Tony Award for Best Original Score
Tony Awards · 252 nominations across 65 ceremonies · 65 wins
79th Tonys · 2026
- Winner Schmigadoon!
- Nominee Death of a Salesman · Caroline Shaw
- Nominee Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
- Nominee Joe Turner's Come and Gone
- Nominee The Lost Boys
78th Tonys · 2025
- Winner Maybe Happy Ending · Hue Park, Will Aronson
- Nominee Real Women Have Curves · Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez
- Nominee Dead Outlaw · Erik Della Penna, David Yazbek
- Nominee Operation Mincemeat · Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts
- Nominee Death Becomes Her
77th Tonys · 2024
- Winner Suffs · Shaina Taub
- Nominee Stereophonic · William Butler
- Nominee The Outsiders
- Nominee Here Lies Love · David Byrne, Fatboy Slim
- Nominee Days of Wine and Roses · Adam Guettel
76th Tonys · 2023
- Winner Kimberly Akimbo · David Lindsay-Abaire, Jeanine Tesori
- Nominee Shucked · Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally
- Nominee Almost Famous · Cameron Crowe, Tom Kitt
- Nominee Some Like It Hot · Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
- Nominee KPOP · Helen Park, Max Vernon
75th Tonys · 2022
- Winner Six: The Musical · Lucy Moss, Toby Marlow
- Nominee Paradise Square · Jason Howland, Masi Asare, Nathan Tysen
- Nominee Flying Over Sunset · Michael Korie, Tom Kitt
- Nominee A Strange Loop · Michael R. Jackson
- Nominee Mr. Saturday Night · Amanda Green, Jason Robert Brown
74th Tonys · 2021
- Winner A Christmas Carol
- Nominee The Rose Tattoo
- Nominee Slave Play · Lindsay Jones
- Nominee The Sound Inside (play)
- Nominee The Inheritance · Paul Englishby
73rd Tonys · 2019
- Winner Hadestown · Anaïs Mitchell
- Nominee Be More Chill · Joe Iconis
- Nominee Tootsie · David Yazbek
- Nominee Beetlejuice · Eddie Perfect
- Nominee The Prom · Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar
- Nominee To Kill a Mockingbird · Adam Guettel
72nd Tonys · 2018
- Winner The Band's Visit · David Yazbek
- Nominee Mean Girls · Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin
- Nominee Frozen · Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
- Nominee The SpongeBob Musical · Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Jonathan Coulton, Rob Hyman, Sara Bareilles, T.I., Yolanda Adams
- Nominee Angels in America: Millennium Approaches · Adrian Sutton
71st Tonys · 2017
- Winner Dear Evan Hansen · Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
- Nominee Come from Away · David Hein, Irene Sankoff
- Nominee Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 · Dave Malloy
- Nominee Groundhog Day · Tim Minchin
70th Tonys · 2016
- Winner Hamilton · Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Nominee Bright Star · Edie Brickell, Steve Martin
- Nominee Waitress · Sara Bareilles
- Nominee School of Rock · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater
69th Tonys · 2015
- Winner Fun Home · Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron
- Nominee Something Rotten! · Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick
- Nominee The Visit · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee The Last Ship · Sting
68th Tonys · 2014
- Winner The Bridges of Madison County · Jason Robert Brown
- Nominee A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder · Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak
- Nominee Aladdin · Alan Menken, Chad Beguelin, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice
- Nominee If/Then · Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt
67th Tonys · 2013
- Winner Kinky Boots · Cyndi Lauper
- Nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical · Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
- Nominee Hands on a Hardbody · Amanda Green, Trey Anastasio
- Nominee Matilda the Musical · Tim Minchin
66th Tonys · 2012
- Winner Newsies · Alan Menken, Jack Feldman
- Nominee Bonnie & Clyde · Don Black, Frank Wildhorn
- Nominee Peter and the Starcatcher · Rick Elice
- Nominee One Man, Two Guvnors · Grant Olding
65th Tonys · 2011
- Winner The Book of Mormon · Matt Stone, Robert Lopez, Trey Parker
- Nominee Sister Act · Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
- Nominee Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown · David Yazbek
- Nominee The Scottsboro Boys · Fred Ebb, John Kander
64th Tonys · 2010
- Winner Memphis · David Bryan, Joe DiPietro
- Nominee Fences · Branford Marsalis
- Nominee The Addams Family · Andrew Lippa
- Nominee Enron · Adam Cork, Lucy Prebble
63rd Tonys · 2009
- Winner Next to Normal · Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt
- Nominee Shrek the Musical · David Lindsay-Abaire, Jeanine Tesori
- Nominee 9 to 5 · Dolly Parton
- Nominee Billy Elliot the Musical · Elton John, Lee Hall
62nd Tonys · 2008
- Winner In the Heights · Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Nominee Cry-Baby · Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum
- Nominee Passing Strange · Heidi Rodewald, Stew
- Nominee Passing Strange · Stew
- Nominee The Little Mermaid (musical) · Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Howard Ashman
61st Tonys · 2007
- Winner Spring Awakening · Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater
- Nominee Grey Gardens · Michael Korie, Scott Frankel
- Nominee Legally Blonde · Laurence O'Keefe, Nell Benjamin
- Nominee Curtains · Fred Ebb, John Kander, Rupert Holmes
60th Tonys · 2006
- Winner The Drowsy Chaperone · Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert
- Nominee The Wedding Singer · Chad Beguelin, Matthew Sklar
