The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.[1]
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These are only for nominations in the Scoring categories. Nominations in other categories, such as the Original Song category, are not included.
| Category | Name | Superlative | Year | Notes |
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| Most Awards | Alfred Newman | 9 awards | 1967 | Awards resulted from 45 nominations. |
| Most Nominations | Alfred Newman and John Williams | 45 nominations each | 2005 | Nominations resulted in 9 awards for Newman and 5 awards for Williams. |
| Most Nominations without a win | Alex North | 14 nominations | 1984 | Nominations resulted in 0 awards. |
Only one composer has won two Scoring Oscars the same year. In 1973, Marvin Hamlisch won Best Original Score for The Way We Were and Best Adaptation Score, for The Sting. Hamlisch also won Best Song that year, making him the only composer to win three music Oscars in the same year.
Only one composer has won Oscars three years in a row. Roger Edens won for Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Eight composers have won Oscars two years in a row: (1) Ray Heindorf won for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and This is the Army (1943). (2) Franz Waxman won for Sunset Boulevard (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951). (3) Alfred Newman won for With a Song in My Heart (1952) and Call Me Madam (1953). Alfred Newman won again for Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) and The King and I (1956). (4) Adolph Deutsch won for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and Oklahoma! (1955). (5) Andre Previn won for Gigi (1958) and 1959's Porgy and Bess (1959). Andre Previn won again for Irma La Douce (1963) and My Fair Lady (1964). (6) Leonard Rosenman won for Barry Lyndon (1975) and Bound for Glory (1976). (7) Alan Menken won for Beauty and The Beast (1991) and Aladdin (1992). (8) Gustavo Santaolalla won for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Babel (2006).
The following is a list of composers nominated more than once and winning at least one Academy Award. The list is sorted by number of wins, with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses. Note: These do not include nominations (or wins) in the Best Original Song category.
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The following composers have been nominated for a Best Original Score Oscar more than once; but as of 2010, the eleven living composers have yet to garner one. The number of nominations is listed in parentheses. Note: These do not include nominations (or wins) in the Best Original Song category. Note: Alex North and Ennio Morricone received Honorary Academy Awards.
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The following is the list of nominated composers organized by year, and listing both films and composers. The years shown in the following list of winners are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies released in 1967.
Best Original Score
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| 1990 | Dances with Wolves – John Barry |
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| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken |
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| 1992 | Aladdin – Alan Menken |
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| 1993 | Schindler's List – John Williams |
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| 1994 | The Lion King – Hans Zimmer |
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| 1995 | Dramatic Score: The Postman (Il postino) – Luis Enríquez Bacalov |
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| Musical or Comedy Score: Pocahontas – Alan Menken |
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| 1996 | Dramatic Score: The English Patient – Gabriel Yared |
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| Musical or Comedy Score: Emma – Rachel Portman |
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| 1997 | Dramatic Score: Titanic – James Horner |
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| Musical or Comedy Score: The Full Monty – Anne Dudley |
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| 1998 | Dramatic Score: La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful) – Nicola Piovani |
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| Musical or Comedy Score: Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck |
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| 1999 | The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) – John Corigliano |
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| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) – Tan Dun |
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| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore |
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| 2002 | Frida – Elliot Goldenthal |
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| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore |
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| 2004 | Finding Neverland – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
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| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla |
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| 2006 | Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla |
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| 2007 | Atonement – Dario Marianelli |
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| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman |
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| 2009 | Up – Michael Giacchino |
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