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{{Infobox award
| name      = Academy Award for Best Original Score
| presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]
| country   = [[United States]]
| year      = {{Start date and age|1935|2|27}}
| holder_label  = Most recent winner
| holder    = [[Hans Zimmer]] <br /> ''[[Dune (2021 movie)|Dune]]'' ([[94th Academy Awards|2021]])
| website   = {{url|oscars.org}}
}}

The '''Academy Award for Original Score''' is given to the best body of music in the form of [[Film score|dramatic underscoring]] that is written specifically for a movie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html|title=Academy Awards rules|publisher=|access-date=2012-10-26|archive-date=2013-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211172058/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Winners and nominees==

===1930s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1934 in film|1934]]'''<br /><small>[[7th Academy Awards|(7th)]]</small> <br/> <ref name=thirtyfour group=note>From 1934 until 1937, nominated films were represented by the head of the film studio's music department rather than the composer. Each film's actual composer(s) are listed in parentheses.</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[One Night of Love]]'''''
| '''[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Studio Music Department]], [[Louis Silvers]], head of department <small>(Thematic music by [[Victor Schertzinger]] & [[Gus Kahn]])</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]''
| [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Studio Music Department]], [[Max Steiner]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Kenneth Webb]] & [[Samuel Hoffenstein|Sam Hoffenstein]])</small>
|-
| ''[[The Lost Patrol (1934 movie)|The Lost Patrol]]''
| RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Steiner, head of department <small>(Score by Steiner)</small>
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1935 in film|1935]]'''<br /><small>[[8th Academy Awards|(8th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Informer (1935 movie)|The Informer]]'''''
| '''[[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Studio Music Department]], [[Max Steiner]], head of department <small>(Score by Steiner)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Captain Blood (1935 movie)|Captain Blood]]'' (Write-in)<ref name=thirtyfive group=note>''[[Captain Blood (1935 movie)|Captain Blood]]'' was not officially nominated for this award, but appears in Academy records because it placed third in voting as a write-in candidate in 1935.</ref><ref name=Database>{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ |title=The Official Academy Awards Database |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=January 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227145302/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ |archive-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Warner Bros.]]-[[First National Pictures|First National Studio Music Department]], [[Leo F. Forbstein]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 movie)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department]], Nat W. Finston, head of department <small>(Score by [[Herbert Stothart]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Peter Ibbetson]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studio Music Department]], Irvin Talbot, head of department <small>(Score by [[Ernst Toch]])</small>
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1936 in film|1936]]'''<br /><small>[[9th Academy Awards|(9th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Anthony Adverse]]'''''
| '''[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Studio Music Department]], [[Leo F. Forbstein]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]])</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 movie)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]''
| Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Forbstein, head of department <small>(Score by [[Max Steiner]])</small>
|-
| ''[[The Garden of Allah (1936 movie)|The Garden of Allah]]''
| [[Selznick International Pictures|Selznick International Pictures Music Department]], Steiner, head of department <small>(Score by Steiner)</small>
|-
| ''[[The General Died at Dawn]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studio Music Department]], [[Boris Morros]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Werner Janssen]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Winterset (movie)|Winterset]]''
| [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Studio Music Department]], [[Nathaniel Shilkret]], head of department <small>(Score by Shilkret)</small>
|-
| rowspan=15 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1937 in film|1937]]'''<br /><small>[[10th Academy Awards|(10th)]]</small> <br/> <ref name=thirtyseven group=note>From 1937 until 1945, film studios could submit one eligible film of their choosing, guaranteeing it a nomination.</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[One Hundred Men and a Girl]]'''''
| '''[[Universal Pictures|Universal Studio Music Department]], [[Charles Previn]], head of department <small>(no composer credit)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Hurricane (1937 movie)|The Hurricane]]''
| [[Samuel Goldwyn Productions|Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department]], [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]], head of department <small>(Score by Newman)</small>
|-
| ''[[In Old Chicago]]''
| [[20th Century Fox|20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department]], [[Louis Silvers]], head of department <small>(no composer credit)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Life of Emile Zola]]''
| [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Studio Music Department]], [[Leo F. Forbstein]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Max Steiner]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Lost Horizon (1937 movie)|Lost Horizon]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia Studio Music Department]], [[Morris Stoloff]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Dimitri Tiomkin]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Make a Wish (1937 movie)|Make a Wish]]''
| Principal Productions, [[Hugo Riesenfeld]], head of department <small>(Score by Riesenfeld)</small>
|-
| ''[[Maytime (1937 movie)|Maytime]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department]], Nat W. Finston, head of department <small>(Score by [[Herbert Stothart]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Portia on Trial]]''
| [[Republic Pictures|Republic Studio Music Department]], [[Alberto Colombo (composer)|Alberto Colombo]], head of department <small>(Score by Colombo)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 movie)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]''
| [[Selznick International Pictures|Selznick International Pictures Music Department]], [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]], head of department <small>(Score by Newman)</small>
|-
| ''[[Quality Street (1937 movie)|Quality Street]]''
| [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Studio Music Department]], [[Roy Webb]], head of department <small>(Score by Webb)</small>
|-
| ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 movie)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studio Music Department]], [[Leigh Harline]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Frank Churchill]], Harline & [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Something to Sing About (1937 movie)|Something to Sing About]]''
| [[Grand National Pictures|Grand National Studio Music Department]], [[Constantin Bakaleinikoff]], head of department <small>(Score by [[Victor Schertzinger]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Souls at Sea]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studio Music Department]], [[Boris Morros]], head of department <small>(Score by [[W. Franke Harling]] & Milan Roder)</small>
|-
| ''[[Way Out West (1937 movie)|Way Out West]]''
| [[Hal Roach|Hal Roach Studio Music Department]], [[Marvin Hatley]], head of department <small>(Score by Hatley)</small>
|-
| rowspan=25 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1938 in film|1938]]'''<br /><small>[[11th Academy Awards|(11th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'''''
| '''[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]'''
|-
| ''[[Army Girl]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[Block-Heads]]''
| [[Marvin Hatley]]
|-
| ''[[Blockade (1938 movie)|Blockade]]''
| [[Werner Janssen]]
|-
| ''[[Breaking the Ice (1938 movie)|Breaking the Ice]]''
| Young
|-
| ''[[The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 movie)|The Cowboy and the Lady]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[If I Were King]]''
| [[Richard Hageman]]
|-
| ''[[Marie Antoinette (1938 movie)|Marie Antoinette]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[Pacific Liner]]''
| [[Robert Russell Bennett|Russell Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[Suez (movie)|Suez]]''
| [[Louis Silvers]]
|-
| ''[[The Young in Heart]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (movie)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]'''''
| '''Newman'''
|-
| ''[[Carefree (movie)|Carefree]]''
| [[Victor Baravalle]]
|-
| ''[[Girls' School (1938 movie)|Girls' School]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & Gregory Stone
|-
| ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Jezebel (1938 movie)|Jezebel]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Mad About Music]]''
| [[Charles Previn]] & [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]]
|-
| ''[[Storm Over Bengal]]''
| [[Cy Feuer]]
|-
| ''[[Sweethearts (1938 movie)|Sweethearts]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[There Goes My Heart (movie)|There Goes My Heart]]''
| [[Marvin Hatley]]
|-
| ''[[Tropic Holiday]]''
| [[Boris Morros]]
|-
| ''[[The Young in Heart]]''
| Waxman
|-
| rowspan=28 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1939 in film|1939]]'''<br /><small>[[12th Academy Awards|(12th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 movie)|The Wizard of Oz]]'''''
| '''[[Herbert Stothart]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dark Victory]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Eternally Yours (movie)|Eternally Yours]]''
| [[Werner Janssen]]
|-
| ''[[Golden Boy (1939 movie)|Golden Boy]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[Gone with the Wind (movie)|Gone with the Wind]]''
| Steiner
|-
| ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 movie)|Gulliver's Travels]]''
| Young
|-
| ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 movie)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]''
| [[Lud Gluskin]] & [[Lucien Moraweck]]
|-
| ''[[Man of Conquest]]''
| Young
|-
| ''[[Nurse Edith Cavell]]''
| [[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]]
|-
| ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 movie)|Of Mice and Men]]''
| [[Aaron Copland]]
|-
| ''[[The Rains Came]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Wuthering Heights (1939 movie)|Wuthering Heights]]''
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Stagecoach (1939 movie)|Stagecoach]]'''''
| '''[[Richard Hageman]], [[W. Franke Harling]], [[John Leipold]] & [[Leo Shuken]]'''
|-
| ''[[Babes in Arms (movie)|Babes in Arms]]''
| [[Roger Edens]] & [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| ''[[First Love (1939 movie)|First Love]]''
| [[Charles Previn]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Victor Herbert]]''
| [[Phil Boutelje]] & [[Arthur Lange]]
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 movie)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Intermezzo (1939 movie)|Intermezzo]]''
| Lou Forbes
|-
| ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 movie)|Of Mice and Men]]''
| [[Aaron Copland]]
|-
| ''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]''
| [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
|-
| ''[[She Married a Cop]]''
| [[Cy Feuer]]
|-
| ''[[Swanee River (movie)|Swanee River]]''
| [[Louis Silvers]]
|-
| ''[[They Shall Have Music]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Way Down South (movie)|Way Down South]]''
| Young
|-
|}

===1940s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=29 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1940 in film|1940]]'''<br /><small>[[13th Academy Awards|(13th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Pinocchio (1940 movie)|Pinocchio]]'''''
| '''[[Leigh Harline]], [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] & [[Ned Washington]]'''
|-
| ''[[Arizona (1940 movie)|Arizona]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[Dark Command]]''
|-
| ''[[The Fight for Life]]''
| [[Louis Gruenberg]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Dictator]]''
| [[Meredith Willson]]
|-
| ''[[The House of the Seven Gables (movie)|The House of the Seven Gables]]''
| [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]]
|-
| ''[[The Howards of Virginia]]''
| [[Richard Hageman]]
|-
| ''[[The Letter (1940 movie)|The Letter]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]''
| Hageman
|-
| ''[[The Mark of Zorro (1940 movie)|The Mark of Zorro]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[My Favorite Wife]]''
| [[Roy Webb]]
|-
| ''[[North West Mounted Police (movie)|North West Mounted Police]]''
| Young
|-
| ''[[One Million B.C.]]''
