O Oscar á mellor banda sonora é un dos premios entregados anualmente pola Academia das Artes e das Ciencias Cinematográficas á mellor creación musical feita especificamente para un filme.^[1]

A seguinte lista amosa os compositores e filmes nomeados organizados cronoloxicamente.

• Nota: De 1934-1937, o xefe do departamento de música (e non o compositor) era o que recibía o nomeamento ou o premio.
• Nota: De 1937-1945, calquera estudio estaba garantido polo simple feito de presentar unha candidatura.

• 1934
  • Música: One Night of Love – Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe do departamento (Música por Victor Schertzinger e Gus Kahn)
    • The Gay Divorcee Max Steiner, xefe do departamento (Música de Kenneth Webb e Samuel Hoffenstein)
    • A patrulla perdida – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
• 1935
  • Música: O delator – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • Captain Blood – Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
    • Peter Ibbetson – Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, xefe de departamento (Música de Ernst Toch)
• 1936
  • Música: Anthony Adverse – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • A carga da brigada lixeira – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • The Garden of Allah – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • The General Died at Dawn – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, xefe de departamento (Música de Werner Janssen)
    • Winterset – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, xefe de departamento (Música de Nathaniel Shilkret)
• 1937
  • Música: One Hundred Men and a Girl – Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, xefe de departamento.
    • The Hurricane – Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, xefe de departamento (Música de Alfred Newman)
    • In Old Chicago – 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, xefe de departamento (sen créditos do compositor)
    • The Life of Emile Zola – Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo F. Forbstein, xefe de departamento (Música de Max Steiner)
    • Lost Horizon – Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
    • Make a Wish – Principal Productions, Hugo Riesenfeld, director musical (Música de Hugo Riesenfeld)
    • Maytime – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, xefe de departamento (Música de Herbert Stothart)
    • Portia on Trial – Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, xefe de departamento (Música de Alberto Colombo)
    • The Prisoner of Zenda – Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, director musical (Música de Alfred Newman)
    • Quality Street – RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, director musical (Música de Roy Webb)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, xefe de departamento (Música de Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith)
    • Something to Sing About – Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, director musical (Música de Victor Schertzinger)
    • Souls at Sea – Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Música de W. Franke Harling e Milan Roder)
    • Way Out West – Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, xefe de departamento (Música de Marvin Hatley)
• 1938
  • Música orixinal: The Adventures of Robin Hood – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Army Girl – Victor Young
    • Block-Heads – Marvin Hatley
    • Blockade – Werner Janssen
    • Breaking the Ice – Victor Young
    • The Cowboy and the Lady – Alfred Newman
    • If I Were King – Richard Hageman
    • Marie Antoinette – Herbert Stothart
    • Pacific Liner – Russell Bennett
    • Suez – Louis Silvers
    • The Young in Heart – Franz Waxman
  • Música: Alexander's Ragtime Band – Alfred Newman
    • Carefree – Victor Baravalle
    • Girls' School – Morris Stoloff e Gregory Stone
    • The Goldwyn Follies – Alfred Newman
    • Jezebel – Max Steiner
    • Mad About Music – Charles Previn e Frank Skinner
    • Storm Over Bengal – Cy Feuer
    • Sweethearts – Herbert Stothart
    • There Goes My Heart – Marvin Hatley
    • Tropic Holiday – Boris Morros
    • The Young in Heart – Franz Waxman
• 1939
  • Música orixinal: The Wizard of Oz – Herbert Stothart
    • Dark Victory – Max Steiner
    • Eternally Yours – Werner Janssen
    • Golden Boy – Victor Young
    • Gone with the Wind – Max Steiner
    • Gulliver's Travels – Victor Young
    • The Man in the Iron Mask – Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
    • Man of Conquest – Victor Young
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Nurse Edith Cavell – Anthony Collins
    • Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
    • The Rains Came – Alfred Newman
    • Wuthering Heights – Alfred Newman
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
  • Música: A dilixencia – Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
    • The Great Victor Herbert – Phil Boutelje e Arthur Lange
    • Of Mice and Men – Aaron Copland
