The Oscars
* Red text
denotes winners
1949
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
BEYOND THE FOREST |
Max Steiner |
| CHAMPION |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE HEIRESS |
Aaron Copland |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
JOLSON SINGS AGAIN |
George Duning, Morris Stoloff |
| LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING |
Ray Heindorf |
| ON THE TOWN |
Roger Edens, Lennie
Hayton |
Song |
COME TO THE STABLE - "Through a Long
and Sleepless Night" |
Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman |
| IT'S A GREAT FEELING - "It's a Great
Feeling" |
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn |
| MY FOOLISH HEART - "My Foolish
Heart" |
Ned Washington, Victor Young |
| NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER -
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
Frank Loesser |
| SO DEAR TO MY HEART - "Lavender
Blue" |
Larry Morey, Eliot Daniel |
1948
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
HAMLET |
William Walton |
| JOAN OF ARC |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| JOHNNY BELINDA |
Max Steiner |
| THE RED SHOES |
Brian Easdale |
| THE SNAKE PIT |
Alfred Newman |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
EASTER PARADE |
Roger Edens, Johnny Green |
| ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS |
Ray Heindorf |
| THE EMPEROR WALTZ |
Victor Young |
| THE PIRATE |
Lennie Hayton |
| WHEN MY BABY SMILES AT ME |
Alfred Newman |
Song |
CASBAH - "For Every Man There's a
Woman" |
Leo Robin, Harold Arlen |
| ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS - "It's
Magic" |
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
| THAT LADY IN ERMINE - "This Is the
Moment" |
Leo Robin, Frederick Hollander |
| THE PALEFACE -
"Buttons and Bows" |
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| WET BLANKET POLICY - "The Woody
Woodpecker Song" |
Ramey Idriss, George Tibbles |
1947
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
A DOUBLE LIFE |
Dr. Miklos Rozsa |
| CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE |
Alfred Newman |
| FOREVER AMBER |
David Raksin |
| LIFE WITH FATHER |
Max Steiner |
| THE BISHOP'S WIFE |
Hugo Friedhofer |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
FIESTA |
Johnny Green |
| MOTHER WORE TIGHTS |
Alfred Newman |
| MY WILD IRISH ROSE |
Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf |
| ROAD TO RIO |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| SONG OF THE SOUTH |
Charles Wolcott, Daniele Amfitheatrof,
Paul J. Smith |
Song |
GOOD NEWS - "Pass That Peace
Pipe" |
Hugh Martin, Roger Edens, Ralph Blane |
| MOTHER WORE TIGHTS - "You Do" |
Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow |
| SONG OF THE SOUTH -
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel |
| THE PERILS OF PAULINE - "I Wish I
Didn't Love You So" |
Frank Loesser |
| THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL -
"A Gal in Calico" |
Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin |
1946
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM |
Bernard Herrmann |
| HENRY V |
William Walton |
| HUMORESQUE |
Franz Waxman |
| THE BEST YEARS OF OUR
LIVES |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| THE KILLERS |
Miklos Rozsa |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
BLUE SKIES |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| CENTENNIAL SUMMER |
Alfred Newman |
| NIGHT AND DAY |
Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner |
| THE HARVEY GIRLS |
Lennie Hayton |
| THE JOLSON STORY |
Morris Stoloff |
Song |
BLUE SKIES - "You Keep Coming Back
Like a Song" |
Irving Berlin |
| CANYON PASSAGE - "Ole Buttermilk
Sky" |
Jack Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael |
| CENTENNIAL SUMMER - "All Through the
Day" |
Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II |
| THE DOLLY SISTERS - "I Can't Begin
to Tell You" |
Mack Gordon, James Monaco |
| THE HARVEY GIRLS -
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" |
Harry Warren, Johnny
Mercer |
1945
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music
Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
A SONG TO REMEMBER |
Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff |
| BREWSTER'S MILLIONS |
Lou Forbes |
| CAPTAIN KIDD |
Werner Janssen |
| FLAME OF BARBARY COAST |
Dale Butts, Morton Scott |
| G. I. HONEYMOON |
Edward J. Kay |
| G. I. JOE |
Ann Ronell, Louis Applebaum |
| GUEST IN THE HOUSE |
Werner Janssen |
| GUEST WIFE |
Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| LOVE LETTERS |
Victor Young |
| OBJECTIVE, BURMA! |
Franz Waxman |
| PARIS--UNDERGROUND |
Alexander Tansman |
| SPELLBOUND |
Miklos Rozsa |
| THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE |
Roy Webb |
| THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM |
Alfred Newman |
| THE LOST WEEKEND |
Miklos Rozsa |
| THE MAN WHO WALKED ALONE |
Karl Hajos |
| THE SOUTHERNER |
Werner Janssen |
| THE VALLEY OF DECISION |
Herbert Stothart |
| THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW |
Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer |
| THIS LOVE OF OURS |
H. J. Salter |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
ANCHORS AWEIGH |
Georgie Stoll |
| BELLE OF THE YUKON |
Arthur Lange |
| CAN'T HELP SINGING |
H. J. Salter, Jerome Kern |
| HITCHHIKE TO HAPPINESS |
Morton Scott |
| INCENDIARY BLONDE |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| RHAPSODY IN BLUE |
Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner |
| STATE FAIR |
Charles Henderson, Alfred Newman |
| SUNBONNET SUE |
Edward J. Kay |
| THE THREE CABALLEROS |
Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J.
Smith |
| TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT |
Morris Stoloff, Marlin Skiles |
| WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME |
Walter Greene |
| WONDER MAN |
Lou Forbes, Ray Heindorf |
Song |
ANCHORS AWEIGH - "I Fall in Love Too
Easily" |
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
| BELLE OF THE YUKON - "Sleighride in
July" |
Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen |
| CAN'T HELP SINGING - "More and
More" |
E. Y. Harburg, Jerome Kern |
| EARL CARROLL VANITIES -
"Endlessly" |
Walter Kent, Kim Gannon |
| G. I. JOE - "Linda" |
Ann Ronell |
| HERE COME THE WAVES - "Accentuate
the Positive" |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
| LOVE LETTERS - "Love Letters" |
Eddie Heyman, Victor Young |
| SAN ANTONIO - "Some Sunday
Morning" |
Ray Heindorf, M. K. Jerome, Ted Koehler |
| SING YOUR WAY HOME - "I'll Buy That
Dream" |
Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson |
| STATE FAIR - "It
Might As Well Be Spring" |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar
Hammerstein II |
| THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S - "Aren't
You Glad You're You?" |
James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke |
| TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT -
"Anywhere" |
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn |
| WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME - "The Cat and
the Canary" |
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| WONDER MAN - "So in Love" |
Leo Robin, David Rose |
1944
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music
Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ADDRESS UNKNOWN |
Ernst Toch, Morris Stoloff |
| CASANOVA BROWN |
Arthur Lange |
| CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY |
H. J. Salter |
| DOUBLE INDEMNITY |
Miklos Rozsa |
| IT HAPPENED TOMORROW |
Robert Stolz |
| JACK LONDON |
Frederic Efrem Rich |
| KISMET |
Herbert Stothart |
| NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART |
Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff |
| SINCE YOU WENT AWAY |
Max Steiner |
| SUMMER STORM |
Karl Hajos |
| THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN |
Max Steiner |
| THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE FIGHTING SEABEES |
Walter Scharf, Roy Webb |
| THE HAIRY APE |
Michel Michelet, Edward Paul |
| THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE |
David Rose |
| THREE RUSSIAN GIRLS |
Franke Harling |
| UP IN MABEL'S ROOM |
Edward Paul |
| VOICE IN THE WIND |
Michel Michelet |
| WILSON |
Alfred Newman |
| WOMAN OF THE TOWN |
Miklos Rozsa |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
BRAZIL |
Walter Scharf |
| COVER GIRL |
Morris Stoloff, Carmen
Dragon |
| HIGHER AND HIGHER |
C. Bakaleinikoff |
| HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN |
Ray Heindorf |
| IRISH EYES ARE SMILING |
Alfred Newman |
| KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY |
Werner R. Heymann, Kurt
Weill |
| LADY IN THE DARK |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| LADY, LET'S DANCE |
Edward Kay |
| MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS |
Georgie Stoll |
| MINSTREL MAN |
Leo Erdody, Ferde Grofe |
| SENSATIONS OF 1945 |
Mahlon Merrick |
| SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD |
Charles Previn |
| THE MERRY MONAHANS |
H. J. Salter |
| UP IN ARMS |
Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes |
Song |
BRAZIL - "Rio de Janeiro" |
Ary Barroso, Ned Washington |
| COVER GIRL - "Long Ago and Far
Away" |
Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin |
| FOLLOW THE BOYS - "I'll Walk
Alone" |
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
| GOING MY WAY -
"Swinging on a Star" |
Johnny Burke, James Van
Heusen |
| HIGHER AND HIGHER - "I Couldn't
Sleep a Wink Last Night" |
Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh |
| HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN - "Sweet Dreams
Sweetheart" |
Ted Koehler, M. K. Jerome |
| LADY, LET'S DANCE - "Silver Shadows
and Golden Dreams" |
Charles Newman, Lew Pollack |
| MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS - "The Trolley
Song" |
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane |
| MINSTREL MAN - "Remember Me to
Carolina" |
Paul Webster, Harry Revel |
| SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD - "Too Much in
Love" |
Walter Kent, Kim Gannon |
| SWEET AND LOWDOWN - "I'm Making
Believe" |
James V. Monaco, Mack Gordon |
| UP IN ARMS - "Now I Know" |
Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen |
1943
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music
Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
CASABLANCA |
Max Steiner |
| COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN |
Louis Gruenberg, Morris
Stoloff |
| FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS |
Victor Young |
| HANGMEN ALSO DIE |
Hanns Eisler |
| HI DIDDLE DIDDLE |
Phil Boutelje |
| IN OLD OKLAHOMA |
Walter Scharf |
| JOHNNY COME LATELY |
Leigh Harline |
| LADY OF BURLESQUE |
Arthur Lange |
| MADAME CURIE |
Herbert Stothart |
| THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY |
Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter |
| THE FALLEN SPARROW |
C. Bakaleinikoff, Roy Webb |
| THE KANSAN |
Gerard Carbonara |
| THE MOON AND SIXPENCE |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE NORTH STAR |
Aaron Copland |
| THE SONG OF BERNADETTE |
Alfred Newman |
| VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER |
Edward H. Plumb, Oliver G. Wallace, Paul
J. Smith |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
CONEY ISLAND |
Alfred Newman |
| HIT PARADE OF 1943 |
Walter Scharf |
| PHANTOM OF THE OPERA |
Edward Ward |
| SALUDOS AMIGOS |
Charles Wolcott, Paul J. Smith, Edward H.
