Academy Award for Best Original Score

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
First awarded	February 27, 1935; 90 years ago
Most recent winner	Hans Zimmer ; Dune (2021)
Website	oscars.org

The Academy Award for Original Score is given to the best body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring that is written specifically for a movie.^[1]

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Year	Film	Nominees
1934 (7th) ^{[note 1]}
	One Night of Love	Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic music by Victor Schertzinger & Gus Kahn)
	The Gay Divorcee	RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb & Sam Hoffenstein)
	The Lost Patrol	RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Steiner, head of department (Score by Steiner)
1935 (8th)
	The Informer	RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Steiner)
	Captain Blood (Write-in)^{[note 2]}^[2]	Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
	Mutiny on the Bounty	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
	Peter Ibbetson	Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
1936 (9th)
	Anthony Adverse	Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
	The Garden of Allah	Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Steiner, head of department (Score by Steiner)
	The General Died at Dawn	Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
	Winterset	RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Shilkret)
1937 (10th) ^{[note 3]}
	One Hundred Men and a Girl	Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
	The Hurricane	Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Newman)
	In Old Chicago	20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
	The Life of Emile Zola	Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
	Lost Horizon	Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
	Make a Wish	Principal Productions, Hugo Riesenfeld, head of department (Score by Riesenfeld)
	Maytime	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
	Portia on Trial	Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Colombo)
	The Prisoner of Zenda	Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Newman)
	Quality Street	RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, head of department (Score by Webb)
	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Harline & Paul Smith)
	Something to Sing About	Grand National Studio Music Department, Constantin Bakaleinikoff, head of department (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
	Souls at Sea	Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling & Milan Roder)
	Way Out West	Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Hatley)
1938 (11th)
	Original Score
	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
	Army Girl	Victor Young
	Block-Heads	Marvin Hatley
	Blockade	Werner Janssen
	Breaking the Ice	Young
	The Cowboy and the Lady	Alfred Newman
	If I Were King	Richard Hageman
	Marie Antoinette	Herbert Stothart
	Pacific Liner	Russell Bennett
	Suez	Louis Silvers
	The Young in Heart	Franz Waxman
	Scoring
	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Newman
	Carefree	Victor Baravalle
	Girls' School	Morris Stoloff & Gregory Stone
	The Goldwyn Follies	Newman
	Jezebel	Max Steiner
	Mad About Music	Charles Previn & Frank Skinner
	Storm Over Bengal	Cy Feuer
	Sweethearts	Herbert Stothart
	There Goes My Heart	Marvin Hatley
	Tropic Holiday	Boris Morros
	The Young in Heart	Waxman
1939 (12th)
	Original Score
	The Wizard of Oz	Herbert Stothart
	Dark Victory	Max Steiner
	Eternally Yours	Werner Janssen
	Golden Boy	Victor Young
	Gone with the Wind	Steiner
	Gulliver's Travels	Young
	The Man in the Iron Mask	Lud Gluskin & Lucien Moraweck
	Man of Conquest	Young
	Nurse Edith Cavell	Anthony Collins
	Of Mice and Men	Aaron Copland
	The Rains Came	Alfred Newman
	Wuthering Heights	Alfred Newman
	Scoring
	Stagecoach	Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold & Leo Shuken
	Babes in Arms	Roger Edens & Georgie Stoll
	First Love	Charles Previn
	The Great Victor Herbert	Phil Boutelje & Arthur Lange
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Newman
	Intermezzo	Lou Forbes
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Dimitri Tiomkin
	Of Mice and Men	Aaron Copland
	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
	She Married a Cop	Cy Feuer
	Swanee River	Louis Silvers
	They Shall Have Music	Newman
	Way Down South	Young

