Best Musical or Adaptation Score

1998 (71st)

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Matthew Wilder, David Zippel, Jerry Goldsmith

Mulan

Marc Shaiman

Patch Adams

Stephen Schwartz, Hans Zimmer

The Prince of Egypt

1997 (70th)

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Anne Dudley

The Full Monty

Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, David Newman

My Best Friend's Wedding

1996 (69th)

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Randy Newman

James and the Giant Peach

Hans Zimmer

The Preacher's Wife

1995 (68th)

Best Original Musical or Comedy Score

Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz

Pocahontas

Marc Shaiman

The American President

Best Original Song Score

Prince

Purple Rain

Jeff Moss

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Kris Kristofferson

Songwriter

1983 (56th)

Best Original Song Score or Best Adaptation Score

Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman

Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Best Adaptation Score

Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse

Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Best Adaptation Score

Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher

The Muppet Movie

1978 (51st)

Best Adaptation Score

Joe Renzetti

The Buddy Holly Story

Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

Jonathan Tunick

A Little Night Music

Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Irwin Kostal

Pete's Dragon

Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Angela Morley

The Slipper and the Rose--The Story of Cinderella

1976 (49th)

Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score

Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Best Scoring: Adaptation

Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Best Scoring: Adaptation

Nelson Riddle

The Great Gatsby

Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley

The Little Prince

Paul Williams, George Aliceson Tipton

Phantom of the Paradise

1973 (46th)

Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Best Scoring: Adaptation

Marvin Hamlisch

The Sting

Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jesus Christ Superstar

Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams

Tom Sawyer

1972 (45th)

Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score

Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score

John Williams

Fiddler on the Roof

Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell

The Boy Friend

Dimitri Tiomkin

Tchaikovsky

Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

1970 (43rd)

Best Original Song Score

The Beatles

Let It Be

Fred Karlin, Tylwyth Kymry

The Baby Maker

Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, Vince Guaraldi

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer

Darling Lili

Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer

Scrooge

1969 (42nd)

Best Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation

Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman

Hello, Dolly!

Leslie Bricusse, John Williams

John Green, Albert Woodbury

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1968 (41st)

Best Score of a Musical Picture—original or adaptation

Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967 (40th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

Camelot

Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage

Doctor Dolittle

DeVol

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Andre Previn, Joseph Gershenson

Thoroughly Modern Millie

John Williams

Valley of the Dolls

1966 (39th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

Ken Thorne

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Luis Enrique Bacalov

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

Stop the World--I Want to Get Off

1965 (38th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964 (37th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1963 (36th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

The Sword in the Stone

1962 (35th)

Best Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment

Ray Heindorf

Meredith Willson's The Music Man

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1961 (34th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal

West Side Story

George Bruns

Babes in Toyland

Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt)

Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Andre Previn, Ken Darby

Porgy and Bess

Leith Stevens

The Five Pennies

Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Andre Previn

Gigi

Yuri Faier, G. Rozhdestvensky

Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

South Pacific

1956 (29th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Alfred Newman, Ken Darby

The King and I

Lionel Newman

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Morris Stoloff, George Duning

The Eddy Duchin Story

Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin

High Society

George Stoll, Johnny Green

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1955 (28th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch

Oklahoma!

Alfred Newman

Daddy Long Legs

Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge

Guys and Dolls

Andre Previn

It's Always Fair Weather

Percy Faith, George Stoll

Love Me or Leave Me

1954 (27th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Carmen Jones

Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini

The Glenn Miller Story

Ray Heindorf

A Star Is Born

Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman

There's No Business Like Show Business

1953 (26th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T

Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin

Kiss Me Kate

1952 (25th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Alfred Newman

With a Song in My Heart

Walter Scharf

Hans Christian Andersen

Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin

An American in Paris

Oliver Wallace

Alice in Wonderland

Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green

The Great Caruso

Alfred Newman

On the Riviera

Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger

Show Boat

1950 (23rd)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens

Annie Get Your Gun

Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton

On the Town

Morris Stoloff, George Duning

Jolson Sings Again

Ray Heindorf

Look for the Silver Lining

1948 (21st)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green, Roger Edens

Romance on the High Seas

Alfred Newman

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1947 (20th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

My Wild Irish Rose

Robert Emmett Dolan

Road to Rio

Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott

Song of the South

1946 (19th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner

Night and Day

1945 (18th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

1944 (17th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

1943 (16th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

1942 (15th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Edward Ward

Flying with Music

Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll

For Me and My Gal

Robert Emmett Dolan

Holiday Inn

Hans Salter, Charles Previn

You Were Never Lovelier

1941 (14th)

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Music · 45 ceremonies · 1941-1998