    • Babes in Arms – Roger Edens e George E. Stoll
    • She Married a Cop – Cy Feuer
    • Intermezzo – Lou Forbes
    • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Alfred Newman
    • They Shall Have Music – Alfred Newman
    • First Love – Charles Previn
    • Swanee River – Louis Silvers
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Way Down South – Victor Young

• 1940
  • Música orixinal: Pinocchio – Leigh Harline e Paul J. Smith, compositores; Ned Washington, letra
    • Arizona – Victor Young
    • The Dark Command – Victor Young
    • The Fight for Life – Louis Gruenberg
    • The Great Dictator – Meredith Willson
    • The House of the Seven Gables – Frank Skinner
    • The Howards of Virginia – Richard Hageman
    • The Letter – Max Steiner
    • The Long Voyage Home – Richard Hageman
    • The Mark of Zorro – Alfred Newman
    • My Favorite Wife – Roy Webb
    • North West Mounted Police – Victor Young
    • One Million B.C. – Werner Heymann
    • Our Town – Aaron Copland
    • Rebecca – Franz Waxman
    • The Thief of Bagdad – Miklós Rózsa
    • Waterloo Bridge – Herbert Stothart
  • Música: Tin Pan Alley – Alfred Newman
    • Arise, My Love – Victor Young
    • Hit Parade of 1941 – Cy Feuer
    • Irene – Anthony Collins
    • Our Town – Aaron Copland
    • The Sea Hawk – Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Second Chorus – Artie Shaw
    • Spring Parade – Charles Previn
    • Strike Up the Band – Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
• 1941
  • Música orixinal drama): All That Money Can Buy – Bernard Herrmann
    • Back Street – Frank Skinner
    • Bóla de fogo – Alfred Newman
    • Cheers for Miss Bishop – Edward Ward
    • Cidadán Kane – Bernard Herrmann
    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Franz Waxman
    • Hold Back the Dawn – Victor Young
    • How Green Was My Valley – Alfred Newman
    • King of the Zombies – Edward J. Kay
    • Ladies in Retirement – Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Little Foxes – Meredith Willson
    • Lydia – Miklós Rózsa
    • Mercy Island – Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
    • Sergeant York – Max Steiner
    • So Ends Our Night – Louis Gruenberg
    • Sundown – Miklós Rózsa
    • Sospeita – Franz Waxman
    • Tanks a Million – Edward Ward
    • That Uncertain Feeling – Werner Heymann
    • This Woman Is Mine – Richard Hageman
  • Música de filme musical: Dumbo – Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
    • All-American Co-Ed – Edward Ward
    • Birth of the Blues – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Buck Privates – Charles Previn
    • The Chocolate Soldier – Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper
    • Ice-Capades – Cy Feuer
    • The Strawberry Blonde – Heinz Roemheld
    • Sun Valley Serenade – Emil Newman
    • Sunny – Anthony Collins
    • You'll Never Get Rich – Morris Stoloff
• 1942
  • Música orixinal de drama ou comedia: Now, Voyager – Max Steiner
    • Arabian Nights – Frank Skinner
    • Bambi – Frank Churchill (póstumo), Edward Plumb
    • The Black Swan – Alfred Newman
    • The Corsican Brothers – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Flying Tigers – Victor Young
    • The Gold Rush – Max Terr
    • I Married a Witch – Roy Webb
    • Joan of Paris – Roy Webb
    • Jungle Book – Miklós Rózsa
    • Klondike Fury – Edward J. Kay
    • The Pride of the Yankees – Leigh Harline
    • Random Harvest – Herbert Stothart
    • The Shanghai Gesture – Richard Hageman
    • Silver Queen – Victor Young
    • Take a Letter, Darling – Victor Young
    • The Talk of the Town – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
    • To Be or Not to Be – Werner Heymann
  • Música de filme musical: Yankee Doodle Dandy – Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
    • Flying with Music – Edward Ward
    • For Me and My Gal – Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
    • Holiday Inn – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • It Started with Eve – Hans Salter, Charles Previn
    • Johnny Doughboy – Walter Scharf
    • My Gal Sal – Alfred Newman
    • You Were Never Lovelier – Leigh Harline
• 1943
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Song of Bernadette – Alfred Newman
    • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday – Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
    • Casablanca – Max Steiner
    • Commandos Strike at Dawn – Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
    • The Fallen Sparrow – Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls – Victor Young
    • Hangmen Also Die – Hanns Eisler
    • Hi Diddle Diddle – Phil Boutelje
    • In Old Oklahoma – Walter Scharf
    • Johnny Come Lately – Leigh Harline
    • The Kansan – Gerard Carbonara
    • Lady of Burlesque – Arthur Lange
    • Madame Curie – Herbert Stothart
    • The Moon and Sixpence – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The North Star – Aaron Copland
