Oscar / Best Score

The Oscar for the best film music honors the composers of the film music for a film. Especially in the field of music for a film, there have been different names for the individual categories over the years, for example Music (Scoring) , Music (Original Score) , Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) , Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) , Music (Music Score - substantially original) and a few others. This development often resulted from the changing tastes of moviegoers (for example, the boom for musicals in the 1960s). The Original Score category has existed alongside the Original Song category since 2000 .

With Marilyn Bergman ( Yentl ; together with Michel Legrand and Alan Bergman ), Rachel Portman ( Emma ), Anne Dudley ( all or not at all ) and Hildur Guðnadóttir ( Joker ), only four women in the history of the Oscars won the award for best film music .

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Composer john williams

statistics
Most frequently honored composer	Alfred Newman (9 wins)
Most frequently nominated composer	John Williams (51 nominations)
Most frequently nominated composer without a win	Alex North , Thomas Newman (14 nominations each)

In the table below, the films are listed according to the year in which they were awarded.

1935-1940

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1935	Louis Silvers , Victor Schertzinger & Gus Kahn Columbia Studio Music Department	The shining target	Max Steiner and RKO Radio Studio Music Department for dance with me! Max Steiner and RKO Radio Studio Music Department for The Last Patrol
1936	Max Steiner RKO Radio Studio Music Department	The traitor	Nat W. Finston and MGM Studio Music Department for Mutiny on the Bounty Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department for Under Pirate Flag Irvin Talbot and Paramount Studio Music Department for Peter Ibbetson
1937	Erich Wolfgang Korngold Warner Bros. Studio Music Department	A restless life	Max Steiner and Warner Bros. Studio Music Department for Der Verrat des Surat Khan Boris Morros and Paramount Studio Music Department for The General died at dawn Nathaniel Shilkret and RKO Radio Studio Music Department for Winterset Max Steiner and Selznick International Pictures Music Department for The Garden of Allah
1938	Charles Previn Universal Studio Music Department	100 men and a girl	Constantin Bakaleinikoff and Grand National Studio Music Department for Music in Fists Alberto Colombo and Republic Studio Music Department for Portia on Trial Nat W. Finston and MGM Studio Music Department for Maienzeit Max Steiner and Warner Bros. Studio Music Department for The Life of Emile Zola Leigh Harline and Walt Disney Studio Music Department for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Marvin Hatley and Roach Studio Music Department for Two rode to Texas Boris Morros and Paramount Studio Music Department for Shipwreck of Souls Alfred Newman and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department for ... then came the Hurricane Alfred Newman and Selznick International Pictures Music Department for Der Gefangene by Zenda Hugo Riesenfeld and RKO Radio for Make a Wish Louis Silvers and 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department for In Old Chicago Morris Stoloff and Columbia Studio Music Department for In den Fesseln von Shangri -La Roy Webb and RKO Radio Studio Music Department for Quali ty street
1939	Original Score: Erich Wolfgang Korngold	Robin Hood, king of the vagabonds	Robert Russell Bennett for Pacific Liner Richard Hageman for If I Were King Marvin Hatley for Die Klotzköpfe Werner Janssen for Blockade Alfred Newman for Mein Mann, the cowboy Louis Silvers for Suez Herbert Stothart for Marie-Antoinette Franz Waxman for Gauner mit Herz Victor Young for Army Girl Victor Young for Breaking the Ice
	Scoring: Alfred Newman	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Victor Baravalle for carefree by Dr. Flagg - Carefree Cy Feuer for Storm Over Bengal Marvin Hatley for Millionaire Going Astray Boris Morros for Tropic Holiday Alfred Newman for The Goldwyn Follies Charles Previn and Frank Skinner for Mad About Music Max Steiner for Jezebel - The malicious Lady Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone for Girls 'School Herbert Stothart for Sweethearts Franz Waxman for crooks with a heart
1940	Original Score: Herbert Stothart	The magical land	Anthony Collins for Nurse Edith Cavell Aaron Copland for Von Mäusen und Menschen Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck for The Man with the Iron Mask Werner Janssen for Magician of Love Alfred Newman for Night Over India Alfred Newman for Sturmhöhe Max Steiner for Victims of a Great Love Max Steiner for Gone With The Wind Victor Young for Golden Boy Victor Young for Gulliver's Travels Victor Young for Revenge for the Alamo
	Scoring: Richard Hageman William Franke Harling John Leipold Leo Shuken	Ringo	Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange for three-quarter time on Broadway Aaron Copland for Von Mäusen und Menschen Roger Edens and George E. Stoll for Music is our world Cy Feuer for She Married a Cop Louis Forbes for Intermezzo Erich Wolfgang Korngold for a Queen's favorite Alfred Newman for Der Hunchback of Notre Dame Alfred Newman for Music for Life Charles Previn for First Love Louis Silvers for Swanee River Dimitri Tiomkin for Mr. Smith goes to Washington Victor Young for Way Down South

