Best Score

2002--Frida, Elliot Goldenthal
2001--
2000--Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Tan Dun
1999--The Red Violin, John Corigliano
1998--Shakespeare in Love, Stephen Warbeck (original musical or comedy score); Life Is Beautiful, Nicola Piovani (original dramatic score)
1997--The Full Monty, Anne Dudley (original musical or comedy score); Titanic, James Horner (original dramatic score)
1996--Emma, Rachel Portman (original musical or comedy score); The English Patient, Gabriel Yared (original dramatic score)
1995--Pocahontas, Alan Menken (original musical or comedy score); The Postman, Luis Enrique Bacalov (original dramatic score)
1994--The Lion King, Hans Zimmer
1993--Schindler's List, John Williams
1992--Aladdin, Alan Menken
1991--Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken
1990--Dances with Wolves, John Barry
1989--The Little Mermaid, Alan Menken
1988--The Milagro Beanfield War, Dave Grusin
1987--The Last Emperor, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su
1986--'Round Midnight, Herbie Hancock
1985--Out of Africa, John Barry
1984--Purple Rain, Prince (original song); A Passage to India, Maurice Jarre (original)
1983--Yentl, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (original song or adaptation); The Right Stuff, Bill Conti (original)
1982--Victor/Victoria, Henry Mancini (original song and adaptation); E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, John Williams (original)
1981--Chariots of Fire, Vangelis
1980--Fame, Michael Gore
1979--All That Jazz, Ralph Burns (original and adaptation); A Little Romance, Georges Delerue (original)
1978--Midnight Express, Giorgio Moroder (original); The Buddy Holly Story, Joe Renzetti (adaptation)
1977--A Little Night Music, Jonathan Tunick (original and adaptation); Star Wars, John Williams (original)
1976--Bound for Glory, Leonard Rosenman (original and adaptation); The Omen, Jerry Goldsmith (original)
1975--Barry Lyndon, Leonard Rosenman (original and adaptation); Jaws, John Williams (original)
1974--The Great Gatsby, Nelson Riddle (original and adaptation); The Godfather, Part II, Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola (original dramatic)
1973--The Sting, Marvin Hamlisch, (original and adaptation); The Way We Were, Marvin Hamlisch (original dramatic score)
1972--Cabaret, Ralph Burns (original and adaptation); Limelight, Larry Russell (original dramatic)
1971--Fiddler on the Roof, John Williams (original and adaptation); Summer of '42, Michel Legrand (original dramatic)
1970--Let It Be, the Beatles (original); Love Story, Francis Lai (original)
1969--Hello Dolly!, Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman (original or adaptation, musical); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Burt Bacharach (original, nonmusical)
1968--Oliver!, John Green (original or adaptation, musical); The Lion in Winter, John Barry (original, nonmusical)
1967--Camelot, Alfred Newman, Ken Darby (musical, adaptation or treatment); Thoroughly Modern Millie, Elmer Bernstein (original, musical)
1966--A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Ken Thorne (musical, adaptation or treatment); Born Free, John Barry (original, musical)
1965--The Sound of Music, Irwin Kostal (musical, adaptation or treatment); Doctor Zhivago, Maurice Jarre (substantially original, musical)
1964--My Fair Lady, Andre Previn (musical, adaptation or treatment); Mary Poppins, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman (substantially original, musical)
1963--Irma La Douce, Andre Previn (musical, adaptation or treatment); Tom Jones, John Addison (substantially original, musical)
1962--Lawrence of Arabia, Maurice Jarre (substantially original, musical); The Music Man, Ray Heindorf (musical, adaptation or treatment)
1961--Breakfast at Tiffany's, Henry Mancini (dramatic or comedy); West Side Story, Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal (musical)
1960--Exodus, Ernest Gold (dramatic or comedy); Song Without End (The Story of Franz Liszt), Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman (musical)
1959--Ben-Hur, Miklos Rozsa (dramatic or comedy); Porgy and Bess, Andre Previn, Ken Darby (musical)
1958--The Old Man and the Sea, Dimitri Tiomkin (dramatic or comedy); Gigi, Andre Previn (musical)
1957--The Bridge on the River Kwai, Malcom Arnold
1956--Around the World in 80 Days, Victor Young (dramatic or comedy); High Society, Alfred Newman, Ken Darby (musical)
1955--Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Alfred Newman (dramatic or comedy); Oklahoma!, Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch (musical)
1954--The High and the Mighty, Dimitri Tiomkin (dramatic or comedy); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin (musical)
1953--Lili, Bronislau Kaper (dramatic or comedy); Call Me Madam, Alfred Newman (musical)
1952--High Noon, Dimitri Tiomkin (dramatic or comedy); With a Song in My Heart, Alfred Newman (musical)
1951--A Place in the Sun, Franz Waxman (dramatic or comedy); An American in Paris, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin (musical)
1950--Sunset Blvd., Franz Waxman (dramatic or comedy); Annie Get Your Gun, Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens (musical)
1949--The Heiress, Aaron Copland (dramatic or comedy); On the Town, Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton (musical)
1948--The Red Shoes, Brian Easdale (dramatic or comedy); Easter Parade, Johnny Green, Roger Edens (musical)
1947--A Double Life, Dr. Miklos Rozsa (dramatic or comedy); Mother Wore Tights, Alfred Newman (musical)
1946--The Best Years of Our Lives, Hugo Friedhofer (dramatic or comedy); The Jolson Story, Morris Stoloff (musical)
1945--Spellbound, Miklos Rozsa (dramatic or comedy); Anchors Aweigh, Georgie Stoll (musical)
1944--Since You Went Away, Max Steiner (dramatic or comedy); Cover Girl, Morris Stoloff (musical)
1943--The Song of Bernadette, Alfred Newman (dramatic or comedy); This Is the Army, Ray Heindorf (musical)
1942--Now, Voyager, Max Steiner (dramatic or comedy); Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld (musical)
1941--All That Money Can Buy, Bernard Herrmann (dramatic or comedy); Dumbo, Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace (musical)
1940--Pinocchio, Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington (dramatic or comedy); Tin Pan Alley, Alfred Newman (musical)
1939--The Wizard of Oz, Max Steiner (original); Stagecoach, Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
1938--The Adventures of Robin Hood, Erich Wolfgang Korngold (original); Alexander's Ragtime Band, Alfred Newman
1937--One Hundred Men and a Girl, Charles Previn
1936--Anthony Adverse, Leo Forbetein, Leo Korngold
1935--The Informer, Max Steiner
1934--One Night of Love, Louis Silvers, Victor Schertzinger, Gus Kahn