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Best Original Score

Music · 87 ceremonies · 1938-present

























































































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1John Williams444545
2Alfred Newman202459
3Max Steiner152243
4Dimitri Tiomkin123224
5Randy Newman60222
6Victor Young161221
7Alan Menken33198
8Henry Mancini41184
9Morris Stoloff70183
10Jerry Goldsmith161181
11Dr. Miklos Rozsa163173
12Alex North140150
13Thomas Newman130150
14Elmer Bernstein81141
15Andre Previn10134
16Michel Legrand31133
17Ned Washington11123
18Marvin Hamlisch31123
19Hans Zimmer92122
20Franz Waxman112122
21Alexandre Desplat122122
22James Horner81102
23Leslie Bricusse10102
24Herbert Stothart71101
25Walter Scharf30100
26Stephen Schwartz1093
27Maurice Jarre7393
28Richard M. Sherman1192
29Robert B. Sherman1192
30Hugo Friedhofer7191
31James Newton Howard6090
32Leigh Harline3182
33Dave Grusin7181
34Robert Emmett Dolan1080
35John Barry6475
36Paul J. Smith2171
37Quincy Jones2070
38Roy Webb6070
39Edward Ward2070
40Marc Shaiman1070
41Burt Bacharach1163
42Ken Darby1063
43Ennio Morricone6161
44Richard Hageman5061
45Aaron Copland4161
46Cy Feuer1060
47Lalo Schifrin4060
48H. J. Salter3060
49Ludwig Goransson3353
50A.R. Rahman2152
51Oliver G. Wallace2051
52Bernard Herrmann5151
53Georges Delerue5151
54Ernest Gold4151
55Werner Janssen5050
56George Fenton4050
57Arthur Lange3050
58George Duning3050
59Edward J. Kay3050
60Frank Skinner4050
61Lou Forbes2050
62Frank DeVol2050
63Howard Shore3243
64Leonard Rosenman2042
65Justin Hurwitz2142
66Michael Gore2142
67Bronislau Kaper2141
68Louis Silvers1041
69Charles Chaplin1141
70Frank Churchill1041
71Elliot Goldenthal3141
72Jacques Demy1040
73Edward H. Plumb2040
74Danny Elfman3040
75Alberto Iglesias4040
76C. Bakaleinikoff2040
77Werner Heymann3040
78Frederick Hollander1040
79Giorgio Moroder1133
80Trent Reznor3232
81Atticus Ross3232
82Clément Ducol1031
83Dario Marianelli3131
84Hauschka3131
85Jack Nitzsche2031
86Kris Bowers1031
87Harry Sukman1031
88Camille1031
89Erich Wolfgang Korngold1131
90Bill Conti1131
91Rachel Portman2031
92Gabriel Yared3131
93Louis Gruenberg3030
94Nicholas Britell3030
95Herschel Burke Gilbert1030
96Anthony Collins1030
97Marvin Hatley1030
98Carter Burwell3030
99Richard Rodney Bennett3030
100Jonny Greenwood3030
101Jerry Fielding3030
102Philip Glass3030
103Gustavo Santaolalla2222
104Michael Giacchino2121
105David Byrne1121
106Isaac Hayes1021
107Russell Bennett1021
108Franke Harling1021
109Jon Batiste1121
110Tan Dun1121
111Luis Enrique Bacalov1121
112John Corigliano2121
113Mychael Danna1121
114John Addison2121
115Carmine Coppola1121
116Jóhann Jóhannsson2020
117William Walton2020
118Daniele Amfitheatrof1020
119Ann Ronell1020
120Morton Scott1020
121Karl Hajos2020
122David Rose1020
123Edward Paul2020
124Michel Michelet2020
125Laurence Rosenthal1020
126Jack Hayes1020
127Frederic Efrem Rich1020
128Hanns Eisler2020
129Ernst Toch2020
130Robert Stolz1020
131John Morris1020
132Meredith Willson2020
133Phil Boutelje1020
134Jorge Calandrelli1020
135Rod Temperton1020
136Jonas Gwangwa1020
137Richard Robbins2020
138Alan Silvestri1020
139Patrick Doyle2020
140David Hirschfelder2020
141Jerskin Fendrix2020
142Marco Beltrami2020
143John Powell2020
144David Raksin2020
145Terence Blanchard2020
146Jan A.P. Kaczmarek1111
147Vangelis1111
148Larry Russell1111
149Raymond Rasch1111
150Ludovic Bource1111
151Brian Easdale1111
152Steven Price1111
153Nicola Piovani1111
154Hildur Guðnadóttir1111
155Herbie Hancock1111
156Francis Lai1111
157Daniel Blumberg1111
158Cong Su1111
159Ryuichi Sakamoto1111
160Nino Rota1111
161Frank Cordell1010
162Javier Navarrete1010
163Son Lux1010
164Robbie Robertson1010
165Buck Sanders1010
166Max Terr1010
167Toshiro Mayuzumi1010
168Larry Adler1010
169Gerard Carbonara1010
170Owen Pallett1010
171William Butler1010
172Gary Yershon1010
173Alexander Tansman1010
174Dale Butts1010
175Laura Karpman1010
176Mica Levi1010
177Dustin O'Halloran1010
178Jerome Moross1010
179Caiphus Semenya1010
180Jerry Hey1010
181Louis Applebaum1010
182Andrae Crouch1010
183Bruce Broughton1010
184Lucien Moraweck1010
185Lud Gluskin1010
186Leonard Bernstein1010
187Randy Kerber1010
188Fred Steiner1010
189Jeremy Lubbock1010
190Mark Isham1010
191Chris Boardman1010
192Max Richter1010
193Joel Rosenbaum1010
194Emile Mosseri1010
195Ravi Shankar1010
196Germaine Franco1010
197Philippe Sarde1010
198Gerald Fried1010
199John Cameron1010
200Buddy Baker1010
201John Debney1010
Known as
Best Original Score
1999-present
Best Original Dramatic Score
1995-1998
Best Original Score
1975-1994
Best Original Dramatic Score
1971-1974
Best Original Score
1970
Best Original Score—for a motion picture [not a musical]
1968-1969
Best Original Music Score
1966-1967
Best Music Score—substantially original
1962-1965
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
1958-1961
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
1942-1956
Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture
1941
Best Original Score
1938-1940