1941-1950

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1941	Original Score: Leigh Harline Paul J. Smith Ned Washington	Pinocchio	Aaron Copland for Our Little City Louis Gruenberg for The Fight for Life Richard Hageman for The Howards of Virginia Richard Hageman for The Long Road to Cardiff Werner R. Heymann for Tumak, the Lord of the Jungle Alfred Newman for In the Sign of Zorro Miklós Rózsa for The Thief of Baghdad Frank Skinner for The House of the Seven Gables Max Steiner for The Secret of Malampur Herbert Stothart for Her First Husband Franz Waxman for Rebecca Roy Webb for My Favorite Wife Meredith Willson for The Great Dictator Victor Young for Arizona Victor Young for Black Command Victor Young for The Scarlet Riders
	Score: Alfred Newman	Tin Pan Alley	Anthony Collins for Irene Aaron Copland for Our Little Town Cy Fire for Hit Parade of 1941 Erich Wolfgang Korngold for The Lord of the Seven Seas Charles Previn for Spring Parade Artie Shaw for Swing Romance George E. Stoll and Roger Edens for Hot Rhythms in Chicago Victor Young for Arise, My Love
1942	Drama: Bernard Herrmann	The Devil and Daniel Webster	Cy Feuer and Walter Scharf for Mercy Island Louis Gruenberg for So Ends Our Night Bernard Herrmann for Citizen Kane Edward J. Kay for Lord of the Zombies - Island of the Living Dead Alfred Newman for The Strange Taming of the Gangster Bride Sugarpuss and for Beatful Weather Miklós Rózsa for Ein Frauenherz never forgets and arms smuggler by Kenya Frank Skinner for Side Street Max Steiner for Sergeant York Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch for The Secret of the Three Sisters Edward Ward for Cheers for Miss Bishop and Tanks a Million Franz Waxman for Doctor and Demon and Suspicion Meredith Willson for Die little foxes Victor Young for Das goldene Tor Richard Hagemann for This Woman Is Mine Werner Richard Heymann for Ehekomödie
	Musical: Frank Churchill Oliver Wallace	Dumbo	Anthony Collins for Sunny Robert Emmett Dolan for Birth of the Blues Cy Feuer for Ice-Capades Emil Newman for Adoptierter Glück Charles Previn for Buck Privates Heinz Roemheld for Most Beautiful in the City Morris Stoloff for Rich You Will Never Be Herbert Stothart and Bronisław Kaper for The Chocolate Soldier Edward Ward for All-American Co-Ed
1943	Drama / Comedy: Max Steiner	Journey from the past	Frank Churchill and Edward H. Plumb for Bambi Richard Hageman for Settlement in Shanghai Leigh Harline for The Great Litter Edward J. Kay for Klondike Fury Alfred Newman for The Pirate Miklós Rózsa for The Jungle Book Frank Skinner for Arabian Nights Herbert Stothart for Found Years Max Terr for gold rush Dimitri Tiomkin for blood revenge Roy Webb for my wife, the witch Roy Webb for Joan of Paris Victor Young for company Tiger Leaping Victor Young for Silver Queen Victor Young for darling, for dictation
	Musical: Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Robert Emmett Dolan for music, music Roger Edens and George E. Stoll for For Me and My Gal Leigh Harline for Du were never enchanting Alfred Newman for The Queen of Broadway Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter for Die Ewige Eva Walter Scharf for Johnny Doughboy Edward Ward for Flying with Music
1944	Drama / Comedy: Alfred Newman	The song of Bernadette	Constantin Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb for The Fallen Sparrow Phil Boutelje for Hi Diddle Diddle Gérard Carbonara for The Sheriff of Kansas Aaron Copland for The North Star Hanns Eisler for Auch Henker die Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff for Commandos Strike at Dawn Leigh Harline for Johnny Come Lately Arthur Lange for Lady of Burlesque Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner for Nine Children and No Father Walter Scharf for The Hell of Oklahoma Max Steiner for Casablanca Herbert Stothart for Madame Curie Dimitri Tiomkin for The Obsessive From Tahiti Victor Young for Whom the Hour Strikes
	Musical: Ray Heindorf	This is the army	Robert Emmett Dolan for Star Spangled Rhythm Leigh Harline for The Sky's the Limit Alfred Newman for Coney Island Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott for Three Caballeros in Samba Fever Freddie Rich for Stage Door Canteen Walter Scharf for Hit Parade of 1943 Morris Stoloff for Something to Shout About Herbert Stothart for Thousands Cheer Edward Ward for Phantom of the Opera
