Die Filme sind nach ihrem Produktionsjahr gelistet, d.h. 2001 wurde der Oscar für die beste Musik in einer Produktion des Jahres 2000 vergeben. Besonders im Berich der Musik für einen Film gab es im Laufe der Jahre die unterschiedlichsten Bezeichnungen für die einzelnen Kategorien, beispielsweise Music (Scoring), Music (Original Score), Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture), Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture), Music (Music Score-substantially original) und noch einige andere. Diese Entwicklung resultierte oft auf dem sich wandelnden Geschmack der Kinogänger ( beispielsweise die Hochkonjunktur für Musicals in den 60er-Jahren) Seit eingen Jahren gibt es die Kategorien Original Score und Kategorie Original Song, sowie zeitweise auch die Kategorie Original Musical (bei mindestens 3 Nominierungen für diese Katgeorie).
Preisträger
Nominierungen 2004:
- Wenn Träume fliegen lernen - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Azkaban - John Williams
- Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse - Thomas Newman
- Die Passion Christi - John Debney
- Das Dorf - James Newton Howard
- 2003 - Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs - Howard Shore (Original Score)
- 2002 - Frida - Elliot Goldenthal (Original Score)
- 2001 - Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten - Howard Shore (Original Score)
- 2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun (Original Score)
- 1999 - The Red Violin - John Corigliano (Original Score)
- 1998 - Shakespeare in Love - Stephen Warbeck (Original Musical or Comedy Score) / Das Leben ist schön - Nicola Piovani (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1997 - Ganz oder gar nicht - Anne Dudley (Original Musical or Comedy Score) / Titanic - James Horner (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1996 - Emma - Rachel Portman (Original Musical or Comedy Score) / Der englische Patient - Gabriel Yared (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1995 - Pocahontas Music: Alan Menken; Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score: Alan Menken (Original Musical or Comedy Score) / The Postman (Il Postino) - Luis Enrique Bacalov (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1994 - Der König der Löwen - Hans Zimmer (Original Score)
- 1993 - Schindlers Liste - John Williams (Original Score)
- 1992 - Aladdin - Alan Menken (Original Score)
- 1991 - Die Schöne und das Biest - Alan Menken (Original Score)
- 1990 - Der mit dem Wolf tanzt - John Barry (Original Score)
- 1989 - Arielle - Die kleine Meerjungfrau - Alan Menken (Original Score)
- 1988 - The Milagro Beanfield War - Dave Grusin (Original Score)
- 1987 - Der Letzte Kaiser - Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su (Original Score)
- 1986 - Round Midnight - Herbie Hancock (Original Score)
- 1985 - Jenseits von Afrika - John Barry (Original Score)
- 1984 - Purple Rain - Prince (Original Song Score) / A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre (Original Score)
- 1982 - Victor/Victoria - Song Score: Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score: Henry Mancini (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) / The Right Stuff - Bill Conti (Original Score)
- 1981 - Chariots of Fire - Vangelis (Original Score)
- 1980 - Fame - Michael Gore (Original Score)
- 1979 - All That Jazz - Ralph Burns (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score) / A Little Romance - Georges Delerue (Original Score)
- 1978 - Midnight Express - Giorgio Moroder (Original Score) / The Buddy Holly Story - Joe Renzetti (Adaptation Score)
- 1977 - A Little Night Music - Jonathan Tunick (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) / Star Wars - John Williams (Original Score)
- 1976 - Bound for Glory - Leonard Rosenman (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score) / Das Omen - Jerry Goldsmith (Original Score)
- 1975 - Barry Lyndon - Leonard Rosenman (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation) / Der weiße Hai - John Williams (Original Score)
- 1974 - Der große Gatsby - Nelson Riddle (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation) / Der Pate Part II - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1973 - The Sting - Marvin Hamlisch (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation) / The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1972 - Cabaret - Ralph Burns (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) / Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1971 - Fiddler on the Roof - John Williams (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score) / Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand (Original Dramatic Score)
- 1970 - Let It Be - The Beatles (Original Song Score) / Love Story - Francis Lai (Original Score)
- 1969 - Hello, Dolly! - Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman '(Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation) / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Burt Bacharach (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical])
- 1968 - Oliver! - John Green (Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation) / The Lion in Winter - John Barry (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical])
- 1967 - Camelot - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Thoroughly Modern Millie - Elmer Bernstein (Original Music Score)
- 1966 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Ken Thorne (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Born Free - John Barry (Original Music Score
- 1965 - The Sound of Music - Irwin Kostal (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Doctor Zhivago - Maurice Jarre (Music Score-substantially original)
- 1964 - My Fair Lady - Andre Previn (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (Music Score-substantially original)
- 1963 - Das Mädchen Irma La Douce - Andre Previn (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Tom Jones - John Addison (Music Score-substantially original)
- 1962 - Meredith Willson's The Music Man - Ray Heindorf (Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment) / Lawrence von Arabien - Maurice Jarre (Music Score-substantially original)
- 1961 - West Side Story - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Frühstück bei Tiffany's - Henry Mancini (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1960 - Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Exodus - Ernest Gold (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1959 - Porgy and Bess - Andre Previn, Ken Darby (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Ben Hur - Miklos Rozsa (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1958 - Gigi - Andre Previn (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Der alte Mann und das Meer - Dimitri Tiomkin (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai - Malcolm Arnold (Scoring)
- 1956 - Der König und ich - Alfred Newman, Ken Darby (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Around the World in 80 Days - Victor Young (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1955 - Oklahoma! - Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Alfred Newman (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1954 - Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / The High and the Mighty - Dimitri Tiomkin (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1953 - Call Me Madam - Alfred Newman (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Lili - Bronislau Kaper (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1952 - With a Song in My Heart - Alfred Newman (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / High Noon - Dimitri Tiomkin (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1951 - An American in Paris - Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / A Place in the Sun - Franz Waxman (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1950 - Annie Get Your Gun - Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Sunset Blvd. - Franz Waxman (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1949 - On the Town - Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / The Heiress - Aaron Copland (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1948 - Easter Parade - Johnny Green, Roger Edens (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / The Red Shoes - Brian Easdale (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1947 - Mother Wore Tights - Alfred Newman (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / A Double Life - Dr. Miklos Rozsa (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1946 - The Jolson Story - Morris Stoloff (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / The Best Years of Our Lives - Hugo Friedhofer (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1945 - Anchors Aweigh - Georgie Stoll (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Spellbound - Miklos Rozsa (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1944 - Cover Girl - Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Since You Went Away - Max Steiner (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1943 - This Is the Army - Ray Heindorf (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / The Song of Bernadette - Alfred Newman (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1942 - Yankee Doodle Dandy - Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / Now, Voyager - Max Steiner (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- 1941 - Dumbo - Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace / (Scoring of a Musical Picture) / All That Money Can Buy - Bernard Herrmann (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)
- 1940 - Tin Pan Alley - Alfred Newman (Scoring) / Pinocchio - Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington (Original Score)
- 1939 - Stagecoach - Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken (Scoring) / The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart (Original Score)
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band - Alfred Newman (Scoring) / The Adventures of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Original Score)
- 1937 - One Hundred Men and a Girl - Universal Studio Music Department (No Composer Credit) (Scoring)
- 1936 - Anthony Adverse - Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Scoring)
- 1935 - The Informer - Max Steiner (Scoring)
- 1934 - One Night of Love - Victor Schertzinger und Gus Kahn (Scoring)
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