| [[Werner Heymann]]
|-
| ''[[Our Town (1940 movie)|Our Town]]''
| [[Aaron Copland]]
|-
| ''[[Rebecca (1940 movie)|Rebecca]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 movie)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[Waterloo Bridge (1940 movie)|Waterloo Bridge]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Tin Pan Alley (movie)|Tin Pan Alley]]'''''
| '''Newman'''
|-
| ''[[Arise, My Love]]''
| Young
|-
| ''[[Hit Parade of 1941]]''
| [[Cy Feuer]]
|-
| ''[[Irene (1940 movie)|Irene]]''
| [[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]]
|-
| ''[[Our Town (1940 movie)|Our Town]]''
| Copland
|-
| ''[[The Sea Hawk (1940 movie)|The Sea Hawk]]''
| [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]]
|-
| ''[[Second Chorus]]''
| [[Artie Shaw]]
|-
| ''[[Spring Parade]]''
| [[Charles Previn]]
|-
| ''[[Strike Up the Band (movie)|Strike Up the Band]]''
| [[Roger Edens]] & [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| rowspan=33 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1941 in film|1941]]'''<br /><small>[[14th Academy Awards|(14th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (movie)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]'''''
| '''[[Bernard Herrmann]]'''
|-
| ''[[Back Street (1941 movie)|Back Street]]''
| [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]]
|-
| ''[[Ball of Fire]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Cheers for Miss Bishop]]''
| [[Edward Ward (composer)|Edward Ward]]
|-
| ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
| Herrmann
|-
| ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 movie)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[Hold Back the Dawn]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[How Green Was My Valley (movie)|How Green Was My Valley]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[King of the Zombies]]''
| [[Edward J. Kay|Edward Kay]]
|-
| ''[[Ladies in Retirement]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Ernst Toch]]
|-
| ''[[The Little Foxes (movie)|The Little Foxes]]''
| [[Meredith Willson]]
|-
| ''[[Lydia (movie)|Lydia]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[Mercy Island]]''
| [[Cy Feuer]] & [[Walter Scharf]]
|-
| ''[[Sergeant York (movie)|Sergeant York]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[So Ends Our Night]]''
| [[Louis Gruenberg]]
|-
| ''[[Sundown (1941 movie)|Sundown]]''
| Rózsa
|-
| ''[[Suspicion (1941 movie)|Suspicion]]''
| Waxman
|-
| ''[[Tanks a Million]]''
| Ward
|-
| ''[[That Uncertain Feeling (movie)|That Uncertain Feeling]]''
| [[Werner Heymann]]
|-
| ''[[This Woman is Mine|This Woman Is Mine]]''
| [[Richard Hageman]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Dumbo]]'''''
| '''[[Frank Churchill]] & [[Oliver Wallace]]'''
|-
| ''[[All-American Co-Ed]]''
| Ward
|-
| ''[[Birth of the Blues]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Buck Privates]]''
| [[Charles Previn]]
|-
| ''[[The Chocolate Soldier (movie)|The Chocolate Soldier]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]] & [[Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| ''[[Ice-Capades]]''
| [[Cy Feuer]]
|-
| ''[[The Strawberry Blonde]]''
| [[Heinz Roemheld]]
|-
| ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
| [[Emil Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Sunny (1941 movie)|Sunny]]''
| [[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]]
|-
| ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| rowspan=29 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1942 in film|1942]]'''<br /><small>[[15th Academy Awards|(15th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Now, Voyager]]'''''
| '''[[Max Steiner]]'''
|-
| ''[[Arabian Nights (1942 movie)|Arabian Nights]]''
| [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]]
|-
| ''[[Bambi]]''
| [[Frank Churchill]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small> & [[Edward H. Plumb|Edward Plumb]]
|-
| ''[[The Black Swan (movie)|The Black Swan]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Corsican Brothers (1941 movie)|The Corsican Brothers]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Flying Tigers (movie)|Flying Tigers]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[The Gold Rush]]''
| Max Terr
|-
| ''[[I Married a Witch]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Roy Webb]]
|-
| ''[[Joan of Paris]]''
|-
| ''[[Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book|Jungle Book]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[Klondike Fury]]''
| [[Edward J. Kay|Edward Kay]]
|-
| ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]''
| [[Leigh Harline]]
|-
| ''[[Random Harvest (movie)|Random Harvest]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[The Shanghai Gesture]]''
| [[Richard Hageman]]
|-
| ''[[Silver Queen]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[Take a Letter, Darling]]''
|-
| ''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 movie)|The Talk of the Town]]''
| [[Friedrich Hollaender]] & [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[To Be or Not to Be (1942 movie)|To Be or Not to Be]]''
| [[Werner R. Heymann|Werner Heymann]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'''''
| '''[[Ray Heindorf]] & [[Heinz Roemheld]]'''
|-
| ''[[Flying with Music]]''
| [[Edward Ward (composer)|Edward Ward]]
|-
| ''[[For Me and My Gal (movie)|For Me and My Gal]]''
| [[Roger Edens]] & [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| ''[[Holiday Inn (movie)|Holiday Inn]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[It Started with Eve]]''
| [[Hans J. Salter]] & [[Charles Previn]]
|-
| ''[[Johnny Doughboy]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]]
|-
| ''[[My Gal Sal]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]''
| [[Leigh Harline]]
|-
| rowspan=29 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1943 in film|1943]]'''<br /><small>[[16th Academy Awards|(16th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Song of Bernadette (movie)|The Song of Bernadette]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Amazing Mrs. Holliday]]''
| [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]] & [[Hans J. Salter]]
|-
| ''[[Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Commandos Strike at Dawn]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Louis Gruenberg]]
|-
| ''[[The Fallen Sparrow]]''
| [[Roy Webb]] & [[Constantin Bakaleinikoff]]
|-
| ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (movie)|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 (movie)|The Kansan]]''
| [[Gerard Carbonara]]
|-
| ''[[Lady of Burlesque]]''
| [[Arthur Lange]]
|-
| ''[[Madame Curie (movie)|Madame Curie]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[The Moon and Sixpence (movie)|The Moon and Sixpence]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[The North Star (1943 movie)|The North Star]]''
| [[Aaron Copland]]
|-
| ''[[Victory Through Air Power (movie)|Victory Through Air Power]]''
| [[Edward H. Plumb|Edward Plumb]], [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] & [[Oliver Wallace]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[This Is the Army]]'''''
| '''[[Ray Heindorf]]'''
|-
| ''[[Coney Island (1943 movie)|Coney Island]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Hit Parade of 1943]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]]
|-
| ''[[Phantom of the Opera (1943 movie)|Phantom of the Opera]]''
| [[Edward Ward (composer)|Edward Ward]]
|-
| ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''
| Plumb, Smith & [[Charles Wolcott]]
|-
| ''[[The Sky's the Limit (1943 movie)|The Sky's the Limit]]''
| [[Leigh Harline]]
|-
| ''[[Something to Shout About (movie)|Something to Shout About]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[Stage Door Canteen (movie)|Stage Door Canteen]]''
| [[Fred Rich]]
|-
| ''[[Star Spangled Rhythm]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Thousands Cheer]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart|Herbert P. Stothart]]
|-
| rowspan=37 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1944 in film|1944]]'''<br /><small>[[17th Academy Awards|(17th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Since You Went Away]]'''''
| '''[[Max Steiner]]'''
|-
| ''[[Address Unknown (1944 movie)|Address Unknown]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Ernst Toch]]
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944 movie)|The Adventures of Mark Twain]]''
| Steiner
|-
| ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 movie)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Casanova Brown]]''
| [[Arthur Lange]]
|-
| ''[[Christmas Holiday]]''
| [[Hans J. Salter]]
|-
| ''[[Double Indemnity]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[The Fighting Seabees]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]] & [[Roy Webb]]
|-
| ''[[The Hairy Ape (movie)|The Hairy Ape]]''
| [[Michel Michelet]] & Edward Paul 
|-
| ''[[It Happened Tomorrow]]''
| [[Robert Stolz]]
|-
| ''[[Jack London (1943 movie)|Jack London]]''
| [[Fred Rich]]
|-
| ''[[Kismet (1944 movie)|Kismet]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (movie)|None but the Lonely Heart]]''
| [[Constantin Bakaleinikoff]] & [[Hanns Eisler]] 
|-
| ''[[The Princess and the Pirate]]''
| [[David Rose (songwriter)|David Rose]]
|-
| ''[[Summer Storm (1944 movie)|Summer Storm]]''
| [[Karl Hajos]]
|-
| ''[[Three Russian Girls]]''
| [[W. Franke Harling|Franke Harling]]
|-
| ''[[Up in Mabel's Room (1944 movie)|Up in Mabel's Room]]''
| Edward Paul
|-
| ''[[Voice in the Wind]]''
|[[Michel Michelet]]
|-
| ''[[Wilson (1944 movie)|Wilson]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Woman of the Town]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Cover Girl (movie)|Cover Girl]]'''''
| '''[[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Carmen Dragon]]'''
|-
| ''[[Brazil (1944 movie)|Brazil]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]]
|-
| ''[[Higher and Higher (movie)|Higher and Higher]]''
| Bakaleinikoff
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Canteen (movie)|Hollywood Canteen]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| ''[[Irish Eyes Are Smiling]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Knickerbocker Holiday (movie)|Knickerbocker Holiday]]''
| [[Werner R. Heymann|Werner Heymann]] & [[Kurt Weill]]
|-
| ''[[Lady in the Dark (movie)|Lady in the Dark]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan|Robert Emmett Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Lady, Let's Dance]]''
| [[Edward J. Kay|Edward Kay]]
|-
| ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]''
| [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| ''[[The Merry Monahans]]''
