show 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ) (1970)
Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)
Charlie Chaplin , Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)
Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)
John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)
Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)
John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)
Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)
Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)
1980s
Michael Gore (1980)
Vangelis (1981)
John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
Bill Conti / Michel Legrand , Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
John Barry (1985)
Herbie Hancock (1986)
Ryuichi Sakamoto , David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
Dave Grusin (1988)
Alan Menken (1989)
1990s
John Barry (1990)
Alan Menken (1991)
Alan Menken (1992)
John Williams (1993)
Hans Zimmer (1994)
Luis Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996)
James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997)
Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998)
John Corigliano (1999)
2000s
Tan Dun (2000)
Howard Shore (2001)
Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
Howard Shore (2003)
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
Dario Marianelli (2007)
A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s 2020s
Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
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John Barry (1968)
Mikis Theodorakis (1969)
Burt Bacharach (1970)
Michel Legrand (1971)
Nino Rota (1972)
Alan Price (1973)
Richard Rodney Bennett (1974)
John Williams (1975)
Bernard Herrmann (1976)
John Addison (1977)
John Williams (1978)
Ennio Morricone (1979)
John Williams (1980)
Carl Davis (1981)
John Williams (1982)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)
Ennio Morricone (1984)
Maurice Jarre (1985)
Ennio Morricone (1986)
Ennio Morricone (1987)
John Williams (1988)
Maurice Jarre (1989)
Andrea Morricone and Ennio Morricone (1990)
Jean-Claude Petit (1991)
David Hirschfelder (1992)
John Williams (1993)
Don Was (1994)
Luis Enríquez Bacalov (1995)
Gabriel Yared (1996)
Nellee Hooper , Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (1997)
David Hirschfelder (1998)
Thomas Newman (1999)
Tan Dun (2000)
Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (2001)
Philip Glass (2002)
T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared (2003)
Gustavo Santaolalla (2004)
John Williams (2005)
Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
Christopher Gunning (2007)
A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino (2009)
Alexandre Desplat (2010)
Ludovic Bource (2011)
Thomas Newman (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Alexandre Desplat (2014)
Ennio Morricone (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat (2017)
Bradley Cooper , Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson (2018)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
Jon Batiste , Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
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John Williams (1998)
Gabriel Yared (1999)
Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer (2000)
Howard Shore (2001)
John Williams (2002)
Howard Shore (2003)
Howard Shore (2004)
John Williams (2005)
Philip Glass (2006)
Jonny Greenwood (2007)
A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino (2009)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
Ludovic Bource (2011)
John Williams (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Antonio Sánchez (2014)
Ennio Morricone (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat (2017)
Justin Hurwitz (2018)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
show 1998–2000
"When You Believe " – Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1998)
"Music of My Heart " – Music & Lyrics: Diane Warren (1999)
"My Funny Friend and Me " – Music & Lyrics: David Hartley and Sting (2000)
2001–2010
"May It Be " – Music & Lyrics: Enya , Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan (2001)
"Lose Yourself " – Music & Lyrics: Jeff Bass , Eminem and Luis Resto , (2002)
"A Mighty Wind" – Music & Lyrics: Christopher Guest , Eugene Levy and Michael McKean (2003)
"Old Habits Die Hard " – Music & Lyrics: Mick Jagger and David Stewart (2004)
"Hustle & Flow" – Music & Lyrics: Terrence Howard (2005)
"Listen " – Music & Lyrics: Scott Cutler , Henry Krieger and Anne Preven (2006)
"Falling Slowly " – Music & Lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
"The Wrestler " – Music & Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen (2008)
"The Weary Kind " – Music & Lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009)
"If I Rise " – Music & Lyrics: Rollo Armstrong , Dido and A. R. Rahman (2010)
2011–2020
"Life's a Happy Song" – Music & Lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011)
"Skyfall " – Music & Lyrics: Adele and Paul Epworth (2012)
"Let It Go " – Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013)
"Glory " – Music & Lyrics: Common and John Legend (2014)
"See You Again " – Music & Lyrics: Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E , Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth (2015)
"City of Stars " – Music: Justin Hurwitz ; Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
"Remember Me " – Music & Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017)
"Shallow " – Music & Lyrics: Lady Gaga , Mark Ronson , Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018)
"Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Music & Lyrics: Mary Steenburgen / "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again " – Music: Elton John ; Lyrics: Bernie Taupin (2019)
"Speak Now" – Music & Lyrics: Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth (2020)
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John Williams (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Hans Zimmer (2014)
Bryce Dessner , Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat (2017)
Alexandre Desplat (2018)
Thomas Newman (2019)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
