Academy Award for Best Film Music

The Academy Award for Best Original Score, an Academy Award, is awarded annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts for music written specifically for the film by the composer.

List of Prize Laureates and Nominees

1935-1940

7th (1935)

Music: “ One Night of Love ” - Columbia Studio Music Department , director Lewis Silvers (theme music - Victor Shertzinger and Gus Kahn )
- “ Funny Divorced ” - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Director Max Steiner (music - Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
- Lost Patrol - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Director Max Steiner (music - Max Steiner )

8th (1936)

Music: “The Informant ” - RKO Radio Studio Music Department , director Max Steiner (music - Max Steiner )
- “ Odyssey of Captain Blood ” - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, director Leo F. Forbstein (music - Erich Wolfgang Korngold )
- The Bounty Rebellion - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Director Nat Finston (music by Herbert Stothart )
- Peter Ibbetson - Paramount Studio Music Department, Director Irwin Talbot (music - Ernst Toch)

9th (1937)

Music: Anthony Miserable - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department , Director Leo F. Forbstein (music - Erich Wolfgang Corngold )
- Light Cavalry Attack - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Director Leo F. Forbstein (music - Max Steiner )
- Gardens of Allah - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Director Max Steiner (music - Max Steiner )
- “The General Died at Dawn ” - Paramount Studio Music Department, Director Boris Morro (music - Werner Janssen )
- Winter Is On the Doorstep - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Director Nathaniel Shilkret (music - Nathaniel Shilkret)

10th (1938)

Music: One Hundred Men and One Girl - Universal Studio Music Department , Director Charles Previn
- Hurricane - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Director Alfred Newman (music - Alfred Newman )
- “ In Old Chicago ” - 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Director Lewis Silvers
- “The Life of Emil Zola ” - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Director Leo F. Forbstein (music - Max Steiner )
- Lost Horizon - Columbia Studio Music Department, Director Morris Stolov (music - Dmitry Tyomkin )
- Make a Wish - Principal Productions, Music Director Hugo Riesenfeld (music - Hugo Riesenfeld)
- May Days - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, director Nat Finston (music - Herbert Stothart )
- “Portia on Trial” - Republic Studio Music Department, Director Alberto Colombo (music - Alberto Colombo)
- “ Prisoner of Zenda Fortress ” - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, music director Alfred Newman (music - Alfred Newman )
- Decent Street - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Music Director - Roy Webb (music - Roy Webb)
- “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ” - Walt Disney Studio Music Department, director - Lei Harline (music - Frank Churchill, Lee Harline and Paul Smith)
- “ There is something to sing about ” - Grand National Studio Music Department, music director K. Bakaleinikov (music - Victor Shertzinger)
- “ Souls at Sea ” - Paramount Studio Music Department, Director Boris Morro (music - Frank Harling and Milan Roder)
- “ Way from the West ” - Hal Roach Studio Music Department, director Marvin Hutley (music - Marvin Hutley)

11th (1939)

Music: “ The Adventures of Robin Hood ” - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Army Girl - Victor Young
- Block-Heads - Marvin Hutley
- Breaking the Ice - Victor Young
- The Blockade - Werner Janssen
- Cowboy and Lady - Alfred Newman
- “ If I were a King ” - Richard Hageman
- “ Marie Antoinette ” - Herbert Stothart
- Pacific Liner - Russell Bennett
- Suez - Lewis Silvers
- “ Young at heart ” - Franz Waxmann

12th (1940)
Best Original Soundtrack

The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart
- “ Defeat the Dark ” - Max Steiner
- “ Eternally Yours ” - Werner Janssen
- The Golden Boy - Victor Young
- Gone With The Wind - Max Steiner
- Gulliver's Travels - Victor Young
- “The Man in the Iron Mask ” - Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moravek
- “ Man of Victory ” - Victor Young
- “ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ” - Dmitry Temkin
- " Nurse Edith Cavell " - Anthony Collins
- “ About Mice and People ” - Aaron Copland
- “ The Rains Came ” - Alfred Newman
- Wuthering Heights - Alfred Newman
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alfred Newman

