Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 294 Academy Award records for Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score), including 53 wins, across 53 film years (1934–1998).

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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Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score) winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year1998	FilmShakespeare in Love IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStephen Warbeck Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Film year1997	FilmThe Full Monty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAnne Dudley Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Film year1996	FilmEmma IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRachel Portman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Film year1995	FilmPocahontas IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMusic by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
Film year1984	FilmPurple Rain IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPrince Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score)
Film year1983	FilmYentl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSong Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Film year1982	FilmVictor/Victoria IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSong Score by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse; Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)
Film year1979	FilmAll That Jazz IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Ralph Burns Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)
Film year1978	FilmThe Buddy Holly Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoe Renzetti Source context Source category: MUSIC (Adaptation Score)
Film year1977	FilmA Little Night Music IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)
Film year1976	FilmBound for Glory IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)
Film year1975	FilmBarry Lyndon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Film year1974	FilmThe Great Gatsby IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Nelson Riddle Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Film year1973	FilmThe Sting IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Film year1972	FilmCabaret IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by Ralph Burns Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)
Film year1971	FilmFiddler on the Roof IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation Score by John Williams Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score)
Film year1970	FilmLet It Be IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMusic and lyrics by The Beatles Source context Source category: MUSIC (Original Song Score)
Film year1969	FilmHello, Dolly! IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation)
Film year1968	FilmOliver! IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdaptation score by John Green Source context Source category: MUSIC (Score of a Musical Picture--original or adaptation)
Film year1967	FilmCamelot IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman, Ken Darby Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1966	FilmA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKen Thorne Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1965	FilmThe Sound of Music IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientIrwin Kostal Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1964	FilmMy Fair Lady IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAndre Previn Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1963	FilmIrma La Douce IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAndre Previn Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1962	FilmMeredith Willson's The Music Man IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRay Heindorf Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment)
Film year1961	FilmWest Side Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSaul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1960	FilmSong without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMorris Stoloff, Harry Sukman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1959	FilmPorgy and Bess IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAndre Previn, Ken Darby Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1958	FilmGigi IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAndre Previn Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1957	FilmThe Bridge on the River Kwai IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMalcolm Arnold Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1956	FilmThe King and I IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman, Ken Darby Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1955	FilmOklahoma! IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1954	FilmSeven Brides for Seven Brothers IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1953	FilmCall Me Madam IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1952	FilmWith a Song in My Heart IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1951	FilmAn American in Paris IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohnny Green, Saul Chaplin Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1950	FilmAnnie Get Your Gun IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAdolph Deutsch, Roger Edens Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1949	FilmOn the Town IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRoger Edens, Lennie Hayton Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1948	FilmEaster Parade IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohnny Green, Roger Edens Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1947	FilmMother Wore Tights IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1946	FilmThe Jolson Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMorris Stoloff Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1945	FilmAnchors Aweigh IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorgie Stoll Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1944	FilmCover Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMorris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1943	FilmThis Is the Army IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRay Heindorf Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1942	FilmYankee Doodle Dandy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRay Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1941	FilmDumbo IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrank Churchill, Oliver Wallace Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Film year1940	FilmTin Pan Alley IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1939	FilmStagecoach IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRichard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1938	FilmAlexander's Ragtime Band IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Newman Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1937	FilmOne Hundred Men and a Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientUniversal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit) Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1936	FilmAnthony Adverse IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWarner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1935	FilmThe Informer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner) Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)
Film year1934	FilmOne Night of Love IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientColumbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn) Source context Source category: MUSIC (Scoring)

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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.

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