- Nominee The Color Purple · Allee Willis, Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray
- Nominee The Woman in White · Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel
59th Tonys · 2005
- Winner The Light in the Piazza · Adam Guettel
- Nominee Spamalot · Eric Idle, John Du Prez
- Nominee The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · William Finn
- Nominee Dirty Rotten Scoundrels · David Yazbek
58th Tonys · 2004
- Winner Avenue Q · Jeff Marx, Robert Lopez
- Nominee Caroline, or Change · Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner
- Nominee Wicked · Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Taboo · Boy George
57th Tonys · 2003
- Winner Hairspray · Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
- Nominee Urban Cowboy · Bob Morrison, Bob Stillman, Charlie Daniels, Charlie Hayward, Clint Black, Jason Robert Brown, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Joel DiGregorio, Lauren Lucas, Marcus Hummon, Martie Maguire, Ronnie Dunn, Skip Ewing, Wayland Holyfield
- Nominee Amour · Didier Van Cauwelaert, Jeremy Sams, Michel Legrand
- Nominee A Year with Frog and Toad · Robert Reale, Willie Reale
56th Tonys · 2002
- Winner Urinetown · Greg Kotis, Mark Hollmann
- Nominee Sweet Smell of Success · Craig Carnelia, Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee Thou Shalt Not · Harry Connick Jr.
- Nominee Thoroughly Modern Millie · Dick Scanlan, Jeanine Tesori
55th Tonys · 2001
- Winner The Producers · Mel Brooks
- Nominee Jane Eyre · John Caird
- Nominee A Class Act · Edward Kleban
- Nominee The Full Monty · David Yazbek
54th Tonys · 2000
- Winner Aida · Elton John, Tim Rice
- Nominee James Joyce's The Dead · Shaun Davey
- Nominee Marie Christine · Michael John LaChiusa
- Nominee The Wild Party · Michael John LaChiusa
53rd Tonys · 1999
- Winner Parade · Jason Robert Brown
- Nominee Twelfth Night · Jeanine Tesori
- Nominee Footloose · Dean Pitchford, Eric Carmen, Jim Steinman, Kenny Loggins, Sammy Hagar, Tom Snow
- Nominee The Civil War · Frank Wildhorn
52nd Tonys · 1998
- Winner Ragtime · Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
- Nominee The Capeman · Derek Walcott, Paul Simon
- Nominee Side Show · Bill Russell, Henry Krieger
- Nominee The Lion King · Elton John, Hans Zimmer, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Tim Rice
51st Tonys · 1997
- Winner Titanic · Maury Yeston
- Nominee Steel Pier · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Juan Darién: A Carnival Mass · Elliot Goldenthal
- Nominee The Life (musical) · Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman
50th Tonys · 1996
- Winner Rent · Jonathan Larson
- Nominee Big (musical) · David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee State Fair · Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
- Nominee Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk · Ann Duquesnay, Daryl Waters, George C. Wolfe, Reg E. Gaines
49th Tonys · 1995
- Winner Sunset Boulevard · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton, Don Black
- Nominee No additional nominees
48th Tonys · 1994
- Winner Passion · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Beauty and the Beast · Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice
- Nominee Cyrano: The Musical · Ad van Dijk, Koen van Dijk, Sheldon Harnick
47th Tonys · 1993
- Winner Kiss of the Spider Woman · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Daniel Levine, Peter Kellogg
- Nominee The Song of Jacob Zulu · Tug Yourgrau
46th Tonys · 1992
- Winner Falsettos · William Finn
- Nominee Metro · Agata Miklaszewska, Janusz Stoklosa, Mary Bracken Phillips, Maryna Miklaszewska
- Nominee Nick & Nora · Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee Jelly's Last Jam · Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead
45th Tonys · 1991
- Winner The Will Rogers Follies · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Cy Coleman
- Nominee Once on This Island · Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty
- Nominee The Secret Garden · Lucy Simon, Marsha Norman
- Nominee Miss Saigon · Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Richard Maltby, Jr.
44th Tonys · 1990
- Winner City of Angels · Cy Coleman, David Zippel
- Nominee Aspects of Love · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Don Black
- Nominee Meet Me in St. Louis · Hugh Martin
- Nominee Grand Hotel · George Forrest, Maury Yeston, Robert Wright
42nd Tonys · 1988
- Winner Into the Woods · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee The Phantom of the Opera · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe
- Nominee Sarafina! · Hugh Masekela, Mbongeni Ngema
- Nominee Romance/Romance · Barry Harman, Keith Herrmann
41st Tonys · 1987
- Winner Les Misérables · Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer
- Nominee Rags · Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Starlight Express · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe
- Nominee Me and My Girl · Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose, Noel Gay
40th Tonys · 1986
- Winner Drood · Rupert Holmes
- Nominee The News
- Nominee Song and Dance · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee Wind in the Willows · William P. Perry
39th Tonys · 1985
- Winner Big River · Roger Miller
- Nominee Grind · Ellen Fitzhugh, Larry Grossman
- Nominee Quilters · Barbara Damashek
38th Tonys · 1984
- Winner La Cage aux Folles · Jerry Herman
- Nominee Baby · David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.