    • Victory Through Air Power – Edward H. Plumb, Paul Smith, Oliver Wallace
  • Música de filme musical: This Is the Army – Ray Heindorf
    • Coney Island – Alfred Newman
    • Hit Parade of 1943 – Walter Scharf
    • Phantom of the Opera – Edward Ward
    • Saludos Amigos – Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • The Sky's the Limit – Leigh Harline
    • Something to Shout About – Morris Stoloff
    • Stage Door Canteen – Frederic E. Rich
    • Star Spangled Rhythm – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Thousands Cheer – Herbert Stothart
• 1944
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Since You Went Away – Max Steiner
    • Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner
    • The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange
    • Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter
    • Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
    • The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
    • It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz
    • Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich
    • Kismet – Herbert Stothart
    • None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose
    • Summer Storm – Karl Hajos
    • Three Russian Girls – Franke Harling
    • Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul
    • Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet
    • Wilson – Alfred Newman
    • The Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa
  • Música de filme musical: Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
    • Brazil – Walter Scharf
    • Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff
    • Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf
    • Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman
    • Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
    • Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Lady, Let's Dance – Edward J. Kay
    • Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll
    • The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter
    • Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
    • Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick
    • Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn
    • Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes
• 1945
  • Música de drama ou musical: Spellbound – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Bells of St. Mary's – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Brewster's Millions – Lou Forbes
    • O capitán Kidd – Werner Janssen
    • The Enchanted Cottage – Roy Webb
    • Flame of Barbary Coast – Morton Scott, R. Dale Butts
    • G. I. Honeymoon – Edward J. Kay
    • The Story of G.I. Joe – Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
    • Guest in the House – Werner Janssen
    • Guest Wife – Daniele Amfitheatrof
    • The Keys of the Kingdom – Alfred Newman
    • A fin de semana perdida – Miklós Rózsa
    • Love Letters – Victor Young
    • The Man Who Walked Alone – Karl Hajos
    • Objective, Burma! – Franz Waxman
    • Paris Underground – Alexandre Tansman
    • A Song to Remember – Miklós Rózsa, Morris Stoloff
    • The Southerner – Werner Janssen
    • This Love of Ours – H. J. Salter
    • The Valley of Decision – Herbert Stothart
    • The Woman in the Window – Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
  • Música de filme musical: Levando áncoras – Georgie Stoll
    • Belle of the Yukon – Arthur Lange
    • Can't Help Singing – Jerome Kern (póstumo), H. J. Salter
    • Hitchhike to Happiness – Morton Scott
    • Incendiary Blonde – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Rhapsody in Blue – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • State Fair – Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
    • Sunbonnet Sue – Edward J. Kay
    • The Three Caballeros – Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • Tonight and Every Night – Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
    • Why Girls Leave Home – Walter Greene
    • Wonder Man – Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
• 1946
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Os mellores anos da nosa vida – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Ana e o rei de Siam – Bernard Herrmann
    • Henry V – William Walton
    • Humoresque – Franz Waxman
    • Os asasinos – Miklós Rózsa
  • Música de filme musical: The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff
    • Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman
    • The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton
    • Night and Day – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
• 1947
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Dobre vida – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Bishop's Wife – Hugo Friedhofer
    • O capitán de Castela – Alfred Newman
    • Forever Amber – David Raksin
    • Life with Father – Max Steiner
  • Música de filme musical: Mother Wore Tights – Alfred Newman
    • Fiesta – Johnny Green