| [[Hans J. Salter]]
|-
| ''[[Minstrel Man (movie)|Minstrel Man]]''
| [[Ferde Grofé]] & [[Leo Erdody]]
|-
| ''[[Sensations of 1945]]''
| Mahlon Merrick
|-
| ''[[Song of the Open Road]]''
| [[Charles Previn]]
|-
| ''[[Up in Arms]]''
| Louis Forbes &  [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| rowspan=36 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1945 in film|1945]]'''<br /><small>[[18th Academy Awards|(18th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Spellbound (1945 movie)|Spellbound]]'''''
| '''[[Miklós Rózsa]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Brewster's Millions (1945 movie)|Brewster's Millions]]''
| Louis Forbes
|-
| ''[[Captain Kidd (movie)|Captain Kidd]]''
| [[Werner Janssen]]
|-
| ''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1945 movie)|The Enchanted Cottage]]''
| [[Roy Webb]]
|-
| ''[[Flame of Barbary Coast]]''
| Morton Scott & Dale Butts
|-
| ''[[G. I. Honeymoon]]''
| [[Edward J. Kay]]
|-
| ''[[The Story of G.I. Joe|G. I. Joe]]''
| [[Louis Applebaum]] & [[Ann Ronell]]
|-
| ''[[Guest in the House]]''
| Janssen
|-
| ''[[Guest Wife]]''
| [[Daniele Amfitheatrof]]
|-
| ''[[The Keys of the Kingdom (movie)|The Keys of the Kingdom]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Lost Weekend (movie)|The Lost Weekend]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[Love Letters (1945 movie)|Love Letters]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Walked Alone]]''
| [[Karl Hajos]]
|-
| ''[[Objective, Burma!]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[Paris Underground (movie)|Paris Underground]]''
| [[Alexandre Tansman]]
|-
| ''[[A Song to Remember]]''
| Rózsa & [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[The Southerner (movie)|The Southerner]]''
| [[Werner Janssen]]
|-
| ''[[This Love of Ours]]''
| [[Hans J. Salter]]
|-
| ''[[The Valley of Decision]]''
| [[Herbert Stothart]]
|-
| ''[[The Woman in the Window]]''
| [[Arthur Lange]] & [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Anchors Aweigh (movie)|Anchors Aweigh]]'''''
| '''[[Georgie Stoll]]'''
|-
| ''[[Belle of the Yukon]]''
| Lange
|-
| ''[[Can't Help Singing]]''
| [[Jerome Kern]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small> & Salter
|-
| ''[[Hitchhike to Happiness]]''
| Morton Scott
|-
| ''[[Incendiary Blonde]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Rhapsody in Blue (movie)|Rhapsody in Blue]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]] & [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[State Fair (1945 movie)|State Fair]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]] & [[Charles E. Henderson|Charles Henderson]]
|-
| ''[[Sunbonnet Sue]]''
| [[Edward J. Kay]]
|-
| ''[[The Three Caballeros]]''
| [[Edward H. Plumb|Edward Plumb]], [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] & [[Charles Wolcott]]
|-
| ''[[Tonight and Every Night]]''
| [[Marlin Skiles]] & [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[Why Girls Leave Home (1945 movie)|Why Girls Leave Home]]''
| [[Walter Greene]]
|-
| ''[[Wonder Man (movie)|Wonder Man]]''
| Louis Forbes &  [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1946 in film|1946]]'''<br /><small>[[19th Academy Awards|(19th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
| '''[[Hugo Friedhofer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anna and the King of Siam (movie)|Anna and the King of Siam]]''
| [[Bernard Herrmann]]
|-
| ''[[Henry V (1944 movie)|Henry V]]''
| [[William Walton]]
|-
| ''[[Humoresque (1946 movie)|Humoresque]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[The Killers (1946 movie)|The Killers]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Jolson Story]]'''''
| '''[[Morris Stoloff]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blue Skies (1946 movie)|Blue Skies]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan|Robert Emmett Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Centennial Summer]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Harvey Girls]]''
| [[Lennie Hayton]]
|-
| ''[[Night and Day (1946 movie)|Night and Day]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]] & [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1947 in film|1947]]'''<br /><small>[[20th Academy Awards|(20th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Double Life (1947 movie)|A Double Life]]'''''
| '''[[Miklós Rózsa]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| ''[[Captain from Castile]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Forever Amber (movie)|Forever Amber]]''
| [[David Raksin]]
|-
| ''[[Life with Father (movie)|Life with Father]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mother Wore Tights]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Fiesta (1947 movie)|Fiesta]]''
| [[Johnny Green]]
|-
| ''[[My Wild Irish Rose]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]] & [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Road to Rio]]''
| [[Robert E. Dolan|Robert Emmett Dolan]]
|-
| ''[[Song of the South]]''
| [[Daniele Amfitheatrof]], [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] & [[Charles Wolcott]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1948 in film|1948]]'''<br /><small>[[21st Academy Awards|(21st)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Red Shoes (1948 movie)|The Red Shoes]]'''''
| '''[[Brian Easdale]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hamlet (1948 movie)|Hamlet]]''
| [[William Walton]]
|-
| ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 movie)|Joan of Arc]]''
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 movie)|Johnny Belinda]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[The Snake Pit]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Easter Parade (movie)|Easter Parade]]'''''
| '''[[Johnny Green]] & [[Roger Edens]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Emperor Waltz]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| ''[[The Pirate (1948 movie)|The Pirate]]''
| [[Lennie Hayton]]
|-
| ''[[Romance on the High Seas]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| ''[[When My Baby Smiles at Me (movie)|When My Baby Smiles at Me]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1949 in film|1949]]'''<br /><small>[[22nd Academy Awards|(22nd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Heiress]]'''''
| '''[[Aaron Copland]]'''
|-
| ''[[Beyond the Forest]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Champion (1949 movie)|Champion]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[On the Town (movie)|On the Town]]'''''
| '''[[Roger Edens]] & [[Lennie Hayton]]'''
|-
| ''[[Jolson Sings Again]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & [[George Duning]]
|-
| ''[[Look for the Silver Lining (movie)|Look for the Silver Lining]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
|}

===1950s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1950 in film|1950]]'''<br /><small>[[23rd Academy Awards|(23rd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Sunset Boulevard (movie)|Sunset Boulevard]]'''''
| '''[[Franz Waxman]]'''
|-
| ''[[All About Eve]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[No Sad Songs for Me]]''
| [[George Duning]]
|-
| ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 movie)|Samson and Delilah]]''
| [[Victor Young]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Annie Get Your Gun (movie)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'''''
| '''[[Adolph Deutsch]] & [[Roger Edens]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cinderella (1950 movie)|Cinderella]]''
| [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]] & [[Oliver Wallace]]
|-
| ''[[I'll Get By (movie)|I'll Get By]]''
| [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Three Little Words (movie)|Three Little Words]]''
| [[André Previn]]
|-
| ''[[The West Point Story (movie)|The West Point Story]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1951 in film|1951]]'''<br /><small>[[24th Academy Awards|(24th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Place in the Sun (movie)|A Place in the Sun]]'''''
| '''[[Franz Waxman]]'''
|-
| ''[[David and Bathsheba (movie)|David and Bathsheba]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 movie)|Death of a Salesman]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 movie)|Quo Vadis]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 movie)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| North
|- 
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[An American in Paris (movie)|An American in Paris]]'''''
| '''[[Saul Chaplin]] & [[Johnny Green]]'''
|-
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 movie)|Alice in Wonderland]]''
| [[Oliver Wallace]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Caruso]]''
| [[Peter Herman Adler]] & Green
|-
| ''[[On the Riviera]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Show Boat (1951 movie)|Show Boat]]''
| [[Adolph Deutsch]] & [[Conrad Salinger]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1952 in film|1952]]'''<br /><small>[[25th Academy Awards|(25th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[High Noon]]'''''
| '''[[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'''
|-
| ''[[Ivanhoe (1952 movie)|Ivanhoe]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[The Thief (1952 movie)|The Thief]]''
| [[Herschel Burke Gilbert]]
|-
| ''[[Viva Zapata!]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[With a Song in My Heart (movie)|With a Song in My Heart]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hans Christian Andersen (movie)|Hans Christian Andersen]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]]
|-
| ''[[The Jazz Singer (1952 movie)|The Jazz Singer]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]] & Steiner
|-
| ''[[The Medium (1951 movie)|The Medium]]''
| [[Gian Carlo Menotti]]
|-
| ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''
| [[Lennie Hayton]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1953 in film|1953]]'''<br /><small>[[26th Academy Awards|(26th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Lili]]'''''
| '''[[Bronisław Kaper]]'''
|-
| ''[[Above and Beyond (1952 movie)|Above and Beyond]]''
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| ''[[From Here to Eternity]]''
| [[George Duning]] & [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[Julius Caesar (1953 movie)|Julius Caesar]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[This Is Cinerama]]''
| Louis Forbes
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Call Me Madam (movie)|Call Me Madam]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.]]''
