Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Academy Award for Best Original Score | |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Currently held by | Ennio Morricone The Hateful Eight (2015) |
Website | http://www.oscars.org |
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.[1]
Superlatives
These are only for nominations in the Scoring categories. Nominations in other categories, such as the Original Song category, are not included.
Category | Name | Superlative |
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Most Awards | Alfred Newman | 9 awards |
Most Nominations | John Williams | 45 nominations |
Most Nominations without a win | Alex North | 14 nominations |
Only one composer has won two Scoring Oscars the same year: in 1973, Marvin Hamlisch won Original Dramatic Score for The Way We Were and Best Adaptation Score, for The Sting. Hamlisch also won Best Song that year for The Way We Were (song), making him the only composer to win three music Oscars in the same year.
Only one composer has won Oscars three years in a row: Roger Edens won for Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
Eight composers have won Oscars two years in a row:
- Ray Heindorf won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and This is the Army (1943).
- Franz Waxman won for Sunset Boulevard (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951).
- Alfred Newman won for With a Song in My Heart (1952) and Call Me Madam (1953). He won again for Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) and The King and I (1956).
- Adolph Deutsch won for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Oklahoma! (1955).
- André Previn won for Gigi (1958) and 1959's Porgy and Bess (1959). He won again for Irma La Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964).
- Leonard Rosenman won for Barry Lyndon (1975) and Bound for Glory (1976).
- Alan Menken won for Beauty and The Beast (1991) and Aladdin (1992).
- Gustavo Santaolalla won for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Babel (2006).
Female nominees
Three women have won in the scoring categories. Two are composers: Rachel Portman, who won for Emma (1996), and Anne Dudley, who won for The Full Monty (1997); the third, is lyricist Marilyn Bergman, who won for Yentl (1983) in the Original Song Score category, sharing the award with co-lyricist Alan Bergman (her husband) and composer Michel Legrand.
The only female composers nominated for multiple Scoring Oscars are Rachel Portman, who was nominated for Emma (1996) (for which she won for Best Original Score), The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000); and Angela Morley, who was nominated twice in the Original Song Score category for The Little Prince (1974) and The Slipper and the Rose (1976).
Notable nominees
Dmitri Shostakovich and Duke Ellington were both nominated the same year but lost to arrangers of West Side Story.
Because much of the music in film is usually classical music, the scores of Midnight Express by Giorgio Moroder in 1979, Slumdog Millionaire by A. R. Rahman in 2009, The Social Network in 2011 by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and Her by William Butler and Owen Pallett in 2014 are the only scores with electronic based music ever to be nominated, with the first three winning the award.
Noted nominated composers known for their music mostly outside of the film world include: Aaron Copland, Kurt Weill, Gian-Carlo Menotti, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Peter Maxwell Davies, Randy Newman, Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Artie Shaw, Trent Reznor, Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock.
Rock musicians and pop stars are most often nominated in the songwriting category. A handful that were nominated in the Scoring categories includes: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Prince, Pete Townshend, Rod McKuen, Isaac Hayes, Kris Kristofferson, Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, Anthony Newley, Paul Williams, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Trent Reznor and Matthew Wilder.
Record producers George Martin (the Beatles) and Jerry Wexler (Atlantic Records) also received nominations in the Scoring categories.
At the age of 87, Ennio Morricone became the oldest winner in Oscar history for a competitive award.[2][3]
Multiple nominations
The following is a list of composers nominated more than once and winning at least one Academy Award. The list is sorted by number of wins, with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses. These do not include nominations (or wins) in the Best Original Song category.
The following composers have been nominated for a Best Original Score Oscar more than once but have yet to garner one. The number of nominations is listed in parentheses. These do not include nominations (or wins) in the Best Original Song category.
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Winners and nominees
The following is the list of nominated composers organized by year, and listing both films and composers. The years shown in the following list of winners are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for films released in 1967.
Note: From 1934-1937, the head of the music department (rather than the actual composer or composers, in most cases) received the nominations or award.
