Academy Award untuk Musik Orisinal Terbaik
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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