Plumb |
| SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT |
Morris Stoloff |
| STAGE DOOR CANTEEN |
Frederic E. Rich |
| STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| THE SKY'S THE LIMIT |
Leigh Harline |
| THIS IS THE ARMY |
Ray Heindorf |
| THOUSANDS CHEER |
Herbert Stothart |
Song |
CABIN IN THE SKY - "Happiness Is a
Thing Called Joe" |
Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg |
| HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO -
"You'll Never Know" |
Harry Warren, Mack Gordon |
| HERS TO HOLD - "Say a Pray'r for the
Boys Over There" |
Jimmy McHugh, Herb Magidson |
| HIT PARADE OF 1943 - "A Change of
Heart" |
Jule Styne, Harold Adamson |
| SALUDOS AMIGOS - "Saludos
Amigos" |
Charles Wolcott, Ned Washington |
| SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT - "You'd Be
So Nice to Come Home To" |
Cole Porter |
| STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - "We Mustn't Say
Goodbye" |
Al Dubin, James Monaco |
| STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM - "Black
Magic" |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
| THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS - "They're
Either Too Young or Too Old" |
Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser |
| THE SKY'S THE LIMIT - "My Shining
Hour" |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
1942
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music
Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ARABIAN NIGHTS |
Frank Skinner |
| BAMBI |
Edward Plumb, Frank Churchill |
| FLYING TIGERS |
Victor Young |
| I MARRIED A WITCH |
Roy Webb |
| JOAN OF PARIS |
Roy Webb |
| JUNGLE BOOK |
Miklos Rozsa |
| KLONDIKE FURY |
Edward Kay |
| NOW, VOYAGER |
Max Steiner |
| RANDOM HARVEST |
Herbert Stothart |
| SILVER QUEEN |
Victor Young |
| TAKE A LETTER, DARLING |
Victor Young |
| THE BLACK SWAN |
Alfred Newman |
| THE CORSICAN BROTHERS |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE GOLD RUSH |
Max Terr |
| THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES |
Leigh Harline |
| THE SHANGHAI GESTURE |
Richard Hageman |
| THE TALK OF THE TOWN |
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff |
| TO BE OR NOT TO BE |
Werner Heymann |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
FLYING WITH MUSIC |
Edward Ward |
| FOR ME AND MY GAL |
Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens |
| HOLIDAY INN |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| IT STARTED WITH EVE |
Hans Salter, Charles Previn |
| JOHNNY DOUGHBOY |
Walter Scharf |
| MY GAL SAL |
Alfred Newman |
| YANKEE DOODLE DANDY |
Ray Heindorf, Heinz
Roemheld |
| YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER |
Leigh Harline |
Song |
ALWAYS IN MY HEART - "Always in My
Heart" |
Ernesto Lecuona, Kim Gannon |
| BABES ON BROADWAY - "How About
You?" |
Ralph Freed, Burton Lane |
| BAMBI - "Love Is a Song" |
Frank Churchill, Larry Morey |
| FLYING WITH MUSIC - "Pennies for
Peppino" |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright, Edward Ward |
| HELLZAPOPPIN' - "Pig Foot Pete" |
Gene de Paul, Don Raye |
| HOLIDAY INN - "White
Christmas" |
Irving Berlin |
| ORCHESTRA WIVES - "I've Got a Gal in
Kalamazoo" |
Harry Warren, Mack Gordon |
| THE MAYOR OF 44TH STREET - "There's
a Breeze on Lake Louise" |
Mort Greene, Harry Revel |
| YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER - "Dearly
Beloved" |
Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer |
| YOUTH ON PARADE - "It Seems I Heard
That Song Before" |
Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
1941
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music
Score of a Dramatic Picture |
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL
WEBSTER (a.k.a. ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY) |
Bernard Herrmann |
| BACK STREET |
Frank Skinner |
| BALL OF FIRE |
Alfred Newman |
| CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP |
Edward Ward |
| CITIZEN KANE |
Bernard Herrmann |
| DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE |
Franz Waxman |
| HOLD BACK THE DAWN |
Victor Young |
| HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY |
Alfred Newman |
| KING OF THE ZOMBIES |
Edward Kay |
| LADIES IN RETIREMENT |
Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch |
| LYDIA |
Miklos Rozsa |
| MERCY ISLAND |
Walter Scharf, Cy Feuer |
| SERGEANT YORK |
Max Steiner |
| SO ENDS OUR NIGHT |
Louis Gruenberg |
| SUNDOWN |
Miklos Rozsa |
| SUSPICION |
Franz Waxman |
| TANKS A MILLION |
Edward Ward |
| THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING |
Werner Heymann |
| THE LITTLE FOXES |
Meredith Willson |
| THIS WOMAN IS MINE |
Richard Hageman |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
ALL-AMERICAN CO-ED |
Edward Ward |
| BIRTH OF THE BLUES |
Robert Emmett Dolan |
| BUCK PRIVATES |
Charles Previn |
| DUMBO |
Frank Churchill, Oliver
Wallace |
| ICE-CAPADES |
Cy Feuer |
| SUN VALLEY SERENADE |
Emil Newman |
| SUNNY |
Anthony Collins |
| THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER |
Bronislau Kaper, Herbert
Stothart |
| THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE |
Heinz Roemheld |
| YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH |
Morris Stoloff |
Song |
ALL-AMERICAN CO-ED - "Out of the
Silence" |
Lloyd B. Norlind |
| BLUES IN THE NIGHT - "Blues in the
Night" |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
| BUCK PRIVATES - "Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy of Company B" |
Don Raye, Hugh Prince |
| DUMBO - "Baby Mine" |
Ned Washington, Frank Churchill |
| LADY BE GOOD - "The
Last Time I Saw Paris" |
Jerome Kern, Oscar
Hammerstein II |
| LAS VEGAS NIGHTS - "Dolores" |
Lou Alter, Frank Loesser |
| RIDIN' ON A RAINBOW - "Be Honest
with Me" |
Gene Autry, Fred Rose |
| SUN VALLEY SERENADE - "Chattanooga
Choo Choo" |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren |
| YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH - "Since I
Kissed My Baby Goodbye" |
Cole Porter |
1940
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Original
Score |
ARIZONA |
Victor Young |
| MY FAVORITE WIFE |
Roy Webb |
| NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE |
Victor Young |
| ONE MILLION B.C. |
Werner Heymann |
| OUR TOWN |
Aaron Copland |
| PINOCCHIO |
Ned Washington, Paul J.
Smith, Leigh Harline |
| REBECCA |
Franz Waxman |
| THE DARK COMMAND |
Victor Young |
| THE FIGHT FOR LIFE |
Louis Gruenberg |
| THE GREAT DICTATOR |
Meredith Willson |
| THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES |
Frank Skinner |
| THE HOWARDS OF VIRGINIA |
Richard Hageman |
| THE LETTER |
Max Steiner |
| THE LONG VOYAGE HOME |
Richard Hageman |
| THE MARK OF ZORRO |
Alfred Newman |
| THE THIEF OF BAGDAD |
Miklos Rozsa |
| WATERLOO BRIDGE |
Herbert Stothart |
Scoring |
ARISE, MY LOVE |
Victor Young |
| HIT PARADE OF 1941 |
Cy Feuer |
| IRENE |
Anthony Collins |
| OUR TOWN |
Aaron Copland |
| SECOND CHORUS |
Artie Shaw |
| SPRING PARADE |
Charles Previn |
| STRIKE UP THE BAND |
Georgie Stoll, Roger Edens |
| THE SEA HAWK |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| TIN PAN ALLEY |
Alfred Newman |
Song |
DOWN ARGENTINE WAY - "Down Argentine
Way" |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren |
| HIT PARADE OF 1941 - "Who Am
I?" |
Walter Bullock, Jule Styne |
| MUSIC IN MY HEART - "It's a Blue
World" |
Chet Forrest, Bob Wright |
| PINOCCHIO - "When
You Wish upon a Star" |
Ned Washington, Leigh
Harline |
| RHYTHM ON THE RIVER - "Only
Forever" |
James Monaco, John Burke |
| SECOND CHORUS - "Love of My
Life" |
Artie Shaw, Johnny Mercer |
| SPRING PARADE - "Waltzing in the
Clouds" |
Robert Stolz, Gus Kahn |
| STRIKE UP THE BAND - "Our Love
Affair" |
Roger Edens, Arthur Freed |
| YOU'LL FIND OUT - "I'd Know You
Anywhere" |
Jimmy McHugh, Johnny Mercer |
 
|