Óscar á mellor banda sonora

O Oscar á mellor banda sonora é un dos premios entregados anualmente pola Academia das Artes e das Ciencias Cinematográficas á mellor creación musical feita especificamente para un filme.

Gañadores e nomeados

A seguinte lista amosa os compositores e filmes nomeados organizados cronoloxicamente.

• Nota: De 1934-1937, o xefe do departamento de música (e non o compositor) era o que recibía o nomeamento ou o premio.
• Nota: De 1937-1945, calquera estudio estaba garantido polo simple feito de presentar unha candidatura.

1930

• 1934
  • Música: One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe do departamento (Música por Victor Schertzinger e Gus Kahn)
    • The Gay Divorcee Max Steiner, xefe do departamento (Música de Kenneth Webb e Samuel Hoffenstein)
    • A patrulla perdida – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
• 1935
  • Música: O delator – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
    • Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, xefe de departamento (Música de Ernst Toch)
• 1936
  • Música: Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • A carga da brigada lixeira – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, xefe de departamento (Música de Werner Janssen)
    • Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, xefe de departamento (Música de Nathaniel Shilkret)
• 1937
  • Música: One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, xefe de departamento.
    • The Hurricane – Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, xefe de departamento (Música de Alfred Newman)
    • In Old Chicago – 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe de departamento (sen créditos do compositor)
    • The Life of Emile Zola – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • Lost Horizon – Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
    • Make a Wish – Principal Productions, Hugo Riesenfeld, director musical (Música de Hugo Riesenfeld)
    • Maytime – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
    • Portia on Trial – Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, xefe de departamento (Música de Alberto Colombo)
    • The Prisoner of Zenda – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, director musical (Música de Alfred Newman)
    • Quality Street – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, director musical (Música de Roy Webb)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, xefe de departamento (Música de Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith)
    • Something to Sing About – Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, director musical (Música de Victor Schertzinger)
    • Souls at Sea – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Música de W. Franke Harling e Milan Roder)
    • Way Out West – Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, xefe de departamento (Música de Marvin Hatley)
• 1938
  • Música orixinal: The Adventures of Robin Hood – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Army Girl – Victor Young
    • Block-Heads – Marvin Hatley
    • Blockade – Werner Janssen
    • Breaking the Ice – Victor 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
  • Música: Alexander's Ragtime Band – Alfred Newman
    • Carefree – Victor Baravalle
    • Girls' School – Morris Stoloff e Gregory Stone
    • The Goldwyn Follies – Alfred Newman
    • Jezebel – Max Steiner
    • Mad About Music – Charles Previn e Frank Skinner
    • Storm Over Bengal – Cy Feuer
    • Sweethearts – Herbert Stothart
    • There Goes My Heart – Marvin Hatley
    • Tropic Holiday – Boris Morros
    • The Young in Heart – Franz Waxman
• 1939
  • Música orixinal: The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart
    • Dark Victory – Max Steiner
    • Eternally Yours – Werner Janssen
    • Golden Boy – Victor Young
    • Gone with the Wind – Max Steiner
    • Gulliver's Travels – Victor Young
    • The Man in the Iron Mask – Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
    • Man of Conquest – Victor Young
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Nurse Edith Cavell – Anthony Collins
    • Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
    • The Rains Came – Alfred Newman
    • Wuthering Heights – Alfred Newman
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
  • Música: A dilixencia – Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
    • The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje e Arthur Lange
    • Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
    • Babes in Arms – Roger Edens e George E. Stoll
    • She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer
    • Intermezzo – Lou Forbes
    • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
    • They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman
    • First Love – Charles Previn
    • Swanee River – Louis Silvers
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Way Down South – Victor Young