    • My Wild Irish Rose – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • Road to Rio – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Song of the South – Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
• 1948
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale
    • Hamlet – William Walton
    • Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner
    • The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman
  • Música de filme musical: Easter Parade – Johnny Green, Roger Edens
    • The Emperor Waltz – Victor Young
    • The Pirate – Lennie Hayton
    • Romance on the High Seas – Ray Heindorf
    • When My Baby Smiles at Me – Alfred Newman
• 1949
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The Heiress – Aaron Copland
    • Beyond the Forest – Max Steiner
    • Champion – Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Música de filme musical: On the Town – Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
    • Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf

• 1950
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman
    • Todo sobre Eva – Alfred Newman
    • O falcón e a frecha – Max Steiner
    • No Sad Songs for Me – George Duning
    • Samson and Delilah – Victor Young
  • Música de filme musical: Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
    • Cinderella – Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
    • I'll Get By – Lionel Newman
    • Three Little Words – André Previn
    • The West Point Story – Ray Heindorf
• 1951
  • Música de drama ou comedia: A Place in the Sun – Franz Waxman
    • David and Bathsheba – Alfred Newman
    • Death of a Salesman – Alex North
    • Quo Vadis – Miklós Rózsa
    • A Streetcar Named Desire – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: Un americano en París – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Alice in Wonderland – Oliver Wallace
    • The Great Caruso – Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
    • On the Riviera – Alfred Newman
    • Show Boat – Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
• 1952
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Só ante o perigo – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Ivanhoe – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima – Max Steiner
    • The Thief – Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • Viva Zapata! – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf
    • The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • The Medium – Gian-Carlo Menotti
    • Singin' in the Rain – Lennie Hayton
• 1953
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Lili – Bronislau Kaper
    • Above and Beyond – Hugo Friedhofer
    • De aquí á eternidade – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • Julius Caesar – Miklós Rózsa
    • This is Cinerama – Louis Forbes
  • Música de filme musical: Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
    • The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch
    • Calamity Jane – Ray Heindorf
    • Os 5.000 dedos do Dr. T – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
    • Kiss Me Kate – André Previn, Saul Chaplin
• 1954
  • Música de drama ou comedia: The High and the Mighty – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Caine Mutiny – Max Steiner
    • Genevieve – Larry Adler (Fronte: Muir Mathieson)
    • A lei do silencio – Leonard Bernstein
    • The Silver Chalice – Franz Waxman
  • Música de filme musical: Sete noivas para sete irmáns – Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
    • Carmen Jones – Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • The Glenn Miller Story – Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini
    • A Star Is Born – Ray Heindorf
    • There's No Business Like Show Business – Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman
• 1955
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing – Alfred Newman
    • Battle Cry – Max Steiner
    • The Man with the Golden Arm – Elmer Bernstein
    • Picnic – George Duning
    • The Rose Tattoo – Alex North
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
    • Daddy Long Legs – Alfred Newman
    • Guys and Dolls – Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
    • It's Always Fair Weather – André Previn
    • Love Me or Leave Me – Percy Faith, George Stoll
• 1956
  • Música de drama ou comedia: A volta ao mundo en oitenta días – Victor Young (póstumo)
    • Anastasia – Alfred Newman
    • Between Heaven and Hell – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Xigante – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The Rainmaker – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: The King and I – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • High Society – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll, Johnny Green
• 1957
  • Música orixinal: The Bridge on the River Kwai – Malcolm Arnold
    • An Affair to Remember – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Boy on a Dolphin – Hugo Friedhofer
    • Perri – Paul Smith
    • Raintree County – Johnny Green
• 1958
