Original Score Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 529 Academy Award records for Original Score, including 87 wins, across 87 film years (1938–2025).

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

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Winner history

87 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.

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Original Score winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year2025	FilmSinners IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLudwig Goransson
Film year2024	FilmThe Brutalist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Blumberg
Film year2023	FilmOppenheimer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLudwig Göransson
Film year2022	FilmAll Quiet on the Western Front IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVolker Bertelmann
Film year2021	FilmDune IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHans Zimmer
Film year2020	FilmSoul IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTrent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Film year2019	FilmJoker IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHildur Guðnadóttir
Film year2018	FilmBlack Panther IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLudwig Goransson
Film year2017	FilmThe Shape of Water IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlexandre Desplat
Film year2016	FilmLa La Land IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJustin Hurwitz
Film year2015	FilmThe Hateful Eight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEnnio Morricone
Film year2014	FilmThe Grand Budapest Hotel IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlexandre Desplat
Film year2013	FilmGravity IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSteven Price
Film year2012	FilmLife of Pi IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMychael Danna
Film year2011	FilmThe Artist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLudovic Bource
Film year2010	FilmThe Social Network IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTrent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Film year2009	FilmUp IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael Giacchino
Film year2008	FilmSlumdog Millionaire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientA.R. Rahman
Film year2007	FilmAtonement IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDario Marianelli
Film year2006	FilmBabel IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGustavo Santaolalla
Film year2005	FilmBrokeback Mountain IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGustavo Santaolalla
Film year2004	FilmFinding Neverland IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJan A.P. Kaczmarek
Film year2003	FilmThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHoward Shore
Film year2002	FilmFrida IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientElliot Goldenthal
Film year2001	FilmThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHoward Shore
Film year2000	FilmCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTan Dun
Film year1999	FilmThe Red Violin IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Corigliano
Film year1998	FilmLife Is Beautiful IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNicola Piovani Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1997	FilmTitanic IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames Horner Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1996	FilmThe English Patient IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGabriel Yared Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1995	FilmThe Postman (Il Postino) IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLuis Enrique Bacalov Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1994	FilmThe Lion King IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHans Zimmer
Film year1993	FilmSchindler's List IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Film year1992	FilmAladdin IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Menken
Film year1991	FilmBeauty and the Beast IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Menken
Film year1990	FilmDances With Wolves IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Barry
Film year1989	FilmThe Little Mermaid IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Menken
Film year1988	FilmThe Milagro Beanfield War IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDave Grusin
Film year1987	FilmThe Last Emperor IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRyuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
Film year1986	Film'Round Midnight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHerbie Hancock
Film year1985	FilmOut of Africa IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Barry
Film year1984	FilmA Passage to India IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMaurice Jarre
Film year1983	FilmThe Right Stuff IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBill Conti
Film year1982	FilmE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Film year1981	FilmChariots of Fire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVangelis
Film year1980	FilmFame IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael Gore
Film year1979	FilmA Little Romance IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorges Delerue
Film year1978	FilmMidnight Express IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGiorgio Moroder
Film year1977	FilmStar Wars IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Film year1976	FilmThe Omen IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJerry Goldsmith
Film year1975	FilmJaws IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Williams
Film year1974	FilmThe Godfather Part II IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNino Rota, Carmine Coppola Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1973	FilmThe Way We Were IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarvin Hamlisch Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1972	FilmLimelight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1971	FilmSummer of '42 IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichel Legrand Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Dramatic Score)
Film year1970	FilmLove Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrancis Lai
Film year1969	FilmButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBurt Bacharach Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical])
Film year1968	FilmThe Lion in Winter IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Barry Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Score--for a motion picture [not a musical])
Film year1967	FilmThoroughly Modern Millie IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientElmer Bernstein Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Music Score)
Film year1966	FilmBorn Free IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Barry Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Music Score)
Film year1965	FilmDoctor Zhivago IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMaurice Jarre Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)
Film year1964	FilmMary Poppins IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRichard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)
Film year1963	FilmTom Jones IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Addison Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)
Film year1962	FilmLawrence of Arabia IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMaurice Jarre Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score--substantially original)
Film year1961	FilmBreakfast at Tiffany's IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHenry Mancini Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1960	FilmExodus IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientErnest Gold Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1959	FilmBen-Hur IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMiklos Rozsa Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1958	FilmThe Old Man and the Sea IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDimitri Tiomkin Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1956	FilmAround the World in 80 Days IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVictor Young Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1955	FilmLove Is a Many-Splendored Thing IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1954	FilmThe High and the Mighty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDimitri Tiomkin Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1953	FilmLili IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBronislau Kaper Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1952	FilmHigh Noon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDimitri Tiomkin Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1951	FilmA Place in the Sun IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFranz Waxman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1950	FilmSunset Blvd. IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFranz Waxman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1949	FilmThe Heiress IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAaron Copland Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1948	FilmThe Red Shoes IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBrian Easdale Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1947	FilmA Double Life IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDr. Miklos Rozsa Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1946	FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHugo Friedhofer Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1945	FilmSpellbound IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMiklos Rozsa Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1944	FilmSince You Went Away IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMax Steiner Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1943	FilmThe Song of Bernadette IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1942	FilmNow, Voyager IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMax Steiner Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Film year1941	FilmAll That Money Can Buy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBernard Herrmann Source context Source category: MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture)
Film year1940	FilmPinocchio IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLeigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
Film year1939	FilmThe Wizard of Oz IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHerbert Stothart
Film year1938	FilmThe Adventures of Robin Hood IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientErich Wolfgang Korngold

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This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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