| [[Friedrich Hollaender]] & Stoloff
|-
| ''[[The Band Wagon]]''
| [[Adolph Deutsch]]
|-
| ''[[Calamity Jane (movie)|Calamity Jane]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| ''[[Kiss Me Kate (movie)|Kiss Me Kate]]''
| [[Saul Chaplin]] & [[André Previn]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1954 in film|1954]]'''<br /><small>[[27th Academy Awards|(27th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The High and the Mighty (movie)|The High and the Mighty]]'''''
| '''[[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Caine Mutiny (movie)|The Caine Mutiny]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[Genevieve (movie)|Genevieve]]''
| [[Larry Adler]] <ref name=adler group=note>Blacklisted composer [[Larry Adler]]'s name was removed from American prints of the British-made ''[[Genevieve (movie)|Genevieve]]''. The film's arranger and orchestrator [[Muir Mathieson]] was credited instead and received an Oscar nomination. In 1986, the Academy's Board of Governors removed Mathieson's name from the nomination and gave it to Adler.</ref>
|-
| ''[[On the Waterfront]]''
| [[Leonard Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[The Silver Chalice (movie)|The Silver Chalice]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'''''
| '''[[Saul Chaplin]] & [[Adolph Deutsch]]'''
|-
| ''[[Carmen Jones (movie)|Carmen Jones]]''
| [[Herschel Burke Gilbert]]
|-
| ''[[The Glenn Miller Story]]''
| Joseph Gershenson & [[Henry Mancini]]
|-
| ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 movie)|A Star Is Born]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| ''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (movie)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred]] & [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1955 in film|1955]]'''<br /><small>[[28th Academy Awards|(28th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (movie)|Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Battle Cry (movie)|Battle Cry]]''
| [[Max Steiner]]
|-
| ''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[Picnic (1955 movie)|Picnic]]''
| [[George Duning]]
|-
| ''[[The Rose Tattoo (movie)|The Rose Tattoo]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Oklahoma! (1955 movie)|Oklahoma!]]'''''
| '''[[Robert Russell Bennett]], Jay Blackton & [[Adolph Deutsch]]'''
|-
| ''[[Daddy Long Legs (1955 movie)|Daddy Long Legs]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Guys and Dolls (movie)|Guys and Dolls]]''
| Blackton & [[Cyril J. Mockridge]]
|-
| ''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]''
| [[André Previn]]
|-
| ''[[Love Me or Leave Me (movie)|Love Me or Leave Me]]''
| [[Percy Faith]] & [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1956 in film|1956]]'''<br /><small>[[29th Academy Awards|(29th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 movie)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'''''
| '''[[Victor Young]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.r.]])</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Anastasia (1956 movie)|Anastasia]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Between Heaven and Hell (movie)|Between Heaven and Hell]]''
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| ''[[Giant (1956 movie)|Giant]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[The Rainmaker (1956 movie)|The Rainmaker]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The King and I (1956 movie)|The King and I]]'''''
| '''[[Ken Darby]] & Newman'''
|-
| ''[[The Best Things in Life Are Free (movie)|The Best Things in Life Are Free]]''
| [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Eddy Duchin Story]]''
| [[George Duning]] & [[Morris Stoloff]]
|-
| ''[[High Society (1956 movie)|High Society]]''
| [[Saul Chaplin]] & [[Johnny Green]]
|-
| ''[[Meet Me in Las Vegas]]''
| Green & [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1957 in film|1957]]'''<br /><small>[[30th Academy Awards|(30th)]]</small> <br/> <ref name=fiftyseven group=note>In 1957, dramatic and comedy films competed with musicals in a combined category called '''Music – Scoring'''. Fifteen scores were shortlisted with ten from dramatic and comedy films and five from musicals. Voting resulted in no musical nominees.</ref> <br/> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://atogt.com/askoscar/display-voting-rules-text.php?yr=30 |title=1957 Academy Award Voting Rules |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1957 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=January 10, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'''''
| '''[[Malcolm Arnold]]'''
|-
| ''[[An Affair to Remember]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| ''[[Boy on a Dolphin]]''
|-
| ''[[Perri (movie)|Perri]]''
| [[Paul Smith (composer)|Paul Smith]]
|-
| ''[[Raintree County (movie)|Raintree County]]''
| [[Johnny Green]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1958 in film|1958]]'''<br /><small>[[31st Academy Awards|(31st)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Old Man and the Sea (1958 movie)|The Old Man and the Sea]]'''''
| '''[[Dimitri Tiomkin]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Big Country]]''
| [[Jerome Moross]]
|-
| ''[[Separate Tables (movie)|Separate Tables]]''
| [[David Raksin]]
|-
| ''[[White Wilderness (movie)|White Wilderness]]''
| [[Oliver Wallace]]
|-
| ''[[The Young Lions (movie)|The Young Lions]]''
|[[Hugo Friedhofer]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Gigi (1958 movie)|Gigi]]'''''
| '''[[André Previn]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bolshoi Ballet (movie)|The Bolshoi Ballet]]''
| [[Yuri Fayer]] & [[Gennady Rozhdestvensky]]
|-
| ''[[Damn Yankees (movie)|Damn Yankees]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]]
|-
| ''[[Mardi Gras (1958 movie)|Mardi Gras]]''
| [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[South Pacific (1958 movie)|South Pacific]]''
| [[Ken Darby]] & [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1959 in film|1959]]'''<br /><small>[[32nd Academy Awards|(32nd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 movie)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
| '''[[Miklós Rózsa]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 movie)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Nun's Story (movie)|The Nun's Story]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[On the Beach (1959 movie)|On the Beach]]''
| [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]
|-
| ''[[Pillow Talk (movie)|Pillow Talk]]''
| [[Frank DeVol|De Vol]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Porgy and Bess (movie)|Porgy and Bess]]'''''
| '''[[Ken Darby]] & [[André Previn]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Five Pennies]]''
| [[Leith Stevens]]
|-
| ''[[Li'l Abner (1959 movie)|Li'l Abner]]''
| [[Joseph J. Lilley]] & [[Nelson Riddle]]
|-
| ''[[Say One for Me]]''
| [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 movie)|Sleeping Beauty]]''
| [[George Bruns]]
|-
|}

===1960s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1960 in film|1960]]'''<br /><small>[[33rd Academy Awards|(33rd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Exodus (1960 movie)|Exodus]]'''''
| '''[[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Alamo (1960 movie)|The Alamo]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Elmer Gantry (movie)|Elmer Gantry]]''
| [[André Previn]]
|-
| ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[Spartacus (movie)|Spartacus]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Song Without End]]'''''
| '''[[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Harry Sukman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bells Are Ringing (movie)|Bells Are Ringing]]''
| [[Red Mitchell]] & Previn
|-
| ''[[Can-Can (movie)|Can-Can]]''
| [[Nelson Riddle]]
|-
| ''[[Let's Make Love]]''
| [[Earle Hagen]] & [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Pepe (movie)|Pepe]]''
| [[Johnny Green]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1961 in film|1961]]'''<br /><small>[[34th Academy Awards|(34th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (movie)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'''''
| '''[[Henry Mancini]]'''
|-
| ''[[El Cid (movie)|El Cid]]''
| [[Miklós Rózsa]]
|-
| ''[[Fanny (1961 movie)|Fanny]]''
| [[Morris Stoloff]] & [[Harry Sukman]]
|-
| ''[[The Guns of Navarone (movie)|The Guns of Navarone]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Summer and Smoke (movie)|Summer and Smoke]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[West Side Story (1961 movie)|West Side Story]]'''''
| '''[[Saul Chaplin]], [[Johnny Green]], [[Irwin Kostal]] & [[Sid Ramin]]'''
|-
| ''[[Babes in Toyland (1961 movie)|Babes in Toyland]]''
| [[George Bruns]]
|-
| ''[[Flower Drum Song (movie)|Flower Drum Song]]''
| [[Ken Darby]] & [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Khovanshchina (movie)|Khovanshchina]]''
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
|-
| ''[[Paris Blues]]''
| [[Duke Ellington]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1962 in film|1962]]'''<br /><small>[[35th Academy Awards|(35th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score — Substantially Original'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Lawrence of Arabia (movie)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'''''
| '''[[Maurice Jarre]]'''
|-
| ''[[Freud: The Secret Passion|Freud]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 movie)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''
| [[Bronisław Kaper]]
|-
| ''[[Taras Bulba (1962 movie)|Taras Bulba]]''
| [[Franz Waxman]]
|-
| ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird (movie)|To Kill a Mockingbird]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Music Man (1962 movie)|The Music Man]]'''''
| '''[[Ray Heindorf]]'''
|-
| ''[[Billy Rose's Jumbo]]''
| [[Georgie Stoll]]
|-
| ''[[Gigot (movie)|Gigot]]''
| [[Michel Magne]]
|-
| ''[[Gypsy (1962 movie)|Gypsy]]''
| [[Frank Perkins (composer)|Frank Perkins]]
|-
| ''[[The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm]]''
| [[Leigh Harline]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1963 in film|1963]]'''<br /><small>[[36th Academy Awards|(36th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score — Substantially Original'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Tom Jones (1963 movie)|Tom Jones]]'''''
| '''[[John Addison]]'''
|-
| ''[[55 Days at Peking]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Cleopatra (1963 movie)|Cleopatra]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[How the West Was Won (movie)|How the West Was Won]]''
| [[Ken Darby]] & [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''
| [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Irma la Douce]]'''''
| '''[[André Previn]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (1963 movie)|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
| [[Johnny Green]]
|-
| ''[[A New Kind of Love]]''
| [[Leith Stevens]]
|-
| ''[[Sundays and Cybele]]''
| [[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 movie)|The Sword in the Stone]]''
