The Oscars
* Red text
denotes winners
1959
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
BEN-HUR |
Miklos Rozsa |
| ON THE BEACH |
Ernest Gold |
| PILLOW TALK |
Frank DeVol |
| THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK |
Alfred Newman |
| THE NUN'S STORY |
Franz Waxman |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
LI'L ABNER |
Joseph J. Lilley, Nelson Riddle |
| PORGY AND BESS |
Ken Darby, Andre Previn |
| SAY ONE FOR ME |
Lionel Newman |
| SLEEPING BEAUTY |
George Bruns |
| THE FIVE PENNIES |
Leith Stevens |
Song |
A HOLE IN THE HEAD -
"High Hopes" |
Sammy Cahn, James Van
Heusen |
| THE BEST OF EVERYTHING - "The Best
of Everything" |
Sammy Cahn, Alfred Newman |
| THE FIVE PENNIES - "The Five
Pennies" |
Sylvia Fine |
| THE HANGING TREE - "The Hanging
Tree" |
Mack David, Jerry Livingston |
| THE YOUNG LAND - "Strange Are the
Ways of Love" |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington |
1958
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
SEPARATE TABLES |
David Raksin |
| THE BIG COUNTRY |
Jerome Moross |
| THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE YOUNG LIONS |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| WHITE WILDERNESS |
Oliver Wallace |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
DAMN YANKEES |
Ray Heindorf |
| GIGI |
Andre Previn |
| MARDI GRAS |
Lionel Newman |
| SOUTH PACIFIC |
Ken Darby, Alfred Newman |
| THE BOLSHOI BALLET |
G. Rozhdestvensky, Yuri Faier |
Song |
A CERTAIN SMILE - "A Certain
Smile" |
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster |
| GIGI - "Gigi" |
Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay
Lerner |
| HOUSEBOAT - "Almost in your Arms
(Love Song from 'Houseboat')" |
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR - "A Very
Precious Love" |
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster |
| SOME CAME RUNNING - "To Love and Be
Loved" |
James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn |
1957
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Scoring |
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| BOY ON A DOLPHIN |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| PERRI |
Paul Smith |
| RAINTREE COUNTY |
Johnny Green |
| THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER
KWAI |
Malcolm Arnold |
Song |
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER - "An Affair
To Remember" |
Harry Warren, Harold
Adamson, Leo McCarey |
| APRIL LOVE - "April Love" |
Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster |
| TAMMY AND THE BACHELOR -
"Tammy" |
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
| THE JOKER IS WILD -
"All The Way" |
James Van Heusen, Sammy
Cahn |
| WILD IS THE WIND - "Wild Is the
Wind" |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington |
1956
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ANASTASIA |
Alfred Newman |
| AROUND THE WORLD IN 80
DAYS |
Victor Young |
| BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| GIANT |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE RAINMAKER |
Alex North |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
HIGH SOCIETY |
Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin |
| MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS |
George Stoll, Johnny Green |
| THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE |
Lionel Newman |
| THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY |
George Duning, Morris Stoloff |
| THE KING AND I |
Ken Darby, Alfred Newman |
Song |
FRIENDLY PERSUASION - "Friendly
Persuasion (Thee I Love)" |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Paul Francis Webster |
| HIGH SOCIETY - "True Love" |
Cole Porter |
| JULIE - "Julie" |
Tom Adair, Leith Stevens |
| THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
- "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" |
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
| WRITTEN ON THE WIND - "Written on
the Wind" |
Sammy Cahn, Victor Young |
1955
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
BATTLE CRY |
Max Steiner |
| LOVE IS A MANY-
SPLENDORED THING |
Alfred Newman |
| PICNIC |
George Duning |
| THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM |
Elmer Bernstein |
| THE ROSE TATTOO |
Alex North |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
DADDY LONG LEGS |
Alfred Newman |
| GUYS AND DOLLS |
Cyril J. Mockridge, Jay Blackton |
| IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER |
Andre Previn |
| LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME |
Percy Faith, George Stoll |
| OKLAHOMA! |
Jay Blackton, Robert
Russell Bennett, Adolph Deutsch |
Song |
DADDY LONG LEGS - "Something's Gotta
Give" |
Johnny Mercer |
| LOVE IS A MANY-
SPLENDORED THING - "Love is a Many-Spendored Thing" |
Paul Francis Webster,
Sammy Fain |
| LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME - "I'll Never
Stop Loving You" |
Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodszky |
| THE TENDER TRAP - "(Love Is) The
Tender Trap" |
James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn |
| UNCHAINED - "Unchained Melody" |
Alex North, Hy Zaret |
1954
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
GENEVIEVE |
Larry Adler, Muir Mathieson |
| ON THE WATERFRONT |
Leonard Bernstein |
