Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Academy Award for Original Score is given to the best body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring that is written specifically for a movie.

Winners and nominees

1930s
 Year Film Nominees 1934(7th)  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. 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 & Sam 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)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. 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)  From 1937 until 1945, film studios could submit one eligible film of their choosing, guaranteeing it a nomination. 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 Russell Bennett Suez Louis Silvers The Young in Heart Franz Waxman Scoring Alexander's Ragtime Band 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 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 CameAlfred 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 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 Young

1940s
 Year Film Nominees 1940(13th) Original Score Pinocchio Leigh Harline, Paul Smith & Ned Washington ArizonaVictor Young 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 Newman Arise, My Love Young Hit Parade of 1941 Cy Feuer Irene Anthony Collins Our Town 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 Ward Birth of the Blues Robert E. 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 (p.n.) & Edward Plumb The Black Swan Alfred Newman The Corsican Brothers Dimitri Tiomkin Flying Tigers Victor Young The Gold Rush Max Terr I Married a WitchRoy 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 QueenVictor Young Take a Letter, Darling The Talk of the Town Friedrich Hollaender & 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 E. Dolan It Started with Eve Hans J. 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 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 Plumb, Smith & Charles Wolcott The Sky's the Limit Leigh Harline Something to Shout About Morris Stoloff Stage Door Canteen Fred Rich Star Spangled Rhythm Robert E. Dolan Thousands Cheer Herbert P. 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 Michel Michelet & Edward Paul  It Happened Tomorrow Robert Stolz Jack London Fred Rich Kismet Herbert Stothart None but the Lonely Heart Constantin Bakaleinikoff & Hanns Eisler  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 WindMichel Michelet Wilson Alfred Newman The Woman of the Town Miklós Rózsa Scoring of a Musical Picture Cover Girl Morris Stoloff & Carmen Dragon Brazil Walter Scharf Higher and Higher Bakaleinikoff Hollywood Canteen Ray Heindorf Irish Eyes Are Smiling Newman Knickerbocker Holiday Werner 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 Grofé & Leo Erdody Sensations of 1945 Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open Road Charles Previn Up in Arms Louis Forbes &  Ray Heindorf 1945(18th) Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Spellbound Miklós Rózsa The Bells of St. Mary's Robert E. Dolan Brewster's Millions Louis Forbes 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 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 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 Lange Can't Help Singing Jerome Kern (p.n.) & Salter Hitchhike to Happiness Morton Scott Incendiary Blonde Robert E. Dolan Rhapsody in Blue Ray Heindorf & Max Steiner State Fair Alfred Newman & Charles Henderson Sunbonnet Sue Edward J. Kay The Three Caballeros Edward Plumb, Paul Smith & Charles Wolcott Tonight and Every Night Marlin Skiles & Morris Stoloff Why Girls Leave Home Walter Greene Wonder Man Louis Forbes &  Ray Heindorf 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 Alfred 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 Paul Smith & Oliver Wallace 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 Saul Chaplin & Johnny Green Alice in Wonderland Oliver Wallace The Great Caruso Peter Herman Adler & Green On the Riviera 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 & 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 George Duning & Morris Stoloff Julius Caesar Miklós Rózsa This Is Cinerama Louis Forbes Scoring of a Musical Picture Call Me Madam Alfred Newman The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Friedrich Hollaender & Stoloff The Band Wagon Adolph Deutsch Calamity Jane Ray Heindorf Kiss Me Kate Saul Chaplin & André Previn 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 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. On the Waterfront Leonard Bernstein The Silver Chalice Franz Waxman Scoring of a Musical Picture Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Saul Chaplin & Adolph Deutsch 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 Newman Guys and Dolls 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 (p.r.) 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 Ken Darby & Newman The Best Things in Life Are Free Lionel Newman The Eddy Duchin Story George Duning & Morris Stoloff High Society Saul Chaplin & Johnny Green Meet Me in Las Vegas Green & Georgie Stoll 1957(30th)  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.   The Bridge on the River Kwai Malcolm Arnold An Affair to RememberHugo 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 LionsHugo 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 Ken Darby & André Previn The Five Pennies Leith Stevens Li'l Abner Joseph J. Lilley & Nelson Riddle 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 Red Mitchell & 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 Ken Darby & Alfred Newman 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 55 Days at Peking Dimitri Tiomkin Cleopatra Alex North How the West Was Won Ken Darby & Alfred Newman 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 Jacques Demy & Michel Legrand Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment The Sound of Music Irwin Kostal Cat Ballou De Vol The Pleasure Seekers Sandy Courage & Lionel Newman 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 Ken Darby & Alfred Newman Doctor Dolittle Sandy Courage & Lionel Newman Guess Who's Coming to Dinner De Vol Thoroughly Modern Millie Joseph Gershenson & André Previn 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 Michel 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 Legrand (music & 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 & lyrics) & John Williams  (adaptation score) Paint Your Wagon Nelson Riddle (adaptation score) Sweet Charity Cy Coleman (adaptation score) They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Johnny Green & Albert Woodbury (adaptation score)

