Academy Award for Best Original Score
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Original Score since 1939, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Ludwig Göransson
Sinners4 nominees
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Jerskin FendrixBugoniaNominee
Max RichterHamnetNominee2025🏆 Winner
Daniel Blumberg
The Brutalist4 nominees
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Clément Ducol, CamilleEmilia PérezNominee
Kris BowersThe Wild RobotNominee
John Powell, Stephen SchwartzWickedNominee
HauschkaConclaveNominee2024🏆 WinnerLudwig Göransson
Oppenheimer4 nominees
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Jerskin FendrixPoor ThingsNominee
2023🏆 WinnerHauschka
All Quiet on the Western Front3 nominees
2022🏆 Winner
Hans Zimmer
Dune3 nominees
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Don't Look UpNominee
2021🏆 Winner
Jon Batiste
Soul3 nominees
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Trent Reznor, Atticus RossMankNominee
Terence BlanchardDa 5 BloodsNominee2020🏆 WinnerHildur Guðnadóttir
Joker4 nominees
2019🏆 WinnerLudwig Göransson
Black Panther3 nominees
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2018🏆 Winner
Alexandre Desplat
The Shape of Water4 nominees
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Hans ZimmerDunkirkNominee
2017🏆 WinnerJustin Hurwitz
La La Land4 nominees
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Thomas NewmanPassengersNominee
Nicholas BritellMoonlightNominee
Mica LeviJackieNominee
Dustin O'HalloranLionNominee2016🏆 Winner
Ennio Morricone
The Hateful Eight4 nominees
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2015🏆 WinnerAlexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel4 nominees
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Hans ZimmerInterstellarNominee
Gary YershonMr. TurnerNominee2014🏆 WinnerSteven Price
Gravity4 nominees
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John WilliamsThe Book ThiefNominee
Will Butler, Owen PallettHerNominee
Alexandre DesplatPhilomenaNominee
2013🏆 Winner
Mychael Danna
Life of Pi4 nominees
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2012🏆 Winner
Ludovic Bource
The Artist4 nominees
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John WilliamsWar HorseNominee
Howard ShoreHugoNominee
2011🏆 WinnerTrent Reznor
The Social Network4 nominees
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A.R. Rahman127 HoursNominee
Hans ZimmerInceptionNominee
2010🏆 Winner
Michael Giacchino
Up4 nominees
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James HornerAvatarNominee
Hans ZimmerSherlock HolmesNominee
2009🏆 WinnerA.R. Rahman
Slumdog Millionaire4 nominees
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2008🏆 Winner
Dario Marianelli
Atonement4 nominees
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Michael GiacchinoRatatouilleNominee
Marco Beltrami3:10 to YumaNominee2007🏆 Winner
Gustavo Santaolalla
Babel4 nominees
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Thomas NewmanThe Good GermanNominee
Javier NavarretePan's LabyrinthNominee
Alexandre DesplatThe QueenNominee2006🏆 WinnerGustavo Santaolalla
Brokeback Mountain4 nominees
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John WilliamsMunichNominee
2005🏆 Winner
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Finding Neverland4 nominees
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2004🏆 WinnerHoward Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King4 nominees
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2003🏆 Winner
Elliot Goldenthal
Frida4 nominees
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Philip GlassThe HoursNominee
2002🏆 WinnerHoward Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring4 nominees
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James HornerA Beautiful MindNominee
Randy NewmanMonsters, Inc.Nominee2001🏆 Winner
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon4 nominees
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Hans ZimmerGladiatorNominee
John WilliamsThe PatriotNominee
Rachel PortmanChocolatNominee
Ennio MorriconeMalenaNominee2000🏆 WinnerJohn Corigliano
The Red Violin4 nominees
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John WilliamsAngela's AshesNominee
Thomas NewmanAmerican BeautyNominee
1995🏆 WinnerHans Zimmer
The Lion King5 nominees
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Alan SilvestriForrest GumpNominee
Thomas NewmanLittle WomenNomineeThomas NewmanThe Shawshank RedemptionNominee1994🏆 WinnerJohn Williams
Schindler's List4 nominees
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Dave GrusinThe FirmNominee1993🏆 Winner
Alan Menken
Aladdin4 nominees
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John BarryChaplinNominee
Richard RobbinsHowards EndNominee1992🏆 WinnerAlan Menken
Beauty and the Beast4 nominees
