{"id":37625,"date":"2024-01-10T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9aafeb7f-10df-41f6-843d-bd7624929af9"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:40:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:40:18","slug":"winners-of-oscars-for-best-original-score-all-the-nominated-soundtracks-from-the-history-of-the-academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/winners-of-oscars-for-best-original-score-all-the-nominated-soundtracks-from-the-history-of-the-academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of Oscars for Best Original Score: all the nominated soundtracks from the history of the Academy Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Freya Parr\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 15:07 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>The first Oscars were held in 1929 but it wasn&#8217;t until 1935 an award was given for the best music score in a film. Here are all these Oscar winners of the award for Best Original Score, from that first award in 1935 to the most recent in 2020. <\/strong> <\/p><h2>When do the Oscars take place?<\/h2><p>The Oscars awards ceremony usually takes place in March, celebrating the films that were released from March to December the previous year.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#one\"><strong>2011-20 Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#two\"><strong>2000-2010 Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#top\"><strong>1990s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#win\"><strong>1980s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#oscar\"><strong>1970s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#best\"><strong>1960s Oscar winners for Best Original Score <\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#score\"><strong>1950s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#long\"><strong>1940s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#short\"><strong>1930s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 2023<\/h2><p>All Quiet on the Western Front (Volker Bertlemann)<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"All Quiet on the Western Front | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hf8EYbVxtCY?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>2023 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Babylon (Justin Hurwitz)<\/li><li>The Banshees of Inisherin (Carter Burwell)<\/li><li>Everything Everywhere All at Once (Son Lux)<\/li><li>The Fabelmans (John Williams)<\/li><\/ul><h2>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 2022<\/h2><p>Dune<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Dune | Official Main Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8g18jFHCLXk?start=22&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>2022 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Don&#8217;t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)<\/li><li>Encanto (Germaine Franco)<\/li><li>Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)<\/li><li>The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)<\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2021\">Best Original Score Oscar winner in 2021<\/h2><p>Soul (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste)<\/p><p><strong>2021 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Da 5 Bloods (Terence Blanchard)<\/li><li>Minari (Emile Mosseri) <\/li><li>News of the World (James Newton Howard) <\/li><li>Mank (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-2011-20-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"one\"\/>2011-20 Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2020\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2020<\/h3><p>Joker (Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joker-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B07YF7SYN9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2020 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Little Women (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Marriage Story (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>1917 (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/top-film-composers-ever\/\">Top 10 film composers \u2013 of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/six-best-film-scores\/\">Six of the best\u2026 film scores<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2019\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2019<\/h3><p> Black Panther (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ludwig-goransson-film-composer-biography\"><strong>Ludwig G\u00f6ransson<\/strong><\/a>) <\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Black-Panther-Album-Kendrick-Lamar\/dp\/B0789G9LSK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2019 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>BlacKkKlansman (Terence Blanchard) <\/li><li>If Beale Street Could Talk (Nicholas Britell) <\/li><li>Isle of Dogs (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman)<\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Marvel Studios' Black Panther - Official Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xjDjIWPwcPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-film-score-and-film-soundtrack\/\">What is the difference between a film score and film soundtrack?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/six-best-horror-film-scores\/\">Six of the best&#8230; Horror Film Scores<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2018\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2018<\/h3><p>The Shape of Water (Alexandre Desplat)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Shape-Water-Various-Artists\/dp\/B076K66S39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2018 <strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Dunkirk (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><li>Phantom Thread (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/guide-jonny-greenwood-film\/\"><strong>Jonny Greenwood<\/strong><\/a>) <\/li><li>Star Wars: The Last Jedi (John Williams) <\/li><li>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Carter Burwell) <\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/six-best-festive-film-scores\/\">Six of the best&#8230; festive film scores<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/best-film-soundtracks-our-top-picks\/\">The best film soundtracks: Our top picks<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2017\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2017<\/h3><p>La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3GU8BzFEAdFSRjc8jZkL3S?utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Land-Various-Artists\/dp\/B01MPXX9GE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2017 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Jackie (Mica Levi) <\/li><li>Lion (Hauschka and Dustin O&#8217;Halloran) <\/li><li>Moonlight (Nicholas Britell) <\/li><li>Passengers (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/greatest-film-theme-all-time-announced\/\">Greatest film theme of all time announced<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2016\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2016<\/h3><p>The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Quentin-Tarantinos-Hateful-Various-Artists\/dp\/B018II473G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2016 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>Carol (Carter Burwell) <\/li><li>Sicario (J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson) <\/li><li>Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2015\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2015<\/h3><p>The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Grand-Budapest-Hotel-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00HGGUTPW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2015 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>: <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Interstellar (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><li>Mr Turner (Gary Yershon) <\/li><li>The Theory of Everything (J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2014\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2014<\/h3><p>Gravity (Steven Price)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Gravity-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B07P6DLM76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2014 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Book Thief (John Williams) <\/li><li>Her (Will Butler and Owen Pallett) <\/li><li>Philomena (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Saving Mr Banks (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2013\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2013<\/h3><p>Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Life-Pi-Mychael-Danna\/dp\/B0093DX5L6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2013 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli) <\/li><li>Argo (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Lincoln (John Williams) <\/li><li>Skyfall (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2012\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2012<\/h3><p>The Artist (Ludovic Bource)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Artist-Ludovic-Bource\/dp\/B005LL4U54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2012 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)<\/li><li>Hugo (Howard Shore) <\/li><li>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias) <\/li><li>War Horse (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2011\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2011<\/h3><p>The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Social-Network-Trent-Reznor\/dp\/B0043ISH6O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>2011 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>127 Hours (AR Rahman) <\/li><li>How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell) <\/li><li>Inception (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><li>The King&#8217;s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-2000-10-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"two\"\/>2000-10 Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2010\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2010<\/h3><p>Up (Michael Giacchino)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Up-Original-Soundtrack-Various-artists\/dp\/B002NIISV0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2010 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Avatar (James Horner) <\/li><li>Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>The Hurt Locker (Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders) <\/li><li>Sherlock Holmes (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2009\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2009<\/h3><p>Slumdog Millionaire (AR Rahman)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Slumdog-Millionaire-Various-Artists\/dp\/B001LX0JK6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2009 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><li>Defiance (James Newton Howard) <\/li><li>Milk (Danny Elfman) <\/li><li>WALL-E (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2008\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2008<\/h3><p>Atonement (Dario Marianelli)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Atonement-OST-Dario-Marianelli\/dp\/B001LK8XVQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2008 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>3:10 to Yuma (Marco Beltrami) <\/li><li>The Kite Runner (Alberto Iglesias) <\/li><li>Michael Clayton (James Newton Howard) <\/li><li>Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2007\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2007<\/h3><p>Babel (Gustavo Santaolalla)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Babel-Music-Inspired-Motion-Picture\/dp\/B000IONJM4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2007 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Good German (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>Notes on a Scandal (Philip Glass) <\/li><li>Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (Javier Navarrete) <\/li><li>The Queen (Alexandre Desplat) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2006\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2006<\/h3><p>Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Brokeback-Mountain-Soundtrack-Various-Artists\/dp\/B000BEZQ18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2006 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Constant Gardener (Alberto Iglesias) <\/li><li>Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams) <\/li><li>Munich (John Williams) <\/li><li>Pride &amp; Prejudice (Dario Marianelli) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2005\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 2005<\/strong><\/h3><p>Finding Neverland (Jan AP Kaczmarek)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Finding-Neverland-Album-Various-Artists\/dp\/B00UCR0LQO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2005 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams) <\/li><li>Lemony Snicket&#8217;s A Series of Unfortunate Events (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>The Passion of the Christ (John Debney) <\/li><li>The Village (James Newton Howard) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2004\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2004<\/h3><p>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lord-Rings-3-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B0000DZEA1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2004 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Big Fish (Danny Elfman) <\/li><li>Cold Mountain (Gabriel Yared) <\/li><li>Finding Nemo (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>House of Sand and Fog (James Horner) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2003\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2003<\/h3><p>Frida (Elliot Goldenthal)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frida-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B000YNNU6Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2003 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Catch Me If You Can (John Williams) <\/li><li>Far from Heaven (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><li>The Hours (Philip Glass) <\/li><li>Road to Perdition (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2002\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2002<\/h3><p>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lord-Rings-Fellowship-Ring\/dp\/B00005QZWI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2002 <strong><strong>Oscar nominees for Best Original Score<\/strong><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>A.I. Artificial Intelligence: John Williams <\/li><li>A Beautiful Mind: James Horner <\/li><li>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone: John Williams <\/li><li>Monsters, Inc.: Randy Newman <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2001\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2001<\/h3><p>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Crouching-Tiger-Hidden-Dragon-Soundtrack\/dp\/B0156IAGU4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>2001 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chocolat (Rachel Portman) <\/li><li>Gladiator (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><li>Mal\u00e8na (Ennio Morricone) <\/li><li>The Patriot (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-2000\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>2000<\/h3><p>The Red Violin (John Corigliano)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Red-Violin-Original-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00000J28V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Oscar score nominees in 2000:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>American Beauty (Thomas Newman) <\/li><li>Angela&#8217;s Ashes (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Cider House Rules (Rachel Portman) <\/li><li>The Talented Mr Ripley (Gabriel Yared) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1990s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"top\"\/>1990s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-dramatic-oscar-winner-in-1999\"><strong>Best Original Dramatic Oscar winner in 1999<\/strong><\/h3><p>Life Is Beautiful (Nicola Piovani)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Vita-Bella-BEAUTIFUL-ORIGINAL-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B00004SD38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Oscar original score nominees in 1999:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Elizabeth (David Hirschfelder) <\/li><li>Pleasantville (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>Saving Private Ryan (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Thin Red Line (Hans Zimmer)<\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Best Original Musical or Comedy Score <\/strong><strong>Oscar winner in 1999<\/strong><\/h3><p>Shakespeare in Love (Stephen Warbeck)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Shakespeare-Love-Stephen-Warbeck\/dp\/B00000FYIL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3><strong>Oscar original musical or comedy score nominees in 1999:<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>A Bug&#8217;s Life (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>Mulan (Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Patch Adams (Marc Shaiman) <\/li><li>The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-dramatic-score-oscar-winner-in-1998\">Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar winner in 1998<\/h3><p>Titanic (James Horner)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Titanic-Various\/dp\/B0000029YC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Amistad (John Williams) <\/li><li>Good Will Hunting (Danny Elfman) <\/li><li>Kundun (Philip Glass) <\/li><li>LA Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-musical-or-comedy-oscar-winner-in-1998\"><strong>Best Original Musical or Comedy Oscar winner in 1998<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Full Monty (Anne Dudley)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Full-Monty-Various-Artists\/dp\/B000003GB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Anastasia (Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and David Newman) <\/li><li>As Good as It Gets (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><li>Men in Black (Danny Elfman) <\/li><li>My Best Friend&#8217;s Wedding (James Newton) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-dramatic-score-oscar-winner-in-1997\"><strong>Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar winner in 1997<\/strong><\/h3><p>The English Patient (Gabriel Yared)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/English-Patient-Gabriel-Yared\/dp\/B0000086CL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Hamlet (Patrick Doyle) <\/li><li>Michael Collins (Elliot Goldenthal) <\/li><li>Shine (David Hirschfelder)<\/li><li>Sleepers (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-musical-or-comedy-score-oscar-winner-in-1997\">Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Oscar winner in 1997<\/h3><p>Emma (Rachel Portman)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Emma-Rachel-Portman\/dp\/B000000OG1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The First Wives Club (Marc Shaiman)<\/li><li>The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Alan Menken) <\/li><li>James and the Giant Peach (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>The Preacher&#8217;s Wife (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-dramatic-score-oscar-winner-in-1996\"><strong>Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1996<\/h3><p>The Postman (Luis Bacalov)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Postman-Music-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B001F3FLBE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Apollo 13 (James Horner) <\/li><li>Braveheart (James Horner) <\/li><li>Nixon (John Williams) <\/li><li>Sense and Sensibility (Patrick Doyle) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-musical-or-comedy-score-oscar-winner-in-1996\"><strong>Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Oscar winner in 1996<\/strong><\/h3><p>Pocahontas (Alan Menken)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pocahontas-Original-Soundtrack-Various-Artists\/dp\/B000E0VKZ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The American President (Marc Shaiman) <\/li><li>Sabrina (John Williams) <\/li><li>Toy Story (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>Unstrung Heroes (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1995\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1995<\/h3><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-music-disneys-lion-king\/\">The Lion King<\/a><\/strong> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/z\/hans-zimmer\/\">Hans Zimmer<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lion-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B07V2ZLX1X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-music-disneys-lion-king\/\">A guide to the music of Disney&#8217;s The Lion King<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Forrest Gump (Alan Silvestri) <\/li><li>Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal) <\/li><li>Little Women (Thomas Newman)<\/li><li>The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1994\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1994<\/h3><p>Schindler&#8217;s List (John Williams)<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Schindlers-List-John-Williams\/dp\/B000002OR4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/john-williams-announced-as-2020-rps-gold-medal-recipient\/\">John Williams announced as 2020 RPS Gold Medal recipient<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Age of Innocence (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><li>The Firm (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>The Fugitive (James Newton Howard) <\/li><li>The Remains of the Day (Richard