Note: From 1937-1945, any studio was guaranteed a nomination just by submitting a qualified entry.
1930s
- 1934
- MUSIC (Scoring): One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
- The Gay Divorcee RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
- The Lost Patrol – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- MUSIC (Scoring): One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
- 1935
- MUSIC (Scoring): The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- (Write-in candidate) Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
- Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
- MUSIC (Scoring): The Informer – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- 1936
- MUSIC (Scoring): Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
- Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
- MUSIC (Scoring): Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- 1937
- MUSIC (Scoring): One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
- The Hurricane – Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
- In Old Chicago – 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
- The Life of Emile Zola – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
- Lost Horizon – Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
- Make a Wish – Principal Productions, Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Hugo Riesenfeld)
- Maytime – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
- Portia on Trial – Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
- The Prisoner of Zenda – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
- Quality Street – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
- Something to Sing About – Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
- Souls at Sea – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)
- Way Out West – Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)
- MUSIC (Scoring): One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
- 1938
- MUSIC (Original Score): The Adventures of Robin Hood – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Army Girl – Victor Young
- Block-Heads – Marvin Hatley
- Blockade – Werner Janssen
- Breaking the Ice – Victor Young
- The Cowboy and the Lady – Alfred Newman
- If I Were King – Richard Hageman
- Marie Antoinette – Herbert Stothart
- Pacific Liner – Russell Bennett (early alternate billing for Robert Russell Bennett)
- Suez – Louis Silvers
- The Young in Heart – Franz Waxman
- MUSIC (Scoring): Alexander's Ragtime Band – Alfred Newman
- Carefree – Victor Baravalle
- Girls' School – Morris Stoloff and Gregory Stone
- The Goldwyn Follies – Alfred Newman
- Jezebel – Max Steiner
- Mad About Music – Charles Previn and Frank Skinner
- Storm Over Bengal – Cy Feuer
- Sweethearts – Herbert Stothart
- There Goes My Heart – Marvin Hatley
- Tropic Holiday – Boris Morros
- The Young in Heart – Franz Waxman
- MUSIC (Original Score): The Adventures of Robin Hood – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- 1939
- MUSIC (Original Score): The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart
- Dark Victory – Max Steiner
- Eternally Yours – Werner Janssen
- Golden Boy – Victor Young
- Gone with the Wind – Max Steiner
- Gulliver's Travels – Victor Young
- The Man in the Iron Mask – Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
- Man of Conquest – Victor Young
- Nurse Edith Cavell – Anthony Collins
- Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
- The Rains Came – Alfred Newman
- Wuthering Heights – Alfred Newman
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
- MUSIC (Scoring): Stagecoach – Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
- The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje and Arthur Lange
- Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
- Babes in Arms – Roger Edens and George E. Stoll
- She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer
- Intermezzo – Lou Forbes
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
- They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman
- First Love – Charles Previn
- Swanee River – Louis Silvers
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
- Way Down South – Victor Young
- MUSIC (Original Score): The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart
1940s
- 1940
- MUSIC (Original Score): Pinocchio – Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith, composers; Ned Washington, lyricist
- 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
- MUSIC (Scoring): Tin Pan Alley – Alfred Newman
- MUSIC (Original Score): Pinocchio – Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith, composers; Ned Washington, lyricist
- 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 J. 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, Bronislau 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
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic Picture): All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann
- 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 J. 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
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
- 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 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
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Song of Bernadette – Alfred Newman
- 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
- The 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 J. 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
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Since You Went Away – Max Steiner
- 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, R. 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 – Alexandre 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
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Spellbound – Miklós Rózsa
- 1946
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Best Years of Our Lives – Hugo Friedhofer
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff
- 1947
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Double Life – Miklós Rózsa
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Mother Wore Tights – Alfred Newman
- 1948
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Easter Parade – Johnny Green, Roger Edens
- 1949
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Heiress – Aaron Copland
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): On the Town – Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
1950s
- 1950
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
- 1951
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): A Place in the Sun – Franz Waxman
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): An American in Paris – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- 1952
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman
- 1953
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Lili – Bronislau Kaper
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
- 1954
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
- 1955
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Alfred Newman
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
- 1956
