irwin Kostal
 The Boy Friend - Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
 Tchaikovsky - Dimitri Tiomkin
 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Walter Scharf
 1972
 Musik Orisinal: Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
 The Godfather - Nino Rota
 Images - John Williams
 Napoleon and Samantha -- Buddy Baker
 The Poseidon Adventure -- John Williams
 Sleuth - John Addison
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: Cabaret - Ralph Burns
 Lady Sings the Blues - Gil Askey
 Man of La Mancha - Laurence Rosenthal
 1973
 Musik Orisinal: 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
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: The Sting - Marvin Hamlisch
 Jesus Christ Superstar - André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer dan Andrew Lloyd Webber
 Tom Sawyer -- Richard M. Sherman dan Robert B. Sherman; John Williams
 1974
 Musik Orisinal: 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
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: The Great Gatsby - Nelson Riddle
 The Little Prince - Alan Jay Lerner dan Frederick Loewe; Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
 Phantom of the Paradise - Paul Williams; Paul Williams dan George Aliceson Tipton
 1975
 Musik Orisinal: Jaws - John Williams
 Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried
 Bite the Bullet (film) - Alex North
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
 The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: Barry Lyndon - Leonard Rosenman
 Funny Lady - Peter Matz
 Tommy - Peter Townshend
 1976
 Musik Orisinal: The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
 Obsession - Bernard Herrmann
 The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
 Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
 Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: Bound for Glory - Leonard Rosenman
 Bugsy Malone - Paul Williams
 A Star Is Born - Roger Kellaway
 1977
 Musik Orisinal: 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
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: A Little Night Music - Jonathan Tunick
 Pete's Dragon - Al Kasha dan Joel Hirschhorn; Irwin Kostal
 The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella - Richard M. Sherman dan Robert B. Sherman; Angela Morley
 1978
 Musik Orisinal: Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
 The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith
 Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone
 Heaven Can Wait - Dave Grusin
 Superman - John Williams
 Musik Adaptasi: The Buddy Holly Story - Joe Renzetti
 Pretty Baby - Jerry Wexler
 The Wiz - Quincy Jones
 1979
 Musik Orisinal: A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
 The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
 The Champ - Dave Grusin
 Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
 10 - Henry Mancini
 Lagu Orisinal dan Adaptasi: All That Jazz - Ralph Burns
 Breaking Away - Patrick Williams
 The Muppet Movie - Paul Williams dan Kenny Ascher; Paul Williams

1980-an 
 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 - Alex North
 On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin
 Ragtime - Randy Newman
 Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
 1982
 Musik Orisinal: E.T. - John Williams
 Gandhi - Ravi Shankar; George Fenton
 An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
 Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
 Sophie's Choice - Marvin Hamlisch
 Lagu Orisinal atau Adaptasi: Victor/Victoria - Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, Henry Mancini
 Annie - Ralph Burns
 One from the Heart - Tom Waits
 1983
 Musik Orisinal: The Right Stuff - Bill Conti
 Cross Creek - Leonard Rosenman
 Return of the Jedi - John Williams
 Terms of Endearment - Michael Gore
 Under Fire - Jerry Goldsmith
 Lagu Orisinal atau Adaptasi: Yentl - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
 Sting II - Lalo Schifrin
 Trading Places - Elmer Bernstein
 1984
 Musik Orisinal: 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

Musik Orisinal Terbaik
 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; 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 - Dave Grusin
 The Accidental Tourist - John Williams
 Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
 Gorillas in the Mist - 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

1990-an
 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 - Elliot Goldenthal
 Little Women - Thomas Newman
 The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
 1995
 Musik Orisinal Drama Terbaik: Il postino (The Postman) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov
 Apollo 13 - James Horner
 Braveheart - James Horner
 Nixon - John Williams
 Sense and Sensibility - Patrick Doyle
 Musik Orisinal Musikal atau Komedi Terbaik: Pocahontas - Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz
 The American President - Marc Shaiman
 Sabrina - John Williams
 Toy Story - Randy Newman
 Unstrung Heroes - Thomas Newman
 1996
 Musik Orisinal Drama Terbaik: The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
 Hamlet - Patrick Doyle
 Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
 Shine - David Hirschfelder
 Sleepers - John Williams
 Musik Orisinal Musikal atau Komedi Terbaik: 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
 Musik Orisinal Drama Terbaik: Titanic - James Horner
 Amistad - John Williams
 Good Will Hunting - Danny Elfman
 Kundun - Philip Glass
 L.A. Confidential - Jerry Goldsmith
 Musik Orisinal Musikal atau Komedi Terbaik: 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
 Musik Orisinal Drama Terbaik: La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) - Nicola Piovani
 Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder
 Pleasantville - Randy Newman
 Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
 The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer
 Musik Orisinal Musikal atau Komedi Terbaik: Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
 A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
 Mulan - Matthew Wilder (musik); David Zippel (lirik); Jerry Goldsmith (orchestra)
 Patch Adams - Marc Shaiman
 The Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz (musik/lirik); Hans Zimmer (orchestra)

Musik Orisinal Terbaik

 1999  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

2000-an 
 2000 Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) - Tan Dun
 Chocolat - Rachel Portman
 Gladiator - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
 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
 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
 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 Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
 Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
 The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
 Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli
 Munich - John Williams
 2006 Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
 The Good German - Thomas Newman
 Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass
 El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) - Javier Navarrete
 The Queen - Alexandre Desplat
 2007 Atonement – Dario Marianelli
  3:10 to Yuma – Marco Beltrami
 The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias
 Michael Clayton – James Newton Howard
  Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino
 2008 Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
 Defiance - James Newton Howard
 WALL•E – Thomas Newman
 Milk – Danny Elfman

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