Nominees and winners (bold face) of the Academy Awards for Best Music (Scoring):

• 2007
  • Atonement - Dario Marianelli
  • The Kite Runner - Alberto Iglesias
  • Michael Clayton - James Newton Howard
  • Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino
  • 3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami
• 2006
  • Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
  • The Good German - Thomas Newman
  • Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass
  • Pan's Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
  • The Queen - Alexandre Desplat
• 2005
  • Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
  • The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias
  • Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
  • Munich - John Williams
  • Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli
• 2004
  • Finding Neverland - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - John Williams
  • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Thomas Newman
  • The Passion of the Christ - John Debney
  • The Village - James Newton Howard
• 2003
  • Big Fish - Danny Elfman
  • Cold Mountain - Gabriel Yared
  • Finding Nemo - Thomas Newman
  • House of Sand and Fog - James Horner
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Howard Shore
• 2002
  • Catch Me If You Can - John Williams
  • Far from Heaven - Elmer Bernstein
  • Frida - Elliot Goldenthal
  • The Hours - Philip Glass
  • Road to Perdition - Thomas Newman
• 2001
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence - John Williams
  • A Beautiful Mind - James Horner
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - John Williams
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Shore
  • Monsters, Inc. - Randy Newman
• 2000
  • Chocolat - Rachel Portman
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun
  • Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
  • Malèna - Ennio Morricone
  • The Patriot - John Williams
• 1999
  • American Beauty - Thomas Newman
  • Angela's Ashes - John Williams
  • The Cider House Rules - Rachel Portman
  • The Red Violin - John Corigliano
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley - Gabriel Yared
• 1998
  • Elizabeth - David Hirschfelder
  • Life Is Beautiful - Nicola Piovani
  • Pleasantville - Randy Newman
  • Saving Private Ryan - John Williams
  • The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer
• 1998
  • A Bug's Life - Randy Newman
  • Mulan - Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Jerry Goldsmith
  • Patch Adams - Marc Shaiman
  • The Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz, Hans Zimmer
  • Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck
• 1997
  • Amistad - John Williams
  • Good Will Hunting - Danny Elfman
  • Kundun - Philip Glass
  • L.A. Confidential - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Titanic (1997) - James Horner
• 1997
  • Anastasia (1997) - Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, David Newman
  • As Good As It Gets - Hans Zimmer
  • The Full Monty - Anne Dudley
  • Men in Black (1997) - Danny Elfman
  • My Best Friend's Wedding - James Newton Howard
• 1996
  • The English Patient - Gabriel Yared
  • Hamlet (1996) - Patrick Doyle
  • Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal
  • Shine - David Hirschfelder
  • Sleepers - John Williams
• 1996
  • Emma (1996) - Rachel Portman
  • The First Wives Club - Marc Shaiman
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
  • James and the Giant Peach - Randy Newman
  • The Preacher's Wife - Hans Zimmer
• 1995
  • Apollo 13 - James Horner
  • Braveheart - James Horner
  • Nixon - John Williams
  • The Postman (Il Postino) - Luis Enrique Bacalov
  • Sense and Sensibility - Patrick Doyle
• 1995
  • The American President - Marc Shaiman
  • Pocahontas - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
  • Sabrina (1995) - John Williams
  • Toy Story - Randy Newman
  • Unstrung Heroes - Thomas Newman
• 1994
  • Forrest Gump - Alan Silvestri
  • Interview with the Vampire - Elliot Goldenthal
  • The Lion King - Hans Zimmer
  • Little Women (1994) - Thomas Newman
  • The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman
• 1993
  • The Age of Innocence - Elmer Bernstein
  • The Firm - Dave Grusin
  • The Fugitive - James Newton Howard
  • The Remains of the Day - Richard Robbins
  • Schindler's List - John Williams
• 1992
  • Aladdin - Alan Menken
  • Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Chaplin - John Barry (music)
  • Howards End - Richard Robbins
  • A River Runs Through It - Mark Isham
• 1991
  • Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken
  • Bugsy - Ennio Morricone
  • The Fisher King - George Fenton
  • JFK - John Williams
  • The Prince of Tides - James Newton Howard
• 1990
  • Avalon - Randy Newman
  • Dances With Wolves - John Barry (music)
  • Ghost - Maurice Jarre
  • Havana - David Grusin
  • Home Alone - John Williams
• 1989
  • Born on the Fourth of July - John Williams
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys - David Grusin
  • Field of Dreams - James Horner
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - John Williams
  • The Little Mermaid - Alan Menken
• 1988
  • The Accidental Tourist - John Williams
  • Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
  • Gorillas in the Mist - Maurice Jarre
  • The Milagro Beanfield War - Dave Grusin
