A total of forty-nine composers and seventy scores. Thirty-eight composers are represented once. Five are represented twice. Four are represented thrice, and two have five of their scores honored. Of the forty-nine composers, forty-eight are male, and one is female. This used to be – and still is – a very manly profession, but female composers are finally making headway. One of John Barry’s scores is listed twice; it’s the same score but with an orchestral arrangement in “You Only Live Twice” and an arrangement for harmonica in “Midnight Cowboy” – Barry received no screen credit for his work on “Cowboy.” A colleague of the original composer completed the scores of two of the movies listed.
Of the seventy original scores listed, Five are Oscar winners: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Midnight Express (1978). Twenty-one received an Oscar nomination. One received a nomination that was then rescinded: Nino Rota for The Godfather (1972). The other forty-three of my favorite movie scores were NOT nominated by AMPAS – a reflection of that branch of the Academy’s questionable taste!
![GWTW](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/GWTW-CLARK.jpg)
Gone with the Wind (1939): Max Steiner
![Rebecca](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Joan-Fontain_2.jpg)
Rebecca (1940): Franz Waxman
![Citizen Kane](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-40-300x192.jpg)
Citizen Kane (1941): Bernard Herrmann
![King's Row](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Kings-Row-300x186.jpg)
King’s Row (1942): Erich Wolfgang Korngold
![Laura](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-62.jpg)
Laura (1944): David Raksin
![Double Indemnity](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/52_file.png)
Double Indemnity (1944): Miklós Rózsa
![Notorious](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-63.jpg)
Notorious (1946): Roy Webb
![The Best Years of Our Lives](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Best-years-of-Our-Lives_2.jpg)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Hugo Friedhofer
![The Third Man](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-4.jpg)
The Third Man (1949): Anton Karas
![Sunset Boulevard](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/54_file.png)
Sunset Boulevard (1950): Franz Waxman
![A Streetcar Named Desire](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-55.jpg)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Alex North
![Rebel Without a Cause](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rebel-Without-a-Cause_2.jpg)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955): Leonard Rosenman
![The Big Country](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-64.jpg)
The Big Country (1958): Jerome Moross
![Vertigo](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-10.jpg)
Vertigo (1958): Bernard Herrmann
![North By Northwest](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/57_file.png)
North by Northwest (1959): Bernard Herrmann
![Psycho](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/58_file.png)
Psycho (1960): Bernard Herrmann.
![The Magnificent Seven](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-90.jpg)
The Magnificent Seven (1960): Elmer Bernstein
![Breakfast at Tiffany's](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Breakfast-at-Tiffanys.jpg)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961): Henry Mancini
![Lawrence of Arabia](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-65.jpg)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Maurice Jarre
![To Kill a Mockingbird](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/To-Kill-a-Mockingbird.jpg)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): Elmer Bernstein
![Whatever Happened to Baby Jane](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Whatever-Happened-to-Baby-Jane.jpg)
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962): Frank De Vol
![Eight and a Half](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Eight-and-a-Half.jpg)
Eight and a Half (1963): Nino Rota
![The Pink Panther](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Pink-Panther.jpg)
The Pink Panther (1964): Henry Mancini
![Contempt](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Contempt.jpg)
Contempt (1964): Georges Delerue
![Juliette of the Spirits](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Juliette-of-the-Spirits.jpg)
Juliette of the Spirits (1965): Nino Rota
![A Man and a Woman](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OIP-1.jpg)
A Man and a Woman (1966): Francis Lai
![The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-44.jpg)
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966): Ennio Morricone
![Reflections in a Golden Eye](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-12.jpg)
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967): Toshiro Mayuzumi
![You Only Live Twice](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/You-Only-Live-Twice-2.jpg)
You Only Live Twice (1967): John Barry
(the same score as “Midnight Cowboy” arranged for the symphony)
![The Fox](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Fox2.jpg)
The Fox (1968): Lalo Schifrin
![Once Upon A Time in The West](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/60_file.png)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Ennio Morricone
![The Wild Bunch](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Wild-Bunch.png)
The Wild Bunch (1969): Jerry Fielding
![Midnight Cowboy](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Midnight-Cowboy.jpg)
Midnight Cowboy (1969): John Barry
(the same score as “You Only Live Twice” arranged for harmonica: Barry does not receive an on-screen credit)
![The Godfather](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-32.jpg)
The Godfather (1972): Nino Rota
![Last Tango in Paris](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Last-Tango-in-Paris.jpg)
Last Tango in Paris (1973): Gato Barbieri
![Don't Look Now](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dont-Look-Now-2.jpg)
Don’t Look Now (1973): Pino Donaggio
![Chinatown](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/61_file.png)
Chinatown (1974): Jerry Goldsmith.
![Taxi Driver](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/62_file.png)
Taxi Driver (1976): Bernard Herrmann.
