The Oscars
* Red text
denotes winners
1939
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Original
Score |
DARK VICTORY |
Max Steiner |
| ETERNALLY YOURS |
Werner Janssen |
| GOLDEN BOY |
Victor Young |
| GONE WITH THE WIND |
Max Steiner |
| GULLIVER'S TRAVELS |
Victor Young |
| MAN OF CONQUEST |
Victor Young |
| NURSE EDITH CAVELL |
Anthony Collins |
| OF MICE AND MEN |
Aaron Copland |
| THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK |
Lucien Moraweck, Lud Gluskin |
| THE RAINS CAME |
Alfred Newman |
| THE WIZARD OF OZ |
Herbert Stothart |
| WUTHERING HEIGHTS |
Alfred Newman |
Scoring |
BABES IN ARMS |
George E. Stoll, Roger Edens |
| FIRST LOVE |
Charles Previn |
| INTERMEZZO |
Lou Forbes |
| MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| OF MICE AND MEN |
Aaron Copland |
| SHE MARRIED A COP |
Cy Feuer |
| STAGECOACH |
Richard Hageman, John
Leipold, Frank Harling, Leo Shuken |
| SWANEE RIVER |
Louis Silvers |
| THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT |
Arthur Lange, Phil Boutelje |
| THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME |
Alfred Newman |
| THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC |
Alfred Newman |
| WAY DOWN SOUTH |
Victor Young |
Song |
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - "Faithful
Forever" |
Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger |
| LOVE AFFAIR - "Wishing" |
Buddy de Sylva |
| SECOND FIDDLE - "I Poured My Heart
into a Song" |
Irving Berlin |
| THE WIZARD OF OZ -
"Over the Rainbow" |
E. Y. Harburg, Harold
Arlen |
1938
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Original
Score |
ARMY GIRL |
Victor Young |
| BLOCK-HEADS |
Marvin Hatley |
| BLOCKADE |
Werner Janssen |
| BREAKING THE ICE |
Victor Young |
| IF I WERE KING |
Richard Hageman |
| MARIE ANTOINETTE |
Herbert Stothart |
| PACIFIC LINER |
Russell Bennett |
| SUEZ |
Louis Silvers |
| THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN
HOOD |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| THE COWBOY AND THE LADY |
Alfred Newman |
| THE YOUNG IN HEART |
Franz Waxman |
Scoring |
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND |
Alfred Newman |
| CAREFREE |
Victor Baravalle |
| GIRLS' SCHOOL |
Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone |
| JEZEBEL |
Max Steiner |
| MAD ABOUT MUSIC |
Charles Previn, Frank Skinner |
| STORM OVER BENGAL |
Cy Feuer |
| SWEETHEARTS |
Herbert Stothart |
| THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES |
Alfred Newman |
| THE YOUNG IN HEART |
Franz Waxman |
| THERE GOES MY HEART |
Marvin Hatley |
| TROPIC HOLIDAY |
Boris Morros |
Song |
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND - "Now It
Can Be Told" |
Irving Berlin |
| CAREFREE - "Change Partners" |
Irving Berlin |
| GOING PLACES - "Jeepers
Creepers" |
Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer |
| MANNEQUIN - "Always and Always" |
Bob Wright, Edward Ward, Chet Forrest |
| MERRILY WE LIVE - "Merrily We
Live" |
Phil Charig, Arthur Quenzer |
| THAT CERTAIN AGE - "My Own" |
Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson |
| THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938
- "Thanks for the Memory" |
Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin |
| THE COWBOY AND THE LADY - "The
Cowboy and the Lady" |
Lionel Newman, Arthur Quenzer |
| THE LADY OBJECTS - "A Mist over the
Moon" |
Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein II |
| UNDER WESTERN STARS - "Dust" |
Johnny Marvin |
1937
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Scoring |
IN OLD CHICAGO |
Louis Silvers |
| LOST HORIZON |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Morris Stoloff |
| MAKE A WISH |
Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld |
| MAYTIME |
Nat W. Finston, Herbert Stothart |
| ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A
GIRL |
Charles Previn |
| PORTIA ON TRIAL |
Alberto Colombo |
| QUALITY STREET |
Roy Webb |
| SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS |
Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Frank
Churchill |
| SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT |
Victor Schertzinger, C. Bakaleinikoff |
| SOULS AT SEA |
Boris Morros, Milan Roder, W. Franke
Harling |
| THE HURRICANE |
Alfred Newman |
| THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA |
Max Steiner, Leo Forbstein |
| THE PRISONER OF ZENDA |
Alfred Newman |
| WAY OUT WEST |
Marvin Hatley |
Song |
ARTISTS AND MODELS - "Whispers in
the Dark" |
Frederick Hollander, Leo Robin |
| MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR - "Remember
Me" |
Al Dubin, Harry Warren |
| SHALL WE DANCE - "They Can't Take
That Away From Me" |
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin |
| WAIKIKI WEDDING -
"Sweet Leilani" |
Harry Owens |
| WALTER WANGER'S VOGUES OF 1938 -
"That Old Feeling" |
Sammy Fain,
Lew Brown |
1936
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Scoring |
ANTHONY ADVERSE |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold,
Leo Forbstein |
| THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE |
Max Steiner, Leo Forbstein |
| THE GARDEN OF ALLAH |
Max Steiner |
| THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN |
Boris Morros, Werner Janssen |
| WINTERSET |
Nathaniel Shilkret |
Song |
BORN TO DANCE - "I've Got You Under
My Skin" |
Cole Porter |
| PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - "Pennies from
Heaven" |
Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston |
| SING, BABY, SING - "When Did You
Leave Heaven" |
Richard A. Whiting, Walter Bullock |
| SUZY - "Did I Remember" |
Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson |
| SWING TIME - "The
Way You Look Tonight" |
Dorothy Fields, Jerome
Kern |
| TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE - "A
Melody from the Sky" |
Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell |
1935
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Scoring |
CAPTAIN BLOOD |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Leo Forbstein |
| MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY |
Herbert Stothart, Nat W. Finston |
| PETER IBBETSON |
Ernst Toch, Irvin Talbot |
| THE INFORMER |
Max Steiner |
Song |
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 -
"Lullaby of Broadway" |
Harry Warren, Al Dubin |
| ROBERTA - "Lovely to Look At" |
Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields |
| TOP HAT - "Cheek to Cheek" |
Irving Berlin |
1934
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Scoring |
ONE NIGHT OF LOVE |
Gus Kahn, Victor
Schertzinger, Louis Silvers |
| THE GAY DIVORCEE |
Max Steiner, Samuel Hoffenstein, Kenneth
Webb |
| THE LOST PATROL |
Max Steiner |
Song |
FLYING DOWN TO RIO - "Carioca" |
Vincent Youmans, Gus Kahn, Edward Eliscu |
| SHE LOVES ME NOT - "Love in
Bloom" |
Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin |
| THE GAY DIVORCEE -
"The Continental" |
Herb Magidson, Con Conrad |
 
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