show 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Love Story – Francis Lai (1970)
Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974)
Jaws – John Williams (1975)
A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976)
Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978)
Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
1980s 1990s
The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991)
Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992)
Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993)
The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994)
A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995)
The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996)
Titanic – James Horner (1997)
The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998)
The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard , Hans Zimmer (2000)
Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001)
Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003)
The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004)
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005)
The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006)
Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008)
Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s 2020s
Soul – Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
show 1960s
1970s
"Whistling Away the Dark" Lyrics by Johnny Mercer , Music by Henry Mancini (1970)
"Life Is What You Make It " Lyrics by Johnny Mercer , Music by Marvin Hamlisch (1971)
"Ben " Lyrics by Don Black , Music by Walter Scharf (1972)
"The Way We Were " Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman , Music by Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
"I Feel Love" Lyrics by Betty Box, Music by Euel Box (1974)
"I'm Easy " Music & Lyrics by Keith Carradine (1975)
"Evergreen " Lyrics by Paul Williams , Music by Barbra Streisand (1976)
"You Light Up My Life " Music & Lyrics by Joseph Brooks (1977)
"Last Dance " Music & Lyrics by Paul Jabara (1978)
"The Rose " Music & Lyrics by Amanda McBroom (1979)
1980s
"Fame " Lyrics by Dean Pitchford , Music by Michael Gore (1980)
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " Music & Lyrics by Peter Allen , Burt Bacharach , Christopher Cross , & Carole Bayer Sager (1981)
"Up Where We Belong " Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings , Music by Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie (1982)
"Flashdance... What a Feeling " Lyrics by Irene Cara & Keith Forsey , Music by Giorgio Moroder (1983)
"I Just Called to Say I Love You " Music & Lyrics by Stevie Wonder (1984)
"Say You, Say Me " Music & Lyrics by Lionel Richie (1985)
"Take My Breath Away " Lyrics by Tom Whitlock , Music by Giorgio Moroder (1986)
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life " Lyrics by Franke Previte , Music by John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz (1987)
"Let the River Run " Music & Lyrics by Carly Simon / "Two Hearts " Lyrics by Phil Collins , Music by Lamont Dozier (1988)
"Under the Sea " Lyrics by Howard Ashman , Music by Alan Menken (1989)
1990s
"Blaze of Glory " Music & Lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi (1990)
"Beauty and the Beast " Lyrics by Howard Ashman , Music by Alan Menken (1991)
"A Whole New World " Lyrics by Tim Rice , Music by Alan Menken (1992)
"Streets of Philadelphia " Music & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (1993)
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight " Lyrics by Tim Rice , Music by Elton John (1994)
"Colors of the Wind " Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz , Music by Alan Menken (1995)
"You Must Love Me " Lyrics by Tim Rice , Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1996)
"My Heart Will Go On " Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings , Music by James Horner (1997)
"The Prayer " Music & Lyrics by David Foster , Tony Renis , Carole Bayer Sager & Alberto Testa (1998)
"You'll Be in My Heart " Music & Lyrics by Phil Collins (1999)
2000s
"Things Have Changed " Music & Lyrics by Bob Dylan (2000)
"Until... " Music & Lyrics by Sting (2001)
"The Hands That Built America " Music & Lyrics by Bono , Adam Clayton , The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. (2002)
"Into the West " Music & Lyrics by Annie Lennox , Howard Shore & Frances Walsh (2003)
"Old Habits Die Hard " Music & Lyrics by Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart (2004)
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old " Lyrics by Bernie Taupin , Music by Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
"The Song of the Heart " Music & Lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson (2006)
"Guaranteed " Music & Lyrics by Eddie Vedder (2007)
"The Wrestler " Music & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008)
"The Weary Kind " Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (2009)
2010s
2020s
"Io sì (Seen) " Lyrics by Diane Warren , Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi, Music by Diane Warren (2020)
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show 1959−1980
Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)
No Award (1960)
Exodus – Ernest Gold (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1962)
No Award (1963)
Tom Jones – John Addison (1964)
Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965)
The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1966)
Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1967)
Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968)
The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1970)
Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison & Ringo Starr ) (1971)
Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1972)
The Godfather – Nino Rota (1973)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1974)
The Way We Were – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975)
Jaws – John Williams (1976)
Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1977)
Star Wars – John Williams (1978)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1979)
Superman – John Williams (1980)
1981−2000
The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1983)
Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder , Laura Branigan , Keith Forsey , Irene Cara , Shandi Sinnamon , Ronald Magness, Doug Cotler , Richard Gilbert, Michael Boddicker , Jerry Hey , Phil Ramone , Michael Sembello , Kim Carnes , Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf & Dennis Matkosky (1984)
Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1985)
Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer , Keith Forsey , Micki Free , John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett , Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson , Danny Sembello , Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1986)
Out of Africa – John Barry (1987)
The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1988)
The Last Emperor – David Byrne , Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin (1990)
Glory – James Horner (1991)
Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1992)
Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1993)
Aladdin – Alan Menken (1994)
Schindler's List – John Williams (1995)
Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1996)
Independence Day – David Arnold (1997)
The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1998)
Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1999)
A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (2000)
2001−2020
American Beauty – Thomas Newman (2001)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore , John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore , John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2005)
Ray – Craig Armstrong (2006)
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2007)
Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2008)
The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2009)
Up – Michael Giacchino (2010)
Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2011)
The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2012)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2013)
Skyfall – Thomas Newman (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2015)
Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2016)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2017)
La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2018)
Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2019)
Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)
2021−present
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Randy Newman (1998)
John Williams (2004)
Julian Nott (2005)
Hans Zimmer (2006)
Alan Menken (2007)
Carter Burwell (2008)
Marvin Hamlisch (2009)
Pinar Toprak (2010)
Christopher Young (2011)
Walter Murphy (2012)
Theodore Shapiro (2013)
Alexandre Desplat (2014)
Douglas Pipes (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Christopher Willis (2017)
Marc Shaiman (2018)
Michael Giacchino (2019)
Christopher Willis (2020)
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James Newton Howard (2006)
Dario Marianelli (2007)
Michael Giacchino (2008)
Christopher Young (2009)
Danny Elfman (2010)
John Williams (2011)
Fernando Velázquez (2012)
Roque Baños (2013)
John Powell (2014)
John Williams (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Michael Giacchino (2017)
John Williams (2018)
John Williams (2019)
Carlos Rafael Rivera (2020)
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Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
Zbigniew Preisner (1991)
Zbigniew Preisner (1992)
Zbigniew Preisner (1993)
Howard Shore (1994)
Patrick Doyle (1995)
Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians (1996)
Philip Glass (1997)
Elliot Goldenthal (1998)
Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999)
Tan Dun (2000)
Howard Shore (2001)
Elmer Bernstein (2002)
Benoît Charest (2003)
Michael Giacchino (2004)
Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura (2005)
Alexandre Desplat (2006)
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (2007)
A. R. Rahman (2008)
T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton (2009)
Alexandre Desplat / Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
The Chemical Brothers (2011)
Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (2012)
T Bone Burnett (2013)
Jonny Greenwood / Mica Levi (2014)
Carter Burwell (2015)
Justin Hurwitz , Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
Jonny Greenwood (2017)
Nicholas Britell (2018)
Dan Levy (2019)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
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Gabriel Yared (1996)
James Horner (1997)
Hans Zimmer (1998)
Danny Elfman (1999)
Hans Zimmer (2000)
Craig Armstrong (2001)
Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
Hans Zimmer (2003)
John Swihart (2004)
Harry Gregson-Williams (2005)
Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
Alberto Iglesias (2007)
A. R. Rahman (2008)
Rolfe Kent (2009)
Hans Zimmer (2010)
Marco Beltrami (2011)
Alexandre Desplat (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Antonio Sánchez (2014)
Carter Burwell (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Rupert Gregson-Williams (2017)
Justin Hurwitz (2018)
Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
Alexandre Desplat (2020)
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Bernard Herrmann (1973)
Miklós Rózsa (1974/75)
David Raksin (1976)
John Williams /John Williams (1977)
John Williams (1978)
Miklós Rózsa (1979)
John Barry (1980)
John Williams (1981)
John Williams (1982)
James Horner (1983)
Jerry Goldsmith (1984)
Bruce Broughton (1985)
Alan Menken (1986)
Alan Silvestri (1987)
Christopher Young (1988)
Alan Silvestri (1989/90)
Loek Dikker (1991)
Angelo Badalamenti (1992)
Danny Elfman (1993)
Howard Shore (1994 )
John Ottman (1995)
Danny Elfman (1996)
Danny Elfman (1997)
John Carpenter (1998)
Danny Elfman (1999)
James Horner (2000)
John Williams (2001)
Danny Elfman (2002)
Howard Shore (2003)
Alan Silvestri (2004)
John Williams (2005)
John Ottman (2006)
Alan Menken (2007)
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008)
James Horner (2009)
Hans Zimmer (2010)
Michael Giacchino (2011)
Danny Elfman (2012)
Frank Ilfman (2013)
Hans Zimmer (2014)
John Williams (2015)
Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Michael Giacchino (2017)
Marc Shaiman (2018/2019)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.