1940

• 1940
  • Música orixinal: Pinocchio – Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith, compositores; Ned Washington, letra
    • Arizona – Victor Young
    • The Dark Command – Victor Young
    • The Fight for Life – Louis Gruenberg
    • The Great Dictator – Meredith Willson
    • The House of the Seven Gables – Frank Skinner
    • The Howards of Virginia – Richard Hageman
    • The Letter – Max Steiner
    • The Long Voyage Home – Richard Hageman
    • The Mark of Zorro – Alfred Newman
    • My Favorite Wife – Roy Webb
    • North West Mounted Police – Victor Young
    • One Million B.C. – Werner Heymann
    • Our Town – Aaron Copland
    • Rebecca – Franz Waxman
    • The Thief of Bagdad – Miklós Rózsa
    • Waterloo Bridge – Herbert Stothart
  • Música: Tin Pan Alley – Alfred Newman
    • Arise, My Love – Victor Young
    • Hit Parade of 1941 – Cy Feuer
    • Irene – Anthony Collins
    • Our Town – Aaron Copland
    • The Sea Hawk – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Second Chorus – Artie Shaw
    • Spring Parade – Charles Previn
    • Strike Up the Band – Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
• 1941
  • Música orixinal drama): All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann
    • Back Street – Frank Skinner
    • Bóla de fogo – Alfred Newman
    • Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward
    • Cidadán Kane – Bernard Herrmann
    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Franz Waxman
    • Hold Back the Dawn – Victor Young
    • How Green Was My Valley – Alfred Newman
    • King of the Zombies – Edward J. Kay
    • Ladies in Retirement – Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Little Foxes – Meredith Willson
    • Lydia – Miklós Rózsa
    • Mercy Island – Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
    • Sergeant York – Max Steiner
    • So Ends Our Night – Louis Gruenberg
    • Sundown – Miklós Rózsa
    • Sospeita – Franz Waxman
    • Tanks a Million – Edward Ward
    • That Uncertain Feeling – Werner Heymann
    • This Woman Is Mine – Richard Hageman
  • Música de filme musical: Dumbo – Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
    • All-American Co-Ed – Edward Ward
    • Birth of the Blues – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Buck Privates – Charles Previn
    • The Chocolate Soldier – Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
    • Ice-Capades – Cy Feuer
    • The Strawberry Blonde – Heinz Roemheld
    • Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman
    • Sunny – Anthony Collins
    • You'll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff
• 1942
  • Música orixinal de drama ou comedia: Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
    • Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
    • Bambi – Frank Churchill (póstumo), Edward Plumb
    • The Black Swan – Alfred Newman
    • The Corsican Brothers – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Flying Tigers – Victor Young
    • The Gold Rush – Max Terr
    • I Married a Witch – Roy Webb
    • Joan of Paris – Roy Webb
    • Jungle Book – Miklós Rózsa
    • Klondike Fury – Edward J. Kay
    • The Pride of the Yankees – Leigh Harline
    • Random Harvest – Herbert Stothart
    • The Shanghai Gesture – Richard Hageman
    • Silver Queen – Victor Young
    • Take a Letter, Darling – Victor Young
    • The Talk of the Town – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
    • To Be or Not to Be – Werner Heymann
  • Música de filme musical: Yankee Doodle Dandy – Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
    • Flying with Music – Edward Ward
    • For Me and My Gal – Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
    • Holiday Inn – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • It Started with Eve – Hans Salter, Charles Previn
    • Johnny Doughboy – Walter Scharf
    • My Gal Sal – Alfred Newman
    • You Were Never Lovelier – Leigh Harline
• 1943
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Song of Bernadette – Alfred Newman
    • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday – Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
    • Casablanca – Max Steiner
    • Commandos Strike at Dawn – Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
    • The Fallen Sparrow – Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Victor Young
    • Hangmen Also Die – Hanns Eisler
    • Hi Diddle Diddle – Phil Boutelje
    • In Old Oklahoma – Walter Scharf
    • Johnny Come Lately – Leigh Harline
    • The Kansan – Gerard Carbonara
    • Lady of Burlesque – Arthur Lange
    • Madame Curie – Herbert Stothart
    • The Moon and Sixpence – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The North Star – Aaron Copland
    • Victory Through Air Power – Edward H. Plumb, Paul Smith, Oliver Wallace
  • Música de filme musical: This Is the Army – Ray Heindorf
    • Coney Island – Alfred Newman
    • Hit Parade of 1943 – Walter Scharf
    • Phantom of the Opera – Edward Ward
    • Saludos Amigos – Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • The Sky's the Limit – Leigh Harline
    • Something to Shout About – Morris Stoloff
    • Stage Door Canteen – Frederic E. Rich
    • Star Spangled Rhythm – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Thousands Cheer – Herbert Stothart
• 1944
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Since You Went Away – Max Steiner
    • Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner
    • The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange
    • Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter
    • Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
    • The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
    • It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz
    • Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich
    • Kismet – Herbert Stothart
    • None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose
    • Summer Storm – Karl Hajos
    • Three Russian Girls – Franke Harling
    • Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul
    • Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet
    • Wilson – Alfred Newman
    • The Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa
  • Música de filme musical: Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
    • Brazil – Walter Scharf
    • Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff
    • Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf
    • Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman
    • Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
    • Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Lady, Let's Dance – Edward J. Kay
    • Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll
    • The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter
    • Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
    • Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick
    • Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn
    • Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes
• 1945
  • Música de drama ou musical: Spellbound – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Bells of St. Mary's – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Brewster's Millions – Lou Forbes
    • O capitán Kidd – Werner Janssen
    • The Enchanted Cottage – Roy Webb
    • Flame of Barbary Coast – Morton Scott, R. Dale Butts
    • G. I. Honeymoon – Edward J. Kay
    • The Story of G.I. Joe – Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
    • Guest in the House – Werner Janssen
    • Guest Wife – Daniele Amfitheatrof
    • The Keys of the Kingdom – Alfred Newman
    • A fin de semana perdida – Miklós Rózsa
    • Love Letters – Victor Young
    • The Man Who Walked Alone – Karl Hajos
    • Objective, Burma! – Franz Waxman
    • Paris Underground – Alexandre Tansman
    • A Song to Remember – Miklós Rózsa, Morris Stoloff
    • The Southerner – Werner Janssen
    • This Love of Ours – H. J. Salter
    • The Valley of Decision – Herbert Stothart
    • The Woman in the Window – Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
  • Música de filme musical: Levando áncoras – Georgie Stoll
    • Belle of the Yukon – Arthur Lange
    • Can't Help Singing – Jerome Kern (póstumo), H. J. Salter
    • Hitchhike to Happiness – Morton Scott
    • Incendiary Blonde – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Rhapsody in Blue – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • State Fair – Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
    • Sunbonnet Sue – Edward J. Kay
    • The Three Caballeros – Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • Tonight and Every Night – Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
    • Why Girls Leave Home – Walter Greene
    • Wonder Man – Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
• 1946
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Os mellores anos da nosa vida – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Ana e o rei de Siam – Bernard Herrmann
    • Henry V – William Walton
    • Humoresque – Franz Waxman
    • Os asasinos – Miklós Rózsa
  • Música de filme musical: The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff
    • Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman
    • The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton
    • Night and Day – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
• 1947
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Dobre vida – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Bishop's Wife – Hugo Friedhofer
    • O capitán de Castela – Alfred Newman
    • Forever Amber – David Raksin
    • Life with Father – Max Steiner
  • Música de filme musical: Mother Wore Tights – Alfred Newman
    • Fiesta – Johnny Green
    • My Wild Irish Rose – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • Road to Rio – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Song of the South – Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
• 1948
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale
    • Hamlet – William Walton
    • Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner
    • The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman
  • Música de filme musical: Easter Parade – Johnny Green, Roger Edens
    • The Emperor Waltz – Victor Young
    • The Pirate – Lennie Hayton
    • Romance on the High Seas – Ray Heindorf
    • When My Baby Smiles at Me – Alfred Newman
• 1949
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Heiress – Aaron Copland
    • Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner
    • Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Música de filme musical: On the Town – Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
    • Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf

1950

• 1950
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
    • Todo sobre Eva – Alfred Newman
    • O falcón e a frecha – Max Steiner
    • No Sad Songs for Me – George Duning
    • Samson and Delilah – Victor Young
  • Música de filme musical: Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
    • Cinderella – Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
    • I'll Get By – Lionel Newman
    • Three Little Words – André Previn
    • The West Point Story – Ray Heindorf
• 1951
  • Música de drama ou comedia: 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 – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: Un americano en París – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Alice in Wonderland – Oliver Wallace
    • The Great Caruso – Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
    • On the Riviera – Alfred Newman
    • Show Boat – Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
• 1952
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Só ante o perigo – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Ivanhoe – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner
    • The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • Viva Zapata! – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf
    • The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • The Medium – Gian-Carlo Menotti
    • Singin' in the Rain – Lennie Hayton
• 1953
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Lili – Bronislau Kaper
    • Above and Beyond – Hugo Friedhofer
    • De aquí á eternidade – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • Julius Caesar – Miklós Rózsa
    • This is Cinerama – Louis Forbes
  • Música de filme musical: Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
    • The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch
    • Calamity Jane – Ray Heindorf
    • Os 5.000 dedos do Dr. T – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
    • Kiss Me Kate – André Previn, Saul Chaplin
• 1954
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Caine Mutiny – Max Steiner
    • Genevieve – Larry Adler (Fronte: Muir Mathieson)
    • A lei do silencio – Leonard Bernstein
    • The Silver Chalice – Franz Waxman
  • Música de filme musical: Sete noivas para sete irmáns – Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
    • 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 Newman, Lionel Newman
• 1955
  • Música de drama ou comedia: 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
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
    • Daddy Long Legs – Alfred Newman
    • Guys and Dolls – Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
    • It's Always Fair Weather – André Previn
    • Love Me or Leave Me – Percy Faith, George Stoll
• 1956
  • Música de drama ou comedia: A volta ao mundo en oitenta días – Victor Young (póstumo)
    • Anastasia – Alfred Newman
    • Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Xigante – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Rainmaker – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: The King and I – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • High Society – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll, Johnny Green
• 1957
  • Música orixinal: 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
  • Música de drama ou musical: The Old Man and the Sea – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Horizontes de grandeza – Jerome Moross
    • Separate Tables – David Raksin
    • White Wilderness – Oliver Wallace
    • The Young Lions – Hugo Friedhofer
  • Música de filme musical: Gigi – André Previn
    • The Bolshoi Ballet – Yuri Faier, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
    • Damn Yankees – Ray Heindorf
    • Mardi Gras – Lionel Newman
    • South Pacific – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
• 1959
  • Música de drama ou musical: Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman
    • The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman
    • On the Beach – Ernest Gold
    • Pillow Talk – Frank DeVol
  • Música de filme musical: Porgy and Bess – André Previn, Ken Darby
    • The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
    • Li'l Abner – Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley
    • Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
    • Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns

1960

• 1960
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Exodus – Ernest Gold
    • O Álamo – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Elmer Gantry – André Previn
    • The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
    • Spartacus – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
    • Bells Are Ringing – André Previn
    • Can-Can – Nelson Riddle
    • Let's Make Love – Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen
    • Pepe – Johnny Green
• 1961
  • Música de drama ou musical: 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
  • Música de filme musical: West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
    • Babes in Toyland – George Bruns
    • Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Khovanshchina – Dmitrii Shostakovich
    • Paris Blues – Duke Ellington
• 1962
  • Música orixinal: Lawrence de Arabia – Maurice Jarre
    • Freud – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Bronislau Kaper
    • Taras Bulba – Franz Waxman
    • To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein
  • Música adaptación: The Music Man – Ray Heindorf
    • Billy Rose's Jumbo – George Stoll
    • Gigot – Michel Magne
    • Gypsy – Frank Perkins
    • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Leigh Harline
• 1963
  • Música orixinal: Tom Jones – John Addison
    • Cleopatra – Alex North
    • 55 días en Pequín – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • A conquista do Oeste – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Ernest Gold
  • Música adaptación: 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
  • Música orixinal: Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
    • Becket – Laurence Rosenthal
    • The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Frank DeVol
    • The Pink Panther – Henry Mancini
  • Música adaptada: 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
  • Música orxinal: 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 – Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
  • Música adaptada: The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
    • A inxenua explosiva – DeVol
    • The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
• 1966
  • Música orixinal: Born Free – John Barry
    • A Biblia – Toshiro Mayuzumi
    • Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein
    • The Sand Pebbles – Jerry Goldsmith
    • ¿Quen teme a Virginia Woolf? – Alex North
  • Música adaptada: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ken Thorne
    • O evanxeo segundo San Mateo – Luis Enrique Bacalov
    • Return of the Seven – Elmer Bernstein
    • The Singing Nun – Harry Sukman
    • Stop the World - I Want to Get Off – Al Ham
• 1967
  • Música orixinal: Thoroughly Modern Millie – Elmer Bernstein
    • A lenda do indomable – Lalo Schifrin
    • Doctor Dolittle – Leslie Bricusse
    • Far from the Madding Crowd – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • A sangue frío – Quincy Jones
  • Música adaptada: Camelot – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Doctor Dolittle – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • A que non sabes quen vén cear esta noite? – DeVol
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie – André Previn, Joseph Gershenson
    • Valley of the Dolls – John Williams
• 1968
  • Música orixinal: The Lion in Winter – John Barry
    • The Fox – Lalo Schifrin
    • O planeta dos simios – Jerry Goldsmith
    • The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North
    • The Thomas Crown Affair – Michel Legrand
  • Música adaptada: Oliver! – Adaptación de Johnny Green
    • Finian's Rainbow – Adaptación de Ray Heindorf
    • Funny Girl – Adaptación de Walter Scharf
    • Star! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton
    • The Young Girls of Rochefort – Adaptación de Michel Legrand; letra de Jacques Demy
• 1969
  • Música orixinal: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach
    • Ana dos mil días – Georges Delerue
    • The Reivers – John Williams
    • The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Ernest Gold
    • Grupo salvaxe – Jerry Fielding
  • Música adaptada: Hello, Dolly! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton e Lionel Newman
    • Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptación de John Williams
    • Paint Your Wagon – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
    • Sweet Charity – Adaptación de Cy Coleman
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptación de John Green e Albert Woodbury