1945	Drama / Comedy: Max Steiner	When you said goodbye	Constantin Bakaleinikoff and Hanns Eisler for None But the Lonely Heart Karl Hajos for Sommerstürme Arthur Lange for So ein Papa Michel Michelet and Edward Paul for The Hairy Ape Miklós Rózsa for Woman Without a Conscience Freddie Rich for Jack London David Rose for Das Korsarenschiff Hans J. Salter for Christmas vacation Walter Scharf and Roy Webb for Alarm im Pazifik Max Steiner for The Adventures of Mark Twains Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch for Address Unknown Robert Stolz for It Happened Tomorrow Herbert Stothart for Kismet Dimitri Tiomkin for The Bridge of San Luis Rey Miklós Rózsa for A Woman for Marshall W. Franke Harling for Three Russian Girls Edward Paul for Up in Mabel's Room Michel Michelet for Voice in the Wind Alfred Newman for Wilson
	Musical: Carmen Dragon Morris Stoloff	The goddess is dancing	Constantin Bakaleinikoff for Higher and Higher Robert Emmett Dolan for Die Träume einer Frau Leo Erdody and Ferde Grofé Sr. for Minstrel Man Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf for Up in Arms Ray Heindorf for Hollywood Canteen Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill for Knickerbocker Holiday Edward J Kay for Belita tanzt ( Lady, Let's Dance ) Mahlon Merrick for Sensations for Millions Alfred Newman for Irish Eyes Are Smiling Charles Previn for Song of the Open Road Hans J. Salter for The Merry Monahans Walter Scharf for Brazilian Serenade George E. Stoll for Meet Me in St. Louis
1946	Drama / Comedy: Miklós Rózsa	I'm fighting for you	Daniele Amfitheatrof for his wife is my wife Louis Applebaum , Ann Ronell for Battle Storm on Monte Cassino R. Dale Butts and Morton Scott for San Francisco Lilly Robert Emmett Dolan for The Bells of St. Mary Louis Forbes for Help, I am a millionaire Karl Hajos for The Man Who Walked Alone Werner Janssen for Under Black Flag Werner Janssen for Guest in the House Edward J. Kay for GI Honeymoon Alfred Newman for Key to Heaven Miklós Rózsa for The Lost Weekend Alexander Tansman for Paris Underground Franz Waxman for Der Held von Burma Roy Webb for With the Eyes of Love Victor Young for love letters
	Musical: George E. Stoll	Hollywood vacation	Robert Emmett Dolan for Incendiary Blonde Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf for Der Wundermann Walter Greene for Why Girls Leave Home Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner for Rhapsody in Blue Charles E. Henderson and Alfred Newman for Fun Fair Edward J. Kay for Sunbonnet Sue Jerome Kern and Hans J. Salter for The Song of the Golden West Arthur Lange for Belle of the Yukon Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott for Drei Caballeros, Morton Scott for Hitchhike to Happiness Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff for Tonight and Every Night
1947	Drama / Comedy: Hugo Friedhofer	The best years of our life	Bernard Herrmann for Anna and the King of Siam Miklós Rózsa for Avengers of the Underworld William Walton for Heinrich V. Franz Waxman for humoresque
	Musical: Morris Stoloff	The jazz singer	Robert Emmett Dolan for Blue is Heaven Lennie Hayton for The Harvey Girls Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner for Day and Night I think of you Alfred Newman for Centennial Summer
1948	Drama / Comedy: Miklós Rózsa	A double life	Hugo Friedhofer for Every Woman Needs an Angel Alfred Newman for The Captain of Castile David Raksin for Amber, the great courtesan Max Steiner for Our Life with Father
	Musical: Alfred Newman	It started in Schneider's opera house ( Mother Wore Tights )	Daniele Amfitheatrof , Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott for Uncle Remus' Wonderland Robert Emmett Dolan for The Road to Rio Johnny Green for Mexican Nights Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner for My Wild Irish Rose
1949	Drama / Comedy: Brian Easdale	The red shoes	Hugo Friedhofer for Johanna von Orleans Alfred Newman for Die Schlangengrube Max Steiner for Silent Lips William Walton for Hamlet
	Musical: Johnny Green Roger Edens	Easter walk	Lennie Hayton for The Pirate Ray Heindorf for Magic Nights in Rio Alfred Newman for When My Baby Smiles at Me Victor Young for I kiss your hand, Madame
1950	Drama / Comedy: Aaron Copland	The heiress	Max Steiner for The Sting of Evil Dimitri Tiomkin for Between Women and Ropes
	Musical: Roger Edens Lennie Hayton	Today we're going for a stroll (On the Town)	Ray Heindorf for Broadway Star Morris Stoloff and George Duning for Jolson Sings Again

