Óscar á mellor banda sonora

O Óscar á mellor banda sonora é un dos premios entregados anualmente pola Academia das Artes e das Ciencias Cinematográficas á mellor creación musical feita especificamente para un filme. 

 Gañadores e nomeados
A seguinte lista amosa os compositores e filmes nomeados organizados cronoloxicamente.

Nota: De 1934-1937, o xefe do departamento de música (e non o compositor) era o que recibía o nomeamento ou o premio.
Nota: De 1937-1945, calquera estudio estaba garantido polo simple feito de presentar unha candidatura.

 1930 
 1934
 Música: One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe do departamento (Música por Victor Schertzinger e Gus Kahn)
 The Gay Divorcee Max Steiner, xefe do departamento (Música de Kenneth Webb e Samuel Hoffenstein)
 A patrulla perdida – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
 1935
 Música: O delator – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
 Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
 Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
 Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, xefe de departamento (Música de Ernst Toch)
 1936
 Música: Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
 A carga da brigada lixeira – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
 The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
 The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, xefe de departamento (Música de Werner Janssen)
 Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, xefe de departamento (Música de  Nathaniel Shilkret)
 1937
 Música: One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, xefe de departamento.
 The Hurricane – Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, xefe de departamento (Música de Alfred Newman)
 In Old Chicago – 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe de departamento (sen créditos do compositor)
 The Life of Emile Zola – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
 Lost Horizon – Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
 Make a Wish – Principal Productions, Hugo Riesenfeld, director musical (Música de Hugo Riesenfeld)
 Maytime – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
 Portia on Trial – Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, xefe de departamento (Música de Alberto Colombo)
 The Prisoner of Zenda – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, director musical (Música de Alfred Newman)
 Quality Street – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, director musical (Música de Roy Webb)
 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, xefe de departamento (Música de Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith)
 Something to Sing About – Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, director musical (Música de Victor Schertzinger)
 Souls at Sea – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Música de W. Franke Harling e Milan Roder)
 Way Out West – Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, xefe de departamento (Música de Marvin Hatley)
 1938
 Música orixinal: 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
 Música: Alexander's Ragtime Band – Alfred Newman
 Carefree – Victor Baravalle
 Girls' School – Morris Stoloff e Gregory Stone
 The Goldwyn Follies – Alfred Newman
 Jezebel – Max Steiner
 Mad About Music – Charles Previn e 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
 Música orixinal: 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
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
 Música: A dilixencia – Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
 The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje e Arthur Lange
 Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
 Babes in Arms – Roger Edens e George E. Stoll
 She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer
 Intermezzo – Lou Forbes
 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
 They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman
 First Love – Charles Previn
 Swanee River – Louis Silvers
 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
 Way Down South – Victor Young

 1940 
  1940
 Música orixinal: Pinocchio – Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith, compositores; Ned Washington, letra
 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
 Música: 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
 Música orixinal drama): All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann
 Back Street – Frank Skinner
 Bóla de fogo – Alfred Newman
 Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward
 Cidadán 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 J. 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
 Sospeita – Franz Waxman
 Tanks a Million – Edward Ward
 That Uncertain Feeling – Werner Heymann
 This Woman Is Mine – Richard Hageman
 Música de filme musical: 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, Bronislau 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
 Música orixinal de drama ou comedia: Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
 Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
 Bambi – Frank Churchill (póstumo), 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 J. 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
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: 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 Wallace
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: 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
 The Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa
 Música de filme musical: 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 J. 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
 Música de drama ou musical: Spellbound – Miklós Rózsa
 The Bells of St. Mary's – Robert Emmett Dolan
 Brewster's Millions – Lou Forbes
 O capitán Kidd – Werner Janssen
 The Enchanted Cottage – Roy Webb
 Flame of Barbary Coast – Morton Scott, R. 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
 A fin de semana perdida – 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 – H. J. Salter
 The Valley of Decision – Herbert Stothart
 The Woman in the Window – Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
 Música de filme musical: Levando áncoras – Georgie Stoll
 Belle of the Yukon – Arthur Lange
 Can't Help Singing – Jerome Kern (póstumo), 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: Os mellores anos da nosa vida – Hugo Friedhofer
 Ana e o rei de Siam – Bernard Herrmann
 Henry V – William Walton
 Humoresque – Franz Waxman
 Os asasinos – Miklós Rózsa
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: Dobre vida – Miklós Rózsa
 The Bishop's Wife – Hugo Friedhofer
 O capitán de Castela – Alfred Newman
 Forever Amber – David Raksin
 Life with Father – Max Steiner
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale
 Hamlet – William Walton
 Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer
 Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner
 The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: The Heiress – Aaron Copland
 Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner
 Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin
 Música de filme musical: On the Town – Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
 Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
 Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf

