Academy Award untuk Musik Orisinal Terbaik
Pemenang dan Nominasi > 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