Best Original Score
Academy Awards · 766 nominations across 92 ceremonies · 135 wins
98th Academy Awards
- Winner Sinners · Ludwig Göransson
- Nominee Bugonia · Jerskin Fendrix
- Nominee Frankenstein · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee Hamnet · Max Richter
- Nominee One Battle After Another · Jonny Greenwood
97th Academy Awards
- Winner The Brutalist · Daniel Blumberg
- Nominee Emilia Pérez · Camille, Clément Ducol
- Nominee The Wild Robot · Kris Bowers
- Nominee Wicked · John Powell, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Conclave · Hauschka
96th Academy Awards
- Winner Oppenheimer · Ludwig Göransson
- Nominee Killers of the Flower Moon · Robbie Robertson
- Nominee Poor Things · Jerskin Fendrix
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · John Williams
- Nominee American Fiction · Laura Karpman
95th Academy Awards
- Winner All Quiet on the Western Front · Hauschka
- Nominee The Fabelmans · John Williams
- Nominee Babylon · Justin Hurwitz
- Nominee Everything Everywhere All at Once · Ian Chang, Rafiq Bhatia, Ryan Lott
- Nominee The Banshees of Inisherin · Carter Burwell
94th Academy Awards
- Winner Dune · Hans Zimmer
- Nominee Don't Look Up · Nicholas Britell
- Nominee The Power of the Dog · Jonny Greenwood
- Nominee Parallel Mothers · Alberto Iglesias
- Nominee Encanto · Germaine Franco
93rd Academy Awards
- Winner Soul · Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor
- Nominee News of the World · James Newton Howard
- Nominee Mank · Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
- Nominee Minari · Emile Mosseri
- Nominee Da 5 Bloods · Terence Blanchard
92nd Academy Awards
- Winner Joker · Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · John Williams
- Nominee Little Women · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee Marriage Story · Randy Newman
- Nominee 1917 · Thomas Newman
91st Academy Awards
- Winner Black Panther · Ludwig Göransson
- Nominee If Beale Street Could Talk · Nicholas Britell
- Nominee Isle of Dogs · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee BlacKkKlansman · Terence Blanchard
- Nominee Mary Poppins Returns · Marc Shaiman
90th Academy Awards
- Winner The Shape of Water · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · John Williams
- Nominee Phantom Thread · Jonny Greenwood
- Nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · Carter Burwell
- Nominee Dunkirk · Hans Zimmer
89th Academy Awards
- Winner La La Land · Justin Hurwitz
- Nominee Moonlight from Sabrina · Nicholas Britell
- Nominee Passengers · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Lion · Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka
- Nominee Jackie · Mica Levi
88th Academy Awards
- Winner The Hateful Eight · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · John Williams
- Nominee Bridge of Spies · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Carol · Carter Burwell
- Nominee Sicario · Jóhann Jóhannsson
87th Academy Awards
- Winner The Grand Budapest Hotel · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee The Imitation Game · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee The Theory of Everything · Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Nominee Mr. Turner · Gary Yershon
- Nominee Interstellar · Hans Zimmer
86th Academy Awards
- Winner Gravity · Steven Price
- Nominee The Book Thief · John Williams
- Nominee Her · Owen Pallett, William Butler
- Nominee Philomena · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee Saving Mr. Banks · Thomas Newman
85th Academy Awards
- Winner Life of Pi · Mychael Danna
- Nominee Lincoln · John Williams
- Nominee Argo · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee Skyfall · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Dario Marianelli
84th Academy Awards
- Winner The Artist · Ludovic Bource
- Nominee The Adventures of Tintin · John Williams
- Nominee War Horse · John Williams
- Nominee Hugo · Howard Shore
- Nominee Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Alberto Iglesias
83rd Academy Awards
- Winner The Social Network · Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
- Nominee 127 Hours · A. R. Rahman
- Nominee The King's Speech · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee How to Train Your Dragon · John Powell
- Nominee Inception · Hans Zimmer
82nd Academy Awards
- Winner Up · Michael Giacchino
- Nominee Avatar · James Horner
- Nominee Fantastic Mr. Fox · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee The Hurt Locker · Buck Sanders, Marco Beltrami
- Nominee Sherlock Holmes · Hans Zimmer
81st Academy Awards
- Winner Slumdog Millionaire · A. R. Rahman
- Nominee Milk · Danny Elfman
- Nominee Defiance · James Newton Howard
- Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee WALL-E · Thomas Newman
80th Academy Awards
- Winner Atonement · Dario Marianelli
- Nominee Ratatouille · Michael Giacchino
- Nominee Michael Clayton · James Newton Howard
- Nominee The Kite Runner · Alberto Iglesias
- Nominee 3:10 to Yuma · Marco Beltrami
79th Academy Awards
- Winner Babel · Gustavo Santaolalla
- Nominee Notes on a Scandal · Philip Glass