Robbins) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1993\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1993<\/h3><p>Aladdin (Alan Menken)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Aladdin-Original-Soundtrack-Special-Various\/dp\/B000E0VKY6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Chaplin (John Barry) <\/li><li>Howards End (Richard Robbins) <\/li><li>A River Runs Through It (Mark Isham) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1992\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1992<\/h3><p>Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Beauty-Beast-Original-Soundtrack-Special\/dp\/B000MTEZNM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Bugsy (Ennio Morricone) <\/li><li>The Fisher King (George Fenton) <\/li><li>JFK (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Prince of Tides (James Newton Howard) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1991\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1991<\/h3><p>Dances with Wolves (John Barry)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dances-Wolves-Original-Soundtrack-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B000025XZF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Avalon (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>Ghost (Maurice Jarre) <\/li><li>Havana (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>Home Alone (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1990\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1990<\/h3><p>The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Little-Mermaid-Various-Artists\/dp\/B000001M3Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Born on the Fourth of July (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Fabulous Baker Boys (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>Field of Dreams (James Horner) <\/li><li>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1980s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"win\"\/>1980s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1989\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1989<\/h3><p>The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Milagro-Theme-Beanfield-Wars\/dp\/B000W0Z3W8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Accidental Tourist (John Williams) <\/li><li>Dangerous Liaisons (George Fenton) <\/li><li>Gorillas in the Mist (Maurice Jarre) <\/li><li>Rain Man (Hans Zimmer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1988\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1988<\/h3><p>The Last Emperor (David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Last-Emperor-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00265QP38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Cry Freedom (George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa) <\/li><li>Empire of the Sun (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Untouchables (Ennio Morricone) <\/li><li>The Witches of Eastwick (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1987\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1987<\/h3><p>Round Midnight (Herbie Hancock)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Round-Midnight-Original-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B000063X8G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Aliens (James Horner) <\/li><li>Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>The Mission (Ennio Morricone) <\/li><li>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Leonard Rosenman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1986\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1986<\/h3><p>Out of Africa (John Barry)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Africa-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B01BQYQ9HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Agnes of God (Georges Delerue) <\/li><li>The Color Purple (Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andra\u00e9 Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum, Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner and Rod Temperton) <\/li><li>Silverado (Bruce Broughton) <\/li><li>Witness (Maurice Jarre) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1985\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1985<\/h3><p>A Passage to India (Maurice Jarre)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Passage-India-Maurice-Jarre\/dp\/B000E8N8SY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Natural (Randy Newman)<\/li><li>The River (John Williams) <\/li><li>Under the Volcano (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1984\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1984<\/h3><p>The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Right-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B01F41FXM4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Cross Creek (Leonard Rosenman) <\/li><li>Return of the Jedi (John Williams) <\/li><li>Terms of Endearment (Michael Gore) <\/li><li>Under Fire (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1983\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1983<\/h3><p>ET the Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/T-Extra-Terrestrial-John-Williams\/dp\/B000002P2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Gandhi (Ravi Shankar and George Fenton) <\/li><li>An Officer and a Gentleman (Jack Nitzsche)<\/li><li>Poltergeist (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Sophie&#8217;s Choice (Marvin Hamlisch) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1982\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1982<\/h3><p>Chariots of Fire (Vangelis)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Chariots-Fire-Vangelis\/dp\/B000JJ5G24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Dragonslayer (Alex North) <\/li><li>On Golden Pond (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>Ragtime (Randy Newman) <\/li><li>Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1981\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1981<\/h3><p><strong>Winner:<\/strong><\/p><p>Fame (Michael Gore)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fame-Original-Soundtrack-Motion-Picture\/dp\/B000001F2B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Altered States (John Corigliano) <\/li><li>The Elephant Man (John Morris) <\/li><li>The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams) <\/li><li>Tess (Philippe Sarde) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1980\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1980<\/h3><p><strong>Winner:<\/strong><\/p><p>A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Little-Romance-Various\/dp\/B0000014ST\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>10 (Henry Mancini) <\/li><li>The Amityville Horror (Lalo Schifrin) <\/li><li>The Champ (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1970s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"oscar\"\/>1970s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1979\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1979<\/h3><p>Midnight Express (Giorgio Moroder)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Midnight-Express-Original-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00ZX0ASAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Boys from Brazil (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Days of Heaven (Ennio Morricone) <\/li><li>Heaven Can Wait (Dave Grusin) <\/li><li>Superman (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1978\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1978<\/h3><p>Star Wars (John Williams)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Star-Wars-Original-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B07CMRNK7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/best-star-wars-music-scores\/\">All nine Star Wars scores ranked&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/john-williamss-star-wars-theme-named-nations-favourite-film-score\/\">John Williams\u2019s Star Wars theme named nation\u2019s favourite film score<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/four-best-john-williams-recordings\/\">Four of the best John Williams recordings<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Close Encounters of the Third Kind (John Williams) <\/li><li>Julia (Georges Delerue) <\/li><li>Mohammed, Messenger of God (Maurice Jarre) <\/li><li>The Spy Who Loved Me (Marvin Hamlisch) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1977\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1977<\/h3><p>The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Omen-Original-Soundtrack-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B000025HU6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Obsession (Bernard Herrmann) <\/li><li>The Outlaw Josey Wales (Jerry Fielding) <\/li><li>Taxi Driver (Bernard Herrmann) <\/li><li>Voyage of the Damned (Lalo Schifrin) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1976\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1976<\/h3><p>Jaws (John Williams)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Jaws-Soundtrack-SOUNDTRACK-John-Williams\/dp\/B000025ZO6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Birds Do It, Bees Do It (Gerald Fried) <\/li><li>Bite the Bullet (Alex North) <\/li><li>One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#8217;s Nest (Jack Nitzsche) <\/li><li>The Wind and the Lion (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1975\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1975<\/h3><p>The Godfather Part II (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Godfather-Part-II-Nino-Rota\/dp\/B000002OG6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Murder on the Orient Express (Richard Rodney Bennett) <\/li><li>Shanks (Alex North) <\/li><li>The Towering Inferno (John Williams) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1974\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1974<\/h3><p>The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Way-We-Were-Soundtrack-Recording\/dp\/B001GTCK2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Cinderella Liberty (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Day of the Dolphin (Georges Delerue) <\/li><li>Papillon (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>A Touch of Class (John Cameron) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1973\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1973<\/h3><p>Limelight (Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Limelight-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B06Y635H77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Godfather (Nino Rota) \u2013 RESCINDED Images (John Williams) <\/li><li>Napoleon and Samantha (Buddy Baker) <\/li><li>The Poseidon Adventure (John Williams) <\/li><li>Sleuth (John Addison) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1972\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1972<\/h3><p>Summer of &#8217;42 (Michel Legrand)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Summer-42-Music-Motion-Picture\/dp\/B00005B46E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mary, Queen of Scots (John Barry) <\/li><li>Nicholas and Alexandra (Richard Rodney Bennett) <\/li><li>Shaft (Isaac Hayes) <\/li><li>Straw Dogs (Jerry Fielding) <\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title qa-card-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/why-was-nino-rotas-score-for-the-godfather-disqualified-from-the-1972-oscars\/\">Why was Nino Rota\u2019s score for \u2018The Godfather\u2019 disqualified from the 1972 Oscars?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1971\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1971<strong> <\/strong><\/h3><p>Love Story (Francis Lai)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-Story-Francis-Lai\/dp\/B000M7R94G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Airport (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Cromwell (Frank Cordell) <\/li><li>Patton (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Sunflower (Henry Mancini) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1970\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1970<\/h3><p>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Burt Bacharach)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Butch-Cassidy-Sundance-Bacharach-Thomas\/dp\/B000023X81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Anne of the Thousand Days (Georges Delerue) <\/li><li>The Reivers (John Williams) <\/li><li>The Secret of Santa Vittoria (Ernest Gold) <\/li><li>The Wild Bunch (Jerry Fielding) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1960s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"best\"\/>1960s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1969\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1969<\/h3><p>The Lion in Winter (John Barry)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lion-Winter-Soundtrack-John-Barry\/dp\/B0012GN0GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Fox (Lalo Schifrin) <\/li><li>Planet of the Apes (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>The Shoes of the Fisherman (Alex North) <\/li><li>The Thomas Crown Affair (Michel Legrand) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1968\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1968<\/h3><p>Thoroughly Modern Millie (Elmer Bernstein)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Thoroughly-Modern-Millie-Soundtrack\/dp\/B000002OLV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Cool Hand Luke (Lalo Schifrin) <\/li><li>Doctor Dolittle (Leslie Bricusse) <\/li><li>Far from the Madding Crowd (Richard Rodney Bennett) <\/li><li>In Cold Blood (Quincy Jones) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1967\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1967<\/h3><p>Born Free (John Barry)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/BORN-FREE-Soundtrack-John-Barry\/dp\/B0027DNHAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Bible: In the Beginning&#8230; (Toshiro Mayuzumi) <\/li><li>Hawaii (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><li>The Sand Pebbles (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Who&#8217;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1966\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1966<\/h3><p>Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Doctor-Zhivago-Original-Soundtrack-Album\/dp\/B000MUA15W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Agony and the Ecstasy (Alex North) <\/li><li>The Greatest Story Ever Told (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>A Patch of Blue (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Michel Legrand and Jacques Demy) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1965\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1965<\/h3><p>Mary Poppins (Sherman