Best soundtrack

Stagecoach - Richard Hagman, Frank Harling, John Lypold, Leo Shuken
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alfred Newman
- "The Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex " - Erich Wolfgang Corngold
- “ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ” - Dmitry Temkin
- “ About Mice and People ” - Aaron Copland
- The Great Victor Herbert - Arthur Lang, Phil Butlege
- Intermezzo - Lou Forbes
- “ Beauty in the Shell ” - George Stoll, Roger Edens
- First Ball - Charles Previn
- The Swaney River - Louis Silver
- “ They Need Music ” - Alfred Newman
- The Road to the South - Victor Young
- “ Married a cop ” - Sea Foyer

1941-1950

1941

Best Original Soundtrack

Pinocchio - Lee Harline Paul Smith, Ned Washington
- Arizona - Victor Young
- Call of Blood - Victor Young
- The Fight for Life - Louis Grunberg
- The Great Dictator - Meredith Willson
- The House of the Seven Gables - Frank Skinner
- Virginia Howards - Richard Hageman
- Letter - Max Steiner
- The Long Way Home - Richard Hagman
- Sign of Zorro - Alfred Newman
- My beloved wife is Roy Webb
- Northwest Mounted Police - Victor Young
- Million years BC - Werner Heymann
- Our Town - Aaron Copland
- Rebecca - Franz Waxman
- Baghdad Thief - Miklos Rozha
- Waterloo Bridge - Herbert Stothart

Best soundtrack

Ting Peng Ellie - Alfred Newman
- Resurrect my love - Victor Young
- 1941 Hit Parade - Sea Foyer
- Our Town - Aaron Copland
- Irene - Anthony Collins
- Sea Hawk - Erich Wolfgang Corngold
- Second Choir - Artie Shaw
- Spring Waltz - Charles Previn
- Play, Musicians - Roger Edens , George Stoll
1942

Drama film music

The Devil and Daniel Webster - Bernard Herrmann
- Lane - Frank Skinner
- With a twinkle - Alfred Newman
- Cheers for Miss Bishop - Edward Ward
- Citizen Kane - Bernard Herrmann
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Franz Waxman
- Delay the Dawn - Victor Young
- How green was my valley - Alfred Newman
- Zombie King - Edward J. Kay
- Retired Ladies - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
- Little Chanterelles - Meredith Willson
- Lydia - Miklos Rozha
- Sergeant York - Max Steiner
- So ends our night - Louis Grunberg
- Sunset - Miklos Rozha
- Suspicion - Franz Waxmann
- That vague feeling - Werner Heymann
- Isle of Mercy - Sea Foyer, Walter Scarf
- Tanks a Million - Edward Ward
- This Woman Is Mine - Richard Hageman

Music film music :

Dumbo - Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
- Ice-Capades - Sea Foyer
- All-American Co-Ed - Edward Ward
- The Birth of the Blues - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Privates - Charles Previn
- Chocolate Soldier - Herbert Stothart , Bronislau Caper
- Strawberry Blonde - Heinz Rumheld
- Sun Valley Serenade - Emil Newman
- Sunny - Anthony Collins
- You Will Never Be Richer - Morris Stoloff
1943

Music for a drama or comedy film

Go ahead, traveler - Max Steiner
- Arabian Nights - Frank Skinner
- Bambi - Frank Churchill, Edward Plum
- Black Swan - Alfred Newman
- Corsican brothers - Dmitry Tyomkin
- Flying Tigers - Victor Young
- Gold Rush - Max Terr
- I married a witch - Roy Webb
- Joan of Paris - Roy Webb
- The Jungle Book - Miklos Rozha
- Klondike Fury - Edward J. Kay
- Yankee Pride - Lee Harline
- Random Harvest - Herbert Stothart
- Cruel Shanghai - Richard Hageman
- Silver Queen - Victor Young
- Take the letter, dear - Victor Young
- The whole city says - Friedrich Hollender , Morris Stoloff
- To be or not to be - Werner Heymann

Music for a music film

Yankee Doodle Dandy - Ray Heindorf, Heinz Rumheld
- Johnny the Footman - Walter Scarf
- Flying with Music - Edward Ward
- For me and my girl - Roger Edens , George Stoll
- Holiday Hotel - Robert Emmett Dolan
- It all started with Eve - Hans J. Salter, Charles Previn
- My Sal Girl - Alfred Newman
- You've Never Been Delightful - Lee Harline
1944

