| Name |
Year |
Film |
| Louis Silvers |
1934 |
ONE NIGHT OF LOVE |
| Max Steiner |
1935 |
THE INFORMER |
| Leo Forbstein |
1936 |
ANTHONY ADVERSE |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
1938 |
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD |
| Herbert Stothart |
1939 |
THE WIZARD OF OZ |
| Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, and Ned Washington |
1940 |
PINOCCHIO |
| Bernard Herrmann |
1941 |
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY |
| Max Steiner |
1942 |
NOW, VOYAGER |
| Alfred Newman |
1943 |
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE |
| Max Steiner |
1944 |
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY |
| Miklos Rozsa |
1945 |
SPELLBOUND |
| Hugo Friedhofer |
1946 |
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
| Dr. Miklos Rozsa |
1947 |
A DOUBLE LIFE |
| Brian Easdale |
1948 |
THE RED SHOES |
| Aaron Copland |
1949 |
THE HEIRESS |
| Franz Waxman |
1950 |
SUNSET BOULEVARD |
| Franz Waxman |
1951 |
A PLACE IN THE SUN |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
1952 |
HIGH NOON |
| Bronislau Kaper |
1953 |
LILI |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
1954 |
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY |
| Alfred Newman |
1955 |
LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING |
| Victor Young |
1956 |
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS |
| Malcolm Arnold |
1957 |
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
1958 |
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA |
| Miklos Rozsa |
1959 |
BEN-HUR |
| Ernest Gold |
1960 |
EXODUS |
| Henry Mancini |
1961 |
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S |
| Maurice Jarre |
1962 |
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA |
| John Addison |
1963 |
TOM JONES |
| Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman |
1964 |
MARY POPPINS |
| Maurice Jarre |
1965 |
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO |
| John Barry |
1966 |
BORN FREE |
| Elmer Bernstein |
1967 |
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE |
| John Barry |
1968 |
THE LION IN WINTER |
| Burt Bacharach |
1969 |
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID |
| Francis Lai |
1970 |
LOVE STORY |
| Michel Legrand |
1971 |
SUMMER OF '42 |
| Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, and Larry Russell |
1972 |
LIMELIGHT |
| Marvin hamlisch |
1973 |
THE WAY WE WERE |
| Carmine Coppola and Nino Rota |
1974 |
THE GODFATHER PART II |
| John Williams |
1975 |
JAWS |
| Jerry Goldsmith |
1976 |
THE OMEN |
| John Williams |
1977 |
STAR WARS |
| Giorgio Moroder |
1978 |
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS |
| Georges Delerus |
1979 |
A LITTLE ROMANCE |
| Michael Gore |
1980 |
FAME |
| Vangelis |
1981 |
CHARIOTS OF FIRE |
| John Williams |
1982 |
E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL |
| Bill Conti |
1983 |
THE RIGHT STUFF |
| Maurice Jarre |
1984 |
A PASSAGE TO INDIA |
| John Barry |
1985 |
OUT OF AFRICA |
| Herbie Hancock |
1986 |
'ROUND MIDNIGHT |
| David Byrne, Cong Su, and Ryuichi Sakamoto |
1987 |
THE LAST EMPEROR |
| Dave Grusin |
1988 |
THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR |
| Alan Menken |
1989 |
THE LITTLE MERMAID |
| John Barry |
1990 |
DANCES WITH WOLVES |
| Alan Menken |
1991 |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST |
| Alan Menken |
1992 |
ALADDIN |
| John Williams |
1993 |
SCHINDLER'S LIST |
| Hans Zimmer |
1994 |
THE LION KING |
| Luis Bacalov |
1995 |
THE POSTMAN (IL POSTINO) |
| Gabriel Yared |
1996 |
THE ENGLISH PATIENT |
| James Horner |
1997 |
TITANIC |
| Nicola Piovani |
1998 |
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL |
| John Corigliano |
1999 |
THE RED VIOLIN |
| Tan Dun |
2000 |
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON |
| Howard Shore |
2001 |
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING |
| Eliot Goldenthal |
2002 |
FRIDA |