  • Música de drama ou musical: The Old Man and the Sea – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Horizontes de grandeza – Jerome Moross
    • Separate Tables – David Raksin
    • White Wilderness – Oliver Wallace
    • The Young Lions – Hugo Friedhofer
  • Música de filme musical: Gigi – André Previn
    • The Bolshoi Ballet – Yuri Faier, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
    • Damn Yankees – Ray Heindorf
    • Mardi Gras – Lionel Newman
    • South Pacific – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
• 1959
  • Música de drama ou musical: Ben-Hur – Miklós Rózsa
    • The Diary of Anne Frank – Alfred Newman
    • The Nun's Story – Franz Waxman
    • On the Beach – Ernest Gold
    • Pillow Talk – Frank DeVol
  • Música de filme musical: Porgy and Bess – André Previn, Ken Darby
    • The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
    • Li'l Abner – Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley
    • Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
    • Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns

• 1960
  • Música de drama ou comedia: Exodus – Ernest Gold
    • O Álamo – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Elmer Gantry – André Previn
    • The Magnificent Seven – Elmer Bernstein
    • Spartacus – Alex North
  • Música de filme musical: Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
    • Bells Are Ringing – André Previn
    • Can-Can – Nelson Riddle
    • Let's Make Love – Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen
    • Pepe – Johnny Green
• 1961
  • Música de drama ou musical: Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini
    • El Cid – Miklós Rózsa
    • Fanny – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
    • The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Summer and Smoke – Elmer Bernstein
  • Música de filme musical: West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
    • Babes in Toyland – George Bruns
    • Flower Drum Song – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Khovanshchina – Dmitrii Shostakovich
    • Paris Blues – Duke Ellington
• 1962
  • Música orixinal: Lawrence de Arabia – Maurice Jarre
    • Freud – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Mutiny on the Bounty – Bronislau Kaper
    • Taras Bulba – Franz Waxman
    • To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein
  • Música adaptación: The Music Man – Ray Heindorf
    • Billy Rose's Jumbo – George Stoll
    • Gigot – Michel Magne
    • Gypsy – Frank Perkins
    • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Leigh Harline
• 1963
  • Música orixinal: Tom Jones – John Addison
    • Cleopatra – Alex North
    • 55 días en Pequín – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • A conquista do Oeste – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Ernest Gold
  • Música adaptación: Irma la Douce – André Previn
    • Bye Bye Birdie – Johnny Green
    • A New Kind of Love – Leith Stevens
    • Sundays and Cybele – Maurice Jarre
    • The Sword in the Stone – George Bruns
• 1964
  • Música orixinal: Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
    • Becket – Laurence Rosenthal
    • The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Frank DeVol
    • The Pink Panther – Henry Mancini
  • Música adaptada: My Fair Lady – André Previn
    • A Hard Day's Night – George Martin
    • Mary Poppins – Irwin Kostal
    • Robin and the 7 Hoods – Nelson Riddle
    • The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
• 1965
  • Música orxinal: Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre
    • The Agony and the Ecstasy – Alex North
    • The Greatest Story Ever Told – Alfred Newman
    • A Patch of Blue – Jerry Goldsmith
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy
  • Música adaptada: The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
    • A inxenua explosiva – DeVol
    • The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
• 1966
  • Música orixinal: Born Free – John Barry
    • A Biblia – Toshiro Mayuzumi
    • Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein
    • The Sand Pebbles – Jerry Goldsmith
    • ¿Quen teme a Virginia Woolf? – Alex North
  • Música adaptada: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Ken Thorne
    • O evanxeo segundo San Mateo – Luis Enrique Bacalov
    • Return of the Seven – Elmer Bernstein
    • The Singing Nun – Harry Sukman
    • Stop the World - I Want to Get Off – Al Ham
• 1967
  • Música orixinal: Thoroughly Modern Millie – Elmer Bernstein
    • A lenda do indomable – Lalo Schifrin
    • Doctor Dolittle – Leslie Bricusse
    • Far from the Madding Crowd – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • A sangue frío – Quincy Jones
  • Música adaptada: Camelot – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Doctor Dolittle – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • A que non sabes quen vén cear esta noite? – DeVol
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie – André Previn, Joseph Gershenson