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Bernadette Song - Alfred Newman
- Casablanca - Max Steiner
- The Amazing Mrs. Holliday - Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
- Commandos Attack at Dawn - Morris Stoloff, Louis Grunberg
- Johnny Comes Late - Lee Harline
- The Kansan - Gerard Carbonara
- The Fallen Sparrow - Roy Webb, Konstantin Bakaleinikov
- For whom the bell tolls - Victor Young
- The executioners die too - Hans Eisler
- Hello Diddle, Diddle - Phil Butlej
- In Old Oklahoma - Walter Scarf
- Burlesque Lady - Arthur Lang
- Madame Curie - Herbert Stothart
- The moon and a penny - Dmitry Tyomkin
- North Star - Aaron Copland
- Victory through Power in the Air - Edward Plum, Paul Smith, Oliver Wallace

Music film soundtrack

This is the army - Ray Heindorf
- Coney Island - Alfred Newman
- 1943 Hit Parade - Walter Scarf
- Phantom of the Opera - Edward Ward
- Hello friends! - Charles Walcott, Edward Plum, Paul Smith
- The sky is the boundary - Lee Harline
- Soldier Club - Fred Rich
- Thousands of Greetings - Herbert Stothart
- Star Spangled Rhythm - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Something to Shout About - Morris Stoloff
1945

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Since you left - Max Steiner
- Address Unknown - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
- Casanova Brown - Arthur Lang
- The Adventures of Mark Twain - Max Steiner
- St. Louis King Bridge - Dmitry Tyomkin
- Christmas Break - Hans J. Salter
- Double insurance - Miklos Rozha
- On the line of fire - Walter Scarf , Roy Webb
- Shaggy Monkey - Edward Paul, Michelle Michelet
- It happened tomorrow - Robert Stolz
- Jack London - Fred Rich
- Kismet - Herbert Stothart
- Only a lonely heart - Hans Eisler , Konstantin Bakaleinikov
- Princess and the Pirate - David Rose
- Summer Storm - Carl Hajos
- Wilson - Alfred Newman
- Three Russian Girls - Frank Harling
- Up in Mabel's Room - Edward Paul
- Voice in the Wind - Michelle Michelet
- Woman of the Town - Miklos Rozha

Music film soundtrack

Cover Girl - Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
- Brazil - Walter Scarf
- Higher and Higher - Konstantin Bakaleinikov
- Military Hollywood Shop - Ray Heindorf
- Irish Eye Smile - Alfred Newman
- Celebration in New York - Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weil
- Lady in the Night - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Lady, Let's Dance - Edward J. Kay
- Meet Me In St. Louis - George Stoll
- Jolly Monahans - Hans J. Salter
- Minstrel - Ferd Grofe, Leo Erdodi
- 1945 Sensations - Malon Merrick
- Join the Army - Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
- Song of the Open Road - Charles Previn
1946

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Spellbound - Miklos Rozha
- Bells of St. Mary - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Millions of Brewster - Lou Forbes
- Captain Kidd - Werner Janssen
- The Enchanted Cottage - Roy Webb
- The Heart of the Burbury Coast - Morton Scott, Dale Butts
- GI Honeymoon - Edward J. Kay
- Private Joe's Story - Louis Applebaum , Ann Ronell
- The ghost in the house - Werner Janssen
- The Coming Wife - Daniil Amphitheatres
- Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven - Alfred Newman
- Lost Weekend - Miklos Rozha
- Love Letters - Victor Young
- The Man Who Walked Alone - Carl Hajos
- Target - Burma - Franz Waxman
- Paris Underground - Alexander Tansman
- Memory Song - Miklos Rozha , Morris Stoloff
- Southerner - Werner Janssen
- This love is ours - Hans J. Salter
- Valley of Determination - Herbert Stothart
- Woman at the Window - Arthur Lang, Hugo Friedhofer