- Nominee The Queen · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee The Good German · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Pan's Labyrinth · Javier Navarrete
78th Academy Awards
- Winner Brokeback Mountain · Gustavo Santaolalla
- Nominee Munich · John Williams
- Nominee Memoirs of a Geisha · John Williams
- Nominee The Constant Gardener · Alberto Iglesias
- Nominee Pride & Prejudice · Dario Marianelli
77th Academy Awards
- Winner Finding Neverland · Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
- Nominee Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban · John Williams
- Nominee The Village · James Newton Howard
- Nominee Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · Thomas Newman
- Nominee The Passion of the Christ · John Debney
76th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Howard Shore
- Nominee House of Sand and Fog · James Horner
- Nominee Big Fish · Danny Elfman
- Nominee Finding Nemo · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Cold Mountain · Gabriel Yared
75th Academy Awards
- Winner Frida · Elliot Goldenthal
- Nominee Far from Heaven · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Catch Me If You Can · John Williams
- Nominee The Hours · Philip Glass
- Nominee Road to Perdition · Thomas Newman
74th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Howard Shore
- Nominee A Beautiful Mind · James Horner
- Nominee A.I. Artificial Intelligence · John Williams
- Nominee Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone · John Williams
- Nominee Monsters, Inc. · Randy Newman
73rd Academy Awards
- Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · Tan Dun
- Nominee The Patriot · John Williams
- Nominee Malèna · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Chocolat · Rachel Portman
- Nominee Gladiator · Hans Zimmer
72nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Red Violin · John Corigliano
- Nominee Angela's Ashes · John Williams
- Nominee The Cider House Rules · Rachel Portman
- Nominee American Beauty · Thomas Newman
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Gabriel Yared
71st Academy Awards
- Winner Life Is Beautiful · Nicola Piovani
- Winner Shakespeare in Love · Stephen Warbeck
- Nominee Elizabeth · David Hirschfelder
- Nominee Saving Private Ryan · John Williams
- Nominee The Thin Red Line · Hans Zimmer
- Nominee Mulan · David Zippel, Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder
- Nominee Patch Adams · Marc Shaiman
- Nominee The Prince of Egypt · Hans Zimmer, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee A Bug's Life · Randy Newman
70th Academy Awards
- Winner Titanic · James Horner
- Winner The Full Monty · Anne Dudley
- Nominee Amistad · John Williams
- Nominee Kundun · Philip Glass
- Nominee L.A. Confidential · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Anastasia · David Newman, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
- Nominee As Good as It Gets · Hans Zimmer
- Nominee My Best Friend's Wedding · James Newton Howard
- Nominee Men in Black · Danny Elfman
69th Academy Awards
- Winner The English Patient · Gabriel Yared
- Winner Emma · Rachel Portman
- Nominee Hamlet · Patrick Doyle
- Nominee Michael Collins · Elliot Goldenthal
- Nominee Shine · David Hirschfelder
- Nominee Sleepers · John Williams
- Nominee The First Wives Club · Marc Shaiman
- Nominee The Hunchback of Notre Dame · Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee James and the Giant Peach · Randy Newman
- Nominee The Preacher's Wife · Hans Zimmer
68th Academy Awards
- Winner Il Postino: The Postman · Luis Bacalov
- Winner Pocahontas · Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Patrick Doyle
- Nominee The American President · Marc Shaiman
- Nominee Toy Story · Randy Newman
- Nominee Unstrung Heroes · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Braveheart · James Horner
- Nominee Sabrina · John Williams
67th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lion King · Hans Zimmer
- Nominee Interview with the Vampire · Elliot Goldenthal
- Nominee Forrest Gump · Alan Silvestri
- Nominee Little Women · Thomas Newman
- Nominee The Shawshank Redemption · Thomas Newman
66th Academy Awards
- Winner Schindler's List · John Williams
- Nominee The Age of Innocence · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee The Fugitive · James Newton Howard
- Nominee The Firm · Dave Grusin
- Nominee The Remains of the Day · Richard Robbins
65th Academy Awards
- Winner Aladdin · Alan Menken
- Nominee Chaplin · John Barry
- Nominee Basic Instinct · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee A River Runs Through It · Mark Isham
- Nominee Howards End · Richard Robbins
64th Academy Awards
- Winner Beauty and the Beast · Alan Menken
- Nominee JFK · John Williams
- Nominee The Prince of Tides · James Newton Howard
- Nominee Bugsy · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee The Fisher King · George Fenton
63rd Academy Awards
- Winner Dances with Wolves · John Barry
- Nominee Ghost · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Home Alone · John Williams
- Nominee Avalon · Randy Newman
- Nominee Havana · Dave Grusin
62nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Little Mermaid · Alan Menken
- Nominee Field of Dreams · James Horner