  • Rain Man - Hans Zimmer
• 1987
  • Cry Freedom - George Fenton, Jonas Gwangwa
  • Empire of the Sun - John Williams
  • The Last Emperor - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
  • The Untouchables - Ennio Morricone
  • The Witches of Eastwick - John Williams
• 1986
  • 'Round Midnight - Herbie Hancock
  • Aliens - James Horner
  • Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Mission - Ennio Morricone
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Leonard Rosenman
• 1985
  • Agnes of God - Georges Delerue
  • The Color Purple - Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock, Rod Temperton, Caiphus Semenya, Andrae Crouch, Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Joel Rosenbaum, Fred Steiner, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Randy Kerber
  • Out of Africa - John Barry (music)
  • Silverado - Bruce Broughton
  • Witness - Maurice Jarre
• 1984
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - John Williams
  • The Natural - Randy Newman
  • A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre
  • The River - John Williams
  • Under the Volcano - Alex North
• 1984
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan - Jeff Moss
  • Purple Rain - Prince
  • Songwriter - Kris Kristofferson
• 1983
  • Cross Creek - Leonard Rosenman
  • Return of the Jedi - John Williams
  • The Right Stuff - Bill Conti
  • Terms of Endearment - Michael Gore
  • Under Fire - Jerry Goldsmith
• 1983
  • The Sting II - Lalo Schifrin
  • Trading Places - Elmer Bernstein
  • Yentl - Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
• 1982
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - John Williams
  • Gandhi - Ravi Shankar, George Fenton
  • An Officer and a Gentleman - Jack Nitzsche
  • Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Sophie's Choice - Marvin Hamlisch
• 1982
  • Annie - Ralph Burns
  • One from the Heart - Tom Waits
  • Victor/Victoria - Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse
• 1981
  • Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
  • Dragonslayer - Alex North
  • On Golden Pond - Dave Grusin
  • Ragtime - Randy Newman
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark - John Williams
• 1980
  • Altered States - John Corigliano
  • The Elephant Man - John Morris
  • The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
  • Fame - Michael Gore
  • Tess - Philippe Sarde
• 1979
  • 10 - Henry Mancini
  • The Amityville Horror - Lalo Schifrin
  • The Champ (1979) - Dave Grusin
  • A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
  • Star Trek - The Motion Picture - Jerry Goldsmith
• 1979
  • All That Jazz - Ralph Burns
  • Breaking Away - Patrick Williams
  • The Muppet Movie - Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
• 1978
  • The Buddy Holly Story - Joe Renzetti
  • Pretty Baby - Jerry Wexler
  • The Wiz - Quincy Jones
• 1978
  • The Boys from Brazil - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Days of Heaven - Ennio Morricone
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978) - Dave Grusin
  • Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder
  • Superman (1978) - John Williams
• 1977
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind - John Williams
  • Julia - Georges Delerue
  • Mohammad - Messenger of God - Maurice Jarre
  • The Spy Who Loved Me - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Star Wars - John Williams
• 1977
  • A Little Night Music - Jonathan Tunick
  • Pete's Dragon - Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Irwin Kostal
  • The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Angela Morley
• 1976
  • Obsession - Bernard Herrmann
  • The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding
  • Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann
  • Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin
• 1976
  • Bound for Glory - Leonard Rosenman
  • Bugsy Malone - Paul Williams
  • A Star Is Born (1976) - Roger Kellaway
• 1975
  • Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried
  • Bite the Bullet - Alex North
  • Jaws - John Williams
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche
  • The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith
• 1975
  • Barry Lyndon - Leonard Rosenman
  • Funny Lady - Peter Matz
  • Tommy - Peter Townshend
• 1974
  • Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Godfather Part II - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
  • Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Shanks - Alex North
  • The Towering Inferno - John Williams
• 1974
  • The Great Gatsby - Nelson Riddle
  • The Little Prince - Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley
  • Phantom of the Paradise - Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton
• 1973
  • Cinderella Liberty - John Williams
  • The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue
  • Papillon - Jerry Goldsmith
  • A Touch of Class - John Cameron
  • The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch
• 1973
  • Jesus Christ Superstar - Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • The Sting - Marvin Hamlisch
  • Tom Sawyer - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams
• 1972
  • The Godfather - Nino Rota
  • Limelight (1952) - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
  • Napoleon and Samantha - Buddy Baker
  • The Poseidon Adventure - John Williams
  • Sleuth - John Addison