    • Valley of the Dolls – John Williams
• 1968
  • Música orixinal: The Lion in Winter – John Barry
    • The Fox – Lalo Schifrin
    • O planeta dos simios – Jerry Goldsmith
    • The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North
    • The Thomas Crown Affair – Michel Legrand
  • Música adaptada: Oliver! – Adaptación de Johnny Green
    • Finian's Rainbow – Adaptación de Ray Heindorf
    • Funny Girl – Adaptación de Walter Scharf
    • Star! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton
    • The Young Girls of Rochefort – Adaptación de Michel Legrand; letra de Jacques Demy
• 1969
  • Música orixinal: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach
    • Ana dos mil días – Georges Delerue
    • The Reivers – John Williams
    • The Secret of Santa Vittoria – Ernest Gold
    • Grupo salvaxe – Jerry Fielding
  • Música adaptada: Hello, Dolly! – Adaptación de Lennie Hayton e Lionel Newman
    • Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptación de John Williams
    • Paint Your Wagon – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
    • Sweet Charity – Adaptación de Cy Coleman
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptación de John Green e Albert Woodbury

• 1970
  • Música orixinal: Love Story – Francis Lai
    • Airport – Alfred Newman (póstumo)
    • Cromwell – Frank Cordell
    • Patton – Jerry Goldsmith
    • I Girasoli – Henry Mancini
  • Canción orixinal: Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison e Ringo Starr)
    • The Baby Maker – música de Fred Karlin; letra de Tylwyth Kymry
    • A Boy Named Charlie Brown – música de Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lletra de Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptación de Vince Guaraldi
    • Darling Lili – música de Henry Mancini; letra de Johnny Mercer
    • Scrooge – música e letra de Leslie Bricusse; adaptado por Ian Fraser e Herbert W. Spencer
• 1971
  • Original Dramatic Score: Verán do 42 – Michel Legrand
    • Mary, Queen of Scots – John Barry
    • Nicholas and Alexandra – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shaft – Isaac Hayes
    • Straw Dogs – Jerry Fielding
  • Canción orixinal e música adapada: O violinista no tellado – Adaptación de John Williams
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Canción de Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; adaptación de Irwin Kostal
    • The Boy Friend – adaptación de Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
    • Tchaikovsky – adaptación de Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Willy Wonka e a fábrica de chocolate – canción de Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; adaptación de Walter Scharf
• 1972
  • Música orixinal: Limelight – Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (póstumo), Larry Russell (póstumo)
    • O padriño – Nino Rota
    • Images – John Williams
    • Napoleon and Samantha – Buddy Baker
    • A aventura do Poseidón – John Williams
    • Sleuth – John Addison
  • Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Cabaret – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
    • Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptación de Gil Askey
    • Man of La Mancha – Adaptación de Laurence Rosenthal
• 1973
  • Música de drama orixinal: The Way We Were – Marvin Hamlisch
    • Cinderella Liberty – John Williams
    • The Day of the Dolphin – Georges Delerue
    • Papillon – Jerry Goldsmith
    • A Touch of Class – John Cameron
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptación de Marvin Hamlisch
    • Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptación de André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer e Andrew Lloyd Webber
    • Tom Sawyer – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de John Williams
• 1974
  • Música de drama orixinal: O padriño (II parte) – Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
    • Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Asasinato no Orient Express – Richard Rodney Bennett
    • Shanks – Alex North
    • The Towering Inferno – John Williams
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: The Great Gatsby – Adaptación de Nelson Riddle
    • The Little Prince – Canción de Alan Jay Lerner e Frederick Loewe; Adaptación de Angela Morley e Douglas Gamley
    • Phantom of the Paradise – Canción de Paul Williams; Adaptación de Paul Williams e George Aliceson Tipton
• 1975
  • Música de drama orixinal: Tiburón – John Williams
    • Birds Do It, Bees Do It – Gerald Fried
    • Morde a bala – Alex North
    • Alguén voou sobre o niño do cuco – Jack Nitzsche
    • The Wind and the Lion – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Barry Lyndon – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
    • Funny Lady – Adaptación de Peter Matz
    • Tommy – Adaptación de Peter Townshend
• 1976
  • Música orixinal: The Omen – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Obsession – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
    • O fóra da lei – Jerry Fielding