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Around the World in 80 Days – Victor Young (posthumous award)
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): The King and I – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- 1957
- 1958
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Old Man and the Sea – Dimitri Tiomkin
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Gigi – André Previn
- 1959
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Porgy and Bess – André Previn, Ken Darby
1960s
- 1960
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Exodus – Ernest Gold
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
- 1961
- MUSIC (Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini
- MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
- 1962
- MUSIC (Substantially Original Score): Lawrence of Arabia – Maurice Jarre
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): The Music Man – Ray Heindorf
- 1963
- MUSIC (Substantially Original Score): Tom Jones – John Addison
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): Irma la Douce – André Previn
- 1964
- MUSIC (Substantially Original Score): Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): My Fair Lady – André Previn
- 1965
- MUSIC (Substantially Original Score): Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
- 1966
- MUSIC (Original Music Score): Born Free – John Barry
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ken Thorne
- 1967
- MUSIC (Original Music Score): Thoroughly Modern Millie – Elmer Bernstein
- MUSIC (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment): Camelot – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- 1968
- MUSIC (Original Score for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)): The Lion in Winter – John Barry
- 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 for a Motion Picture (not a Musical)): Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach
- MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation): Hello, Dolly! – Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and 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 and Albert Woodbury
1970s
- 1970
- Original Score: Love Story – Francis Lai
- Original Song Score: Let It Be – Music and lyrics by The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr)
- 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 and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; arranged/adapted by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer
- 1971
- Original Dramatic Score: Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand
- 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 Dramatic Score: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (posthumous award), Larry Russell (posthumous award) (Note: This film was originally screened in 1952, but it was not shown in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it become eligible for this nomination)
- The Godfather – Nino Rota (Note: This nomination was withdrawn when it was found that Rota had used music from an earlier score, and the nominations 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
- Original Dramatic Score: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (posthumous award), Larry Russell (posthumous award) (Note: This film was originally screened in 1952, but it was not shown in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it become eligible for this nomination)
- 1973
- Original Dramatic Score: The Way We Were – Marvin Hamlisch
- Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
- Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Tom Sawyer – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
- 1974
- Original Dramatic Score: The Godfather Part II – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
- Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Great Gatsby – Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
- The Little Prince – Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
- Phantom of the Paradise – Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
- 1975
- Original Dramatic Score: Jaws – John Williams
- 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
- 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
- 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 and Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
- The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
- 1978
- Original Score: Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder
- Adaptation Score: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
- 1979
- Original Score: A Little Romance – Georges Delerue
- 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 and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
1980s
- 1980: Fame – Michael Gore
- 1981: Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
- 1982
- Original Score: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams
- Original Song Score and 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
- Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl – Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
- The Sting II – Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
- Trading Places – Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
- 1984
- Original Score: A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
- Original Song Score: Purple Rain – Prince
Best Original Score
- 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 – Dave Grusin
- 1989: The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken
1990s
Note: From 1995 to 1998, songwriters and lyricists along with orchestral underscore composers were also eligible for nominations in the "Musical or Comedy Score" category.[4]
2000s
2010s
Year | Winner Composer |
Nominees |
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2010 | The Social Network – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |
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2011 | The Artist – Ludovic Bource |
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2012 | Life of Pi – Mychael Danna |
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2013 | Gravity – Steven Price |
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2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat |
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2015 | The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone |
See also
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
References
- ^ "Rule Sixteen: Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award | Rules for the 85th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". Oscars.org. 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ "Oscar win at 87 may make Ennio Morricone the oldest winner ever". David Ng. Los Angeles Times. February 28, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
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(help) - ^ "Academy Awards Database - AMPAS". Awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ Lisa Gerrard and Klaus Badelt also received screen credit for music score, but only Zimmer was deemed eligible for the nomination.
External links
- Oscars.org (official Academy site)
- Oscar.com (official ceremony promotional site)
- The Academy Awards Database (official site)