- Nominee Born on the Fourth of July · John Williams
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · John Williams
- Nominee The Fabulous Baker Boys · Dave Grusin
61st Academy Awards
- Winner The Milagro Beanfield War · Dave Grusin
- Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee The Accidental Tourist · John Williams
- Nominee Rain Man · Hans Zimmer
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · George Fenton
60th Academy Awards
- Winner The Last Emperor · Cong Su, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Nominee The Witches of Eastwick · John Williams
- Nominee Empire of the Sun · John Williams
- Nominee The Untouchables · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Cry Freedom from Cry Freedom · George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
59th Academy Awards
- Winner Round Midnight · Herbie Hancock
- Nominee Aliens · James Horner
- Nominee Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee Hoosiers · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Mission · Ennio Morricone
58th Academy Awards
- Winner Out of Africa · John Barry
- Nominee The Color Purple · Andraé Crouch, Caiphus Semenya, Chris Boardman, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jeremy Lubbock, Jerry Hey, Joel Rosenbaum, Jorge Calandrelli, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Rod Temperton
- Nominee Witness · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Agnes of God · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Silverado · Bruce Broughton
57th Academy Awards
- Winner A Passage to India · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee The River · John Williams
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom · John Williams
- Nominee The Natural · Randy Newman
- Nominee Under the Volcano · Alex North
56th Academy Awards
- Winner The Right Stuff · Bill Conti
- Winner Yentl · Michel Legrand
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · John Williams
- Nominee Cross Creek · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee Under Fire · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Terms of Endearment · Michael Gore
- Nominee The Sting II · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Trading Places · Elmer Bernstein
55th Academy Awards
- Winner E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · John Williams
- Winner Victor/Victoria · Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Gandhi · George Fenton, Ravi Shankar
- Nominee Poltergeist · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Sophie's Choice · Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee An Officer and a Gentleman · Jack Nitzsche
- Nominee Annie · Ralph Burns
- Nominee One from the Heart · Tom Waits
54th Academy Awards
- Winner Chariots of Fire · Vangelis
- Nominee Raiders of the Lost Ark · John Williams
- Nominee Ragtime · Randy Newman
- Nominee Dragonslayer · Alex North
- Nominee On Golden Pond · Dave Grusin
53rd Academy Awards
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back · John Williams
- Nominee The Elephant Man · John Morris
- Nominee Altered States · John Corigliano
- Nominee Fame · Michael Gore
- Nominee Tess · Philippe Sarde
52nd Academy Awards
- Winner A Little Romance · Georges Delerue
- Winner All That Jazz · Ralph Burns
- Nominee 10 · Henry Mancini
- Nominee Star Trek: The Motion Picture · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Amityville Horror · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee The Champ · Dave Grusin
- Nominee Breaking Away · Patrick Williams
- Nominee The Muppet Movie · Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams
51st Academy Awards
- Winner Midnight Express · Giorgio Moroder
- Winner The Buddy Holly Story · Joe Renzetti
- Nominee Superman · John Williams
- Nominee The Boys from Brazil · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Days of Heaven · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · Dave Grusin
- Nominee Pretty Baby · Jerry Wexler
- Nominee The Wiz · Quincy Jones
50th Academy Awards
- Winner Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · John Williams
- Winner A Little Night Music · Jonathan Tunick
- Nominee The Message · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · John Williams
- Nominee The Spy Who Loved Me · Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee Julia · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Pete's Dragon · Al Kasha, Irwin Kostal, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella · Angela Morley, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
49th Academy Awards
- Winner The Omen · Jerry Goldsmith
- Winner Bound for Glory · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee Voyage of the Damned · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Taxi Driver · Bernard Herrmann
- Nominee Obsession · Bernard Herrmann
- Nominee The Outlaw Josey Wales · Jerry Fielding
- Nominee Bugsy Malone from Bugsy Malone · Paul Williams
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Roger Kellaway
48th Academy Awards
- Winner Jaws · John Williams
- Winner Barry Lyndon · Leonard Rosenman
- Nominee Birds Do It, Bees Do It · Gerald Fried
- Nominee Bite the Bullet · Alex North
