Academy Award for Best Score (Musical or Adaptation) 1979
51st Academy Awards · held April 9, 1979 · 7 nominees
- Winner The Buddy Holly Story · Joe Renzetti
- Nominee Days of Heaven · Ennio Morricone
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · Dave Grusin
- Nominee Pretty Baby · Jerry Wexler
- Nominee Superman · John Williams
- Nominee The Boys from Brazil · Jerry Goldsmith
- Nominee The Wiz · Quincy Jones