 1950 
 1950
 Música de drama ou comedia:  Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
 Todo sobre Eva – Alfred Newman
 O falcón e a frecha – Max Steiner
 No Sad Songs for Me – George Duning
 Samson and Delilah – Victor Young
 Música de filme musical:   Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
 Cinderella – Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
 I'll Get By – Lionel Newman
 Three Little Words – André Previn
 The West Point Story – Ray Heindorf
 1951
 Música de drama ou comedia:  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
 Música de filme musical:   Un americano en París – 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: Só ante o perigo – Dimitri Tiomkin
 Ivanhoe – Miklós Rózsa
 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner
 The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert
 Viva Zapata! – Alex North
 Música de filme musical: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia:  Lili – Bronislau Kaper
 Above and Beyond – Hugo Friedhofer
 De aquí á eternidade – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
 Julius Caesar – Miklós Rózsa
 This is Cinerama – Louis Forbes
 Música de filme musical:  Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
 The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch
 Calamity Jane – Ray Heindorf
 Os 5.000 dedos do Dr. T – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
 Kiss Me Kate – André Previn, Saul Chaplin
 1954
 Música de drama ou comedia:  The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
 The Caine Mutiny – Max Steiner
 Genevieve – Larry Adler (Fronte: Muir Mathieson)
 A lei do silencio – Leonard Bernstein
 The Silver Chalice – Franz Waxman
 Música de filme musical:  Sete noivas para sete irmáns – 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
 Música de drama ou comedia: 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
 Música de drama ou comedia:   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, George Stoll
  1956
 Música de drama ou comedia: A volta ao mundo en oitenta días – Victor Young (póstumo)
 Anastasia – Alfred Newman
 Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer
 Xigante – Dimitri Tiomkin
 The Rainmaker – Alex North
 Música de filme musical:   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
 Música orixinal:  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
 Música de drama ou musical: The Old Man and the Sea – Dimitri Tiomkin
 Horizontes de grandeza – Jerome Moross
 Separate Tables – David Raksin
 White Wilderness – Oliver Wallace
 The Young Lions – Hugo Friedhofer
 Música de filme musical: Gigi – André Previn
 The Bolshoi Ballet – Yuri Faier, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
 Damn Yankees – Ray Heindorf
 Mardi Gras – Lionel Newman
 South Pacific – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
  1959
 Música de drama ou musical: 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
 Música de filme musical: 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