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Jack Nitzsche
- Nominee The Wind and the Lion · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Funny Lady · Peter Matz
- Nominee Tommy · Pete Townshend
47th Academy Awards
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Chinatown · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Shanks · Alex North
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · John Williams
- Nominee The Little Prince · Alan Jay Lerner, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley, Frederick Loewe
- Nominee Phantom of the Paradise · George Aliceson Tipton, Paul Williams
46th Academy Awards
- Winner The Sting · Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee Cinderella Liberty · John Williams
- Nominee The Day of the Dolphin · Georges Delerue
- Nominee Papillon · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee A Touch of Class · John Cameron
- Nominee Jesus Christ Superstar · Andrew Lloyd Webber, André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer
- Nominee Tom Sawyer · John Williams, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
45th Academy Awards
- Winner Limelight · Charlie Chaplin, Larry Russell, Raymond Rasch, posthumously
- Winner Cabaret · Ralph Burns
- Nominee Napoleon and Samantha · Buddy Baker
- Nominee Sleuth · John Addison
- Nominee The Godfather · Nino Rota
- Nominee Lady Sings the Blues · Gil Askey
- Nominee Man of La Mancha · Laurence Rosenthal
- Nominee The Poseidon Adventure · John Williams
44th Academy Awards
- Winner Summer of '42 · Michel Legrand
- Winner Fiddler on the Roof · John Williams
- Nominee Mary, Queen of Scots · John Barry
- Nominee Nicholas and Alexandra · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Shaft · Isaac Hayes
- Nominee Straw Dogs · Jerry Fielding
- Nominee Bedknobs and Broomsticks · Irwin Kostal, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- Nominee The Boy Friend · Peter Greenwell, Peter Maxwell Davies
- Nominee Tchaikovsky · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, Walter Scharf
43rd Academy Awards
- Winner Let It Be · George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
- Winner Love Story · Francis Lai
- Nominee Cromwell · Frank Cordell
- Nominee Sunflower · Henry Mancini
- Nominee Patton · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Airport · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Baby Maker · Fred Karlin
- Nominee A Boy Named Charlie Brown · Al Shean, Bill Melendez, John Scott Trotter, Rod McKuen, Vince Guaraldi
- Nominee Darling Lili · Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee Scrooge · Herbert W. Spencer, Ian Fraser, Leslie Bricusse
42nd Academy Awards
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Burt Bacharach
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Georges Delerue
- Nominee The Reivers · John Williams
- Nominee The Secret of Santa Vittoria · Ernest Gold
- Nominee The Wild Bunch · Jerry Fielding
- Nominee Goodbye, Mr. Chips · John Williams, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Paint Your Wagon · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Cy Coleman
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Albert Woodbury, Johnny Green
41st Academy Awards
- Winner The Lion in Winter · John Barry
- Winner Oliver! · Johnny Green
- Nominee The Fox · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Planet of the Apes · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Shoes of the Fisherman · Alex North
- Nominee Finian's Rainbow · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Funny Girl · Walter Scharf
- Nominee Star! · Lennie Hayton
- Nominee The Young Girls of Rochefort · Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
40th Academy Awards
- Winner Thoroughly Modern Millie · Elmer Bernstein
- Winner Camelot · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Nominee Doctor Dolittle · Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Quincy Jones
- Nominee Cool Hand Luke · Lalo Schifrin
- Nominee Far from the Madding Crowd · Richard Rodney Bennett
- Nominee Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · Frank De Vol
- Nominee Valley of the Dolls · John Williams
39th Academy Awards
- Winner Born Free · John Barry
- Winner A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum · Ken Thorne
- Nominee Hawaii · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee The Sand Pebbles · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Alex North
- Nominee The Bible: In the Beginning... · Toshiro Mayuzumi
- Nominee The Gospel According to St. Matthew · Luis Bacalov
- Nominee Return of the Seven · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee The Singing Nun · Harry Sukman
- Nominee Stop the World – I Want to Get Off · Al Ham
38th Academy Awards
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Maurice Jarre
- Winner The Sound of Music · Irwin Kostal
- Nominee A Patch of Blue · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
- Nominee The Agony and the Ecstasy · Alex North
- Nominee The Greatest Story Ever Told · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Cat Ballou · Frank De Vol
- Nominee The Pleasure Seekers · Alexander Courage, Lionel Newman
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns · Don Walker