Music film soundtrack

Raise Anchors - George Stoll
- Yukon Beauty - Arthur Lang
- Can't help but sing - Jerome Kern , Hans J. Salter
- Hitchhike to Happiness - Morton Scott
- Incendiary Blonde - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Blue Rhapsody - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- Fair - Alfred Newman , Charles Henderson
- Sunbonnet Sue - Edward J. Kay
- Three Caballeros - Charles Walcott, Edward Plum, Paul Smith
- Tonight and every evening - Marlene Skiles, Morris Stoloff
- Wonder Man - Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
- Why Girls Leave Home - Walter Green
1947

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

The best years of our lives - Hugo Friedhofer
- Anna and King of Siam - Bernard Herrmann
- Henry V - William Walton
- Humoresque - Franz Waxmann
- Assassins - Miklos Rozha

Music film soundtrack

Jolson's Story - Morris Stoloff
- Blue Skies - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Independence Day Centennial Summer - Alfred Newman
- Harvey Girls - Lenny Hayton
- Night and Day - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
1948

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Double Life - Miklos Rozha
- Bishop's Wife - Hugo Friedhofer
- Castilla Captain - Alfred Newman
- Amber Forever - David Raxin
- Life with Father - Max Steiner

Music film soundtrack

Mom was in tights - Alfred Newman
- Fiesta - Johnny Green
- My Wild Irish Rose - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- Road to Rio - Robert Emmett Dolan
- Song of the South - Daniel Amphitheater , Paul Smith, Charles Walcott
1949

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Red Shoes - Brian Isdale
- Hamlet - William Walton
- Joan of Arc - Hugo Friedhofer
- Johnny Belinda - Max Steiner
- Snake Pit - Alfred Newman

Music film soundtrack

Easter Parade - Johnny Green, Roger Edens
- Imperial Waltz - Victor Young
- Pirate - Lenny Hayton
- An Open Sea Romance - Ray Heindorf
- When my baby smiles at me - Alfred Newman
1950

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Heiress - Aaron Copland
- Beyond the Forest - Max Steiner
- Champion - Dmitry Tyomkin

Music film soundtrack

Dismissal in the City - Roger Edens , Lenny Hayton
- Jolson sings again - Morris Stoloff, George Daning
- Seeking a Silver Lining - Ray Heindorf

1951-1960

1951

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Sunset Boulevard - Franz Waxmann
- All About Eve - Alfred Newman
- Fire and Arrow - Max Steiner
- No sad songs for me - George Daning
- Samson and Delilah - Victor Young

Music film soundtrack

Annie, take your gun - Adolf Deutsch , Roger Edens
- Cinderella - Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith
- Three little words - Andre Previn
- I'll Get By - Lionel Newman
- The West Point Story - Ray Heindorf
1952

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

A Place in the Sun - Franz Waxmann
- David and Badshiba - Alfred Newman
- The Death of the Salesman - Alex North
- Camo Gryadesi - Miklos Rozha
- Desire Tram - Alex North

Music film soundtrack

American in Paris - Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
- Alice in Wonderland - Oliver Wallace
- The Great Caruso - Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
- On the Riviera - Alfred Newman
- Floating Theater - Adolf Deutsch , Conrad Salinger
1953

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Exactly at noon - Dmitry Tyomkin
- Aivengo - Miklos Rozha
- Thief - Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Viva Zapata! - Alex North
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima - Max Steiner

Music film soundtrack

With a song in my heart - Alfred Newman
- Hans Christian Andersen - Walter Scarf
- Jazz Singer - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- Medium - Giancarlo Menotti
- Singing in the Rain - Lenny Hayton
1954

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Lily - Bronislau Caper
- First and Then - Hugo Friedhofer
- Now and forever and ever - Morris Stoloff, George Daning
- Julius Caesar - Miklos Rozha
- This is Cinerama - Louis Forbes

Music film soundtrack

Call me Madame - Alfred Newman
- Theater Wagon - Adolf Deutsch
- Jane Disaster - Ray Heindorf
- 5,000 fingers of Dr. T. - Friedrich Hollender , Morris Stoloff
- Kiss me, Kat - Andre Previn , Sol Chaplin
1955

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Great and mighty - Dmitry Tyomkin
- The Kane Riot - Max Steiner
- Genevieve - Larry Adler , Muir Matheson
- In the port - Leonard Bernstein
- Silver - Franz Waxmann