 1960 
 1960
 Música de drama ou comedia: Exodus – Ernest Gold
 O Álamo – Dimitri Tiomkin
 Elmer Gantry – André Previn
 The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
 Spartacus – Alex North
 Música de filme musical: Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
 Bells Are Ringing – André Previn
 Can-Can – Nelson Riddle
 Let's Make Love – Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen
 Pepe – Johnny Green
 1961
 Música de drama ou musical: 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
 Música de filme musical: West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
 Babes in Toyland – George Bruns
 Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
 Khovanshchina – Dmitrii Shostakovich
 Paris Blues – Duke Ellington
 1962
 Música orixinal:  Lawrence de Arabia – Maurice Jarre
 Freud – Jerry Goldsmith
 Mutiny on the Bounty – Bronislau Kaper
 Taras Bulba – Franz Waxman
 To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein
 Música adaptación: 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
 Música orixinal:  Tom Jones – John Addison
 Cleopatra – Alex North
 55 días en Pequín – Dimitri Tiomkin
 A conquista do Oeste – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Ernest Gold
 Música adaptación: 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
 Música orixinal: 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
 Música adaptada:  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
 Música orxinal:  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
 Música adaptada:  The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
 A inxenua explosiva – DeVol
 The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
 A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker
 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
 1966
 Música orixinal:  Born Free – John Barry
 A Biblia – Toshiro Mayuzumi
 Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein
 The Sand Pebbles – Jerry Goldsmith
 ¿Quen teme a Virginia Woolf? – Alex North
 Música adaptada:   A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ken Thorne
 O evanxeo segundo San Mateo – 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
 Música orixinal:  Thoroughly Modern Millie – Elmer Bernstein
 A lenda do indomable – Lalo Schifrin
 Doctor Dolittle – Leslie Bricusse
 Far from the Madding Crowd – Richard Rodney Bennett
 A sangue frío – Quincy Jones
 Música adaptada: Camelot – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
 Doctor Dolittle – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
 A que non sabes quen vén cear esta noite? – DeVol
 Thoroughly Modern Millie – André Previn, Joseph Gershenson
 Valley of the Dolls – John Williams
 1968
 Música orixinal:  The Lion in Winter – John Barry
 The Fox – Lalo Schifrin
 O planeta dos simios – Jerry Goldsmith
 The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North
 The Thomas Crown Affair – Michel Legrand
 Música adaptada:  Oliver! – Adaptación de Johnny Green
 Finian's Rainbow – Adaptación de Ray Heindorf
 Funny Girl – Adaptación de Walter Scharf
 Star! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton
 The Young Girls of Rochefort – Adaptación de Michel Legrand; letra de Jacques Demy
 1969
 Música orixinal:  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach
 Ana dos mil días – Georges Delerue
 The Reivers – John Williams
 The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Ernest Gold
 Grupo salvaxe – Jerry Fielding
 Música adaptada:  Hello, Dolly! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton e Lionel Newman
 Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptación de John Williams
 Paint Your Wagon – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
 Sweet Charity – Adaptación de Cy Coleman
 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptación de John Green e Albert Woodbury