1970

• 1970
  • Música orixinal: Love Story – Francis Lai
    • Airport – Alfred Newman (póstumo)
    • Cromwell – Frank Cordell
    • Patton – Jerry Goldsmith
    • I Girasoli – Henry Mancini
  • Canción orixinal: Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison e Ringo Starr)
    • The Baby Maker – música de Fred Karlin; letra de Tylwyth Kymry
    • A Boy Named Charlie Brown – música de Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lletra de Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptación de Vince Guaraldi
    • Darling Lili – música de Henry Mancini; letra de Johnny Mercer
    • Scrooge – música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptado por Ian Fraser e Herbert W. Spencer
• 1971
  • Original Dramatic Score: Verán do 42 – Michel Legrand
    • Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry
    • Nicholas and Alexandra – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shaft – Isaac Hayes
    • Straw Dogs – Jerry Fielding
  • Canción orixinal e música adapada: O violinista no tellado – Adaptación de John Williams
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Canción de Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; adaptación de Irwin Kostal
    • The Boy Friend – adaptación de Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
    • Tchaikovsky – adaptación de Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Willy Wonka e a fábrica de chocolate – canción de Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; adaptación de Walter Scharf
• 1972
  • Música orixinal: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (póstumo), Larry Russell (póstumo)
    • O padriño – Nino Rota
    • Images – John Williams
    • Napoleon and Samantha – Buddy Baker
    • A aventura do Poseidón – John Williams
    • Sleuth – John Addison
  • Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Cabaret – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
    • Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptación de Gil Askey
    • Man of La Mancha – Adaptación de Laurence Rosenthal
• 1973
  • Música de drama orixinal: 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
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptación de Marvin Hamlisch
    • Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptación de André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer e Andrew Lloyd Webber
    • Tom Sawyer – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de John Williams
• 1974
  • Música de drama orixinal: O padriño (II parte) – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
    • Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Asasinato no Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shanks – Alex North
    • The Towering Inferno – John Williams
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: The Great Gatsby – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
    • The Little Prince – Canción de Alan Jay Lerner e Frederick Loewe; Adaptación de Angela Morley e Douglas Gamley
    • Phantom of the Paradise – Canción de Paul Williams; Adaptación de Paul Williams e George Aliceson Tipton
• 1975
  • Música de drama orixinal: Tiburón – John Williams
    • Birds Do It, Bees Do It – Gerald Fried
    • Morde a bala – Alex North
    • Alguén voou sobre o niño do cuco – Jack Nitzsche
    • The Wind and the Lion – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Barry Lyndon – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
    • Funny Lady – Adaptación de Peter Matz
    • Tommy – Adaptación de Peter Townshend
• 1976
  • Música orixinal: The Omen – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Obsession – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
    • O fóra da lei – Jerry Fielding
    • Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
    • Voyage of the Damned – Lalo Schifrin
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Bound for Glory – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
    • Bugsy Malone – Canción e adaptación de Paul Williams
    • A Star Is Born – Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
• 1977
  • Música orixinal: A guerra das galaxias – John Williams
    • Encontros na terceira fase – John Williams
    • Julia – Georges Delerue
    • Mohammad, Messenger of God – Maurice Jarre
    • The Spy Who Loved Me – Marvin Hamlisch
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: A Little Night Music – Adaptación de Jonathan Tunick
    • Pete's Dragon – Canción de Al Kasha e Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptación de Irwin Kostal
    • The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de Angela Morley
• 1978
  • Música orixinal: Expreso de medianoite – Giorgio Moroder
    • The Boys from Brazil – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone
    • Heaven Can Wait – Dave Grusin
    • Superman – John Williams
  • Adaptación: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
    • Pretty Baby – Jerry Wexler
    • The Wiz – Quincy Jones
• 1979
  • Música orixinal: A Little Romance – Georges Delerue
    • The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin
    • The Champ – Dave Grusin
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
    • 10 – Henry Mancini
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Empeza o espectáculo – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
    • Breaking Away – Adaptación de Patrick Williams
    • The Muppet Movie – Canción de Paul Williams e Kenny Ascher; Adaptación de Paul Williams

1980

• 1980: Fame – Michael Gore
  • Altered States – John Corigliano
  • The Elephant Man – John Morris
  • A guerra das galaxias, episodio V: O imperio contraataca – John Williams
  • Tess – Philippe Sarde
• 1981: Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
  • Dragonslayer – Alex North
  • On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin
  • Ragtime – Randy Newman
  • Na busca da arca perdida – John Williams
• 1982
  • Música orixinal: 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
  • Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Victor Victoria – Música de Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, adaptación de Henry Mancini
    • Annie – Música adaptada de Ralph Burns
    • One from the Heart – Canción de Tom Waits
• 1983
  • Música orixinal: The Right Stuff – Bill Conti
    • Cross Creek – Leonard Rosenman
    • A guerra das galaxias, episodio VI: O retorno do Jedi – John Williams
    • A forza do cariño – Michael Gore
    • Under Fire – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Canción oricinal ou Música adaptada: Yentl – Canción de Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
    • The Sting II – Música adaptada de Lalo Schifrin
    • Trading Places – Música adaptada de Elmer Bernstein
• 1984
  • Música orixinal: A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
    • Indiana Jones e o templo maldito – John Williams
    • The Natural – Randy Newman
    • The River – John Williams
    • Under the Volcano – Alex North
  • Canción orixinal: Purple Rain – Prince
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
    • Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson

Música orixinal

• 1985: Memorias de África – John Barry
  • Agnes of God – Georges Delerue
  • A cor púrpura – Quincy Jones; Jeremy Lubbock; Rod Temperton; Caiphus Semenya; Andraé Crouch; Chris Boardman; Jorge Calandrelli; Joel Rosenbaum; Fred Steiner; Jack Hayes; Jerry Hey; Randy Kerber
  • Silverado – Bruce Broughton
  • Testemuña única – Maurice Jarre
• 1986: Arredor de medianoite – Herbie Hancock
  • Aliens – James Horner
  • Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith
  • A misión – Ennio Morricone
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Leonard Rosenman
• 1987: O derradeiro emperador – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
  • Cry Freedom – George Fenton; Jonas Gwangwa
  • O imperio do sol – John Williams
  • Os intocables de Eliot Ness – Ennio Morricone
  • As meigas de Eastwick – John Williams
• 1988: The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin
  • The Accidental Tourist – John Williams
  • As amizades perigosas – George Fenton
  • Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre
  • Rain Man – Hans Zimmer
• 1989: 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 e a última cruzada – John Williams

1990

Nota: De 1995 a 1998, os cantautores e letristas xunto cos compositores de orquestra podían ser elixidos como nomeados na categoría "Banda sonora comedia ou musical".

Ano	Gañador Compositor	Nomeados
1990	Dances with Wolves – John Barry	Avalon – Randy Newman Ghost – Maurice Jarre Havana – Dave Grusin Só na casa – John Williams
1991	Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken	Bugsy – Ennio Morricone The Fisher King – George Fenton JFK – John Williams O príncipe das mareas – James Newton Howard
1992	Aladdin – Alan Menken	Instinto básico – Jerry Goldsmith Chaplin – John Barry Howards End – Richard Robbins A River Runs Through It – Mark Isham
1993	A lista de Schindler – John Williams	A idade da inocencia – Elmer Bernstein The Firm – Dave Grusin O fuxitivo – James Newton Howard O que queda do día – Richard Robbins
1994	The Lion King – Hans Zimmer	Forrest Gump – Alan Silvestri Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles – Elliot Goldenthal Little Women – Thomas Newman Cadea perpetua – Thomas Newman
1995	Drama: Il postino – Luis Bacalov	Apollo 13 – James Horner Braveheart – James Horner Nixon – John Williams Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle
	Musical ou Comedia: Pocahontas – Música de Alan Menken; Letras de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Alan Menken	The American President – Marc Shaiman Sabrina – John Williams Toy Story – Randy Newman Unstrung Heroes – Thomas Newman
1996	Drama: O paciente inglés – Gabriel Yared	Hamlet – Patrick Doyle Michael Collins – Elliot Goldenthal Shine – David Hirschfelder Sleepers – John Williams
	Musical ou Comedia: Emma – Rachel Portman	The First Wives Club – Marc Shaiman The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Música de Alan Menken; Letra de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Alan Menken James and the Giant Peach – Randy Newman The Preacher's Wife – Hans Zimmer
1997	Drama: Titanic – James Horner	Amistad – John Williams Good Will Hunting – Danny Elfman Kundun – Philip Glass L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith
	Musical ou Comedia: The Full Monty – Anne Dudley	Anastasia – Música de Stephen Flaherty; Letra de Lynn Ahrens; orquestra de David Newman As Good as It Gets – Hans Zimmer Men in Black – Danny Elfman My Best Friend's Wedding – James Newton Howard
1998	Drama: La vita è bella – Nicola Piovani	Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder Pleasantville – Randy Newman Saving Private Ryan – John Williams The Thin Red Line – Hans Zimmer
	Musical ou Comedia: Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck	A Bug's Life – Randy Newman Mulan – Música de Mathew Wilder; Letra de David Zippel; orquestra de Jerry Goldsmith Patch Adams – Marc Shaiman The Prince of Egypt – Música de Stephen Schwartz; orquestra de Hans Zimmer
1999	The Red Violin – John Corigliano	American Beauty – Thomas Newman Angela's Ashes – John Williams As normas da casa da sidra – Rachel Portman The Talented Mr. Ripley – Gabriel Yared