Brothers)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/mary-poppins-original-motion-picture-soundtrack\/1377468570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stream soundtrack on Apple Music<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Poppins-Original-Soundtrack-Various-artists\/dp\/B00H5ASBHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Becket (Laurence Rosenthal) <\/li><li>The Fall of the Roman Empire (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Hush&#8230; Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Frank DeVol) <\/li><li>The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1964\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1964<\/h3><p>Tom Jones (John Addison)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Tom-Jones-original-movie-soundtrack\/dp\/B07FSTBQPK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>55 Days at Peking (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Cleopatra (Alex North) <\/li><li>How the West Was Won (Alfred Newman and Ken Darby) <\/li><li>It&#8217;s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Ernest Gold) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1963\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1963<\/h3><p>Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lawrence-Arabia-Soundtrack-conducted-soundtracks\/dp\/B009RUNNDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Freud (Jerry Goldsmith) <\/li><li>Mutiny on the Bounty (Bronis\u0142aw Kaper)<\/li><li>Taras Bulba (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>To Kill a Mockingbird (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1962\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1962<\/h3><p>Breakfast at Tiffany&#8217;s (Henry Mancini)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Breakfast-Tiffanys-OST-Henry-Mancini\/dp\/B00HF6THWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>El Cid (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Fanny (Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman) <\/li><li>The Guns of Navarone (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Summer and Smoke (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1961\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1961<\/h3><p>Exodus (Ernest Gold)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Exodus-Original-Film-Soundtrack-Remastered\/dp\/B08BTG4KPK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Alamo (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Elmer Gantry (Andr\u00e9 Previn) <\/li><li>The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><li>Spartacus (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1960\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1960<\/h3><p>Ben-Hur (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ben-Hur-Miklos-Studio-Orchestra-Chorus\/dp\/B004G16YIG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Diary of Anne Frank (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>The Nun&#8217;s Story (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>On the Beach (Ernest Gold) <\/li><li>Pillow Talk (Frank DeVol) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1950s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"score\"\/>1950s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1959\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1959<\/h3><p>The Old Man and the Sea (Dimitri Tiomkin)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Old-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack\/dp\/B015K7D5PE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Big Country (Jerome Moross) <\/li><li>Separate Tables (David Raksin) <\/li><li>White Wilderness (Oliver Wallace) <\/li><li>The Young Lions (Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1958\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1958<\/h3><p>The Bridge on the River Kwai (Malcolm Arnold)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Bridge-River-Kwai-Soundtrack\/dp\/B006NA7CMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>An Affair to Remember (Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><li>Boy on a Dolphin (Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><li>Perri (Paul Smith) <\/li><li>Raintree County (Johnny Green) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1957\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1957<\/h3><p>Around the World in 80 Days (Victor Young)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Around-World-80-Days-Soundtrack\/dp\/B01N3V765C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Anatasia (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Between Heaven and Hell (Hugo Friedhofer)<\/li><li>Giant (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>The Rainmaker (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1956\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1956<\/strong><\/h3><p>Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Splendored-Thing-Original-Movie-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00QI7ID6C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Battle Cry (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Man with the Golden Arm (Elmer Bernstein) <\/li><li>Picnic (George Duning) <\/li><li>The Rose Tattoo (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1955\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1955<\/h3><p>The High and the Mighty (Dimitri Tiomkin)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/High-Mighty-Original-Soundtrack-Theme\/dp\/B00CVUODW8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Caine Munity (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Genevieve (Larry Adler) <\/li><li>On the Waterfront (Leonard Bernstein) <\/li><li>The Silver Chalice (Franz Waxman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1954\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1954<\/h3><p>Lili (Bronis\u0142aw Kaper)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lili-Original-Picture-Soundtrack-Monthly\/dp\/B019GLHGC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Above and Beyond (Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><li>From Here to Eternity (Morris Stoloff and George Duning) <\/li><li>Julius Caesar (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>This Is Cinerama (Louis Forbes) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1953\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1953<\/h3><p>High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/High-Noon-Dimitri-Tiomkin\/dp\/B0011MGHI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Ivanhoe (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Thief (Herschel Burke Gilbert) <\/li><li>Viva Zapata! (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1952\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1952<\/h3><p>A Place in the Sun (Franz Waxman)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Place-Sun-Franz-Waxman\/dp\/B00E0YMQYK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>David and Bathsheba (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Death of a Salesman (Alex North) <\/li><li>Quo Vadis (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>A Streetcar Named Desire (Alex North) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1951\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1951<\/h3><p>Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Sunset-Boulevard-Original-Angeles-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B000001E6V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>All