Year	Film	Nominees
1950 (23rd)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	Sunset Boulevard	Franz Waxman
	All About Eve	Alfred Newman
	The Flame and the Arrow	Max Steiner
	No Sad Songs for Me	George Duning
	Samson and Delilah	Victor Young
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Annie Get Your Gun	Adolph Deutsch & Roger Edens
	Cinderella	Paul Smith & Oliver Wallace
	I'll Get By	Lionel Newman
	Three Little Words	André Previn
	The West Point Story	Ray Heindorf
1951 (24th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	A Place in the Sun	Franz Waxman
	David and Bathsheba	Alfred Newman
	Death of a Salesman	Alex North
	Quo Vadis	Miklós Rózsa
	A Streetcar Named Desire	North
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	An American in Paris	Saul Chaplin & Johnny Green
	Alice in Wonderland	Oliver Wallace
	The Great Caruso	Peter Herman Adler & Green
	On the Riviera	Newman
	Show Boat	Adolph Deutsch & Conrad Salinger
1952 (25th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	High Noon	Dimitri Tiomkin
	Ivanhoe	Miklós Rózsa
	The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima	Max Steiner
	The Thief	Herschel Burke Gilbert
	Viva Zapata!	Alex North
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	With a Song in My Heart	Alfred Newman
	Hans Christian Andersen	Walter Scharf
	The Jazz Singer	Ray Heindorf & Steiner
	The Medium	Gian Carlo Menotti
	Singin' in the Rain	Lennie Hayton
1953 (26th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	Lili	Bronisław Kaper
	Above and Beyond	Hugo Friedhofer
	From Here to Eternity	George Duning & Morris Stoloff
	Julius Caesar	Miklós Rózsa
	This Is Cinerama	Louis Forbes
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Call Me Madam	Alfred Newman
	The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.	Friedrich Hollaender & Stoloff
	The Band Wagon	Adolph Deutsch
	Calamity Jane	Ray Heindorf
	Kiss Me Kate	Saul Chaplin & André Previn
1954 (27th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	The High and the Mighty	Dimitri Tiomkin
	The Caine Mutiny	Max Steiner
	Genevieve	Larry Adler ^{[note 4]}
	On the Waterfront	Leonard Bernstein
	The Silver Chalice	Franz Waxman
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Saul Chaplin & Adolph Deutsch
	Carmen Jones	Herschel Burke Gilbert
	The Glenn Miller Story	Joseph Gershenson & Henry Mancini
	A Star Is Born	Ray Heindorf
	There's No Business Like Show Business	Alfred & Lionel Newman
1955 (28th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	Alfred Newman
	Battle Cry	Max Steiner
	The Man with the Golden Arm	Elmer Bernstein
	Picnic	George Duning
	The Rose Tattoo	Alex North
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Oklahoma!	Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton & Adolph Deutsch
	Daddy Long Legs	Newman
	Guys and Dolls	Blackton & Cyril J. Mockridge
	It's Always Fair Weather	André Previn
	Love Me or Leave Me	Percy Faith & Georgie Stoll
1956 (29th)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	Around the World in 80 Days	Victor Young (p.r.)
	Anastasia	Alfred Newman
	Between Heaven and Hell	Hugo Friedhofer
	Giant	Dimitri Tiomkin
	The Rainmaker	Alex North
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	The King and I	Ken Darby & Newman
	The Best Things in Life Are Free	Lionel Newman
	The Eddy Duchin Story	George Duning & Morris Stoloff
	High Society	Saul Chaplin & Johnny Green
	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Green & Georgie Stoll
1957 (30th) ^{[note 5]} ^[3]
	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Malcolm Arnold
	An Affair to Remember	Hugo Friedhofer
	Boy on a Dolphin	Hugo Friedhofer
	Perri	Paul Smith
	Raintree County	Johnny Green
1958 (31st)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	The Old Man and the Sea	Dimitri Tiomkin
	The Big Country	Jerome Moross
	Separate Tables	David Raksin
	White Wilderness	Oliver Wallace
	The Young Lions	Hugo Friedhofer
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Gigi	André Previn
	The Bolshoi Ballet	Yuri Fayer & Gennady Rozhdestvensky
	Damn Yankees	Ray Heindorf
	Mardi Gras	Lionel Newman
	South Pacific	Ken Darby & Alfred Newman
1959 (32nd)
	Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
	Ben-Hur	Miklós Rózsa
	The Diary of Anne Frank	Alfred Newman
	The Nun's Story	Franz Waxman
	On the Beach	Ernest Gold
	Pillow Talk	De Vol
	Scoring of a Musical Picture
	Porgy and Bess	Ken Darby & André Previn
	The Five Pennies	Leith Stevens
	Li'l Abner	Joseph J. Lilley & Nelson Riddle
	Say One for Me	Lionel Newman
	Sleeping Beauty	George Bruns

