Giải Oscar cho nhạc phim xuất sắc nhất

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Giải Oscar cho nhạc phim xuất sắc nhất là một trong các giải Oscar được Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Nghệ thuật Điện ảnh trao tặng hàng năm cho nhạc viết riêng cho một phim được cho là hay nhất và tác giả của nó.

Danh sách theo năm
Dưới đây là danh sách các nhà soạn nhạc được đề cử xếp theo năm gồm cả tên phim và người soạn nhạc. Năm ghi trong danh sách này là năm sản xuất, do đó ví dụ năm 1967 tức năm sản xuất, còn năm đoạt giải là năm 1968.

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Thập niên 1930

Thập niên 1940
1940
MUSIC (Original Score): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic Picture): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Now, Voyager - Max Steiner
Arabian Nights - Frank Skinner
Bambi - Frank Churchill (posthumous nomination), 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
MUSIC (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 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
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, 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
MUSIC (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 - 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
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 - 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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
MUSIC (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
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
MUSIC (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 J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
1948
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
MUSIC (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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Heiress - Aaron Copland
Beyond the Forest - Max Steiner
Champion - Dimitri Tiomkin
MUSIC (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
1950
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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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 - Alex North
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score): 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
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 Lions - Hugo Friedhofer
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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 - Frank DeVol
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Exodus - Ernest Gold
The Alamo - Dimitri Tiomkin
Elmer Gantry - Andre Previn
The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein
Spartacus - Alex North
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): 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
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
MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): West Side Story - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
Babes in Toyland - George Bruns
Flower Drum Song (phim) - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
Khovanshchina - Dimitri Shostakovich
Paris Blues - Duke Ellington
1962
MUSIC (Original Music Score): Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
Freud - Jerry Goldsmith
Mutiny on the Bounty - Bronislau Kaper
Taras Bulba - Franz Waxman
To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): 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
MUSIC (Original Music Score): Tom Jones - John Addison
Cleopatra - Alex North
55 ngày at Peking - Dimitri Tiomkin
How the West Was Won - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Ernest Gold
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): 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
MUSIC (Original Music Score): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): 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
MUSIC (Original Music Score): 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
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): 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
MUSIC (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
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Ken Thorne
Tin Mừng theo thánh Mátthêu - 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
MUSIC (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
MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): 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
MUSIC (Original Score): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation): Oliver! - Adaptation score by Johnny Green
Finian's Rainbow - Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
Funny Girl - Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
Star! - Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
The Young Girls of Rochefort - Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
1969
MUSIC (Original Score): 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
MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation): Hello, Dolly! - Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton và Lionel Newman
Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams
Paint Your Wagon - Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle
Sweet Charity - Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Adaptation score by John Green và Albert Woodbury

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1970
Original Score: Love Story - Francis Lai
Airport - Alfred Newman (posthumous nomination)
Cromwell - Frank Cordell
Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
I Girasoli - Henry Mancini
Original Song Score: Let It Be - music and lyrics by The Beatles
The Baby Maker - music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
A Boy Named Charlie Brown - music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
Darling Lili - Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Scrooge - music by Leslie Bricusse; lyrics by Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer
1971
Original 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
Original Song Score and Adaptation: Fiddler on the Roof - Adaptation Score by John Williams
Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
The Boy Friend - Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
Tchaikovsky - Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf
1972
Original Score: Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (posthumous award), Larry Russell (posthumous award) (Note: This phim was originally released in 1952, but did not play in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it become eligible for nomination)
The Godfather - Nino Rota (Note: Was withdrawn when found that Rota had used music from an earlier score and was replaced by that of Sleuth)
Images - John Williams
Napoleon and Samantha -- Buddy Baker
The Poseidon Adventure -- John Williams
Sleuth - John Addison
Original Song Score and Adaptation: Cabaret—Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Lady Sings the Blues - Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
Man of La Mancha - Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal
1973
Original 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
Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting - Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
Jesus Christ Superstar - Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer và Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tom Sawyer—Song Score by Richard M. Sherman và Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
1974
Original 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
Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Great Gatsby - Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
The Little Prince - Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner và Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley và Douglas Gamley
Phantom of the Paradise - Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams và George Aliceson Tipton
1975
Original Score: Jaws - John Williams
Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried
Bite the Bullet (phim) - Alex North
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith
Original Song Score and Adaptation: Barry Lyndon - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
Funny Lady - Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
Tommy - Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend
1976
Original Score: The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
Obsession - Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination)
The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination)
Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
Bugsy Malone - Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
A Star Is Born - Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
1977
Original Score: 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
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: A Little Night Music - Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
Pete's Dragon - Song Score by Al Kasha và Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman và Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
1978
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
Original Score: A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
The Champ - Dave Grusin
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
10 - Henry Mancini
Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: All That Jazz - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
Breaking Away - Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
The Muppet Movie - Song Score by Paul Williams và Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
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
Original Score: E.T. - John Williams
Gandhi - Ravi Shankar; George Fenton
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 - Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini
Annie - Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
One from the Heart - Song Score by Tom Waits
1983
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 or Adaptation Score: Yentl - Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Sting II - Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
Trading Places - Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
1984
Original Score: 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

