Music (Scoring) — Every Winner and Nominee
Every film recognised in the Oscars Music (Scoring) category in CineRoll's records: 64 films across 8 years, 8 of them winners.
The most recent winner is The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958); the earliest on record is One Night of Love (1935).
The last three winners were The Bridge on the River Kwai (1958), Tin Pan Alley (1941) and Stagecoach (1940).
The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.
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1958
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1941
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1940
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1939
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1938
One Hundred Men and a Girl(1937)WinnerUniversal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
In Old Chicago(1938)20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
Lost Horizon(1937)Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
Make a Wish(1937)Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)
Maytime(1937)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
Portia on Trial(1937)Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
Quality Street(1937)RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
Something to Sing About(1937)Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
Souls at Sea(1937)Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)
The Hurricane(1937)Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
The Life of Emile Zola(1937)Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
The Prisoner of Zenda(1937)Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
Way Out West(1937)Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)
1937
Anthony Adverse(1936)WinnerWarner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Charge of the Light Brigade(1936)Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
The Garden of Allah(1936)Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
The General Died at Dawn(1936)Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
Winterset(1936)RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
1936
The Informer(1935)WinnerRKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
Captain Blood(1935)Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
Peter Ibbetson(1935)Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
1935
One Night of Love(1934)WinnerColumbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
The Gay Divorcee(1934)RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
The Lost Patrol(1934)RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)