37th Academy Awards
- Winner Mary Poppins · Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
- Winner My Fair Lady · André Previn
- Nominee The Pink Panther · Henry Mancini
- Nominee The Fall of the Roman Empire · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte · Frank De Vol
- Nominee Becket · Laurence Rosenthal
- Nominee A Hard Day's Night · George Martin
- Nominee Robin and the 7 Hoods · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee The Unsinkable Molly Brown · Calvin Jackson, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Leo Arnaud, Leo Shuken, Robert Armbruster
36th Academy Awards
- Winner Tom Jones · John Addison
- Winner Irma la Douce · André Previn
- Nominee It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · Ernest Gold
- Nominee How the West Was Won · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Nominee 55 Days at Peking · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Cleopatra · Alex North
- Nominee Bye Bye Birdie · Johnny Green
- Nominee A New Kind of Love · Leith Stevens
- Nominee Sundays and Cybele · Maurice Jarre
- Nominee The Sword in the Stone · George Bruns
35th Academy Awards
- Winner Lawrence of Arabia · Maurice Jarre
- Winner The Music Man · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee To Kill a Mockingbird · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Taras Bulba · Franz Waxman
- Nominee Freud: The Secret Passion · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Bronisław Kaper
- Nominee Billy Rose's Jumbo · Georgie Stoll
- Nominee Gigot · Michel Magne
- Nominee Gypsy · Frank Perkins
- Nominee The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm · Leigh Harline
34th Academy Awards
- Winner Breakfast at Tiffany's · Henry Mancini
- Winner West Side Story · Irwin Kostal, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin, Sid Ramin
- Nominee El Cid · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Fanny · Harry Sukman, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Guns of Navarone · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Summer and Smoke · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Babes in Toyland · George Bruns
- Nominee Flower Drum Song · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Nominee Khovanshchina · Dmitri Shostakovich
- Nominee Paris Blues · Duke Ellington
33rd Academy Awards
- Winner Exodus · Ernest Gold
- Winner Song Without End · Harry Sukman, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Alamo · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The Magnificent Seven · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Spartacus · Alex North
- Nominee Can-Can · Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Let's Make Love · Earle H. Hagen, Lionel Newman
- Nominee Pepe · Johnny Green
- Nominee Bells Are Ringing · André Previn
32nd Academy Awards
- Winner Ben-Hur · Miklós Rózsa
- Winner Porgy and Bess · André Previn, Ken Darby
- Nominee The Diary of Anne Frank · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Nun's Story · Franz Waxman
- Nominee On the Beach · Ernest Gold
- Nominee Pillow Talk · Frank De Vol
- Nominee The Five Pennies from The Five Pennies · Leith Stevens
- Nominee Li'l Abner · Joseph J. Lilley, Nelson Riddle
- Nominee Say One for Me · Lionel Newman
- Nominee Sleeping Beauty · George Bruns
31st Academy Awards
- Winner The Old Man and the Sea · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Winner Gigi · André Previn
- Nominee The Big Country · Jerome Moross
- Nominee Separate Tables · David Raksin
- Nominee White Wilderness · Oliver Wallace
- Nominee The Young Lions · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee The Bolshoi Ballet · G. Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Faier
- Nominee Damn Yankees! · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Mardi Gras · Lionel Newman
- Nominee South Pacific · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
30th Academy Awards
- Winner The Bridge on the River Kwai · Malcolm Arnold
- Nominee Perri · Paul Smith
- Nominee Raintree County · Johnny Green
- Nominee Boy on a Dolphin · Hugo Friedhofer
29th Academy Awards
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · Victor Young, posthumous award
- Winner The King and I · Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
- Nominee Between Heaven and Hell · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Giant · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The Rainmaker · Alex North
- Nominee The Best Things in Life Are Free · Lionel Newman
- Nominee The Eddy Duchin Story · George Duning, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee High Society · Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Nominee Meet Me in Las Vegas · Georgie Stoll, Johnny Green
28th Academy Awards
- Winner Oklahoma! · Adolph Deutsch, Jay Blackton, Robert Russell Bennett
- Nominee Battle Cry · Max Steiner
- Nominee The Man with the Golden Arm · Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee Picnic · George Duning
- Nominee The Rose Tattoo · Alex North
- Nominee Guys and Dolls · Cyril J. Mockridge, Jay Blackton
- Nominee It's Always Fair Weather · André Previn