About Eve (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>The Flame and the Arrow (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>No Sad Songs for Me (George Duning) <\/li><li>Samson and Delilah (Victor Young) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1950\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in <\/strong>1950<\/h3><p>The Heiress (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/aaron-copland\/\">Aaron Copland<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Heiress-Suite-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B07Y6YRJC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/five-essential-works-aaron-copland\/\">Five essential works by Aaron Copland<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Beyond the Forest (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Champion (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1940s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"long\"\/>1940s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1949\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1949<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Red Shoes (Brian Easdale)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Red-Shoes-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00GL6D5PY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Hamlet (William Walton) <\/li><li>Joan of Arc (Hugo Friedhofer) J<\/li><li>ohnny Belinda (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Snake Pit (Alfred Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1948\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1948<\/strong><\/h3><p>A Double Life (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Miklos-Rozsa-Double-Life\/dp\/B001R8LEH2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Bishop&#8217;s Wife (Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><li>Captain from Castile (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Forever Amber (David Raksin) <\/li><li>Life with Father (Max Steiner) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1947\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1947<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Best Years of Our Lives (Hugo Friedhofer)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Best-Years-Our-Lives\/dp\/B00004WHRW\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Anna and the King of Siam (Bernard Herrmann) <\/li><li>Henry V (William Walton) <\/li><li>Humoresque (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>The Killers (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa)<\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Official Trailer - Myrna Loy, Fredric March Movie HD\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1yc5PugV4mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1946\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1946<\/strong><\/h3><p>Spellbound (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Spellbound-Main-Theme-Original-Soundtrack\/dp\/B00FJAMO5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Bells of St. Mary&#8217;s (Robert Emmett Dolan) <\/li><li>Brewster&#8217;s Millions (Louis Forbes)<\/li><li>Captain Kidd (Werner Janssen) <\/li><li>The Enchanted Cottage (Roy Webb) <\/li><li>Flame of Barbary Coast (Morton Scott &amp; Dale Butts) <\/li><li>G. I. Honeymoon (Edward J. Kay) <\/li><li>G. I. Joe (Louis Applebaum &amp; Ann Ronell) <\/li><li>Guest in the House (Werner Janssen) <\/li><li>Guest Wife (Daniele Amfitheatrof) <\/li><li>The Keys of the Kingdom (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>The Lost Weekend (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Love Letters (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Man Who Walked Alone (Karl Hajos) <\/li><li>Objective, Burma! (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>Paris Underground (Alexandre Tansman) <\/li><li>A Song to Remember (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa &amp; Morris Stoloff) <\/li><li>The Southerner (Werner Janssen) <\/li><li>This Love of Ours (Hans J. Salter) <\/li><li>The Valley of Decision (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>The Woman in the Window (Arthur Lange &amp; Hugo Friedhofer) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1945\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1945<\/strong><\/h3><p>Since You Went Away (Max Steiner)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Since-You-Went-Away-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B0007TCA52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Address Unknown (Morris Stoloff &amp; Ernst Toch) <\/li><li>The Adventures of Mark Twain (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Casanova Brown (Arthur Lange) <\/li><li>Christmas Holiday (Hans J. Salter) <\/li><li>Double Indemnity (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>The Fighting Seabees (Walter Scharf &amp; Roy Webb) <\/li><li>The Hairy Ape (Michel Michelet &amp; Edward Paul) <\/li><li>It Happened Tomorrow (Robert Stolz) <\/li><li>Jack London (Fred Rich) <\/li><li>Kismet (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>None but the Lonely Heart (Constantin Bakaleinikoff &amp; Hanns Eisler) <\/li><li>The Princess and the Pirate (David Rose) <\/li><li>Summer Storm (Karl Hajos) <\/li><li>Three Russian Girls (Franke Harling) <\/li><li>Up in Mabel&#8217;s Room (Edward Paul) <\/li><li>Voice in the Wind (Michel Michelet) <\/li><li>Wilson (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>The Woman of the Town (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1944\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1944<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Song of Bernadette (Alfred Newman)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Song-Bernadette-ORIGINAL-PICTURE-SOUNDTRACK\/dp\/B00000J7R6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (Frank Skinner &amp; Hans J. Salter) <\/li><li>Casablanca (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Commandos Strike at Dawn (Morris Stoloff &amp; Louis Gruenberg)<\/li><li>The Fallen Sparrow (Roy Webb &amp; Constantin Bakaleinikoff) <\/li><li>For Whom the Bell Tolls (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Hangmen Also Die! (Hanns Eisler) <\/li><li>Hi Diddle Diddle (Phil Boutelje) <\/li><li>In Old Oklahoma (Walter Scharf) <\/li><li>Johnny Come Lately (Leigh Harline) <\/li><li>The Kansan (Gerard Carbonara) <\/li><li>Lady of Burlesque (Arthur Lange) <\/li><li>Madame Curie (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>The Moon and Sixpence (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>The North Star (Aaron Copland) <\/li><li>Victory Through Air Power (Edward Plumb, Paul Smith &amp; Oliver Wallace) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1943\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1943<\/strong><\/h3><p>Now, Voyager (Max Steiner)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Now-Voyager-Classic-Film-Score-Steiner\/dp\/B000003EM1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Arabian Nights (Frank Skinner) <\/li><li>Bambi Frank Churchill (p.n.) &amp; (Edward Plumb) <\/li><li>The Black Swan (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>The Corsican Brothers (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Flying Tigers (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Gold Rush (Max Terr)<\/li><li>I Married a Witch (Roy