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

Year	Film	Nominees
1970 (43rd)
	Original Score
	Love Story	Francis Lai
	Airport	Alfred Newman (p.n.)
	Cromwell	Frank Cordell
	Patton	Jerry Goldsmith
	Sunflower	Henry Mancini
	Original Song Score
	Let It Be	The Beatles (music & lyrics)
	The Baby Maker	Fred Karlin (music) & Tylwyth Kymry (lyrics)
	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Rod McKuen (music & lyrics), Uncle John (music), Bill Melendez, Al Shean (lyrics), Vince Guaraldi (adaptation score)
	Darling Lili	Mancini (music) & Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
	Scrooge	Leslie Bricusse (music & lyrics), Ian Fraser & Herbert W. Spencer (adaptation score)
1971 (44th)
	Original Dramatic Score
	Summer of '42	Michel Legrand
	Mary, Queen of Scots	John Barry
	Nicholas and Alexandra	Richard Rodney Bennett
	Shaft	Isaac Hayes
	Straw Dogs	Jerry Fielding
	Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
	Fiddler on the Roof	John Williams (adaptation score)
	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Sherman Brothers (song score) & Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)
	The Boy Friend	Peter Maxwell Davies & Peter Greenwell (adaptation score)
	Tchaikovsky	Dimitri Tiomkin (adaptation score)
	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory	Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (song score) & Walter Scharf (adaptation score)
1972 (45th)
	Original Dramatic Score
	Limelight ^{[note 6]}	Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (p.r.) & Larry Russell (p.r.)
	~~The Godfather~~ (Rescinded) ^{[note 7]}^[4]	Nino Rota
	Images	John Williams
	Napoleon and Samantha	Buddy Baker
	The Poseidon Adventure	Williams
	Sleuth	John Addison
	Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
	Cabaret	Ralph Burns (adaptation score)
	Lady Sings the Blues	Gil Askey (adaptation score)
	Man of La Mancha	Laurence Rosenthal (adaptation score)
1973 (46th)
	Original Dramatic Score
	The Way We Were	Marvin Hamlisch
	Cinderella Liberty	John Williams
	The Day of the Dolphin	Georges Delerue
	Papillon	Jerry Goldsmith
	A Touch of Class	John Cameron
	Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation
	The Sting	Marvin Hamlisch (adaptation score)
	Jesus Christ Superstar	André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer & Andrew Lloyd Webber (adaptation score)
	Tom Sawyer	Sherman Brothers (song score) & Williams (adaptation score)
1974 (47th)
	Original Dramatic Score
	The Godfather Part II	Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola
	Chinatown	Jerry Goldsmith
	Murder on the Orient Express	Richard Rodney Bennett
	Shanks	Alex North
	The Towering Inferno	John Williams
	Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation
	The Great Gatsby	Nelson Riddle (adaptation score)
	The Little Prince	Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (song score), Douglas Gamley & Angela Morley (adaptation score)
	Phantom of the Paradise	Paul Williams (song & adaptation score) & George Tipton (adaptation score)
1975 (48th)
	Original Score
	Jaws	John Williams
	Birds Do It, Bees Do It	Gerald Fried
	Bite the Bullet	Alex North
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Jack Nitzsche
	The Wind and the Lion	Jerry Goldsmith
	Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation
	Barry Lyndon	Leonard Rosenman (adaptation score)
	Funny Lady	Peter Matz (adaptation score)
	Tommy	Pete Townshend (adaptation score)
1976 (49th)
	Original Score
	The Omen	Jerry Goldsmith
	Obsession	Bernard Herrmann (p.n.)
	The Outlaw Josey Wales	Jerry Fielding
	Taxi Driver	Herrmann (p.n.)
	Voyage of the Damned	Lalo Schifrin
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
	Bound for Glory	Leonard Rosenman (adaptation score)
	Bugsy Malone	Paul Williams (song & adaptation score)
	A Star Is Born	Roger Kellaway (adaptation score)
1977 (50th)
	Original Score
	Star Wars	John Williams
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Williams
	Julia	Georges Delerue
	Mohammad, Messenger of God	Maurice Jarre
	The Spy Who Loved Me	Marvin Hamlisch
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
	A Little Night Music	Jonathan Tunick (adaptation score)
	Pete's Dragon	Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (song score) & Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)
	The Slipper and the Rose	Sherman Brothers (song score) & Angela Morley (adaptation score)
1978 (51st)
	Original Score
	Midnight Express	Giorgio Moroder
	The Boys from Brazil	Jerry Goldsmith
	Days of Heaven	Ennio Morricone
	Heaven Can Wait	Dave Grusin
	Superman	John Williams
	Adaptation Score
	The Buddy Holly Story	Joe Renzetti
	Pretty Baby	Jerry Wexler
	The Wiz	Quincy Jones
1979 (52nd)
	Original Score
	A Little Romance	Georges Delerue
	10	Henry Mancini
	The Amityville Horror	Lalo Schifrin
	The Champ	Dave Grusin
	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Jerry Goldsmith
	Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
	All That Jazz	Ralph Burns (adaptation score)
	Breaking Away	Patrick Williams (adaptation score)
	The Muppet Movie	Paul Williams (song & adaptation score) & Kenny Ascher (song score)