1951-1960

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1951	Drama / Comedy: Franz Waxman	Twilight Boulevard	George Duning for My luck in your hands Alfred Newman for Everything about Eva Max Steiner for The Rebel Victor Young for Samson and Delilah
	Musical: Adolph Deutsch Roger Edens	Duel in the ring	Ray Heindorf for The West Point Story Lionel Newman for I'll Get By André Previn for Three Little Words Oliver Wallace and Paul J. Smith for Cinderella
1952	Drama / Comedy: Franz Waxman	A place in the Sun	Alfred Newman for David and Bathsheba Alex North for The Death of a Salesman Alex North for Endstation Sehnsucht Miklós Rózsa for Quo vadis?
	Musical: Johnny Green Saul Chaplin	An American in Paris	Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green for The Great Caruso Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger for Mississippi melody Alfred Newman for On the Riviera Oliver Wallace for Alice in Wonderland
1953	Drama / Comedy: Dimitri Tiomkin	Twelve noon	Herschel Burke Gilbert for I'm a Nuclear Spy Alex North for Viva Zapata! Miklós Rózsa for Ivanhoe - The Black Knight Max Steiner for The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
	Musical: Alfred Newman	With a song in my heart	Lennie Hayton for Singin 'In The Rain Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner for The Jazz Singer Gian Carlo Menotti for The Medium Walter Scharf for Hans Christian Andersen
1954	Drama / Comedy: Bronislau Kaper	Lili	Louis Forbes for This Is Cinerama Hugo Friedhofer for Above and Beyond Miklós Rózsa for Julius Caesar Morris Stoloff and George Duning for Verdammt in All Ewein
	Musical: Alfred Newman	Madame makes history (s)	Adolph Deutsch for the curtain up! Ray Heindorf for Heavy Colts in Tender Hands Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff for The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. André Previn and Saul Chaplin for Kiss Me Kate
1955	Drama / Comedy: Dimitri Tiomkin	Day comes again and again	Larry Adler for Die fierige Isabella Leonard Bernstein for Die Faust im Nacken Max Steiner for Die Caine was her fate Franz Waxman for The Silver Chalice
	Musical: Adolph Deutsch Saul Chaplin	One bride for seven brothers	Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini for The Glenn Miller Story Herschel Burke Gilbert for Carmen Jones Ray Heindorf for A New Star in the Sky Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman for Rhythm in Blood
1956	Drama / Comedy: Alfred Newman	All glory on earth	Elmer Bernstein for The Man with the Golden Arm George Duning for Picnic Alex North for The Tattooed Rose Max Steiner for Vacation Until Wake Up
	Musical: Robert Russell Bennett Jay Blackton Adolph German	Oklahoma!	Jay Blackton and Cyril J. Mockridge for Heavy Boys - Easy Girls Percy Faith and George E. Stoll for Tyrannical Love Alfred Newman for Daddy Langbein André Previn for It's Always Fair Weather
1957	Drama / Comedy: Victor Young	In 80 days around the world	Hugo Friedhofer for Baptism of Fire Alfred Newman for Anastasia Alex North for Der Regenmacher Dimitri Tiomkin for Giants
	Musical: Alfred Newman Ken Darby	The king and me	Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin for The Top Ten Thousand Lionel Newman for The Best Things in Life Are Free George E. Stoll and Johnny Green for Meet Me in Las Vegas Morris Stoloff and George Duning for Beloved Forever
1958	Malcolm Arnold	The bridge on the Kwai	Hugo Friedhofer for The Great Love of My Life Hugo Friedhofer for The Boy on the Dolphin Johnny Green for The Land of the Rain Tree Paul J. Smith for Perri
1959	Drama / Comedy: Dimitri Tiomkin	the old Man and the Sea	Hugo Friedhofer for The Young Lions Jerome Moross for Weites Land David Raksin for Separate from Table and Bed Oliver Wallace for White Wilderness
	Musical: André Previn	Gigi	Yuri Faier and Gennadi Roschdestwenski for The Bolshoi Ballet Ray Heindorf for Damn Yankees! Alfred Newman and Ken Darby for South Pacific Lionel Newman for Mardi Gras
1960	Drama / Comedy: Miklós Rózsa	Ben Hur	Frank De Vol for Bettgeflüster Ernest Gold for The Last Shore Alfred Newman for The Diary of Anne Frank Franz Waxman for the Story of a Nun
	Musical: André Previn Ken Darby	Porgy and Bess	George Bruns for Sleeping Beauty Lionel Newman for Angels on the Hot Pavement Nelson Riddle and Joseph J. Lilley for Li'l Abner Leith Stevens for Five Pennies