Webb) <\/li><li>Joan of Paris (Roy Webb) <\/li><li>Jungle Book (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Klondike Fury (Edward Kay) <\/li><li>The Pride of the Yankees (Leigh Harline) <\/li><li>Random Harvest (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>The Shanghai Gesture (Richard Hageman) <\/li><li>Silver Queen (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Take a Letter, Darling (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Talk of the Town (Friedrich Hollaender &amp; Morris Stoloff) <\/li><li>To Be or Not to Be (Werner Heymann) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1942\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1942<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Devil and Daniel Webster (Bernard Herrmann)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Herrmann-Devil-Daniel-Webster-Bernard\/dp\/B000001SGX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Back Street (Frank Skinner) <\/li><li>Ball of Fire (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Cheers for Miss Bishop (Edward Ward)<\/li><li>Citizen Kane (Bernard Herrmann) <\/li><li>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>Hold Back the Dawn (Victor Young) <\/li><li>How Green Was My Valley (Alfred Newman)<\/li><li>King of the Zombies (Edward Kay) <\/li><li>Ladies in Retirement (Morris Stoloff &amp; Ernst Toch) <\/li><li>The Little Foxes (Meredith Willson) <\/li><li>Lydia (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Mercy Island (Cy Feuer &amp; Walter Scharf) <\/li><li>Sergeant York (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>So Ends Our Night (Louis Gruenberg) <\/li><li>Sundown (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Suspicion (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>Tanks a Million (Edward Ward) <\/li><li>That Uncertain Feeling (Werner Heymann)<\/li><li>This Woman Is Mine (Richard Hageman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1941\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1941<\/strong><\/h3><p>Pinocchio (Leigh Harline, Paul Smith &amp; Ned Washington)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Pinocchio-Original-Soundtrack-Various-Artists\/dp\/B000E0VKZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Arizona (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Dark Command (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Fight for Life (Louis Gruenberg) <\/li><li>The Great Dictator (Meredith Willson) <\/li><li>The House of the Seven Gables (Frank Skinner) <\/li><li>The Howards of Virginia (Richard Hageman) <\/li><li>The Letter (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Long Voyage Home (Richard Hageman) <\/li><li>The Mark of Zorro (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>My Favorite Wife (Roy Webb) <\/li><li>North West Mounted Police (Victor Young) <\/li><li>One Million B.C. (Werner Heymann) <\/li><li>Our Town (Aaron Copland) <\/li><li>Rebecca (Franz Waxman) <\/li><li>The Thief of Bagdad (Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa) <\/li><li>Waterloo Bridge (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1940\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1940<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Wizard of Oz (Herbert Stothart)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wizard-Oz-Original-Soundtrack-Stothart\/dp\/B01G4DAVQO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Dark Victory (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Eternally Yours (Werner Janssen)<\/li><li>Golden Boy (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Gone with the Wind (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Man in the Iron Mask (Lud Gluskin &amp; Lucien Moraweck) <\/li><li>Man of Conquest (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Nurse Edith Cavell (Anthony Collins) <\/li><li>Of Mice and Men (Aaron Copland) <\/li><li>The Rains Came (Alfred Newman)<\/li><li>Wuthering Heights (Alfred Newman) <\/li><\/ul><h2 id=\"h-1930s-oscar-winners-for-best-original-score\"><a id=\"short\"\/>1930s Oscar winners for Best Original Score<\/h2><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1939\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1939<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Adventures-Robin-Erich-Wolfgang-Korngold\/dp\/B0000BX5L0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Army Girl (Victor Young) <\/li><li>Block-Heads (Marvin Hatley) <\/li><li>Blockade (Werner Janssen) <\/li><li>Breaking the Ice (Victor Young) <\/li><li>The Cowboy and the Lady (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>If I Were King (Richard Hageman) <\/li><li>Marie Antoinette (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>Pacific Liner (Russell Bennett) <\/li><li>Suez (Louis Silvers) <\/li><li>The Young in Heart (Franz Waxman) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1938\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1938<\/strong><\/h3><p>One Hundred Men and a Girl (Charles Previn)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Deanna-Durbin-100-Men-Girl\/dp\/B0000C663T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the DVD from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Hurricane (Alfred Newman)<\/li><li>In Old Chicago (Louis Silver) <\/li><li>The Life of Emile Zola (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>Lost Horizon (Dimitri Tiomkin) <\/li><li>Make a Wish (Hugo Riesenfeld) <\/li><li>Maytime (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>Portia on Trial (Alberto Colombo) <\/li><li>The Prisoner of Zenda (Alfred Newman) <\/li><li>Quality Street (Roy Webb)<\/li><li>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline &amp; Paul Smith) <\/li><li>Something to Sing About (Victor Schertzinger) <\/li><li>Souls at Sea (W Franke Harling &amp; Milan Roder) <\/li><li>Way Out West (Marvin Hatley) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1937\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1937<\/strong><\/h3><p>Anthony Adverse (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Anthony-Adverse-Various\/dp\/B000003TEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the soundtrack from Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Charge of the Light Brigade (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The Garden of Allah (Max Steiner) <\/li><li>The General Died at Dawn (Werner Janssen) <\/li><li>Winterset (Nathaniel Shilkret) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1936\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1936<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Informer (Max Steiner)<\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Captain Blood (Eric Wolfgang Korngold) <\/li><li>Mutiny on the Bounty (Herbert Stothart) <\/li><li>Peter Ibbetson (Ernst Toch) <\/li><\/ul><h3 id=\"h-best-original-score-oscar-winner-in-1935\"><strong>Best Original Score Oscar winner in 1935<\/strong><\/h3><p>One Night of Love (Louis Silvers)<\/p><p><strong>Nominees:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The Gay Divorcee (Kenneth Webb &amp; Sam Hoffenstein) <\/li><li>The Lost Patrol (Max Steiner)<\/li><\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freya Parr Published: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 15:07 PM The first Oscars were held in 1929 but it wasn&#8217;t until 1935 an award was given for the best music score in a film. 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