A total of 49 composers and 70 scores. 38 composers are represented once. Five are represented twice. Four are represented thrice, and two have five of their scores honored. Of the 49 composers listed, 48 are male, and one is female. One of John Barry’s scores is listed twice, being the same score arranged for a symphony orchestra and a mouth organ, the latter getting no screen credit. Two composers’ scores were assisted by/completed by a colleague.
Of the 70 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). 21 received an Oscar nomination. One received a nomination but was then disqualified: The Godfather (1972). The other 43 of my all-time favorite movie scores were NOT nominated by AMPAS.

Gone with the Wind (1939): Max Steiner




Rebecca (1940): Franz Waxman




Citizen Kane (1941): Bernard Herrmann




King’s Row (1942): Erich Wolfgang Korngold




Laura (1944): David Raksin




Double Indemnity (1944): Miklós Rózsa




Notorious (1946): Roy Webb




The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Hugo Friedhofer




The Third Man (1949): Anton Karas




Sunset Boulevard (1950): Franz Waxman




A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): Alex North




Rebel Without a Cause (1955): Leonard Rosenman




Giant (1956): Dimitri Tiomkin




The Big Country (1958): Jerome Moross




Vertigo (1958): Bernard Herrmann




North by Northwest (1959): Bernard Herrmann




Psycho (1960): Bernard Herrmann.




The Magnificent Seven (1960): Elmer Bernstein




Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961): Henry Mancini




Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Maurice Jarre




To Kill a Mockingbird (1962): Elmer Bernstein




Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962): Frank De Vol




Eight and a Half (1963): Nino Rota




The Pink Panther (1963): Henry Mancini




Contempt (1963): Georges Delerue




Juliette of the Spirits (1965): Nino Rota




A Man and a Woman (1966): Francis Lai




The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (1966): Ennio Morricone




Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967): Toshiro Mayuzumi




You Only Live Twice (1967): John Barry
(the same score as “Midnight Cowboy” arranged for the symphony)




Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Ennio Morricone




The Wild Bunch (1969): Jerry Fielding




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 (1972): Nino Rota




Last Tango in Paris (1973): Gato Barbieri




Don’t Look Now (1973): Pino Donaggio




Chinatown (1974): Jerry Goldsmith.




Taxi Driver (1976): Bernard Herrmann.




Carrie (1976): Pino Donaggio




Rocky (1976): Bill Conti




1900 (1976): Ennio Morricone




The Other Side of Midnight (1977): Michel Legrand




Midnight Express (1978): Giorgio Moroder




Tess (1979): Philippe Sarde.




American Gigolo (1980): Giorgio Moroder




Altered States (1980): John Corigliano.




Dressed to Kill (1980): Pino Donaggio




Body Heat (1981): John Barry.




Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): John Williams.




Diva (1981): Vladimir Cosma.




Blade Runner (1982): Vangelis




Sophie’s Choice (1982): Marvin Hamlish




Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983): Ryuichi Sakamoto




Koyaanisqatsi (1983): Philip Glass




Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985): Philip Glass




The Mission (1986): Ennio Morricone




The Moderns (1988): Mark Isham




Cinema Paradiso (1989): Ennio Morricone




The Last of the Mohicans (1992): Trevor Jones with Randy Edelman




Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992): Wojciech Kilar




The Piano (1993): Michael Nyman




The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999): Gabriel Yared




There Will Be Blood (2007): Jonny Greenwood




Revolutionary Road (2008): Thomas Newman




Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy (2011): Alberto Iglesias




Under the Skin (2014): Mica Levi




Phantom Thread (2017): Jonny Greenwood




If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): Nicholas Britell




Spencer (2021): Jonny Greenwood




Pearl (2023): 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) | Max Steiner (1) | |
Elmer Bernstein (2) | Maurice Jarre (1) | Dimitri Tiomkin (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) |