- Nominee Love Me or Leave Me · Georgie Stoll, Percy Faith
- Nominee Daddy Long Legs · Alfred Newman
27th Academy Awards
- Winner The High and the Mighty · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Winner Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
- Nominee The Caine Mutiny · Max Steiner
- Nominee Genevieve · Larry Adler
- Nominee On the Waterfront · Leonard Bernstein
- Nominee The Silver Chalice · Franz Waxman
- Nominee Carmen Jones · Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Nominee The Glenn Miller Story · Henry Mancini
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee There's No Business Like Show Business · Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman
26th Academy Awards
- Winner Lili · Bronisław Kaper
- Winner Call Me Madam · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Above and Beyond · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee From Here to Eternity · George Duning, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Julius Caesar · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee This Is Cinerama
- Nominee The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. · Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Band Wagon · Adolph Deutsch
- Nominee Calamity Jane · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Kiss Me Kate · André Previn, Saul Chaplin
25th Academy Awards
- Winner High Noon · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Winner With a Song in My Heart · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Ivanhoe · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima · Max Steiner
- Nominee The Thief · Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Nominee Viva Zapata! · Alex North
- Nominee Hans Christian Andersen · Walter Scharf
- Nominee The Jazz Singer · Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf
- Nominee The Medium · Gian Carlo Menotti
- Nominee Singin' in the Rain · Lennie Hayton
24th Academy Awards
- Winner A Place in the Sun · Franz Waxman
- Winner An American in Paris · Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Nominee Quo Vadis · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Alice in Wonderland · Oliver Wallace
- Nominee The Great Caruso · Johnny Green, Peter Herman Adler
- Nominee Show Boat · Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Alex North
- Nominee On the Riviera · Alfred Newman
23rd Academy Awards
- Winner Sunset Boulevard · Franz Waxman
- Winner Annie Get Your Gun · Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
- Nominee All About Eve · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Flame and the Arrow · Max Steiner
- Nominee No Sad Songs for Me · George Duning
- Nominee Samson and Delilah · Victor Young
- Nominee Cinderella · Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith
- Nominee I'll Get By · Lionel Newman
- Nominee Three Little Words · André Previn
- Nominee The West Point Story · Ray Heindorf
22nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Heiress · Aaron Copland
- Winner On the Town · Lennie Hayton, Roger Edens
- Nominee Beyond the Forest · Max Steiner
- Nominee Champion · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Jolson Sings Again · George Duning, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Look for the Silver Lining · Ray Heindorf
21st Academy Awards
- Winner The Red Shoes · Brian Easdale
- Winner Easter Parade · Johnny Green, Roger Edens
- Nominee Hamlet · William Walton
- Nominee Joan of Arc · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Max Steiner
- Nominee The Emperor Waltz · Victor Young
- Nominee The Pirate · Lennie Hayton
- Nominee Romance on the High Seas · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee When My Baby Smiles at Me · Alfred Newman
20th Academy Awards
- Winner A Double Life · Miklós Rózsa
- Winner Mother Wore Tights · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Bishop's Wife · Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Forever Amber · David Raksin
- Nominee Life with Father · Max Steiner
- Nominee Fiesta · Johnny Green
- Nominee My Wild Irish Rose · Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Road to Rio · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Song of the South · Charles Wolcott, Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul Smith
19th Academy Awards
- Winner The Best Years of Our Lives · Hugo Friedhofer
- Winner The Jolson Story · Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Anna and the King of Siam · Bernard Herrmann
- Nominee Henry V · William Walton
- Nominee Humoresque · Franz Waxman
- Nominee The Killers · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Blue Skies · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Centennial Summer · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Harvey Girls · Lennie Hayton
- Nominee Night and Day · Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf
18th Academy Awards
- Winner Spellbound · Miklós Rózsa
- Winner Anchors Aweigh · Georgie Stoll
- Nominee Paris Underground · Alexandre Tansman
- Nominee The Enchanted Cottage · Roy Webb
- Nominee Guest Wife · Daniele Amfitheatrof
- Nominee The Keys of the Kingdom · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Love Letters · Victor Young
