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Original Score Dossier

The score file: composers, musical signatures, and the Academy-winning sounds that gave films their emotional architecture.

Latest Winner Sinners
Span 1938-2025
Ceremonies 87
Winners 87
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Sinners

Most recent winning record: 98th ceremony (2025). Ludwig Goransson

Open Winner Ludwig Goransson Open Ceremony 98th Academy Awards Open Ledger MUSIC (Original Score)
529Nominations
87Wins
87Ceremonies
1938-2025Span

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MUSIC (Original Score) Through the Eras

87 ceremonies, 87 winners, 442 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Full nominee trails are loaded for every ceremony.

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2020s

Sinners poster
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Sinners

A visual entry point into the 2020s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

2010s

Joker poster
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Joker

A visual entry point into the 2010s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

2000s

Up poster
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Up

A visual entry point into the 2000s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

1990s

The Red Violin poster
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The Red Violin

A visual entry point into the 1990s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

1980s

The Little Mermaid poster
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The Little Mermaid

A visual entry point into the 1980s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

58th Ceremony 1985
Winner

Out of Africa

John Barry

Ceremony Film History Person History
4 other nominees

1970s

A Little Romance poster
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A Little Romance

A visual entry point into the 1970s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

1960s

1950s

Ben-Hur poster
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Ben-Hur

A visual entry point into the 1950s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

1940s

The Heiress poster
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The Heiress

A visual entry point into the 1940s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

18th Ceremony 1945
Winner

Spellbound

Miklos Rozsa

Ceremony Film History Person History
20 other nominees
17th Ceremony 1944
Winner

Since You Went Away

Max Steiner

Ceremony Film History Person History
19 other nominees
16th Ceremony 1943
Winner

The Song of Bernadette

Alfred Newman

Ceremony Film History Person History
15 other nominees
15th Ceremony 1942
Winner

Now, Voyager

Max Steiner

Ceremony Film History Person History
17 other nominees
14th Ceremony 1941
Winner

All That Money Can Buy

Bernard Herrmann

Ceremony Film History Person History
19 other nominees
13th Ceremony 1940
Winner

Pinocchio

Leigh Harline | Paul J. Smith | Ned Washington

Craft Credits Leigh Harline Paul J. Smith Ned Washington
Ceremony Film History
16 other nominees

1930s

The Wizard of Oz poster
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The Wizard of Oz

A visual entry point into the 1930s MUSIC (Original Score) run.

12th Ceremony 1939
Winner

The Wizard of Oz

Herbert Stothart

Ceremony Film History Person History
11 other nominees
11th Ceremony 1938
Winner

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Ceremony Film History Person History
10 other nominees

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