Best Original Score
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 (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 Women - Thomas Newman
The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
1995 (68th)
Best Original Dramatic Score: Il postino (The Postman) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Apollo 13 - James Horner
Braveheart - James Horner
Nixon - John Williams
Sense and Sensibility - Patrick Doyle
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: Pocahontas - Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz
The American President - Marc Shaiman
Sabrina - John Williams
Toy Story - Randy Newman
Unstrung Heroes - Thomas Newman
1996 (69th) separate awards:
Best Original Dramatic Score: The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
Hamlet - Patrick Doyle
Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
Shine - David Hirschfelder
Sleepers - John Williams
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: 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 (70th) separate awards:
Best Original Dramatic Score: Titanic - James Horner
Amistad - John Williams
Good Will Hunting - Danny Elfman
Kundun - Philip Glass
L.A. Confidential - Jerry Goldsmith
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: 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 (71st) separate awards:
Best Original Dramatic Score: 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
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score: Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
Mulan - Matthew Wilder (music); David Zippel (lyrics); Jerry Goldsmith (orchestral score)
Patch Adams - Marc Shaiman
The Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz (music/lyrics); Hans Zimmer (orchestral score)

Best Original 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

Thập niên 2000

Thập niên 2010

Thống kê
Các người đoạt giải với nhiều lần đề cử
4 nhà soạn nhạc đã đoạt giải Oscar trong 2 năm liên tiếp:
Franz Waxman, cho phim Sunset Boulevard (1950) và phim A Place in the Sun (1951),
Andre Previn, cho phim Gigi (phim) (1958) và phim Porgy and Bess (1959),
Alan Menken cho phim Beauty and The Beast (1991) và phim Aladdin (1992),
Gustavo Santaolalla cho phim Brokeback Mountain (2005) và phim Babel (2006).

Dưới đây là danh sách các nhà soạn nhạc được đề cử nhiều hơn 1 lần và đã đoạt ít nhất 1 giải Oscar. Danh sách được xếp theo số lần đoạt giải, cùng tổng số lần được đề cử trong ngoặc đơn.

9: Alfred Newman (45)
5: John Williams (45)
4: Alan Menken (5)
4: Johnny Green (12)
4: André Previn (11)
4: John Barry (6)
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: Lionel Newman (9)

1: James Horner (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: Nino Rota (2)
1: Dario Marianelli (2)

Các nhà soạn nhạc khác được đề cử nhiều lần
Các nhà soạn nhạc sau đây đã được đề cử nhận giải Oscar nhiều hơn 1 lần; nhưng tới năm 2008, 11 nhà soạn nhạc còn sống chưa đoạt được giải thưởng. Số lần được đề cử trong ngoặc đơn.

Quá cố:
Alex North (14)
Roy Webb (7)
Werner Janssen (6)
Richard Hageman (5)
Edward Ward (5)
Frank Skinner (4)
Louis Gruenberg (3)
Ernst Toch (3)
Marvin Hatley (2)
Jack Nitzsche (2)
Victor Schertzinger (2)
Louis Silvers (2)

Còn sống:
Thomas Newman (9)
Randy Newman (8)
James Newton Howard (7)
Ennio Morricone (5)
Lalo Schifrin (5)
Danny Elfman (4)
George Fenton (4)
Philip Glass (3)
Marc Shaiman (3)
Alexandre Desplat (2)
Patrick Doyle (2)
Richard Robbins (2)

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