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

Academy Award for Best Original Score

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Year	Film	Nominees
1990 (63rd)
	Dances with Wolves	John Barry
	Avalon	Randy Newman
	Ghost	Maurice Jarre
	Havana	Dave Grusin
	Home Alone	John Williams
1991 (64th)
	Beauty and the Beast	Alan Menken
	Bugsy	Ennio Morricone
	The Fisher King	George Fenton
	JFK	John Williams
	The Prince of Tides	James Newton Howard
1992 (65th)
	Aladdin	Alan Menken
	Basic Instinct	Jerry Goldsmith
	Chaplin	John Barry
	Howards End	Richard Robbins
	A River Runs Through It	Mark Isham
1993 (66th)
	Schindler's List	John Williams
	The Age of Innocence	Elmer Bernstein
	The Firm	Dave Grusin
	The Fugitive	James Newton Howard
	The Remains of the Day	Richard Robbins
1994 (67th)
	The Lion King	Hans Zimmer
	Forrest Gump	Alan Silvestri
	Interview with the Vampire	Elliot Goldenthal
	Little Women	Thomas Newman
	The Shawshank Redemption	Thomas Newman
1995 (68th) ^{[note 8]}
	Original Dramatic Score
	The Postman	Luis Bacalov
	Apollo 13	James Horner
	Braveheart	James Horner
	Nixon	John Williams
	Sense and Sensibility	Patrick Doyle
	Original Musical or Comedy Score
	Pocahontas	Alan Menken (music & orchestral score) & Stephen Schwartz (lyrics)
	The American President	Marc Shaiman

Year	Film	Nominees
2020/21^{[note 10]} (93rd)
	Soul	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
	Da 5 Bloods	Terence Blanchard
	Mank	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
	Minari	Emile Mosseri
	News of the World	James Newton Howard
2021 (94th)
	Dune	Hans Zimmer
	Don't Look Up	Nicholas Britell
	Encanto	Germaine Franco
	Parallel Mothers	Alberto Iglesias
	The Power of the Dog	Jonny Greenwood
2022 (95th)
	All Quiet on the Western Front	Volker Bertelmann
	Babylon	Justin Hurwitz
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Carter Burwell
	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Son Lux
	The Fabelmans	John Williams
2023 (96th)
	American Fiction	Laura Karpman
	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	John Williams
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Robbie Robertson (p.n.)
	Oppenheimer	Ludwig Göransson
	Poor Things	Jerskin Fendrix