    • Taxi Driver – Bernard Herrmann (póstumo)
    • Voyage of the Damned – Lalo Schifrin
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Bound for Glory – Adaptación de Leonard Rosenman
    • Bugsy Malone – Canción e adaptación de Paul Williams
    • A Star Is Born – Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
• 1977
  • Música orixinal: A guerra das galaxias – John Williams
    • Encontros na terceira fase – John Williams
    • Julia – Georges Delerue
    • Mohammad, Messenger of God – Maurice Jarre
    • The Spy Who Loved Me – Marvin Hamlisch
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: A Little Night Music – Adaptación de Jonathan Tunick
    • Pete's Dragon – Canción de Al Kasha e Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptación de Irwin Kostal
    • The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Canción de Richard M. Sherman e Robert B. Sherman; Adaptación de Angela Morley
• 1978
  • Música orixinal: Expreso de medianoite – Giorgio Moroder
    • The Boys from Brazil – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone
    • Heaven Can Wait – Dave Grusin
    • Superman – John Williams
  • Adaptación: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
    • Pretty Baby – Jerry Wexler
    • The Wiz – Quincy Jones
• 1979
  • Música orixinal: A Little Romance – Georges Delerue
    • The Amityville Horror – Lalo Schifrin
    • The Champ – Dave Grusin
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Jerry Goldsmith
    • 10 – Henry Mancini
  • Canción orixinal e adaptación: Empeza o espectáculo – Adaptación de Ralph Burns
    • Breaking Away – Adaptación de Patrick Williams
    • The Muppet Movie – Canción de Paul Williams e Kenny Ascher; Adaptación de Paul Williams

• 1980: Fame – Michael Gore
  • Altered States – John Corigliano
  • The Elephant Man – John Morris
  • A guerra das galaxias, episodio V: O imperio contraataca – John Williams
  • Tess – Philippe Sarde
• 1981: Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
  • Dragonslayer – Alex North
  • On Golden Pond – Dave Grusin
  • Ragtime – Randy Newman
  • Na busca da arca perdida – John Williams
• 1982
  • Música orixinal: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams
    • Gandhi – Ravi Shankar; George Fenton
    • An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche
    • Poltergeist – Jerry Goldsmith
    • Sophie's Choice – Marvin Hamlisch
  • Canción orixinal e música adaptada: Victor Victoria – Música de Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, adaptación de Henry Mancini
    • Annie – Música adaptada de Ralph Burns
    • One from the Heart – Canción de Tom Waits
• 1983
  • Música orixinal: The Right Stuff – Bill Conti
    • Cross Creek – Leonard Rosenman
    • A guerra das galaxias, episodio VI: O retorno do Jedi – John Williams
    • A forza do cariño – Michael Gore
    • Under Fire – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Canción oricinal ou Música adaptada: Yentl – Canción de Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
    • The Sting II – Música adaptada de Lalo Schifrin
    • Trading Places – Música adaptada de Elmer Bernstein
• 1984
  • Música orixinal: A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre
    • Indiana Jones e o templo maldito – John Williams
    • The Natural – Randy Newman
    • The River – John Williams
    • Under the Volcano – Alex North
  • Canción orixinal: Purple Rain – Prince
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
    • Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson

Música orixinal

• 1985: Memorias de África – John Barry
  • Agnes of God – Georges Delerue
  • A cor púrpura – Quincy Jones; Jeremy Lubbock; Rod Temperton; Caiphus Semenya; Andraé Crouch; Chris Boardman; Jorge Calandrelli; Joel Rosenbaum; Fred Steiner; Jack Hayes; Jerry Hey; Randy Kerber
  • Silverado – Bruce Broughton
  • Testemuña única – Maurice Jarre
• 1986: Arredor de medianoite – Herbie Hancock
  • Aliens – James Horner
  • Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith
  • A misión – Ennio Morricone
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Leonard Rosenman
• 1987: O derradeiro emperador – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
  • Cry Freedom – George Fenton; Jonas Gwangwa
  • O imperio do sol – John Williams
  • Os intocables de Eliot Ness – Ennio Morricone
  • As meigas de Eastwick – John Williams
• 1988: The Milagro Beanfield War – Dave Grusin
  • The Accidental Tourist – John Williams
  • As amizades perigosas – George Fenton
  • Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre
  • Rain Man – Hans Zimmer
• 1989: The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken
  • Born on the Fourth of July – John Williams
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin
  • Field of Dreams – James Horner
  • Indiana Jones e a última cruzada – John Williams

Nota: De 1995 a 1998, os cantautores e letristas xunto cos compositores de orquestra podían ser elixidos como nomeados na categoría "Banda sonora comedia ou musical".^[2]