  • images - John Williams
• 1972
  • Cabaret - Ralph Burns
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Gil Askey
  • Man of La Mancha - Laurence Rosenthal
• 1971
  • Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry (music)
  • Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett
  • Shaft - Isaac Hayes
  • Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding
  • Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand
• 1971
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal
  • The Boy Friend - Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
  • Fiddler on the Roof - John Williams
  • Tchaikovsky - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf
• 1970
  • Airport - Alfred Newman
  • Cromwell - Frank Cordell
  • Love Story - Francis Lai
  • Patton - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Sunflower - Henry Mancini
• 1970
  • The Baby Maker - Fred Karlin, Tylwyth Kymry
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown - Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, Vince Guaraldi
  • Darling Lili - Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
  • Let It Be - The Beatles
  • Scrooge - Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer
• 1969
  • Anne of the Thousand Days - Georges Delerue
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach
  • The Reivers - John Williams
  • The Secret of Santa Vittoria - Ernest Gold
  • The Wild Bunch - Jerry Fielding
• 1969
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Leslie Bricusse, John Williams
  • Hello, Dolly! - Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman
  • Paint Your Wagon - Nelson Riddle
  • Sweet Charity - Cy Coleman
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - John Green, Albert Woodbury
• 1968
  • The Fox - Lalo Schifrin
  • The Lion in Winter - John Barry (music)
  • Planet of the Apes - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman - Alex North
  • The Thomas Crown Affair - Michel Legrand
• 1968
  • Finian's Rainbow - Ray Heindorf
  • Funny Girl - Walter Scharf
  • Oliver! - John Green
  • Star! - Lennie Hayton
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort - Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
• 1967
  • Cool Hand Luke - Lalo Schifrin
  • Doctor Dolittle - Leslie Bricusse
  • Far from the Madding Crowd - Richard Rodney Bennett
  • In Cold Blood - Quincy Jones
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie - Elmer Bernstein
• 1967
  • Camelot - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
  • Doctor Dolittle - Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - DeVol
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie - Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson
  • Valley of the Dolls - John Williams
• 1966
  • The Bible - Toshiro Mayuzumi
  • Born Free - John Barry (music)
  • Hawaii - Elmer Bernstein
  • The Sand Pebbles - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Alex North
• 1966
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Ken Thorne
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew - Luis Enrique Bacalov
  • Return of the Seven - Elmer Bernstein
  • The Singing Nun - Harry Sukman
  • Stop the World--I Want To Get Off - Al Ham
• 1965
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy - Alex North
  • Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarre
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told - Alfred Newman
  • A Patch of Blue - Jerry Goldsmith
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
• 1965
  • Cat Ballou - DeVol
  • The Pleasure Seekers - Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
  • The Sound of Music - Irwin Kostal
  • A Thousand Clowns - Don Walker
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Michel Legrand
• 1964
  • Becket - Laurence Rosenthal
  • The Fall of the Roman Empire - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte - Frank DeVol
  • Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
  • The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
• 1964
  • A Hard Day's Night - George Martin
  • Mary Poppins - Irwin Kostal
  • My Fair Lady - Andre Previn
  • Robin and the 7 Hoods - Nelson Riddle
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
• 1963
  • 55 Days at Peking - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Cleopatra (1963) - Alex North
  • How the West Was Won - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Ernest Gold
  • Tom Jones - John Addison
• 1963
  • Bye Bye Birdie - John Green
  • Irma La Douce - Andre Previn
  • A New Kind of Love - Leith Stevens
  • Sundays and Cybele - Maurice Jarre
  • The Sword in the Stone - George Bruns
• 1962
  • Freud - Jerry Goldsmith
  • Lawrence of Arabia - Maurice Jarre
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) - Bronislau Kaper
  • Taras Bulba - Franz Waxman
  • To Kill a Mockingbird - Elmer Bernstein
• 1962
  • Billy Rose's Jumbo - George Stoll
  • Gigot - Michel Magne
  • Gypsy - Frank Perkins
  • Meredith Willson's The Music Man - Ray Heindorf
  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - Leigh Harline
• 1961
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's - Henry Mancini
  • El Cid - Miklos Rozsa
  • Fanny - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
  • The Guns of Navarone - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Summer and Smoke - Elmer Bernstein
• 1961
  • Babes in Toyland -