1961-1970

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1961	Drama / Comedy: Ernest Gold	Exodus	Elmer Bernstein for The Magnificent Seven Alex North for Spartacus André Previn for Elmer Gantry Dimitri Tiomkin for Alamo
	Musical: Morris Stoloff Harry Sukman	Only a few are chosen	Johnny Green for Pepe Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen for Let's do it in love André Previn for Bells Are Ringing Nelson Riddle for Can Can
1962	Drama / Comedy: Henry Mancini	Breakfast at Tiffany's	Elmer Bernstein for Sommer and Rauch Miklós Rózsa for El Cid Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman for Fanny Dimitri Tiomkin for Die Kanonen von Navarone
	Musical: Saul Chaplin Johnny Green Sid Ramin Irwin Kostal	West Side Story	George Bruns for Riot in Toy Land Duke Ellington for Paris Blues Alfred Newman and Ken Darby for Almond Eyes and Lotus Blossoms Dmitri Shostakovich for Khovanshchina
1963	Score - Substantially Original: Maurice Jarre	Lawrence of Arabia	Elmer Bernstein for Who disturbs the nightingale Jerry Goldsmith for Freud Bronislau Kaper for Mutiny on the Bounty Franz Waxman for Taras Bulba
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Ray Heindorf	Music Man	Leigh Harline for The Wonder World of the Brothers Grimm Michel Magne for Gigot Frank Perkins for Gypsy - Queen of the Night George E. Stoll for Billy Rose's Jumbo
1964	Score - Substantially Original: John Addison	Tom Jones - Between the bed and the gallows	Ernest Gold for a totally, totally crazy world Alfred Newman and Ken Darby for That Was the Wild West Alex North for Cleopatra Dimitri Tiomkin for 55 days in Beijing
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: André Previn	The girl Irma la Douce	George Bruns for The Witch and the Magician Johnny Green for Bye Bye Birdie Maurice Jarre for Sundays with Sybill Leith Stevens for A New Kind of Love
1965	Score - Substantially Original: Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman	Mary Poppins	Frank De Vol for Lullaby for a Corpse Henry Mancini for The Pink Panther Laurence Rosenthal for Becket Dimitri Tiomkin for The Fall of the Roman Empire
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: André Previn	My fair lady	Robert Armbruster , Léo Arnaud , Jack Elliott , Jack Hayes , Calvin Jackson and Leo Shuken for gold digger-Molly Irwin Kostal for Mary Poppins George Martin for Yeah Yeah Yeah Nelson Riddle for seven against Chicago
1966	Score - Substantially Original: Maurice Jarre	Doctor Zhivago	Jerry Goldsmith for Dreamy Lips Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Alfred Newman for The Greatest Story of All Time Alex North for Michelangelo - Inferno and Ecstasy
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Irwin Kostal	My songs, my dreams	Frank De Vol for Cat Ballou - You should hang in Wyoming Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage for Three Girls in Madrid Don Walker for a thousand clowns
1967	Original Music Score: John Barry	Born free - queen of the wild	Elmer Bernstein for Hawaii Jerry Goldsmith for Gunboat on the Yangtze River Kiang Toshiro Mayuzumi for The Bible Alex North for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Ken Thorne	The ancient Romans were crazy about it	Elmer Bernstein for The Return of the Magnificent Seven Luis Bacalov for The First Gospel - Matthäus Al Ham for Stop the World: I Want to Get Off Harry Sukman for Dominique - The Singing Nun
1968	Original Music Score: Elmer Bernstein	Modern Millie - Rich man wanted	Richard Rodney Bennett for The Mistress of Thornhill Leslie Bricusse for Doctor Dolittle Quincy Jones for Cold Blood Lalo Schifrin for The Unyielding
	Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Alfred Newman Ken Darby	Camelot - At the court of King Arthur	Frank De Vol for advice on who comes to eat Lionel Newman and Alexander Courage for Doctor Dolittle André Previn and Joseph Gershenson for Modern Millie - Rich man wanted John Williams for The Valley of the Dolls
1969	Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation): Johnny Green	Oliver	Lennie Hayton for Star! Ray Heindorf for The Golden Rainbow Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy for The Girls by Rochefort Walter Scharf for Funny Girl
	Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical): John Barry	The lion in winter	Jerry Goldsmith for Planet of the Apes Michel Legrand for Thomas Crown can't believe Alex North for In Fisherman's Shoes Lalo Schifrin for The Fox
1970	Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation): Lennie Hayton Lionel Newman	Hello, Dolly!	Leslie Bricusse and John Williams for Goodbye, Mr. Chips Cy Coleman for Sweet Charity Johnny Green and Albert Woodbury for Only Horses Are Shed Nelson Riddle for Westward Pulls the Wind (Paint Your Wagon)
	Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical): Burt Bacharach	Two bandits	Georges Delerue for Queen for a Thousand Days Jerry Fielding for The Wild Bunch - You Knew No Law Ernest Gold for The Secret of Santa Vittoria John Williams for The Crook