1970s
 Year Film Nominees 1970(43rd) Original Score Love Story Francis Lai Airport Alfred Newman (p.n.) Cromwell Frank Cordell Patton Jerry Goldsmith Sunflower Henry Mancini Original Song Score Let It Be The Beatles (music & lyrics) The Baby Maker Fred Karlin (music) & Tylwyth Kymry  (lyrics) A Boy Named Charlie Brown Rod McKuen (music & lyrics), Uncle John (music), Bill Melendez, Al Shean (lyrics), Vince Guaraldi (adaptation score) Darling Lili Mancini (music) & Johnny Mercer (lyrics) Scrooge Leslie Bricusse (music & 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 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. Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (p.r.) & Larry Russell (p.r.) The Godfather (Rescinded) Nino Rota was nominated for The Godfather in 1972, but the nomination was rescinded after it was discovered that Rota reused music from the 1958 film Fortunella. The Academy's entire music branch revoted for a fifth nominee. They could renominate Rota for The Godfather or select one of the five other shortlisted scores: Ben by Walter Scharf, Fellini's Roma by Rota, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean by Maurice Jarre, The Other by Jerry Goldsmith, or Sleuth by John Addison. Sleuth received the most votes and became the fifth nominee. Nino Rota 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: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation 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) 1974(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: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation The Great Gatsby Nelson Riddle (adaptation score) The Little Prince Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (song score), Douglas Gamley & Angela Morley (adaptation score) Phantom of the Paradise Paul Williams (song & adaptation score) & George Tipton (adaptation score) 1975(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 (p.n.) The Outlaw Josey Wales Jerry Fielding Taxi Driver Herrmann  (p.n.) 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 & 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 Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (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 10 Henry Mancini The Amityville Horror Lalo Schifrin The Champ Dave Grusin Star Trek: The Motion Picture Jerry Goldsmith 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 & 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 George Fenton & Ravi Shankar 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 & adaptation score) & Leslie Bricusse (song score) Annie Ralph Burns (adaptation score) One from the Heart Tom Waits (song score) 1983(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 (song & adaptation score) & 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 Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andraé Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner & Rod Temperton 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 1987(60th) The Last Emperor David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto & 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 WomenThomas Newman The Shawshank Redemption 1995(68th)  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. Original Dramatic Score The Postman Luis Bacalov Apollo 13James Horner Braveheart Nixon John Williams Sense and Sensibility Patrick Doyle Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas Alan Menken (music & orchestral score) & Stephen Schwartz (lyrics) The American President Marc Shaiman Sabrina John Williams Toy Story Randy Newman Unstrung Heroes Thomas Newman 1996(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 & 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 Newman Mulan Matthew Wilder (music), David Zippel (lyrics) & Jerry Goldsmith (orchestral score) Patch Adams Marc Shaiman The Prince of Egypt Stephen Schwartz (music & lyrics) & 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 Lisa Gerrard and Klaus Badelt also received screen credit for the Gladiator score, but only Zimmer was deemed eligible for the nomination. 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 2004(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 GeishaJohn 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 3:10 to Yuma Marco Beltrami The Kite Runner Alberto Iglesias Michael Clayton James Newton Howard Ratatouille Michael Giacchino 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 2010(83rd) The Social Network Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross 127 Hours A. R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon John Powell Inception Hans Zimmer The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat 2011(84th) The Artist Ludovic Bource The Adventures of Tintin John Williams Hugo Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Alberto Iglesias War Horse 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 Will 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 Jackie Micachu Lion Hauschka & Dustin O'Halloran 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 2018(91st) Black Panther Ludwig Göransson BlacKkKlansman Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns Marc Shaiman 2019(92nd) Joker Hildur Guðnadóttir Little Women Alexandre Desplat Marriage Story Randy Newman 1917 Thomas Newman Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker John Williams
2020s
 Year Film Nominees 2020/21The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was exceptionally extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.(93rd) Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste Da 5 Bloods Terence Blanchard  Mank Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Minari Emile Mosseri News of the World James Newton Howard 2021(94th) Dune Hans Zimmer Don't Look Up Nicholas Britell  Encanto Germaine Franco  Parallel Mothers Alberto Iglesias The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood 2022(95th) All Quiet on the Western Front Volker Bertelmann Babylon Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin Carter Burwell Everything Everywhere All at Once Son Lux The Fabelmans John Williams 2023(96th) American Fiction Laura Karpman Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny John Williams Killers of the Flower Moon Robbie Robertson (p.n.) Oppenheimer Ludwig Göransson Poor Things Jerskin Fendrix

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