![Carrie](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/63_file.png)
Carrie (1976): Pino Donaggio
![Rocky](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Rocky.jpg)
Rocky (1976): Bill Conti
![1900](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1900.jpg)
1900 (1976): Ennio Morricone
![The Other Side of Midnight](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Other-Side-of-Midnight.jpg)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977): Michel Legrand
![Midnight Express](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Midnight-Express-300x170.jpg)
Midnight Express (1978): Giorgio Moroder
![Tess](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-6.jpg)
Tess (1979): Philippe Sarde.
![American Gigolo](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-51.jpg)
American Gigolo (1980): Giorgio Moroder
![Altered States](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/64_file.png)
Altered States (1980): John Corigliano.
![Dressed to Kill](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dressed-to-Kill.jpg)
Dressed to Kill (1980): Pino Donaggio
![Body Heat](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/65_file.png)
Body Heat (1981): John Barry.
![Raiders of the Lost Ark](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark.jpg)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): John Williams.
![Diva](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Diva.jpg)
Diva (1981): Vladimir Cosma.
![Blade Runner](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/67_file.png)
Blade Runner (1982): Vangelis
![Sophie's Choice](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sophies-Choice.jpg)
Sophie’s Choice (1982): Marvin Hamlish
![Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Merry-Christmas-Mr.-Lawrence-Ryuichi-Sakamoto.jpg)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983): Ryuichi Sakamoto
![Koyaanisqatsi](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Koyaanisqatsi-300x168.jpg)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983): Philip Glass
![Mishima](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mishima.jpg)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): Philip Glass
![The Mission](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-49-300x199.jpg)
The Mission (1986): Ennio Morricone
![The Moderns](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/68_file.png)
The Moderns (1988): Mark Isham
![Cinema Paradiso](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Cinema-paradiso.jpg)
Cinema Paradiso (1989): Ennio Morricone
![The Last of the Mohicans](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-50.jpg)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992): Trevor Jones with Randy Edelman
![Bram Stoker's Dracula](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-15-300x188.jpg)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992): Wojciech Kilar
![The Piano](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-Piano-300x183.jpg)
The Piano (1993): Michael Nyman
![The Talented Mir. Riplet](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Talented-Mr.-Ripley-1.jpg)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999): Gabriel Yared
![There Will Be Blood](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/There-Will-Be-Blood.jpg)
There Will Be Blood (2007): Jonny Greenwood
![Revolutionary Road](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-54-300x200.jpg)
Revolutionary Road (2008): Thomas Newman
![Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Gary-Oldman-1.jpg)
Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy (2011): Alberto Iglesias
![Under the skin](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/blob-13.jpg)
Under the Skin (2014): Mica Levi
![Phantom Thread](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Phantom-Thread-JG.jpg)
Phantom Thread (2017): Jonny Greenwood
![Beale Street](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blob-34.jpg)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): Nicholas Britell
![Spencer](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Spencer-1.jpg)
Spencer (2021): Jonny Greenwood
![Pearl](https://thebrownees.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Pearl_2-4.jpg)
Pearl (2022): Tyler Bates and Timothy Williams
Bernard Herrmann (5) | Vladimir Cosma (1) | Alex North (1) |
Ennio Morricone (5) | Frank De Vol (1) | Michael Nyman (1) |
Georges Delerue (1) | David Raksin (1) | |
John Barry (3)* | Jerry Fielding (1) | Leonard Rosenman (1) |
Pino Donaggio (3) | Hugo Friedhofer (1) | Miklos Rozsa (1) |
Jonny Greenwood (3) | Jerry Goldsmith (1) | Ryuichi Sakamoto (1) |
Nino Rota (3) | Marvin Hamlish (1) | Phillipe Sarde (1) |
Mark Isham (1) | Lalo Schifrin (1) | |
Elmer Bernstein (2) | Maurice Jarre (1) | Max Steiner (1) |
Philip Glass (2) | Trevor Jones (1) *** | Vangelis (1) |
Henry Mancini (2) | Anton Karas (1) | Roy Webb (1) |
Giorgio Moroder (2) | Wojciech Kilar (1) | John Williams (1) |
Franz Waxman (2) | Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1) | Gabriel Yared (1) |
Francis Lai (1) | ||
Gato Barbieri (1) | Michel Legrand (1) | |
Tyler Bates (1)** | Mica Levi (1) | |
Nicholas Britell (1) | Toshiro Mayuzumi (1) | |
Bill Conti (1) | Jerome Moross (1) | |
John Corigliano (1) | Thomas Newman (1) |
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Rebecca (1940) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
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Double Indemnity (1944) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Film Review A – TheBrownees
Vertigo (1958) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
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Psycho (1960) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
Whatever Happened Baby Jane? (1962) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
Midnight Cowboy (1969) Film Review A – TheBrownees
Chinatown (1974) Polanski’s Noir Masterpiece A+ – TheBrownees
Carrie (1976) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
Under The Skin (2014) Film Review A+ – TheBrownees
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