| [[George Bruns]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1964 in film|1964]]'''<br /><small>[[37th Academy Awards|(37th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score — Substantially Original'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mary Poppins (movie)|Mary Poppins]]'''''
| '''[[Sherman Brothers]]'''
|-
| ''[[Becket (1964 movie)|Becket]]''
| [[Laurence Rosenthal]]
|-
| ''[[The Fall of the Roman Empire (movie)|The Fall of the Roman Empire]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]]
|-
| ''[[Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]''
| [[Frank DeVol|De Vol]]
|-
| ''[[The Pink Panther (1963 movie)|The Pink Panther]]''
| [[Henry Mancini]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[My Fair Lady (movie)|My Fair Lady]]'''''
| '''[[André Previn]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Hard Day's Night (movie)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
| [[George Martin]]
|-
| ''[[Mary Poppins (movie)|Mary Poppins]]''
| [[Irwin Kostal]]
|-
| ''[[Robin and the 7 Hoods]]''
| [[Nelson Riddle]]
|-
| ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (movie)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]''
| [[Robert Armbruster]], [[Leo Arnaud]], [[Jack Elliott (composer)|Jack Elliott]], [[Jack Hayes (composer)|Jack Hayes]], [[Calvin Jackson]] & [[Leo Shuken]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1965 in film|1965]]'''<br /><small>[[38th Academy Awards|(38th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Music Score — Substantially Original'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Doctor Zhivago (movie)|Doctor Zhivago]]'''''
| '''[[Maurice Jarre]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (movie)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]
|-
| ''[[A Patch of Blue]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]''
| [[Jacques Demy]] & [[Michel Legrand]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Sound of Music (movie)|The Sound of Music]]'''''
| '''[[Irwin Kostal]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cat Ballou]]''
| [[Frank DeVol|De Vol]]
|-
| ''[[The Pleasure Seekers (1964 movie)|The Pleasure Seekers]]''
| [[Alexander Courage|Sandy Courage]] & [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[A Thousand Clowns]]''
| [[Don Walker (orchestrator)|Don Walker]]
|-
| ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]''
| Legrand
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1966 in film|1966]]'''<br /><small>[[39th Academy Awards|(39th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Music Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Born Free]]'''''
| '''[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bible: In the Beginning...]]''
| [[Toshiro Mayuzumi]]
|-
| ''[[Hawaii (1966 movie)|Hawaii]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[The Sand Pebbles (movie)|The Sand Pebbles]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (movie)|A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'''''
| '''[[Ken Thorne]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Gospel According to St. Matthew (movie)|The Gospel According to St. Matthew]]''
| [[Luis Bacalov]]
|-
| ''[[Return of the Seven]]''
| Bernstein
|-
| ''[[The Singing Nun (movie)|The Singing Nun]]''
| [[Harry Sukman]]
|-
| ''[[Stop the World – I Want to Get Off]]''
| [[Al Ham]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1967 in film|1967]]'''<br /><small>[[40th Academy Awards|(40th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Music Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]'''''
| '''[[Elmer Bernstein]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''
| [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
| ''[[Doctor Dolittle (1967 movie)|Doctor Dolittle]]''
| [[Leslie Bricusse]]
|-
| ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 movie)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]''
| [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[In Cold Blood (movie)|In Cold Blood]]''
| [[Quincy Jones]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Camelot (movie)|Camelot]]'''''
| '''[[Ken Darby]] & [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Doctor Dolittle (1967 movie)|Doctor Dolittle]]''
| [[Alexander Courage|Sandy Courage]] & [[Lionel Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''
| [[Frank DeVol|De Vol]]
|-
| ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''
| Joseph Gershenson & [[André Previn]]
|-
| ''[[Valley of the Dolls (movie)|Valley of the Dolls]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1968 in film|1968]]'''<br /><small>[[41st Academy Awards|(41st)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score —  For a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 movie)|The Lion in Winter]]'''''
| '''[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Fox (1967 movie)|The Fox]]''
| [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
| ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 movie)|Planet of the Apes]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 movie)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''
| [[Michel Legrand]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Oliver! (movie)|Oliver!]]'''''
| '''[[Johnny Green]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Finian's Rainbow (1968 movie)|Finian's Rainbow]]''
| [[Ray Heindorf]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Funny Girl (movie)|Funny Girl]]''
| [[Walter Scharf]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Star! (movie)|Star!]]''
| [[Lennie Hayton]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Young Girls of Rochefort]]''
| Legrand <small>(music & adaptation score)</small> & [[Jacques Demy]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1969 in film|1969]]'''<br /><small>[[42nd Academy Awards|(42nd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score —  For a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'''''
| '''[[Burt Bacharach]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]''
| [[Georges Delerue]]
|-
| ''[[The Reivers (movie)|The Reivers]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]''
| [[Ernest Gold (composer)|Ernest Gold]]
|-
| ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''
| [[Jerry Fielding]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Hello, Dolly! (movie)|Hello, Dolly!]]'''''
| '''[[Lennie Hayton]] & [[Lionel Newman]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 movie)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''
| [[Leslie Bricusse]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small> & John Williams  <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Paint Your Wagon (movie)|Paint Your Wagon]]''
| [[Nelson Riddle]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Sweet Charity (movie)|Sweet Charity]]''
| [[Cy Coleman]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (movie)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
| [[Johnny Green]] & Albert Woodbury <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
|}

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1970 in film|1970]]'''<br /><small>[[43rd Academy Awards|(43rd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Love Story (1970 movie)|Love Story]]'''''
| '''[[Francis Lai]]'''
|-
| ''[[Airport (1970 movie)|Airport]]''
| [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Cromwell (movie)|Cromwell]]''
| [[Frank Cordell]]
|-
| ''[[Patton (movie)|Patton]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Sunflower (1970 movie)|Sunflower]]''
| [[Henry Mancini]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Let It Be (1970 movie)|Let It Be]]'''''
| '''[[The Beatles]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Baby Maker]]''
| [[Fred Karlin]] <small>(music)</small> & Tylwyth Kymry  <small>(lyrics)</small>
|-
| ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown (soundtrack)|A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''
| [[Rod McKuen]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small>, [[John Scott Trotter|Uncle John]] <small>(music)</small>, [[Bill Melendez]], Al Shean <small>(lyrics)</small>, [[Vince Guaraldi]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Darling Lili]]''
| Mancini <small>(music)</small> & [[Johnny Mercer]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
|-
| ''[[Scrooge (1970 movie)|Scrooge]]''
| [[Leslie Bricusse]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small>, [[Ian Fraser (composer)|Ian Fraser]] & [[Herbert W. Spencer]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1971 in film|1971]]'''<br /><small>[[44th Academy Awards|(44th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Summer of '42]]'''''
| '''[[Michel Legrand]]'''
|-
| ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 movie)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]''
| [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
|-
| ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''
| [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[Shaft (1971 movie)|Shaft]]''
| [[Isaac Hayes]]
|-
| ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 movie)|Straw Dogs]]''
| [[Jerry Fielding]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Fiddler on the Roof (movie)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'''''
| '''[[John Williams]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''
| [[Sherman Brothers]] <small>(song score)</small> & [[Irwin Kostal]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 movie)|The Boy Friend]]''
| [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] & [[Peter Greenwell]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Tchaikovsky (movie)|Tchaikovsky]]''
| [[Dimitri Tiomkin]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''
| [[Leslie Bricusse]] & [[Anthony Newley]] <small>(song score)</small> & [[Walter Scharf]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=12 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1972 in film|1972]]'''<br /><small>[[45th Academy Awards|(45th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Limelight (1952 movie)|Limelight]]''''' <ref name=Limelight group=note>''Limelight'' was originally released in 1952, but had never screened theatrically in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it became eligible for Oscar consideration.</ref>
| '''[[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Raymond Rasch]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.r.]])</small> & [[Larry Russell]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.r.]])</small>'''
|-
| <s>''[[The Godfather]]''</s> (Rescinded) <ref name=Sleuth group=note>[[Nino Rota]] was nominated for ''[[The Godfather]]'' in 1972, but the nomination was rescinded after it was discovered that Rota reused music from the 1958 film ''[[Fortunella (movie)|Fortunella]]''. The Academy's entire music branch revoted for a fifth nominee. They could renominate Rota for ''The Godfather'' or select one of the five other shortlisted scores: ''[[Ben (movie)|Ben]]'' by [[Walter Scharf]], ''[[Roma (1972 movie)|Fellini's Roma]]'' by Rota, ''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]'' by [[Maurice Jarre]], ''[[The Other (1972 movie)|The Other]]'' by [[Jerry Goldsmith]], or ''[[Sleuth (1972 movie)|Sleuth]]'' by [[John Addison]]. ''Sleuth'' received the most votes and became the fifth nominee.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQkEAAAAMBAJ&q=sleuth%20addison%20become%20oscar%20nominee&pg=PA7-IA3 |title=Vote Settles Oscar Tunes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 17, 1973 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=December 31, 2017 }}</ref>