 1970 
 1970
 Música orixinal: Love Story – Francis Lai
 Airport – Alfred Newman (póstumo)
 Cromwell – Frank Cordell
 Patton – Jerry Goldsmith
 I Girasoli – Henry Mancini
 Canción orixinal: Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison e Ringo Starr)
 The Baby Maker – música de Fred Karlin; letra de Tylwyth Kymry
 A Boy Named Charlie Brown – música de Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lletra de Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptación de Vince Guaraldi
 Darling Lili – música de Henry Mancini; letra de Johnny Mercer
 Scrooge – música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptado por Ian Fraser e Herbert W. Spencer
 1971
 Original Dramatic Score:  Verán do 42 – Michel Legrand
 Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry
 Nicholas and Alexandra – Richard Rodney Bennett
 Shaft – Isaac Hayes
 Straw Dogs – Jerry Fielding
 Canción orixinal e música adapada:  O violinista no tellado – Adaptación de John Williams
 Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Canción de Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; adaptación de Irwin Kostal
  The Boy Friend – adaptación de Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
 Tchaikovsky – adaptación de Dimitri Tiomkin
 Willy Wonka e a fábrica de chocolate – canción de Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; adaptación de Walter Scharf
 1972
 Música orixinal: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (póstumo), Larry Russell (póstumo) 
 O padriño – Nino Rota
 Images – John Williams
 Napoleon and Samantha – Buddy Baker
 A aventura do Poseidón – John Williams
 Sleuth – John Addison
 Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Cabaret – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
 Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptación de Gil Askey
 Man of La Mancha – Adaptación de Laurence Rosenthal
 1973
 Música de drama orixinal: 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
 Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptación de Marvin Hamlisch
 Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptación de André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer e Andrew Lloyd Webber
 Tom Sawyer – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de John Williams
 1974
 Música de drama orixinal:  O padriño (II parte) – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
 Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
 Asasinato no Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett
 Shanks – Alex North
 The Towering Inferno – John Williams
 Canción orixinal e adaptación: The Great Gatsby – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
 The Little Prince – Canción de Alan Jay Lerner e Frederick Loewe; Adaptación de Angela Morley e Douglas Gamley
 Phantom of the Paradise – Canción de Paul Williams; Adaptación de Paul Williams e George Aliceson Tipton
 1975
 Música de drama orixinal: Tiburón – John Williams
 Birds Do It, Bees Do It – Gerald Fried
 Morde a bala – Alex North
 Alguén voou sobre o niño do cuco – Jack Nitzsche
 The Wind and the Lion – Jerry Goldsmith
 Canción orixinal e adaptación: Barry Lyndon – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
 Funny Lady – Adaptación de Peter Matz
 Tommy – Adaptación de Peter Townshend
 1976
 Música orixinal:  The Omen – Jerry Goldsmith
 Obsession – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
 O fóra da lei – Jerry Fielding
 Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
 Voyage of the Damned – Lalo Schifrin
 Canción orixinal e adaptación: Bound for Glory – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
 Bugsy Malone – Canción e adaptación de Paul Williams
 A Star Is Born – Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
 1977
 Música orixinal: A guerra das galaxias – John Williams
 Encontros na terceira fase – John Williams
 Julia – Georges Delerue
 Mohammad, Messenger of God – Maurice Jarre
 The Spy Who Loved Me – Marvin Hamlisch
 Canción orixinal e adaptación:  A Little Night Music  – Adaptación de Jonathan Tunick
 Pete's Dragon – Canción de Al Kasha e Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptación de Irwin Kostal
 The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de Angela Morley
 1978
 Música orixinal:  Expreso de medianoite – Giorgio Moroder
 The Boys from Brazil – Jerry Goldsmith
 Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone
 Heaven Can Wait – Dave Grusin
 Superman – John Williams
 Adaptación: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
 Pretty Baby – Jerry Wexler
 The Wiz – Quincy Jones
 1979
 Música orixinal:  A Little Romance – Georges Delerue
 The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin
 The Champ – Dave Grusin
 Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
 10 – Henry Mancini
 Canción orixinal e adaptación: Empeza o espectáculo – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
 Breaking Away – Adaptación de Patrick Williams
 The Muppet Movie – Canción de Paul Williams e Kenny Ascher; Adaptación de Paul Williams

 1980 
 1980: Fame – Michael Gore
 Altered States – John Corigliano
 The Elephant Man – John Morris
 A guerra das galaxias, episodio V: O imperio contraataca – John Williams
 Tess – Philippe Sarde
 1981: Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
 Dragonslayer – Alex North
 On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin
 Ragtime – Randy Newman
 Na busca da arca perdida – John Williams
 1982
 Música orixinal: 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
 Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Victor Victoria – Música de Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, adaptación de  Henry Mancini
 Annie – Música adaptada de Ralph Burns
 One from the Heart  – Canción de Tom Waits
 1983
 Música orixinal: The Right Stuff – Bill Conti
 Cross Creek – Leonard Rosenman
 A guerra das galaxias, episodio VI: O retorno do Jedi – John Williams
 A forza do cariño – Michael Gore
 Under Fire – Jerry Goldsmith
 Canción oricinal ou Música adaptada: Yentl – Canción de Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
 The Sting II – Música adaptada de Lalo Schifrin
 Trading Places – Música adaptada de Elmer Bernstein
 1984
 Música orixinal: A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
 Indiana Jones e o templo maldito – John Williams
 The Natural – Randy Newman
 The River – John Williams
 Under the Volcano – Alex North
 Canción orixinal: Purple Rain – Prince
 The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
 Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson

Música orixinal
 1985: Memorias de África – John Barry
 Agnes of God – Georges Delerue
 A cor púrpura – 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
 Testemuña única – Maurice Jarre
 1986: Arredor de medianoite – Herbie Hancock
 Aliens – James Horner
 Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith
 A misión – Ennio Morricone
 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Leonard Rosenman
 1987: O derradeiro emperador – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
 Cry Freedom – George Fenton; Jonas Gwangwa
 O imperio do sol – John Williams
 Os intocables de Eliot Ness – Ennio Morricone
 As meigas de Eastwick – John Williams
 1988: The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin
 The Accidental Tourist – John Williams
 As amizades perigosas – 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 e a última cruzada – John Williams

 1990 
Nota: De 1995 a 1998, os cantautores e letristas xunto cos compositores de orquestra podían ser elixidos como nomeados na categoría "Banda sonora comedia ou musical".
AnoGañadorCompositorNomeados 1990 Dances with Wolves– John Barry<small>
 Avalon – Randy Newman
 Ghost – Maurice Jarre
 Havana – Dave Grusin
 Só na casa – John Williams 1991 Beauty and the Beast– Alan Menken<small>
 Bugsy – Ennio Morricone
 The Fisher King – George Fenton
 JFK – John Williams
 O príncipe das mareas – James Newton Howard 1992 Aladdin– Alan Menken<small>
 Instinto básico – Jerry Goldsmith
 Chaplin – John Barry
 Howards End – Richard Robbins
 A River Runs Through It – Mark Isham 1993 A lista de Schindler– John Williams<small>
 A idade da inocencia – Elmer Bernstein
 The Firm – Dave Grusin
 O fuxitivo – James Newton Howard
 O que queda do día – Richard Robbins 1994 The Lion King– Hans Zimmer<small>
 Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri
 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles – Elliot Goldenthal
 Little Women – Thomas Newman
 Cadea perpetua – Thomas Newman 1995Drama:Il postino– Luis Bacalov<small>
 Apollo 13 – James Horner
 Braveheart – James Horner
 Nixon – John Williams
 Sense and Sensibility – Patrick DoyleMusical ou Comedia:Pocahontas– Música de Alan Menken; Letras de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Alan Menken<small>
 The American President – Marc Shaiman
 Sabrina – John Williams
 Toy Story – Randy Newman
 Unstrung Heroes – Thomas Newman 1996Drama:O paciente inglés– Gabriel Yared<small>
 Hamlet – Patrick Doyle
 Michael Collins – Elliot Goldenthal
 Shine – David Hirschfelder
 Sleepers – John WilliamsMusical ou Comedia:Emma– Rachel Portman<small>
 The First Wives Club – Marc Shaiman
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Música de Alan Menken; Letra de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Alan Menken
 James and the Giant Peach – Randy Newman
 The Preacher's Wife – Hans Zimmer 1997Drama:Titanic– James Horner<small>
 Amistad – John Williams
 Good Will Hunting – Danny Elfman
 Kundun –  Philip Glass
 L.A. Confidential – Jerry GoldsmithMusical ou Comedia:The Full Monty– Anne Dudley<small>
 Anastasia – Música de Stephen Flaherty; Letra de Lynn Ahrens; orquestra de David Newman
 As Good as It Gets – Hans Zimmer
 Men in Black – Danny Elfman
 My Best Friend's Wedding – James Newton Howard 1998Drama:La vita è bella– Nicola Piovani<small>
 Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder
 Pleasantville – Randy Newman
 Saving Private Ryan – John Williams
 The Thin Red Line – Hans ZimmerMusical ou Comedia:Shakespeare in Love– Stephen Warbeck<small>
 A Bug's Life – Randy Newman
 Mulan – Música de Mathew Wilder; Letra de David Zippel; orquestra de Jerry Goldsmith
 Patch Adams – Marc Shaiman
 The Prince of Egypt – Música de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Hans Zimmer 1999 The Red Violin– John Corigliano<small>
 American Beauty – Thomas Newman
 Angela's Ashes – John Williams
 As normas da casa da sidra – Rachel Portman
 The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared

 2000 
AnoGañadorCompositorNomeados 2000 Wò hǔ cáng lóng – Tan Dun<small>
 Chocolat – Rachel Portman
 Gladiator  – Hans ZimmerLisa Gerrard e Klaus Badelt tamén estaban acreditados na banda sonora, mais só Zimmer foi esollido como nomeado.
 Malèna – Ennio Morricone
 The Patriot – John Williams 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring– Howard Shore<small>
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence – John Williams
 A Beautiful Mind – James Horner
 Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal – John Williams
 Monsters, Inc. – Randy Newman 2002 Frida– Elliot Goldenthal<small>
 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<small>
 Big Fish – Danny Elfman
 Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared
 Finding Nemo – Thomas Newman
 Casa de area e néboa – James Horner 2004 Finding Neverland– Jan A. P. Kaczmarek<small>
 Harry Potter e o preso de Azkaban – John Williams
 Unha serie de sucesos desafortunados, de Lemony Snicket – Thomas Newman
 The Passion of the Christ – John Debney
 The Village – James Newton Howard 2005 Brokeback Mountain– Gustavo Santaolalla<small>
 The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias
 Memorias dunha gueixa – John Williams
 Munich – John Williams
 Pride & Prejudice – Dario Marianelli 2006 Babel– Gustavo Santaolalla<small>
 O bo alemán – Thomas Newman
 Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass
 El laberinto del fauno – Javier Navarrete
 The Queen – Alexandre Desplat 2007 Atonement– Dario Marianelli<small>
 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<small>
 O curioso caso de Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
 Defiance – James Newton Howard
 Milk – Danny Elfman
 WALL-E – Thomas Newman 2009 Up– Michael Giacchino<small>
 Avatar – James Horner
 Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
 En terra hostil – Marco Beltrami e Buck Sanders
 Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer

 2010 
AnoGañadorCompositorNomeados 2010 The Social Network– Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross<small>
 127 Hours – A. R. Rahman
 How to Train Your Dragon  – John Powell
 Orixe – Hans Zimmer
 The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat 2011 The Artist – Ludovic Bource<small>
 The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
 Hugo – Howard Shore
 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
 War Horse – John Williams 2012 Life of Pi – Mychael Danna<small>
 Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
 Argo – Alexandre Desplat
 Lincoln – John Williams
 Skyfall – Thomas Newman 2013 Gravity – Steven Price<small>
 The Book Thief – John Williams
 Her – William Butler e Owen Pallett
 Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
 Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat<small>
 The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
 Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
 Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon
 The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson 2015 The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone<small>
 Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
 Carol – Carter Burwell
 Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams 2016 La La Land – Justin Hurwitz<small>
 Jackie – Mica Levi
 Lion – Dustin O'Halloran e Hauschka
 Moonlight – Nicholas Britell
 Passengers – Thomas Newman 2017 The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat<small>
 Dunkerque – Hans Zimmer
 Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
 Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams
 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell 2018 Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson<small>
 BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
 If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
 Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
 Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman 2019 Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir<small>
 Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
 Marriage Story – Randy Newman
 1917 – Thomas Newman
 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

 2020 
AnoFilmesCompositores 2020/21(93ª) Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross e Jon Batiste Da 5 Bloods Terence Blanchard  Mank Trent Reznor e Atticus Ross Minari. Historia da miña familia Emile Mosseri News of the World James Newton Howard 2021(94ª) Dune Hans Zimmer Don't Look Up Nicholas Britell  Encanto Germaine Franco  Parallel Mothers Alberto Iglesias The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood

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