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1991🏆 WinnerJohn Barry
Dances with Wolves4 nominees
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John WilliamsHome AloneNominee
Maurice JarreGhostNominee
Randy NewmanAvalonNominee
Dave GrusinHavanaNominee1990🏆 WinnerAlan Menken
The Little Mermaid4 nominees
1989🏆 WinnerDave Grusin
The Milagro Beanfield War4 nominees
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Hans ZimmerRain ManNominee
1988🏆 Winner
Ryuichi Sakamoto
The Last Emperor4 nominees
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1987🏆 Winner
Herbie Hancock
'Round Midnight4 nominees
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1986🏆 WinnerJohn Barry
Out of Africa4 nominees
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Maurice JarreWitnessNominee
Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock+10ColumboNominee
Bruce BroughtonSilveradoNominee
Georges DelerueAgnes of GodNominee1985🏆 WinnerMaurice Jarre
A Passage to India4 nominees
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1984🏆 Winner
Bill Conti
The Right Stuff4 nominees
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Leonard RosenmanCross CreekNominee
Jerry GoldsmithUnder FireNominee1983🏆 WinnerJohn Williams
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial4 nominees
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Ravi Shankar, George FentonGandhiNominee
Jerry GoldsmithPoltergeistNominee1982🏆 Winner
Vangelis
Chariots of Fire4 nominees
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1981🏆 Winner
Michael Gore
Fame4 nominees
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Philippe SardeTessNominee
John MorrisThe Elephant ManNominee1980🏆 WinnerGeorges Delerue
A Little Romance4 nominees
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Henry Mancini10Nominee
Dave GrusinThe ChampNominee
1979🏆 Winner
Giorgio Moroder
Midnight Express4 nominees
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John WilliamsSupermanNominee
Dave GrusinHeaven Can WaitNominee1978🏆 WinnerJohn Williams
Star Wars4 nominees
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Maurice JarreThe MessageNominee
Georges DelerueJuliaNominee
1977🏆 WinnerJerry Goldsmith
The Omen4 nominees
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Bernard HerrmannObsessionNominee
Bernard HerrmannTaxi DriverNominee
1971🏆 Winner
John Lennon
Let It Be4 nominees
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Frank CordellCromwellNominee
Henry ManciniSunflowerNominee
Jerry GoldsmithPattonNominee
Alfred NewmanAirportNominee1968🏆 Winner
Elmer Bernstein
Thoroughly Modern Millie4 nominees
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Quincy JonesIn Cold BloodNominee
Lalo SchifrinCool Hand LukeNominee1967🏆 WinnerJohn Barry
Born Free4 nominees
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Elmer BernsteinHawaiiNominee
1966🏆 WinnerMaurice Jarre
Doctor Zhivago4 nominees
1965🏆 Winner
Richard M. Sherman
Mary Poppins4 nominees
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Dimitri TiomkinThe Fall of the Roman EmpireNominee
Laurence RosenthalBecketNominee1964🏆 WinnerJohn Addison
Tom Jones4 nominees
1963🏆 WinnerMaurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia4 nominees
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Franz WaxmanTaras BulbaNominee
1946Miklós Rózsa
The Lost Weekend1 nominee
1941🏆 Winner
Paul J. Smith
Pinocchio16 nominees
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Meredith WillsonThe Great DictatorNominee
Max SteinerThe LetterNominee
Herbert StothartWaterloo BridgeNominee
Louis GruenbergThe Fight for LifeNominee
Aaron CoplandOur TownNominee
Franz WaxmanRebeccaNominee
Frank SkinnerThe House of the Seven GablesNominee
Victor YoungDark CommandNominee
Victor YoungArizonaNominee
Werner R. HeymannOne Million B.C.Nominee
Miklós RózsaThe Thief of BagdadNominee
Roy WebbMy Favorite WifeNominee1940🏆 WinnerHerbert Stothart
The Wizard of Oz11 nominees
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Lud Gluskin, Lucien MoraweckThe Man in the Iron MaskNominee
Victor YoungMan of ConquestNominee
Victor YoungGolden BoyNominee
Alfred NewmanThe Rains CameNominee
Aaron CoplandOf Mice and MenNominee
Max SteinerGone with the WindNominee
Anthony CollinsNurse Edith CavellNominee
Max SteinerDark VictoryNominee1939🏆 WinnerErich Wolfgang Korngold
The Adventures of Robin Hood11 nominees
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Franz WaxmanThe Young in HeartNominee
Marvin HatleyBlock-HeadsNominee
Louis SilversSuezNominee
Herbert StothartMarie AntoinetteNomineeThe Wizard of OzNominee
Robert Russell BennettPacific LinerNominee
Werner JanssenBlockadeNominee
Victor YoungBreaking the IceNominee
Victor YoungArmy GirlNominee—🏆 WinnerThe Brutalist
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🏆 WinnerThe Poseidon Adventure