1971-1980

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1971	Original Song Score: Paul McCartney John Lennon George Harrison Ringo Starr	let it be	Leslie Bricusse , Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer for Scrooge Fred Karlin and Tylwyth Kymry for $ 100 more when it's a boy Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for Darling Lili Rod McKuen , John Scott Trotter , Bill Meléndez , Al Shean and Vince Guaraldi for Charlie Brown and his friends
	Original Score: Francis Lai	Love story	Frank Cordell for Cromwell - War King Jerry Goldsmith for Patton - Rebel in Uniform Henry Mancini for Sunflowers Alfred Newman for Airport
1972	Original Dramatic Score: Michel Legrand	Summer '42	John Barry for Mary Queen of Scots Richard Rodney Bennett for Nicholas and Alexandra Jerry Fielding for Who Sows Violence Isaac Hayes for Shaft
	Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score: John Williams	Anatevka	Leslie Bricusse , Anthony Newley and Walter Scharf for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Peter Maxwell Davies and Peter Greenwell for The Boy Friend Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Irwin Kostal for The Daredevil Witch in Her Flying Bed Dimitri Tiomkin for Tchaikovsky
1973	Original Dramatic Score: Charles Chaplin Ray Rasch Larry Russell	spotlight	John Addison for Murder with Small Flaws Buddy Baker for Escape into the Wilderness John Williams for Images John Williams for The Descent into Hell of Poseidon
	Scoring Original Song Score and / or Adaptation: Ralph Burns	Cabaret	Gil Askey for Lady Sings the Blues Laurence Rosenthal for Der Mann von La Mancha
1974	Original Dramatic Score: Marvin Hamlisch	As we were	John Cameron for man, you are class! Georges Delerue for Dolphin's Day Jerry Goldsmith for Papillon John Williams for Cinderella Liberty
	Scoring Original Song Score and / or Adaptation: Marvin Hamlisch	The highlight	André Previn , Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber for Jesus Christ Superstar Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and John Williams for Tom Sawyer's Adventure
1975	Original Dramatic Score: Nino Rota Carmine Coppola	The Godfather - Part II	Richard Rodney Bennett for Murder on the Orient Express Jerry Goldsmith for Chinatown Alex North for Shanks John Williams for Flaming Inferno
	Scoring Original Song Score and / or Adaptation: Nelson Riddle	The Great Gatsby	Alan Jay Lerner , Frederick Loewe , Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley for Little Prince Paul H. Williams and George Aliceson Tipton for The Phantom in Paradise
1976	Scoring Original Song Score and / or Adaptation: Leonard Rosenman	Barry Lyndon	Peter Matz for Funny Lady Pete Townshend for Tommy
	Original Dramatic Score: John Williams	The White shark	Gerald Fried for The Pairings of Animals Jerry Goldsmith for The Wind and the Lion Jack Nitzsche for One flew over the cuckoo's nest Alex North for 700 miles west
1977	Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith	The Omen	Jerry Fielding for Der Texaner Bernard Herrmann for Black Angel Bernard Herrmann for Taxi Driver Lalo Schifrin for Reise der Verdammten
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Leonard Rosenman	This country is my country	Roger Kellaway for A Star Is Born Paul H. Williams for Bugsy Malone
1978	Original Score: John Williams	war of stars	Georges Delerue for Julia Marvin Hamlisch for James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me Maurice Jarre for The Message John Williams for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Jonathan Tunick	The smile of a summer night	Al Kasha , Joel Hirschhorn and Irwin Kostal for Elliot, the smiley monster Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Angela Morley for Cinderella's silver shoe
1979	Original Score: Giorgio Moroder	12 noon - Midnight Express	Jerry Goldsmith for The Boys from Brazil Dave Grusin for Heaven Shall Wait Ennio Morricone for In the Embers of the South John Williams for Superman
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Joe Renzetti	The Buddy Holly Story	Quincy Jones for The Wiz Jerry Wexler for Pretty Baby
1980	Original Score: Georges Delerue	A little romance	Jerry Goldsmith for Star Trek: The Film Dave Grusin for The Champ Henry Mancini for Ten - The Dream Woman Lalo Schifrin for Amityville Horror
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Ralph Burns	Behind the spotlight	Paul H. Williams and Kenny Ascher for Muppet Movie Patrick Williams for Four Crazy Types - We can all create, none can