- Nominee The Rink · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Sunday in the Park with George · Stephen Sondheim
37th Tonys · 1983
- Winner Cats · Andrew Lloyd Webber, T. S. Eliot
- Nominee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Al Kasha, Gene de Paul, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer
- Nominee A Doll's Life · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Larry Grossman
- Nominee Merlin · Don Black, Elmer Bernstein
36th Tonys · 1982
- Winner Nine · Maury Yeston
- Nominee Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Nominee Merrily We Roll Along · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Dreamgirls · Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
35th Tonys · 1981
- Winner Woman of the Year · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Copperfield · Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
- Nominee Shakespeare's Cabaret · Lance Mulcahy
- Nominee Charlie and Algernon · Charles Strouse
34th Tonys · 1980
- Winner Evita · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Nominee Sugar Babies · Artie Malvin
- Nominee Barnum · Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart
- Nominee A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine · Dick Vosburgh
33rd Tonys · 1979
- Winner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee The Grand Tour · Jerry Herman
- Nominee Eubie! · Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake, Flournoy Miller, James Reese Europe, Johnny Brandon, Noble Sissle
- Nominee Carmelina · Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
32nd Tonys · 1978
- Winner On the Twentieth Century · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Cy Coleman
- Nominee Working · Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant, Stephen Schwartz, Susan Birkenhead
- Nominee Runaways · Elizabeth Swados
- Nominee The Act · Fred Ebb, John Kander
31st Tonys · 1977
- Winner Annie · Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin
- Nominee Godspell · Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Happy End · Bertolt Brecht, Michael Feingold
- Nominee I Love My Wife · Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart
30th Tonys · 1976
- Winner A Chorus Line · Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch
- Nominee Pacific Overtures · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Chicago · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Treemonisha · Scott Joplin
29th Tonys · 1975
- Winner The Wiz · Charlie Smalls
- Nominee A Letter for Queen Victoria · Alan Lloyd
- Nominee Shenandoah · Gary Geld, Peter Udell
- Nominee The Lieutenant · Chuck Strand
28th Tonys · 1974
- Winner Gigi · Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
- Nominee Seesaw · Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields
- Nominee Raisin · Judd Woldin
- Nominee The Good Doctor · Neil Simon, Peter Link
27th Tonys · 1973
- Winner A Little Night Music · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Much Ado About Nothing · Peter Link
- Nominee Pippin · Stephen Schwartz
- Nominee Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope · Micki Grant
26th Tonys · 1972
- Winner Follies · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death · Melvin Van Peebles
- Nominee Jesus Christ Superstar · Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
- Nominee Two Gentlemen of Verona · Galt MacDermot, John Guare
25th Tonys · 1971
- Winner Company · Stephen Sondheim
- Nominee The Me Nobody Knows · Gary William Friedman
- Nominee The Rothschilds · Jerry Bock
22nd Tonys · 1968
- Winner Hallelujah, Baby! · Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
- Nominee Illya Darling · Joe Darion, Manos Hatzidakis
- Nominee How Now, Dow Jones · Carolyn Leigh, Elmer Bernstein
- Nominee The Happy Time · Fred Ebb, John Kander
21st Tonys · 1967
- Winner Cabaret · Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Nominee Walking Happy · Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
- Nominee The Apple Tree · Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
- Nominee I Do! I Do! · Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones
20th Tonys · 1966
- Winner Man of La Mancha · Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh
- Nominee On a Clear Day You Can See Forever · Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane
- Nominee Sweet Charity · Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields
- Nominee Mame · Jerry Herman
19th Tonys · 1965
- Winner Fiddler on the Roof · Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
- Nominee The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd · Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
- Nominee Half a Sixpence · David Heneker
- Nominee Do I Hear a Waltz? · Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim
18th Tonys · 1964
- Winner Hello, Dolly! · Jerry Herman
- Nominee Funny Girl · Bob Merrill, Jule Styne
- Nominee High Spirits · Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray
- Nominee 110 in the Shade · Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones
17th Tonys · 1963
- Winner Oliver! · Lionel Bart
- Nominee Bravo Giovanni · Milton Schafer, Ronny Graham
- Nominee Little Me · Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
- Nominee Stop the World – I Want to Get Off · Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
16th Tonys · 1962
- Winner No Strings · Richard Rodgers
- Nominee How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying · Frank Loesser
- Nominee Milk and Honey · Jerry Herman
- Nominee Kwamina · Richard Adler
5th Tonys · 1951
- Winner Call Me Madam · Irving Berlin
4th Tonys · 1950
- Winner South Pacific · Richard Rodgers
3rd Tonys · 1949
- Winner Kiss Me, Kate · Cole Porter
1st Tonys · 1947
- Winner Street Scene · Kurt Weill