Music film soundtrack

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Adolf Deutsch , Sol Chaplin
- Carmen Jones - Herschel Burke Gilbert
- The Story of Glenn Miller - Joseph Gershenson , Henry Mancini
- A Star Is Born - Ray Heindorf
- There is no such business as show business - Alfred Newman , Lionel Newman
1956

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Love is the most magnificent thing in the world - Alfred Newman
- Battle Cry - Max Steiner
- Man with a Golden Hand - Elmer Bernstein
- Picnic - George Daning
- Tattooed Rose - Alex North

Music film soundtrack

Oklahoma! - Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
- Long-legged Daddy - Alfred Newman
- Guys and Dolls - Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
- Always nice weather - Andre Previn
- Love me or leave me - Percy Faith , George Stoll
1957

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

Around the World in 80 Days - Victor Young
- Anastasia - Alfred Newman
- Between Heaven and Hell - Hugo Friedhofer
- Giant - Dmitry Tyomkin
- Rain Seller - Alex North

Music film soundtrack

The King and Me - Alfred Newman , Ken Darby
- The Best Things in Life Are Free - Lionel Newman
- The Story of Eddie Duchin - Morris Stoloff, George Dunning
- High Society - Johnny Green, Sol Chaplin
- Meet me in Las Vegas - George Stoll, Johnny Green
1958

Best soundtrack

Bridge over the River Kwai - Malcolm Arnold
- Perry - Paul Smith
- Raintree County - Johnny Green
- An Unforgettable Romance - Hugo Friedhofer
- Dolphin Boy - Hugo Friedhofer
1959

Drama or comedy movie soundtrack

“The Old Man and the Sea ” - Dmitry Tyomkin
- " Big Country " - Jerome Moross
- " At the individual tables " - David Raxin
- « Белая пустошь » — Оливер Уоллес
- « Молодые львы » — Хьюго Фридхофер

Саундтрек к музыкальному фильму

« Жижи » — Андре Превин
- «Балет Большого театра» — Юрий Файер , Геннадий Рождественский
- « Чёртовы янки » — Рэй Хайндорф
- « Марди Гра » — Лайонел Ньюман
- « Юг Тихого океана » — Альфред Ньюман , Кен Дарби
1960

Саундтрек к драматическому или комедийному фильму

Бен-Гур — Миклош Рожа
- Дневник Анны Франк — Альфред Ньюман
- История монахини — Франц Ваксман
- На берегу — Эрнест Голд
- Интимный разговор — Фрэнк ДеВол

Саундтрек к музыкальному фильму

Порги и Бесс — Андре Превин , Кен Дарби
- Пять пенни — Лит Стивенс
- Крошка Абнер — Нельсон Риддл , Джозеф Дж. Лилли
- Спящая красавица — Джордж Брунс
- Скажи лишь одно для меня — Лайонел Ньюман

1961—1970

1961

Саундтрек к драматическому или комедийному фильму

« Исход » — Эрнест Голд
- « Форт Аламо » — Дмитрий Тёмкин
- « Элмер Гантри » — Андре Превин
- « Великолепная семёрка » — Элмер Бернстайн
- « Спартак » — Алекс Норт

Саундтрек к музыкальному фильму

« Нескончаемая песня » — Моррис Столофф, Гарри Сукман
- « Колокола звонят » — Андре Превин
- « Кан-Кан » — Нельсон Риддл
- « Займёмся любовью » — Лайонел Ньюман, Эрл Х. Хэйген
- « Пепе » — Джонни Грин
1962

Саундтрек к драматическому или комедийному фильму

Завтрак у Тиффани ( саундтрек ) — Генри Манчини
- Эль Сид — Миклош Рожа
- Фэнни — Моррис Столофф, Гарри Сукман
- Пушки острова Навароне — Дмитрий Тёмкин
- Лето и дым — Элмер Бернстайн

Саундтрек к музыкальному фильму

Вестсайдская история — Сол Чаплин, Джонни Грин, Сид Рамин, Ирвин Костал
- Малыши в стране игрушек — Джордж Брунс
- Песня барабана цветов — Альфред Ньюман , Кен Дарби
- Хованщина — Дмитрий Шостакович
- Парижский блюз — Дюк Эллингтон
1963