The Oscars
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[TOP] 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
1979
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
10 | Henry Mancini |
| A LITTLE ROMANCE | Georges Delerue | |
| STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| THE AMITYVILLE HORROR | Lalo Schifrin | |
| THE CHAMP | Dave Grusin |
Original
Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation |
ALL THAT JAZZ | Ralph Burns |
| BREAKING AWAY | Patrick Williams | |
| THE MUPPET MOVIE | Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher |
Original Song |
10 - "It's Easy To Say" | Henry Mancini, Robert Wells |
| ICE CASTLES - "Through the Eyes of Love" | Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch | |
| NORMA RAE - "It Goes Like It Goes" | Norman Gimbel, David Shire | |
| THE MUPPET MOVIE - "The Rainbow Connection" | Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher | |
| THE PROMISE - "I'll Never Say Goodbye" | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, David Shire |
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1978
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
DAYS OF HEAVEN | Ennio Morricone |
| HEAVEN CAN WAIT | Dave Grusin | |
| MIDNIGHT EXPRESS | Giorgio Moroder | |
| SUPERMAN | John Williams | |
| THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL | Jerry Goldsmith |
Adaptation Score |
PRETTY BABY | Jerry Wexler |
| THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY | Joe Renzetti | |
| THE WIZ | Quincy Jones |
Original Song |
FOUL PLAY - "Ready To Take a Chance Again" | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel |
| GREASE - "Hopelessly Devoted To You" | John Farrar | |
| SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR - "The Last Time I Felt Like This" | Marvin Hamlisch, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman |
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| THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY - "Last Dance" | Paul Jabara | |
| THE MAGIC OF LASSIE - "When You're Loved" | Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman |
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1977
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND | John Williams |
| JULIA | Georges Delerue | |
| MOHAMMAD - MESSENGER OF GOD | Maurice Jarre | |
| STAR WARS | John Williams | |
| THE SPY WHO LOVED ME | Marvin Hamlisch |
Original
Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation |
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC | Jonathan Tunick |
| PETE'S DRAGON | Joel Hirschhorn, Irwin Kostal, Al Kasha | |
| THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE-- THE STORY OF CINDERELLA | Angela Morley, Robert B. Sherman, Richard M.Sherman |
Original Song |
PETE'S DRAGON - "Candle on the Water" | Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha |
| THE RESCUERS - "Someone's Waiting for You" | Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins, Sammy Fain | |
| THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE-- THE STORY OF CINDERELLA - "The Slipper and the Rose Waltz (He Danced with Me/She Danced with Me" | Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman | |
| THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - "Nobody Does It Better" | Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager |
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| YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE - "You Light Up My Life" | Joseph Brooks |
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1976
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
OBSESSION | Bernard Herrmann |
| TAXI DRIVER | Bernard Herrmann | |
| THE OMEN | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES | Jerry Fielding | |
| VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED | Lalo Schifrin |
Original
Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation |
A STAR IS BORN | Roger Kellaway |
| BOUND FOR GLORY | Leonard Rosenman | |
| BUGSY MALONE | Paul Williams |
Original Song |
A STAR IS BORN - "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" | Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams |
| HALF A HOUSE - "A World That Never Was" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | |
| ROCKY - "Gonna Fly Now" | Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carol Connors | |
| THE OMEN - "Ave Satani" | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN - "Come to Me" | Henry Mancini, Don Black |
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1975
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
BIRDS DO IT, BEES DO IT | Gerald Fried |
| BITE THE BULLET | Alex North | |
| JAWS | John Williams | |
| ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST | Jack Nitzsche | |
| THE WIND AND THE LION | Jerry Goldsmith |
Original
Song Score and Adaptation -or- |
BARRY LYNDON | Leonard Rosenman |
| FUNNY LADY | Peter Matz | |
| TOMMY | Peter Townshend |
Original Song |
FUNNY LADY - "How Lucky Can You Get" | Fred Ebb, John Kander |
| MAHOGANY - "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser | |
| NASHVILLE - "I'm Easy" | Keith Carradine | |
| THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - "Richard's Window" | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel |
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| WHIFFS - "Now That We're in Love" | Sammy Cahn, George Barrie |
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1974
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Dramatic Score |
CHINATOWN | Jerry Goldsmith |
| MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| SHANKS | Alex North | |
| THE GODFATHER PART II | Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola | |
| THE TOWERING INFERNO | John Williams |
Original
Song Score and Adaptation -or- |
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE | George Aliceson Tipton, Paul Williams |
| THE GREAT GATSBY | Nelson Riddle | |
| THE LITTLE PRINCE | Angela Morley, Douglas Gamley, Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner |
Song |
BENJI - "Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" | Betty Box, Euel Box |
| BLAZING SADDLES - "Blazing Saddles" | John Morris, Mel Brooks | |
| GOLD - "Wherever Love Takes Me" | Elmer Bernstein, Don Black | |
| THE LITTLE PRINCE - "Little Prince" | Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | |
| THE TOWERING INFERNO - "We May Never Love Like This Again" | Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha |
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1973
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Dramatic Score |
A TOUCH OF CLASS | John Cameron |
| CINDERELLA LIBERTY | John Williams | |
| PAPILLON | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN | Georges Delerue | |
| THE WAY WE WERE | Marvin Hamlisch |
Original
Song Score and Adaptation -or- |
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR | Herbert Spencer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andre Previn |
| THE STING | Marvin Hamlisch | |
| TOM SAWYER | John Williams, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman |
Song |
A TOUCH OF CLASS - "All That Love Went To Waste" | George Barrie, Sammy Cahn |
| CINDERELLA LIBERTY - "Nice To Be Around" | Paul Williams, John Williams | |
| LIVE AND LET DIE - "Live and Let Die" | Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney | |
| ROBIN HOOD - "Love" | George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston | |
| THE WAY WE WERE - "The Way We Were" | Alan Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch, Marilyn Bergman |
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1972
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Dramatic Score |
IMAGES | John Williams |
| LIMELIGHT (1952) | Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell, Charles Chaplin | |
| NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA | Buddy Baker | |
| SLEUTH | John Addison | |
| THE GODFATHER | Nino Rota | |
| THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE | John Williams |
Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score |
CABARET | Ralph Burns |
| LADY SINGS THE BLUES | Gil Askey | |
| MAN OF LA MANCHA | Laurence Rosenthal |
Song Original for the Picture |
BEN - "Ben" | Don Black, Walter Scharf |
| THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN - "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" | Alan Bergman, Maurice Jarre, Marilyn Bergman | |
| THE LITTLE ARK - "Come Follow, Follow Me" | Fred Karlin, Marsha Karlin | |
| THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE - "The Morning After" | Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha | |
| THE STEPMOTHER - "Strange Are the Ways of Love" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster |
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1971
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Dramatic Score |
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS | John Barry |
| NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| SHAFT | Isaac Hayes | |
| STRAW DOGS | Jerry Fielding | |
| SUMMER OF '42 | Michel Legrand |
Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score |
BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS | Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal, Richard M. Sherman |
| FIDDLER ON THE ROOF | John Williams | |
| TCHAIKOVSKY | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
| THE BOY FRIEND | Peter Greenwell, Peter Maxwell Davies | |
| WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY | Walter Scharf, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley |
Song Original for the Picture |
BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS - "The Age of Not Believing" | Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman |
| BLESS THE BEASTS & CHILDREN - "Bless the Beasts & Children" | Perry Botkin, Jr., Barry DeVorzon | |
| KOTCH - "Life Is What You Make It" | Johnny Mercer, Marvin Hamlisch | |
| SHAFT - "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | |
| SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION - "All His Children" | Henry Mancini, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman |
[TOP] 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
1970
Award |
Movie / Title |
Composer(s) / Artist(s) |
Original Score |
AIRPORT | Alfred Newman |
| CROMWELL | Frank Cordell | |
| LOVE STORY | Francis Lai | |
| PATTON | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| SUNFLOWER | Henry Mancini |
Original Song Score |
A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN | Vince Guaraldi, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, John Scott Trotter, Rod McKuen |
| DARLING LILI | Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer | |
| LET IT BE | The Beatles | |
| SCROOGE | Leslie Bricusse, Herbert W. Spencer, Ian Fraser | |
| THE BABY MAKER | Tylwyth Kymry, Fred Karlin |
Song Original for the Picture |
DARLING LILI - "Whistling Away the Dark" | Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini |
| LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS - "For All We Know" | Robb Royer, Fred Karlin, James Griffin | |
| MADRON - "Till Love Touches Your Life" | Riz Ortolani, Arthur Hamilton | |
| PIECES OF DREAMS - "Pieces of Dreams" | Alan Bergman, Michel Legrand, Marilyn Bergman | |
| SCROOGE - "Thank You Very Much" | Leslie Bricusse |
[TOP] 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