| [[Nino Rota]]
|-
| ''[[Images (movie)|Images]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Napoleon and Samantha]]''
| [[Buddy Baker (composer)|Buddy Baker]]
|-
| ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 movie)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''
| Williams
|-
| ''[[Sleuth (1972 movie)|Sleuth]]''
| [[John Addison]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Cabaret (1972 movie)|Cabaret]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Burns]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (movie)|Lady Sings the Blues]]''
| [[Gil Askey]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Man of La Mancha (movie)|Man of La Mancha]]''
| [[Laurence Rosenthal]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1973 in film|1973]]'''<br /><small>[[46th Academy Awards|(46th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Way We Were]]'''''
| '''[[Marvin Hamlisch]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cinderella Liberty]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Day of the Dolphin]]''
| [[Georges Delerue]]
|-
| ''[[Papillon (1973 movie)|Papillon]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[A Touch of Class (movie)|A Touch of Class]]''
| [[John Cameron (musician)|John Cameron]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Sting]]'''''
| '''[[Marvin Hamlisch]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (movie)|Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
| [[André Previn]], [[Herbert W. Spencer]] & [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Tom Sawyer (1973 movie)|Tom Sawyer]]''
| [[Sherman Brothers]] <small>(song score)</small> & Williams <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1974 in film|1974]]'''<br /><small>[[47th Academy Awards|(47th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Godfather Part II]]'''''
| '''[[Nino Rota]] & [[Carmine Coppola]]'''
|-
| ''[[Chinatown (1974 movie)|Chinatown]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Murder on the Orient Express (1974 movie)|Murder on the Orient Express]]''
| [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
|-
| ''[[Shanks (movie)|Shanks]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Great Gatsby (1974 movie)|The Great Gatsby]]'''''
| '''[[Nelson Riddle]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Little Prince (1974 movie)|The Little Prince]]''
| [[Alan Jay Lerner]] & [[Frederick Loewe]] <small>(song score)</small>, [[Douglas Gamley]] & [[Angela Morley]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]''
| [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] <small>(song & adaptation score)</small> & [[George Tipton]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1975 in film|1975]]'''<br /><small>[[48th Academy Awards|(48th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Jaws (movie)|Jaws]]'''''
| '''[[John Williams]]'''
|-
| ''[[Birds Do It, Bees Do It]]''
| [[Gerald Fried]]
|-
| ''[[Bite the Bullet (movie)|Bite the Bullet]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| [[Jack Nitzsche]]
|-
| ''[[The Wind and the Lion]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Barry Lyndon]]'''''
| '''[[Leonard Rosenman]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Funny Lady]]''
| [[Peter Matz]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Tommy (1975 movie)|Tommy]]''
| [[Pete Townshend]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1976 in film|1976]]'''<br /><small>[[49th Academy Awards|(49th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Omen]]'''''
| '''[[Jerry Goldsmith]]'''
|-
| ''[[Obsession (1976 movie)|Obsession]]''
| [[Bernard Herrmann]] <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small>
|-
| ''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]''
| [[Jerry Fielding]]
|-
| ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
| Herrmann  <small>([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|p.n.]])</small>
|-
| ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''
| [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bound for Glory (1976 movie)|Bound for Glory]]'''''
| '''[[Leonard Rosenman]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Bugsy Malone]]''
| [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] <small>(song & adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 movie)|A Star Is Born]]''
| [[Roger Kellaway]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1977 in film|1977]]'''<br /><small>[[50th Academy Awards|(50th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Star Wars (movie)|Star Wars]]'''''
| '''[[John Williams]]'''
|-
| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
| Williams
|-
| ''[[Julia (1977 movie)|Julia]]''
| [[Georges Delerue]]
|-
| ''[[The Message (1976 movie)|Mohammad, Messenger of God]]''
| [[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (movie)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
| [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Little Night Music (movie)|A Little Night Music]]'''''
| '''[[Jonathan Tunick]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Pete's Dragon (1977 movie)|Pete's Dragon]]''
| [[Joel Hirschhorn]] & [[Al Kasha]] <small>(song score)</small> & [[Irwin Kostal]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Slipper and the Rose]]''
| [[Sherman Brothers]] <small>(song score)</small> & [[Angela Morley]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1978 in film|1978]]'''<br /><small>[[51st Academy Awards|(51st)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Midnight Express (movie)|Midnight Express]]'''''
| '''[[Giorgio Moroder]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Boys from Brazil (movie)|The Boys from Brazil]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Days of Heaven]]''
| [[Ennio Morricone]]
|-
| ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 movie)|Heaven Can Wait]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[Superman (1978 movie)|Superman]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]'''''
| '''[[Joe Renzetti]]'''
|-
| ''[[Pretty Baby (1978 movie)|Pretty Baby]]''
| [[Jerry Wexler]]
|-
| ''[[The Wiz (movie)|The Wiz]]''
| [[Quincy Jones]]
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1979 in film|1979]]'''<br /><small>[[52nd Academy Awards|(52nd)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Little Romance]]'''''
| '''[[Georges Delerue]]'''
|-
| ''[[10 (movie)|10]]''
| [[Henry Mancini]]
|-
| ''[[The Amityville Horror (1979 movie)|The Amityville Horror]]''
| [[Lalo Schifrin]]
|-
| ''[[The Champ (1979 movie)|The Champ]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[All That Jazz (movie)|All That Jazz]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Burns]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Breaking Away]]''
| [[Patrick Williams (composer)|Patrick Williams]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''
| [[Paul Williams (songwriter)|Paul Williams]] <small>(song & adaptation score)</small> & [[Kenneth Ascher|Kenny Ascher]] <small>(song score)</small>
|-
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1980 in film|1980]]'''<br /><small>[[53rd Academy Awards|(53rd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Fame (1980 movie)|Fame]]'''''
| '''[[Michael Gore]]'''
|-
| ''[[Altered States]]''
| [[John Corigliano]]
|-
| ''[[The Elephant Man (movie)|The Elephant Man]]''
| [[John Morris (composer)|John Morris]]
|-
| ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Tess (1979 movie)|Tess]]''
| [[Philippe Sarde]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1981 in film|1981]]'''<br /><small>[[54th Academy Awards|(54th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Chariots of Fire]]'''''
| '''[[Vangelis]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dragonslayer (1981 movie)|Dragonslayer]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 movie)|On Golden Pond]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[Ragtime (movie)|Ragtime]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1982 in film|1982]]'''<br /><small>[[55th Academy Awards|(55th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'''''
| '''[[John Williams]]'''
|-
| ''[[Gandhi (movie)|Gandhi]]''
| [[George Fenton]] & [[Ravi Shankar]]
|-
| ''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]''
| [[Jack Nitzsche]]
|-
| ''[[Poltergeist (1982 movie)|Poltergeist]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Sophie's Choice (movie)|Sophie's Choice]]''
| [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Victor/Victoria]]'''''
| '''[[Henry Mancini]] <small>(song & adaptation score)</small> & [[Leslie Bricusse]] <small>(song score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[Annie (1982 movie)|Annie]]''
| [[Ralph Burns]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[One from the Heart]]''
| [[Tom Waits]] <small>(song score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1983 in film|1983]]'''<br /><small>[[56th Academy Awards|(56th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Right Stuff (movie)|The Right Stuff]]'''''
| '''[[Bill Conti]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cross Creek (movie)|Cross Creek]]''
| [[Leonard Rosenman]]
|-
| ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Terms of Endearment]]''
| [[Michael Gore]]
|-
| ''[[Under Fire (1983 movie)|Under Fire]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Yentl (movie)|Yentl]]'''''
| '''[[Michel Legrand]] <small>(song & adaptation score)</small> & [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan & Marilyn Bergman]] <small>(song score)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The Sting II]]''
| [[Lalo Schifrin]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Trading Places]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]] <small>(adaptation score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=11 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1984 in film|1984]]'''<br /><small>[[57th Academy Awards|(57th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Passage to India (movie)|A Passage to India]]'''''
| '''[[Maurice Jarre]]'''
|-
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Natural (movie)|The Natural]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The River (1984 movie)|The River]]''
| Williams
|-
| ''[[Under the Volcano (movie)|Under the Volcano]]''
| [[Alex North]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Song Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Purple Rain (movie)|Purple Rain]]'''''
| '''[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''
| [[Jeff Moss]]
|-
| ''[[Songwriter (1984 movie)|Songwriter]]''
| [[Kris Kristofferson]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1985 in film|1985]]'''<br /><small>[[58th Academy Awards|(58th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Out of Africa (movie)|Out of Africa]]'''''