- Nominee The Man Who Walked Alone · Karl Hajos
- Nominee Objective, Burma! · Franz Waxman
- Nominee The Story of G.I. Joe · Ann Ronell, Louis Applebaum
- Nominee This Love of Ours · Hans J. Salter
- Nominee The Valley of Decision · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee A Song to Remember · Miklós Rózsa, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Southerner · Werner Janssen
- Nominee The Woman in the Window · Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
- Nominee Belle of the Yukon · Arthur Lange
- Nominee Can't Help Singing · Hans J. Salter, Jerome Kern
- Nominee Rhapsody in Blue · Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf
- Nominee State Fair · Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
- Nominee The Three Caballeros · Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul Smith
- Nominee Tonight and Every Night · Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Why Girls Leave Home · Walter Greene
- Nominee Hitchhike to Happiness
- Nominee Incendiary Blonde · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Sunbonnet Sue · Edward J. Kay
- Nominee Wonder Man · Lou Forbes, Ray Heindorf
17th Academy Awards
- Winner Since You Went Away · Max Steiner
- Winner Cover Girl · Carmen Dragon, Ernst Toch, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Bridge of San Luis Rey · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee Casanova Brown · Arthur Lange
- Nominee Double Indemnity · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee The Hairy Ape · Michel Michelet
- Nominee It Happened Tomorrow · Robert Stolz
- Nominee Jack London · Frederic E. Rich
- Nominee Kismet · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee None but the Lonely Heart · C. Bakaleinikoff, Hanns Eisler
- Nominee The Princess and the Pirate · David Rose
- Nominee Summer Storm · Karl Hajos
- Nominee Three Russian Girls · W. Franke Harling
- Nominee Higher and Higher · C. Bakaleinikoff
- Nominee Hollywood Canteen · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Knickerbocker Holiday · Kurt Weill, Werner R. Heymann
- Nominee Lady in the Dark · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Lady, Let's Dance · Edward J. Kay
- Nominee Meet Me in St. Louis · Georgie Stoll
- Nominee Minstrel Man · Ferde Grofé, Leo Erdody
- Nominee Song of the Open Road · Charles Previn
- Nominee Up in Arms · Lou Forbes
- Nominee Brazil · Roy Webb, Walter Scharf
- Nominee Irish Eyes Are Smiling · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Merry Monahans · Hans J. Salter
- Nominee Sensations of 1945
16th Academy Awards
- Winner This Is the Army · Ray Heindorf
- Nominee The Amazing Mrs. Holliday · Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
- Nominee Casablanca · Max Steiner
- Nominee Commandos Strike at Dawn · Louis Gruenberg, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Fallen Sparrow · C. Bakaleinikoff, Roy Webb
- Nominee For Whom the Bell Tolls · Victor Young
- Nominee Hangmen Also Die! · Hanns Eisler
- Nominee Hi Diddle Diddle · Phil Boutelje
- Nominee The Kansan · Gerard Carbonara
- Nominee Lady of Burlesque · Arthur Lange
- Nominee The Moon and Sixpence · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The North Star · Aaron Copland
- Nominee Phantom of the Opera · Edward Ward
- Nominee Something to Shout About · Morris Stoloff
- Nominee Stage Door Canteen · Frederic E. Rich
- Nominee Star Spangled Rhythm · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Coney Island · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Hit Parade of 1943 · Walter Scharf
- Nominee Saludos Amigos · Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith
- Nominee The Sky's the Limit · Leigh Harline
- Nominee Thousands Cheer · Herbert Stothart
15th Academy Awards
- Winner Now, Voyager · Max Steiner
- Winner Yankee Doodle Dandy · Heinz Roemheld, Ray Heindorf
- Nominee Arabian Nights · Frank Skinner
- Nominee Bambi · Edward H. Plumb, Frank Churchill
- Nominee The Corsican Brothers · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The Gold Rush · Max Terr
- Nominee Jungle Book · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Klondike Fury · Edward J. Kay
- Nominee Random Harvest · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee The Shanghai Gesture · Richard Hageman
- Nominee The Talk of the Town · Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
- Nominee To Be or Not to Be · Werner R. Heymann
- Nominee Flying with Music · Edward Ward
- Nominee For Me and My Gal · Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens
- Nominee Holiday Inn · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee It Started with Eve · Charles Previn, Hans J. Salter
- Nominee Johnny Doughboy · Walter Scharf
- Nominee Joan of Paris · Roy Webb
- Nominee Take a Letter, Darling · Victor Young
- Nominee My Gal Sal · Alfred Newman
- Nominee You Were Never Lovelier · Leigh Harline
14th Academy Awards
- Winner The Devil and Daniel Webster · Bernard Herrmann
- Winner Dumbo · Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
- Nominee Back Street · Frank Skinner
- Nominee Ball of Fire · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Franz Waxman
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Victor Young
