Oscar for Best Original Score – Sheet Music

Since 1934, film music has been celebrated at the “Oscars”, the annual award ceremony for the “Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”. The Oscar for the “Best Original Score” is one of the most coveted awards for musicians and composers in the world. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wonderful award winning film scores with Stretta Music today!

All Oscars Awarded for Best Original Score

1934-1939

• 1934: One Night of Love by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn
• 1935: The Informer by Max Steiner
• 1936: Anthony Adverse by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• 1937: One Hundred Men and a Girl by Charles Previn
• 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• 1938: Alexander’s Ragtime Band by Alfred Newman
• 1939: The Wizard of Oz by Herbert Stothart

1940-1949

• 1940: Ringo by Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken
• 1940: Pinocchio by Leigh Harline, Paul Smith and Ned Washington
• 1940: Tin Pan Alley by Alfred Newman
• 1941: The Devil and Daniel Webster by Bernard Herrmann
• 1941: Dumbo by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace
• 1942: Now, Voyager by Max Steiner
• 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy by Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld
• 1943: The Song of Bernadette by Alfred Newman
• 1943: This is the Army by Ray Heindorf
• 1944: Since You Went Away by Max Steiner
• 1944: Cover Girl by Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon
• 1945: Spellbound by Miklós Rózsa
• 1945: Anchors Away by Georgie Stoll
• 1946: The Best Years of our Lives by Hugo Friedhofer
• 1946: The Jolson Story by Morris Stoloff
• 1947: A Double Life by Miklós Rózsa
• 1947: Mother Wore Tights by Alfred Newman
• 1948: The Red Shoes by Brian Easdale
• 1948: Easter Parade by Johnny Green and Roger Edens
• 1949: The Heiress by Aaron Copland
• 1949: On The Town by Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton

1950-1959

• 1950: Sunset Boulevard by Franz Waxman
• 1950: Annie Get Your Gun by Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens
• 1951: A Place in the Sun by Franz Waxman
• 1951: An American in Paris by Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
• 1952: High Noon by Dimitri Tiomkin
• 1952: With a Song in My Heart by Alfred Newman
• 1953: Lili by Bronislaw Kaper
• 1953: Call Me Madam by Alfred Newman
• 1954: The High and the Mighty by Dimitri Tiomkin
• 1954: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers by Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin
• 1955: Love is a Many Splendored Thing by Alfred Newman
• 1955: Oklahoma! by Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch
• 1956: Around the World in 80 Days by Victor Young
• 1956: The King and I by Alfred Newman and Ken Darby
• 1957: Bridge on the River Kwai by Malcolm Arnold
• 1958: The Old Man and the Sea by Dimitri Tiomkin
• 1958: Gigi by André Previn
• 1959: Ben-Hur by Miklós Rózsa
• 1959: Porgy and Bess by André Previn and Ken Darby

1960-1969

• 1960: Exodus by Ernest Gold
• 1960: Only a Few are Chosen by Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman
• 1961: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Henry Mancini
• 1961: West Side Story by Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin
• 1962: Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre
• 1962: Music Man by Ray Heindorf
• 1963: Tom Jones by John Addison
• 1963: Irma la Douce by André Previn
• 1964: Mary Poppins by the Sherman Brothers
• 1964: My Fair Lady by André Previn
• 1965: Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre
• 1965: The Sound of Music by Irwin Kostal
• 1966: Born Free by John Barry
• 1966: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Ken Thorne
• 1967: Thoroughly Modern Millie by Elmer Bernstein
• 1967: Camelot by Alfred Newman und Ken Darby
• 1968: The Lion in Winter by John Barry
• 1968: Oliver by Johnny Green
• 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by Burt Bacharach
• 1969: Hello Dolly! by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman

1970-1979

• 1970: Love Story by Francis Lai
• 1970: Let it Be by The Beatles
• 1971: Summer of 42 by Michel Legrand
• 1971: Fiddler on the Roof by John Williams
• 1972: Limelight by Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell
• 1972: Cabaret by Ralph Burns
• 1973: The Way We Were by Marvin Hamlisch
• 1973: The Sting by Marvin Hamlisch
• 1974: The Godfather: Part II by Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola
• 1974: The Great Gatsby by Nelson Riddle
• 1975: Jaws by John Williams
• 1975: Barry Lyndon by Leonard Rosenman
• 1976: The Omen by Jerry Goldsmith
• 1976: Bound for Glory by Leonard Rosenman
• 1977: Star Wars by John Williams
• 1977: A Little Night Music by Jonathan Tunick
• 1978: Midnight Express by Giorgio Moroder
• 1978: The Buddy Holly Story by Joe Renzetti
• 1979: A Little Romance by Georges Delerue
• 1979: All That Jazz by Ralph Burns

1980-1989

• 1980: Fame by Michael Gore
• 1981: Chariots of Fire by Vangelis
• 1982: E.T. by John Williams
• 1982: Victor/Victoria by Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse
• 1983: The Right Stuff by Bill Conti
• 1983: Yentl by Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman
• 1984: A Passage to India by Maurice Jarre
• 1984: Purple Rain by Prince
• 1985: Out of Africa by John Barry
• 1986: Round Midnight by Herbie Hancock
• 1987: The Last Emperor by David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su
• 1988: The Milagro Beanfield War by Dave Grusin
• 1989: The Little Mermaid by Alan Menken

1990-1999

• 1990: Dances with Wolves by John Barry
• 1991: Beauty and the Beast by Alan Menken
• 1992: Aladdin by Alan Menken
• 1993: Schindler’s List by John Williams
• 1994: The Lion King by Hans Zimmer
• 1995: The Postman by Luis Bacalov
• 1995: Pocahontas by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
• 1996: The English Patient by Gabriel Yared
• 1996: Emma by Rachel Portman
• 1997: Titanic by James Horner
• 1997: The Full Monty by Anne Dudley
• 1998: Life is Beautiful by Nicola Piovani
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love by Stephen Warbeck
• 1999: The Red Violin by John Corigliano

2000-2009

• 2000: Tiger and Dragon by Tan Dun
• 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore
• 2002: Frida by Elliot Goldenthal
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Howard Shore
• 2004: Finding Neverland by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
• 2005: Brokeback Mountain by Gustavo Santaolalla
• 2006: Babel by Gustavo Santaolalla
• 2007: Atonement by Dario Marianelli
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire by A. R. Rahman
• 2009: Up by Michael Giacchino

2010-2019

• 2010: The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• 2011: The Artist by Ludovic Bource
• 2012: Life of Pi by Mychael Danna
• 2013: Gravity by Steven Price
• 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel by Alexandre Desplat
• 2015: The Hateful Eight by Ennio Morricone
• 2016: La La Land by Justin Hurwitz
• 2017: The Shape of Water by Alexandre Desplat
• 2018: Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson
• 2019: Joker von Hildur Guðnadóttir

2020 Onwards

• 2020: Soul by Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• 2021: Dune by Hans Zimmer
• 2022: All Quiet on the Western Front by Volker Bertelmann
• 2023: Oppenheimer by Ludwig Göransson

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