| '''[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]'''
|-
| ''[[Agnes of God (movie)|Agnes of God]]''
| [[Georges Delerue]]
|-
| ''[[The Color Purple (movie)|The Color Purple]]''
| Chris Boardman, [[Jorge Calandrelli]], [[Andraé Crouch]], [[Jack Hayes (composer)|Jack Hayes]], [[Jerry Hey]], [[Quincy Jones]], [[Randy Kerber]], Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, [[Caiphus Semenya]], [[Fred Steiner]] & [[Rod Temperton]]
|-
| ''[[Silverado (movie)|Silverado]]''
| [[Bruce Broughton]]
|-
| ''[[Witness (1985 movie)|Witness]]''
| [[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1986 in film|1986]]'''<br /><small>[[59th Academy Awards|(59th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Round Midnight (movie)|Round Midnight]]'''''
| '''[[Herbie Hancock]]'''
|-
| ''[[Aliens (movie)|Aliens]]''
| [[James Horner]]
|-
| ''[[Hoosiers (movie)|Hoosiers]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[The Mission (1986 movie)|The Mission]]''
| [[Ennio Morricone]]
|-
| ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]''
| [[Leonard Rosenman]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1987 in film|1987]]'''<br /><small>[[60th Academy Awards|(60th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Last Emperor]]'''''
| '''[[David Byrne]], [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] & [[Cong Su]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cry Freedom]]''
| [[George Fenton]] & [[Jonas Gwangwa]]
|-
| ''[[Empire of the Sun (movie)|Empire of the Sun]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Untouchables (movie)|The Untouchables]]''
| [[Ennio Morricone]]
|-
| ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (movie)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
| Williams
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1988 in film|1988]]'''<br /><small>[[61st Academy Awards|(61st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Milagro Beanfield War]]'''''
| '''[[Dave Grusin]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Accidental Tourist (movie)|The Accidental Tourist]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]''
| [[George Fenton]]
|-
| ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]''
| [[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| ''[[Rain Man]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1989 in film|1989]]'''<br /><small>[[62nd Academy Awards|(62nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 movie)|The Little Mermaid]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Menken]]'''
|-
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (movie)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[Field of Dreams]]''
| [[James Horner]]
|-
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''
| Williams
|-
|}

===1990s=== <!-- This section is linked from [[Hans Zimmer]] -->
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1990 in film|1990]]'''<br /><small>[[63rd Academy Awards|(63rd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Dances with Wolves]]'''''
| '''[[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]'''
|-
| ''[[Avalon (1990 movie)|Avalon]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Ghost (1990 movie)|Ghost]]''
| [[Maurice Jarre]]
|-
| ''[[Havana (movie)|Havana]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[Home Alone]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1991 in film|1991]]'''<br /><small>[[64th Academy Awards|(64th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 movie)|Beauty and the Beast]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Menken]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bugsy]]''
| [[Ennio Morricone]]
|-
| ''[[The Fisher King]]''
| [[George Fenton]]
|-
| ''[[JFK (movie)|JFK]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Prince of Tides]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1992 in film|1992]]'''<br /><small>[[65th Academy Awards|(65th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney movie)|Aladdin]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Menken]]'''
|-
| ''[[Basic Instinct]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| ''[[Chaplin (movie)|Chaplin]]''
| [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
|-
| ''[[Howards End (movie)|Howards End]]''
| [[Richard Robbins (composer)|Richard Robbins]]
|-
| ''[[A River Runs Through It (movie)|A River Runs Through It]]''
| [[Mark Isham]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1993 in film|1993]]'''<br /><small>[[66th Academy Awards|(66th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Schindler's List]]'''''
| '''[[John Williams]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 movie)|The Age of Innocence]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[The Firm (1993 movie)|The Firm]]''
| [[Dave Grusin]]
|-
| ''[[The Fugitive (1993 movie)|The Fugitive]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| ''[[The Remains of the Day (movie)|The Remains of the Day]]''
| [[Richard Robbins (composer)|Richard Robbins]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1994 in film|1994]]'''<br /><small>[[67th Academy Awards|(67th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Lion King]]'''''
| '''[[Hans Zimmer]]'''
|-
| ''[[Forrest Gump]]''
| [[Alan Silvestri]]
|-
| ''[[Interview with the Vampire (movie)|Interview with the Vampire]]''
| [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
|-
| ''[[Little Women (1994 movie)|Little Women]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1995 in film|1995]]'''<br /><small>[[68th Academy Awards|(68th)]]</small> <br/> <ref name=DramaComedy group=note>From 1995 until 1998, '''Best Original Score''' was split into '''Original Dramatic Score''' and '''Original Musical or Comedy Score'''. For musicals and comedies, songwriters and lyricists along with orchestral underscore composers were eligible for nomination.</ref>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Il Postino: The Postman|The Postman]]'''''
| '''[[Luis Bacalov]]'''
|-
| ''[[Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[James Horner]]
|-
| ''[[Braveheart]]''
|-
| ''[[Nixon (movie)|Nixon]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Sense and Sensibility (movie)|Sense and Sensibility]]''
| [[Patrick Doyle]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Musical or Comedy Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Pocahontas (1995 movie)|Pocahontas]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Menken]] <small>(music & orchestral score)</small> & [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] <small>(lyrics)</small>'''
|-
| ''[[The American President]]''
| [[Marc Shaiman]]
|-
| ''[[Sabrina (1995 movie)|Sabrina]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Toy Story]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Unstrung Heroes]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1996 in film|1996]]'''<br /><small>[[69th Academy Awards|(69th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The English Patient (movie)|The English Patient]]'''''
| '''[[Gabriel Yared]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hamlet (1996 movie)|Hamlet]]''
| [[Patrick Doyle]]
|-
| ''[[Michael Collins (movie)|Michael Collins]]''
| [[Elliot Goldenthal]]
|-
| ''[[Shine (movie)|Shine]]''
| [[David Hirschfelder]]
|-
| ''[[Sleepers]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Musical or Comedy Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Emma (1996 theatrical movie)|Emma]]'''''
| '''[[Rachel Portman]]'''
|-
| ''[[The First Wives Club]]''
| [[Marc Shaiman]]
|-
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 movie)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| [[Alan Menken]] <small>(music & orchestral score)</small> & [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
|-
| ''[[James and the Giant Peach (movie)|James and the Giant Peach]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1997 in film|1997]]'''<br /><small>[[70th Academy Awards|(70th)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Titanic (1997 movie)|Titanic]]'''''
| '''[[James Horner]]'''
|-
| ''[[Amistad (movie)|Amistad]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''
| [[Danny Elfman]]
|-
| ''[[Kundun]]''
| [[Philip Glass]]
|-
| ''[[L.A. Confidential (movie)|L.A. Confidential]]''
| [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Musical or Comedy Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Full Monty]]'''''
| '''[[Anne Dudley]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anastasia (1997 movie)|Anastasia]]''
| [[Stephen Flaherty]] <small>(music)</small>, [[Lynn Ahrens]] <small>(lyrics)</small> & [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] <small>(orchestral score)</small>
|-
| ''[[As Good as It Gets]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| ''[[Men in Black (1997 movie)|Men in Black]]''
| [[Danny Elfman]]
|-
| ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| rowspan=13 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1998 in film|1998]]'''<br /><small>[[71st Academy Awards|(71st)]]</small>
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Dramatic Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Life Is Beautiful]]'''''
| '''[[Nicola Piovani]]'''
|-
| ''[[Elizabeth (movie)|Elizabeth]]''
| [[David Hirschfelder]]
|-
| ''[[Pleasantville (movie)|Pleasantville]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 movie)|The Thin Red Line]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background:#EBECF0" | '''Original Musical or Comedy Score'''
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Shakespeare in Love]]'''''
| '''[[Stephen Warbeck]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Bug's Life]]''
| Newman
|-
| ''[[Mulan (1998 movie)|Mulan]]''
| [[Matthew Wilder]] <small>(music)</small>, [[David Zippel]] <small>(lyrics)</small> & [[Jerry Goldsmith]] <small>(orchestral score)</small>
|-
| ''[[Patch Adams (movie)|Patch Adams]]''
| [[Marc Shaiman]]
|-
| ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''
| [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]] <small>(music & lyrics)</small> & Zimmer <small>(orchestral score)</small>
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[1999 in film|1999]]'''<br /><small>[[72nd Academy Awards|(72nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Red Violin]]'''''
| '''[[John Corigliano]]'''
|-
| ''[[American Beauty (1999 movie)|American Beauty]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Angela's Ashes (movie)|Angela's Ashes]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Cider House Rules (movie)|The Cider House Rules]]''
| [[Rachel Portman]]
|-
| ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (movie)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]''
| [[Gabriel Yared]]
|-
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2000 in film|2000]]'''<br /><small>[[73rd Academy Awards|(73rd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'''''
| '''[[Tan Dun]]'''
|-
| ''[[Chocolat (2000 movie)|Chocolat]]''
| [[Rachel Portman]]
|-