- Nominee King of the Zombies · Edward J. Kay
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Meredith Willson
- Nominee Lydia · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee Sergeant York · Max Steiner
- Nominee So Ends Our Night · Louis Gruenberg
- Nominee That Uncertain Feeling · Werner R. Heymann
- Nominee This Woman is Mine · Richard Hageman
- Nominee Birth of the Blues · Robert Emmett Dolan
- Nominee Buck Privates · Charles Previn
- Nominee The Chocolate Soldier · Bronisław Kaper, Herbert Stothart
- Nominee The Strawberry Blonde · Heinz Roemheld
- Nominee Sun Valley Serenade · Emil Newman
- Nominee Sunny · Anthony Collins
- Nominee Suspicion
- Nominee All-American Co-Ed · Edward Ward
- Nominee Ice-Capades · Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
- Nominee You'll Never Get Rich · Ernst Toch, Morris Stoloff
13th Academy Awards
- Winner Pinocchio · Leigh Harline, Ned Washington, Paul Smith
- Winner Tin Pan Alley · Alfred Newman
- Nominee The Great Dictator · Meredith Willson
- Nominee My Favorite Wife · Roy Webb
- Nominee The Fight for Life · Louis Gruenberg
- Nominee The Howards of Virginia · Richard Hageman
- Nominee The Long Voyage Home · Richard Hageman
- Nominee Waterloo Bridge · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee The House of the Seven Gables · Frank Skinner
- Nominee Our Town (1940 film) · Aaron Copland
- Nominee Rebecca · Franz Waxman
- Nominee One Million B.C. · Werner R. Heymann
- Nominee The Thief of Bagdad · Miklós Rózsa
- Nominee The Letter · Max Steiner
- Nominee Dark Command · Victor Young
- Nominee North West Mounted Police · Victor Young
- Nominee Arizona · Victor Young
- Nominee The Mark of Zorro · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Arise, My Love · Victor Young
- Nominee Hit Parade of 1941 · Cy Feuer
- Nominee Irene · Anthony Collins
- Nominee The Sea Hawk · Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Nominee Second Chorus · Artie Shaw
- Nominee Spring Parade · Charles Previn
- Nominee Strike Up the Band · Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens
12th Academy Awards
- Winner The Wizard of Oz · Herbert Stothart
- Winner Stagecoach · John Leipold, Leo Shuken, Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling
- Nominee The Man in the Iron Mask · Lucien Moraweck, Lud Gluskin
- Nominee Of Mice and Men · Aaron Copland
- Nominee Dark Victory · Max Steiner
- Nominee Gone with the Wind · Max Steiner
- Nominee Eternally Yours · Werner Janssen
- Nominee Golden Boy · Victor Young
- Nominee Gulliver's Travels · Victor Young
- Nominee Man of Conquest · Victor Young
- Nominee The Rains Came · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Wuthering Heights · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Nurse Edith Cavell · Anthony Collins
- Nominee Babes in Arms · Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens
- Nominee First Love · Charles Previn
- Nominee The Great Victor Herbert · Arthur Lange, Phil Boutelje
- Nominee The Hunchback of Notre Dame · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Intermezzo · Lou Forbes
- Nominee Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · Dimitri Tiomkin
- Nominee The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Nominee She Married a Cop · Cy Feuer
- Nominee Swanee River · Louis Silvers
- Nominee They Shall Have Music
- Nominee Way Down South · Victor Young
11th Academy Awards
- Winner The Adventures of Robin Hood · Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Winner Alexander's Ragtime Band · Alfred Newman
- Nominee If I Were King · Richard Hageman
- Nominee Marie Antoinette · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee Block-Heads · Marvin Hatley
- Nominee Pacific Liner · Robert Russell Bennett
- Nominee The Young in Heart · Franz Waxman
- Nominee Blockade · Werner Janssen
- Nominee Army Girl · Victor Young
- Nominee Breaking the Ice · Victor Young
- Nominee The Cowboy and the Lady · Alfred Newman
- Nominee Suez · Louis Silvers
- Nominee Carefree · Victor Baravalle
- Nominee Girls' School · Morris Stoloff
- Nominee The Goldwyn Follies
- Nominee Jezebel · Max Steiner
- Nominee Mad About Music · Charles Previn, Frank Skinner
- Nominee Storm Over Bengal · Cy Feuer
- Nominee Sweethearts · Herbert Stothart
- Nominee There Goes My Heart · Marvin Hatley
- Nominee Tropic Holiday · Boris Morros
10th Academy Awards
- Winner One Hundred Men and a Girl
- Nominee The Hurricane
- Nominee In Old Chicago
- Nominee The Life of Emile Zola
- Nominee Lost Horizon
- Nominee Make a Wish
- Nominee Maytime
- Nominee Portia on Trial
- Nominee The Prisoner of Zenda
- Nominee Quality Street
- Nominee Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Nominee Something to Sing About
- Nominee Souls at Sea
- Nominee Way Out West
9th Academy Awards
- Winner Anthony Adverse
- Nominee The Charge of the Light Brigade
- Nominee The Garden of Allah
- Nominee The General Died at Dawn
- Nominee Winterset
8th Academy Awards
- Winner The Informer
- Nominee Captain Blood
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty
- Nominee Peter Ibbetson
7th Academy Awards
- Winner One Night of Love
- Nominee The Gay Divorcee
- Nominee The Lost Patrol