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Academy Award for Original Music Score
From "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards" Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. The years shown are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies made in 1967.Most awards won - (nominations)
9 : Alfred Newman (41)5 : John Williams (37)
4 : John Barry (6)
4 : Johnny Green (12)
4 : Alan Menken (5)
4 : André Previn (11)
3 : Saul Chaplin (5)
3 : Ken Darby (6)
3 : Adolph Deutsch (5)
3 : Roger Edens (6)
3 : Ray Heindorf (17)
3 : Maurice Jarre (8)
3 : Miklós Rózsa (16)
3 : Morris Stoloff (17)
3 : Dimitri Tiomkin (14)
3 : Howard Shore
List of Winners
| Year | Film | Composer |
| 1934 | One Night of Love | Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn |
| 1935 | The Informer | Max Steiner |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 1937 | One Hundred Men and a Girl | Charles Previn |
| 1938 | MUSIC (Original Score):The Adventures of Robin Hood MUSIC (Scoring): Alexander's Ragtime Band |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Alfred Newman |
| 1939 | MUSIC (Original Score): The Wizard of Oz MUSIC (Scoring: Stagecoach |
Herbert Stothart Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken |
| 1940 | MUSIC (Original Score): Pinocchio MUSIC (Scoring): Tin Pan Alley |
Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington Alfred Newman |
| 1941 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture): All That Money Can Buy MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Dumbo |
Bernard Herrmann Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace |
| 1942 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Now, Voyager MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Max Steiner Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld |
| 1943 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Song of Bernadette MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): This Is the Army |
Alfred Newman Ray Heindorf |
| 1944 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Since You Went Away MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Cover Girl |
Max Steiner Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon |
| 1945 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Spellbound MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Anchors Aweigh |
Miklos Rozsa Georgie Stoll |
| 1946 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Best Years of Our Lives MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The Jolson Story |
Hugo Friedhofer Morris Stoloff |
| 1947 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Double Life MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Mother Wore Tights |
Miklos Rozsa Alfred Newman |
| 1948 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Red Shoes MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Easter Parade |
Brian Easdale Johnny Green, Roger Edens |
| 1949 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Heiress MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): On the Town |
Aaron Copland Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton |
| 1950 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Sunset Boulevard MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Annie Get Your Gun |
Franz Waxman Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens |
| 1951 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Place in the Sun MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): An American in Paris |
Franz Waxman Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin |
| 1952 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): High Noon MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): With a Song in My Heart |
Dimitri Tiomkin Alfred Newman |
| 1953 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Lili MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Call Me Madam |
Bronislau Kaper Alfred Newman |
| 1954 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The High and the Mighty MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
Dimitri Tiomkin Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin |
| 1955 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Oklahoma! |
Alfred Newman Adolph Deutsch |
| 1956 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Around the World in Eighty Days MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The King and I |
Victor Young Alfred Newman, Ken Darby |
| 1957 | MUSIC (Scoring): The Bridge on the River Kwai | Malcolm Arnold |
| 1958 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Old Man and the Sea MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Gigi |
Dimitri Tiomkin Andre Previn |
| 1959 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Ben-Hur MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Porgy and Bess |
Miklos Rozsa Andre Previn, Ken Darby |
| 1960 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Exodus MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) |
Ernest Gold Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman |
| 1961 | MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Breakfast at Tiffany's MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): West Side Story |
Henry Mancini Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal |
| 1962 | MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Lawrence of Arabia MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): The Music Man |
Maurice Jarre Ray Heindorf |
| 1963 | MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Tom Jones MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): Irma La Douce |
John Addison Andre Previn |
| 1964 | MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Mary Poppins MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): My Fair Lady |
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Andre Previn |
| 1965 | MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original): Doctor Zhivago MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): The Sound of Music |
Maurice Jarre Irwin Kostal |
| 1966 | MUSIC (Original Music Score): Born Free MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
John Barry Ken Thorne |
| 1967 | MUSIC (Original Music Score): Thoroughly Modern Millie MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment): Camelot |
Elmer Bernstein Alfred Newman, Ken Darby |
| 1968 | MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]): The Lion in Winter MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation): Oliver! |
John Barry John Green |
| 1969 | MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical]): Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation): Hello, Dolly! |
Burt Bacharach Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman |
| 1970 | Best Music, Original Score: Love Story Best Music, Original Song Score: Let It Be |
Francis Lai The Beatles |
| 1971 | Original Dramatic Score: Summer of '42 Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score: Fiddler on the Roof |
Michel Legrand John Williams |
| 1972 | Original Dramatic Score: Limelight Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score: Cabaret |
Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell Ralph Burns |
| 1973 | Original Dramatic Score: The Way We Were Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: The Sting |
Marvin Hamlisch Marvin Hamlisch |
| 1974 | Original Dramatic Score: The Godfather Part II Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: The Great Gatsby |
Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola Nelson Riddle |
| 1975 | Original Score: Jaws Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation: Barry Lyndon |
John Williams Leonard Rosenman |
| 1976 | Original Score: The Omen Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory |
Jerry Goldsmith Leonard Rosenman |
| 1977 | Original Score: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: A Little Night Music |
John Williams Jonathan Tunick |
| 1978 | Adaptation Score: The Buddy Holly Story Original Score: Midnight Express |
Joe Renzetti Giorgio Moroder |
| 1979 | Original Score: A Little Romance Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score: All That Jazz |
Georges Delerue Ralph Burns |
| 1980 | Fame | Michael Gore |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Vangelis |
| 1982 | Best Music, Original Score: E.T. Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score: Victor/Victoria |
John Williams Henry Mancini |
| 1983 | Original Score: The Right Stuff Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl |
Bill Conti Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman |
| 1984 | Original Score: A Passage to India Original Song Score: Purple Rain |
Maurice Jarre Prince |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | John Barry |
| 1986 | 'Round Midnight | Herbie Hancock |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | David Grusin |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Alan Menken |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | John Barry |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Alan Menken |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | John Williams |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Hans Zimmer |
| 1995 | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Il Postino Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Pocahontas |
Luis Enríquez Bacalov Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz |
| 1996 | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: The English Patient Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Emma |
Gabriel Yared Rachel Portman |
| 1997 | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Titanic (1997 film) Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: The Full Monty |
James Horner Anne Dudley |
| 1998 | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: La Vita è bella Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Shakespeare in Love |
Nicola Piovani Stephen Warbeck |
| 1999 | Le Violon rouge | John Corigliano |
| 2000 | Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) | Tan Dun |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Howard Shore |
| 2002 | Frida | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2006 | Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | A.R. Rahman |