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 movie)|Gladiator]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]] <ref group=note name=gladiator>[[Lisa Gerrard]] and [[Klaus Badelt]] also received screen credit for the ''[[Gladiator (2000 soundtrack)|Gladiator]]'' score, but only Zimmer was deemed eligible for the nomination.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Malèna]]''
| [[Ennio Morricone]]
|-
| ''[[The Patriot (2000 movie)|The Patriot]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2001 in film|2001]]'''<br /><small>[[74th Academy Awards|(74th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'''''
| '''[[Howard Shore]]'''
|-
| ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (movie)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
| [[James Horner]]
|-
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (movie)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]''
| Williams
|-
| ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2002 in film|2002]]'''<br /><small>[[75th Academy Awards|(75th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Frida]]'''''
| '''[[Elliot Goldenthal]]'''
|-
| ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Far from Heaven]]''
| [[Elmer Bernstein]]
|-
| ''[[The Hours (movie)|The Hours]]''
| [[Philip Glass]]
|-
| ''[[Road to Perdition]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2003 in film|2003]]'''<br /><small>[[76th Academy Awards|(76th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'''''
| '''[[Howard Shore]]'''
|-
| ''[[Big Fish]]''
| [[Danny Elfman]]
|-
| ''[[Cold Mountain (movie)|Cold Mountain]]''
| [[Gabriel Yared]]
|-
| ''[[Finding Nemo]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[House of Sand and Fog (movie)|House of Sand and Fog]]''
| [[James Horner]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2004 in film|2004]]'''<br /><small>[[77th Academy Awards|(77th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Finding Neverland (movie)|Finding Neverland]]'''''
| '''[[Jan A. P. Kaczmarek]]'''
|-
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''
| [[John Debney]]
|-
| ''[[The Village (2004 movie)|The Village]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2005 in film|2005]]'''<br /><small>[[78th Academy Awards|(78th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'''''
| '''[[Gustavo Santaolalla]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Constant Gardener (movie)|The Constant Gardener]]''
| [[Alberto Iglesias]]
|-
| ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha (movie)|Memoirs of a Geisha]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Munich (movie)|Munich]]''
|-
| ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 movie)|Pride & Prejudice]]''
| [[Dario Marianelli]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2006 in film|2006]]'''<br /><small>[[79th Academy Awards|(79th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Babel (movie)|Babel]]'''''
| '''[[Gustavo Santaolalla]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Good German]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Notes on a Scandal (movie)|Notes on a Scandal]]''
| [[Philip Glass]]
|-
| ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]''
| [[Javier Navarrete]]
|-
| ''[[The Queen (2006 movie)|The Queen]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2007 in film|2007]]'''<br /><small>[[80th Academy Awards|(80th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Atonement (movie)|Atonement]]'''''
| '''[[Dario Marianelli]]'''
|-
| ''[[3:10 to Yuma (2007 movie)|3:10 to Yuma]]''
| [[Marco Beltrami]]
|-
| ''[[The Kite Runner (movie)|The Kite Runner]]''
| [[Alberto Iglesias]]
|-
| ''[[Michael Clayton (movie)|Michael Clayton]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| ''[[Ratatouille (movie)|Ratatouille]]''
| [[Michael Giacchino]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2008 in film|2008]]'''<br /><small>[[81st Academy Awards|(81st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'''''
| '''[[A. R. Rahman]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[Defiance (2008 movie)|Defiance]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| ''[[Milk (2008 American movie)|Milk]]''
| [[Danny Elfman]]
|-
| ''[[WALL-E]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2009 in film|2009]]'''<br /><small>[[82nd Academy Awards|(82nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Up (2009 movie)|Up]]'''''
| '''[[Michael Giacchino]]'''
|-
| ''[[Avatar (2009 movie)|Avatar]]''
| [[James Horner]]
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (movie)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[The Hurt Locker]]''
| [[Marco Beltrami]] & [[Buck Sanders]]
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 movie)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2010 in film|2010]]'''<br /><small>[[83rd Academy Awards|(83rd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Social Network]]'''''
| '''[[Trent Reznor]] & [[Atticus Ross]]'''
|-
| ''[[127 Hours]]''
| [[A. R. Rahman]]
|-
| ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (movie)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''
| [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]]
|-
| ''[[Inception]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| ''[[The King's Speech]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2011 in film|2011]]'''<br /><small>[[84th Academy Awards|(84th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Artist (movie)|The Artist]]'''''
| '''[[Ludovic Bource]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (movie)|The Adventures of Tintin]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Hugo (movie)|Hugo]]''
| [[Howard Shore]]
|-
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (movie)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| [[Alberto Iglesias]]
|-
| ''[[War Horse (movie)|War Horse]]''
| Williams
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2012 in film|2012]]'''<br /><small>[[85th Academy Awards|(85th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Life of Pi (movie)|Life of Pi]]'''''
| '''[[Mychael Danna]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anna Karenina (2012 movie)|Anna Karenina]]''
| [[Dario Marianelli]]
|-
| ''[[Argo (2012 movie)|Argo]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[Lincoln (movie)|Lincoln]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Skyfall]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2013 in film|2013]]'''<br /><small>[[86th Academy Awards|(86th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Gravity (2013 movie)|Gravity]]'''''
| '''[[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Book Thief (movie)|The Book Thief]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Her (movie)|Her]]''
| [[William Butler (musician)|Will Butler]] & [[Owen Pallett]]
|-
| ''[[Philomena (movie)|Philomena]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[Saving Mr. Banks]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2014 in film|2014]]'''<br /><small>[[87th Academy Awards|(87th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'''''
| '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Imitation Game]]''
| Desplat
|-
| ''[[Interstellar (movie)|Interstellar]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| ''[[Mr. Turner]]''
| [[Gary Yershon]]
|-
| ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 movie)|The Theory of Everything]]''
| [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2015 in film|2015]]'''<br /><small>[[88th Academy Awards|(88th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Hateful Eight]]'''''
| '''[[Ennio Morricone]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bridge of Spies (movie)|Bridge of Spies]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Carol (movie)|Carol]]''
| [[Carter Burwell]]
|-
| ''[[Sicario (2015 movie)|Sicario]]''
| [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2016 in film|2016]]'''<br /><small>[[89th Academy Awards|(89th)]]</small> <br /> <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscars-2017-nominees-winners-list-20170123-story.html |title=Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 26, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 8, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[La La Land (movie)|La La Land]]'''''
| '''[[Justin Hurwitz]]'''
|-
| ''[[Jackie (2016 movie)|Jackie]]''
| [[Micachu]]
|-
| ''[[Lion (2016 movie)|Lion]]''
| [[Hauschka]] & [[Dustin O'Halloran]]
|-
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 movie)|Moonlight]]''
| [[Nicholas Britell]]
|-
| ''[[Passengers (2016 movie)|Passengers]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | '''[[2017 in film|2017]]'''<br /><small>[[90th Academy Awards|(90th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Shape of Water]]'''''
| '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dunkirk (2017 movie)|Dunkirk]]''
| [[Hans Zimmer]]
|-
| ''[[Phantom Thread]]''
| [[Jonny Greenwood]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]''
| [[Carter Burwell]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2018 in film|2018]]'''<br /><small>[[91st Academy Awards|(91st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Black Panther (movie)|Black Panther]]'''''
| '''[[Ludwig Göransson]]'''
|-
| ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''
| [[Terence Blanchard]]
|-
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (movie)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]''
| [[Nicholas Britell]]
|-
| ''[[Isle of Dogs (movie)|Isle of Dogs]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]''
| [[Marc Shaiman]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2019 in film|2019]]'''<br /><small>[[92nd Academy Awards|(92nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Joker (2019 movie)|Joker]]'''''
| '''[[Hildur Guðnadóttir]]'''
|-
| ''[[Little Women (2019 movie)|Little Women]]''
| [[Alexandre Desplat]]
|-
| ''[[Marriage Story]]''
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
| ''[[1917 (2019 movie)|1917]]''
| [[Thomas Newman]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]''
| [[John Williams]]
|}
===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2020 in film|2020/21]]'''<ref group=note name=2020-21>The eligibility period for the 93rd ceremony was exceptionally extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].</ref><br /><small>[[93rd Academy Awards|(93rd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'''''
| '''[[Trent Reznor]], [[Atticus Ross]] and [[Jon Batiste]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]''
| [[Terence Blanchard]] 
|-
| ''[[Mank]]''
| [[Trent Reznor]] & [[Atticus Ross]]
|-
| ''[[Minari (film)|Minari]]''
| [[Emile Mosseri]]
|-
| ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]''
| [[James Newton Howard]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2021 in film|2021]]'''<br /><small>[[94th Academy Awards|(94th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'''''
| '''[[Hans Zimmer]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Don't Look Up]]''
| [[Nicholas Britell]] 
|-
| ''[[Encanto (film)|Encanto]]''
| [[Germaine Franco]] 
|-
| ''[[Parallel Mothers]]''
| [[Alberto Iglesias]]
|-
| ''[[The Power of the Dog (movie)|The Power of the Dog]]''
| [[Jonny Greenwood]]
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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