1981-1990

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1981	Original Score: Michael Gore	Fame - the way to fame	John Corigliano for Der Höllentrip John Morris for Der Elefantenmensch Philippe Sarde for Tess John Williams for The Empire Strikes Back
1982	Original Score: Vangelis	The hour of the victor	Dave Grusin for At the Golden Lake Randy Newman for Ragtime Alex North for The Dragon Slayer John Williams for Raiders of the Lost Ark
1983	Original Score: John Williams	ET - The Alien	Jerry Goldsmith for Poltergeist Marvin Hamlisch for Sophie's Decision Jack Nitzsche for An Officer and Gentleman Ravi Shankar and George Fenton for Gandhi
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Henry Mancini Leslie Bricusse	Victor / Victoria	Ralph Burns for Annie Tom Waits for One with a Heart
1984	Original Score: Bill Conti	The stuff the heroes are made of	Jerry Goldsmith for Under Fire Michael Gore for Time of Tenderness Leonard Rosenman for Cross Creek John Williams for Return of the Jedi
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Michel Legrand Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman	Yentl	Elmer Bernstein for The Knights of Fortune Lalo Schifrin for Two cooked crooks
1985	Original Song Score: Prince	Purple Rain	Kris Kristofferson for The Songwriter Jeff Moss for The Muppets Are Conquering Manhattan
	Original Score: Maurice Jarre	Trip to India	Randy Newman for The Unyielding Alex North for Under the Volcano John Williams for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom John Williams for People by the River
1986	Original Score: John Barry	Far away from Africa	Bruce Broughton for Silverado Georges Delerue for Agnes - Angels in Fire Maurice Jarre for The Only Witness Quincy Jones , Jeremy Lubbock , Rod Temperton , Caiphus Semenya , Andraé Crouch , Chris Boardman , Jorge Calandrelli , Joel Rosenbaum , Fred Steiner , Jack Hayes , Jerry Hey and Randy Kerber for The Color Purple
1987	Original Score: Herbie Hancock	At midnight	Jerry Goldsmith for free throw James Horner for Aliens - The Return Ennio Morricone for Mission Leonard Rosenman for Star Trek IV: Back to the Present
1988	Original Score: Ryūichi Sakamoto David Byrne Cong Su	The last emperor	George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa for Freedom Cry Ennio Morricone for The Untouchables John Williams for The Realm of the Sun John Williams for The Witches of Eastwick
1989	Original Score: Dave Grusin	Milagro - The war in the bean field	George Fenton for Dangerous Liaisons Maurice Jarre for Gorillas im Nebel John Williams for The Journeys of Mr. Leary Hans Zimmer for Rain Man
1990	Original Score: Alan Menken	Arielle the mermaid	Dave Grusin for The Fabulous Baker Boys James Horner for Field Of Dreams John Williams for Born July 4th John Williams for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1991-2000

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
1991	Original Score: John Barry	The one, who dances with the wolf	Dave Grusin for Havana Maurice Jarre for Ghost - Message from Sam Randy Newman for Avalon John Williams for Kevin - Home Alone
1992	Original Score: Alan Menken	Beauty and the Beast	George Fenton for King of Fishermen James Newton Howard for Lord of the Tides Ennio Morricone for Bugsy John Williams for JFK - Crime Scene Dallas
1993	Original Score: Alan Menken	Aladdin	John Barry for Chaplin Jerry Goldsmith for Basic Instinct Mark Isham for From the Middle A River Richard Robbins for See you in Howards End
1994	Original Score: John Williams	Schindlers List	Elmer Bernstein for The Time of Innocence Dave Grusin for The James Newton Howard Company for On the Flucht Richard Robbins for What Was Left Of The Day
1995	Original Score: Hans Zimmer	The Lion King	Elliot Goldenthal for Interview with a Vampire Thomas Newman for Betty and her sisters Thomas Newman for The Condemned Alan Silvestri for Forrest Gump
1996	Drama: Luis Bacalov	The postman	Patrick Doyle for Sense and Sensibility James Horner for Apollo 13 James Horner for Braveheart John Williams for Nixon
	Musical / Comedy: Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz	Pocahontas	Randy Newman for Toy Story Thomas Newman for Unleashed Heroes Marc Shaiman for Hello, Mr. President John Williams for Sabrina
1997	Drama: Gabriel Yared	The English patient	Patrick Doyle for Hamlet Elliot Goldenthal for Michael Collins David Hirschfelder for Shine - Der Weg ins Licht John Williams for Sleepers
	Musical / Comedy: Rachel Portman	Emma (1996)	Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for The Hunchback of Notre Dame Randy Newman for James and the giant peach Marc Shaiman for The Club of Devils Hans Zimmer for Rendezvous with an Angel
1998	Drama: James Horner	Titanic	Danny Elfman for Good Will Hunting Philip Glass for Kundun Jerry Goldsmith for LA Confidential John Williams for Amistad
	Musical / Comedy: Anne Dudley	All or nothing	Danny Elfman for Men in Black Stephen Flaherty , Lynn Ahrens and David Newman for Anastasia James Newton Howard for The Wedding of my Best Friend Hans Zimmer for Better it couldn't be better
1999	Drama: Nicola Piovani	Life is Beautiful	David Hirschfelder for Elizabeth Randy Newman for Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True John Williams for Saving Private Ryan Hans Zimmer for The Thin Line
	Musical / Comedy: Stephen Warbeck	Shakespeare in Love	Randy Newman for The Great Crawling Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer for The Prince of Egypt Marc Shaiman for Patch Adams Matthew Wilder , David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith for Mulan
2000	John Corigliano	The red violin	Thomas Newman for American Beauty Rachel Portman for God's Work and the Devil's Contribution John Williams for My Mother's Ashes Gabriel Yared for The Talented Mr. Ripley