| THE CAINE MUTINY |
Max Steiner |
| THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| THE SILVER CHALICE |
Franz Waxman |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
A STAR IS BORN |
Ray Heindorf |
| CARMEN JONES |
Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN
BROTHERS |
Saul Chaplin, Adolph
Deutsch |
| THE GLENN MILLER STORY |
Henry Mancini, Joseph Gershenson |
| THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS |
Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman |
Song |
A STAR IS BORN - "The Man That Got
Away" |
Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin |
| SUSAN SLEPT HERE - "Hold My
Hand" |
Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence |
| THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY - "The High
and The Mighty" |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned
Washington |
| THREE COINS IN THE
FOUNTAIN - "Three Coins in the Fountain" |
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn |
| WHITE CHRISTMAS - "Count Your
Blessings Instead of Sheep" |
Irving Berlin |
1953
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ABOVE AND BEYOND |
Hugo Friedhofer |
| FROM HERE TO ETERNITY |
George Duning, Morris Stoloff |
| JULIUS CAESAR |
Miklos Rozsa |
| LILI |
Bronislau Kaper |
| THIS IS CINERAMA |
Louis Forbes |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
CALAMITY JANE |
Ray Heindorf |
| CALL ME MADAM |
Alfred Newman |
| KISS ME KATE |
Andre Previn, Saul Chaplin |
| THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T |
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff |
| THE BAND WAGON |
Adolph Deutsch |
Song |
CALAMITY JANE -
"Secret Love" |
Paul Francis Webster,
Sammy Fain |
| MISS SADIE THOMPSON - "Sadie
Thompson's Song (Blue Pacific Blues)" |
Lester Lee, Ned Washington |
| SMALL TOWN GIRL - "My Flaming
Heart" |
Nicholas Brodszky, Leo Robin |
| THE CADDY - "That's Amore" |
Jack Brooks, Harry Warren |
| THE MOON IS BLUE - "The Moon Is
Blue" |
Sylvia Fine, Herschel Burke Gilbert |
1952
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
HIGH NOON |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
| IVANHOE |
Miklos Rozsa |
| MIRACLE OF FATIMA |
Max Steiner |
| THE THIEF |
Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| VIVA ZAPATA! |
Alex North |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN |
Walter Scharf |
| SINGIN' IN THE RAIN |
Lennie Hayton |
| THE JAZZ SINGER |
Max Steiner, Ray Heindorf |
| THE MEDIUM |
Gian-Carlo Menotti |
| WITH A SONG IN MY HEART |
Alfred Newman |
Song |
BECAUSE YOU'RE MINE - "Because
You're Mine" |
Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodszky |
| HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN -
"Thumbelina" |
Frank Loesser |
| HIGH NOON - "High
Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" |
Ned Washington, Dimitri
Tiomkin |
| JUST FOR YOU - "Zing a Little
Zong" |
Leo Robin, Harry Warren |
| SON OF PALEFACE - "Am I in
Love" |
Jack Brooks |
1951
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
A PLACE IN THE SUN |
Franz Waxman |
| A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE |
Alex North |
| DAVID AND BATHSHEBA |
Alfred Newman |
| DEATH OF A SALESMAN |
Alex North |
| QUO VADIS |
Miklos Rozsa |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND |
Oliver Wallace |
| AN AMERICAN IN PARIS |
Johnny Green, Saul
Chaplin |
| ON THE RIVIERA |
Alfred Newman |
| SHOW BOAT |
Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger |
| THE GREAT CARUSO |
Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green |
Song |
GOLDEN GIRL - "Never" |
Eliot Daniel, Lionel Newman |
| HERE COMES THE GROOM -
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" |
Johnny Mercer, Hoagy
Carmichael |
| RICH, YOUNG AND PRETTY - "Wonder
Why" |
Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy
Cahn |
| ROYAL WEDDING - "Too Late Now" |
Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner |
| THE STRIP - "A Kiss to Build a Dream
On" |
Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar, Oscar
Hammerstein II |
1950
Award
|
Movie / Title
|
Composer(s) / Artist(s)
|
Music Score
of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
ALL ABOUT EVE |
Alfred Newman |
| NO SAD SONGS FOR ME |
George Duning |
| SAMSON AND DELILAH |
Victor Young |
| SUNSET BLVD. |
Franz Waxman |
| THE FLAME AND THE ARROW |
Max Steiner |
Scoring of
a Musical Picture |
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN |
Roger Edens, Adolph
Deutsch |
| CINDERELLA |
Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith |
| I'LL GET BY |
Lionel Newman |
| THE WEST POINT STORY |
Ray Heindorf |
| THREE LITTLE WORDS |
Andre Previn |
Song |
CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A. -
"Mona Lisa" |
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| CINDERELLA -
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" |
Mack David, Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman |
| SINGING GUNS - "Mule Train" |
Johnny Lange, Fred Glickman, Hy Heath |
| THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS - "Be My
Love" |
Sammy Cahn, Nicholas
Brodszky |
| WABASH AVENUE - "Wilhelmina" |
Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow |
 
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