2000

Ano	Gañador Compositor	Nomeados
2000	Wò hǔ cáng lóng – Tan Dun	Chocolat – Rachel Portman Gladiator – Hans Zimmer Malèna – Ennio Morricone The Patriot – John Williams
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore	A.I. Artificial Intelligence – John Williams A Beautiful Mind – James Horner Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal – John Williams Monsters, Inc. – Randy Newman
2002	Frida – Elliot Goldenthal	Catch Me If You Can – John Williams Far from Heaven – Elmer Bernstein The Hours – Philip Glass Road to Perdition – Thomas Newman
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore	Big Fish – Danny Elfman Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared Finding Nemo – Thomas Newman Casa de area e néboa – James Horner
2004	Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek	Harry Potter e o preso de Azkaban – John Williams Unha serie de sucesos desafortunados, de Lemony Snicket – Thomas Newman The Passion of the Christ – John Debney The Village – James Newton Howard
2005	Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla	The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias Memorias dunha gueixa – John Williams Munich – John Williams Pride & Prejudice – Dario Marianelli
2006	Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla	O bo alemán – Thomas Newman Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass El laberinto del fauno – Javier Navarrete The Queen – Alexandre Desplat
2007	Atonement – Dario Marianelli	3:10 to Yuma – Marco Beltrami The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias Michael Clayton – James Newton Howard Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino
2008	Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman	O curioso caso de Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat Defiance – James Newton Howard Milk – Danny Elfman WALL-E – Thomas Newman
2009	Up – Michael Giacchino	Avatar – James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat En terra hostil – Marco Beltrami e Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer

2010

Ano	Gañador Compositor	Nomeados
2010	The Social Network – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross	127 Hours – A. R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Orixe – Hans Zimmer The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
2011	The Artist – Ludovic Bource	The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams Hugo – Howard Shore Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias War Horse – John Williams
2012	Life of Pi – Mychael Danna	Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli Argo – Alexandre Desplat Lincoln – John Williams Skyfall – Thomas Newman
2013	Gravity – Steven Price	The Book Thief – John Williams Her – William Butler e Owen Pallett Philomena – Alexandre Desplat Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
2014	The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat	The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat Interstellar – Hans Zimmer Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson
2015	The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone	Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman Carol – Carter Burwell Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams
2016	La La Land – Justin Hurwitz	Jackie – Mica Levi Lion – Dustin O'Halloran e Hauschka Moonlight – Nicholas Britell Passengers – Thomas Newman
2017	The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat	Dunkerque – Hans Zimmer Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
2018	Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson	BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
2019	Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir	Little Women – Alexandre Desplat Marriage Story – Randy Newman 1917 – Thomas Newman Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

2020

Ano	Filmes	Compositores
2020/21 (93ª)
	Soul	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross e Jon Batiste
	Da 5 Bloods	Terence Blanchard
	Mank	Trent Reznor e Atticus Ross
	Minari. Historia da miña familia	Emile Mosseri
	News of the World	James Newton Howard
2021 (94ª)
	Dune	Hans Zimmer
	Don't Look Up	Nicholas Britell
	Encanto	Germaine Franco
	Parallel Mothers	Alberto Iglesias
	The Power of the Dog	Jonny Greenwood