2001-2010

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2001	Tan Dun	Tiger and Dragon	Ennio Morricone for The Magic of Malèna Rachel Portman for Chocolat - A small bite is enough for John Williams for The Patriot Hans Zimmer for Gladiator
2002	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Companions	James Horner for A Beautiful Mind - Genius and Madness Randy Newman for Die Monster AG John Williams for AI - Artificial Intelligence John Williams for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2003	Elliot Goldenthal	Frida	Elmer Bernstein for Dem Himmel so Fern Philip Glass for The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity Thomas Newman for Road to Perdition John Williams for Catch Me If You Can
2004	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Danny Elfman for Big Fish James Horner for House of Sand and Fog Thomas Newman for Finding Nemo Gabriel Yared for On the Road to Cold Mountain
2005	Jan AP Kaczmarek	when dreams learn to fly	John Debney for The Passion of the Christ James Newton Howard for The Village Thomas Newman for Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Events John Williams for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2006	Gustavo Santaolalla	Brokeback Mountain	Alberto Iglesias for The Eternal Gardener Dario Marianelli for Pride and Prejudice John Williams for The Geisha John Williams for Munich
2007	Gustavo Santaolalla	Babel	Alexandre Desplat for Die Queen Philip Glass for Diary of a Scandal Javier Navarrete for Pan's Labyrinth Thomas Newman for The Good German - In denüsten von Berlin
2008	Dario Marianelli	Apology	Alberto Iglesias for Kite Runner James Newton Howard for Michael Clayton Michael Giacchino for Ratatouille Marco Beltrami for Death Train to Yuma
2009	AR Rahman	Slumdog millionaire	Alexandre Desplat for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button James Newton Howard for Defiance - For my brothers who never gave up Danny Elfman for Milk Thomas Newman for WALL · E - The last one cleans up the earth
2010	Michael Giacchino	Above	James Horner for Avatar - Departure to Pandora Alexandre Desplat for The Fantastic Mr. Fox Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders for Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker Hans Zimmer for Sherlock Holmes

2011-2020

year	Award winners	for the movie	Nominations
2011	Trent Reznor Atticus Ross	The social network	AR Rahman for 127 Hours John Powell for How To Train Your Dragon Hans Zimmer for Inception Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech
2012	Ludovic Bource	The Artist	Alberto Iglesias for Queen, King, As, Spy Howard Shore for Hugo Cabret John Williams for The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn John Williams for Companions
2013	Mychael Danna	Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger	Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina Alexandre Desplat for Argo John Williams for Lincoln Thomas Newman for James Bond 007: Skyfall
2014	Steven Price	Gravity	John Williams for The Book Thief William Butler and Owen Pallett for Her Alexandre Desplat for Philomena Thomas Newman for Saving Mr. Banks
2015	Alexandre Desplat	Grand Budapest Hotel	Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life Hans Zimmer for Interstellar Gary Yershon for Mr. Turner - Master of Light Jóhann Jóhannsson for The Discovery of Infinity
2016	Ennio Morricone	The Hateful Eight	Thomas Newman for Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator Jóhann Jóhannsson for Sicario John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Carter Burwell for Carol
2017	Justin Hurwitz	La La Land	Mica Levi for Jackie: The First Lady Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka for Lion - The Long Road Home Nicholas Britell for Moonlight Thomas Newman for Passengers
2018	Alexandre Desplat	Shape of Water - The whisper of water	Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jonny Greenwood for The Silky Thread John Williams for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk
2019	Ludwig Göransson	Black panther	Terence Blanchard for BlacKkKlansman Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk Alexandre Desplat for Isle of Dogs - Atari's trip Marc Shaiman for Mary Poppins' return
2020	Hildur Guðnadóttir	joker	Alexandre Desplat for Little Women Randy Newman for Marriage Story Thomas Newman for 1917 John Williams for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker