From "Rule Sixteen" of the "Special Rules for The Music Awards"

Original Score: An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.

The years shown are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies made in 1967.

1930s

• 1934
  • MUSIC (Scoring): One Night of Love - Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)
    • The Gay Divorcee - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein)
    • The Lost Patrol - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
• 1935
  • MUSIC (Scoring): The Informer - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • (Write-in Candidate) Captain Blood - Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • Mutiny on the Bounty - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
    • Peter Ibbetson - Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department (Score by Ernst Toch)
• 1936
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Anthony Adverse - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
    • The Charge of the Light Brigade - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • The Garden of Allah - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • The General Died at Dawn - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by Werner Janssen)
    • Winterset - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)
• 1937
  • MUSIC (Scoring): One Hundred Men and a Girl -- Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department (no composer credit)
    • The Hurricane - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department (Score by Alfred Newman)
    • In Old Chicago - 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department (no composer credit)
    • The Life of Emile Zola - Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department (Score by Max Steiner)
    • Lost Horizon - Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)
    • Make a Wish - Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)
    • Maytime - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department (Score by Herbert Stothart)
    • Portia on Trial - Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department (Score by Alberto Colombo)
    • The Prisoner of Zenda - Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Newman)
    • Quality Street - RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director (Score by Roy Webb)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
    • Something to Sing About - Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director (Score by Victor Schertzinger)
    • Souls at Sea - Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)
    • Way Out West - Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department (Score by Marvin Hatley)
• 1938
  • MUSIC (Original Score): The Adventures of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Army Girl - Victor Young
    • Block-Heads - Marvin Hatley
    • Blockade - Werner Janssen
    • Breaking the Ice - Victor Young
    • The Cowboy and the Lady - Alfred Newman
    • If I Were King - Richard Hageman
    • Marie Antoinette - Herbert Stothart
    • Pacific Liner - Russell Bennett
    • Suez - Louis Silvers
    • The Young in Heart - Franz Waxman
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Alexander's Ragtime Band - Alfred Newman
    • Carefree - Victor Baravalle
    • Girls' School - Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone
    • The Goldwyn Follies - Alfred Newman
    • Jezebel - Max Steiner
    • Mad about Music - Charles Previn, Frank Skinner
    • Storm over Bengal - Cy Feuer
    • Sweethearts - Herbert Stothart
    • There Goes My Heart - Marvin Hatley
    • Tropic Holiday - Boris Morros
    • The Young in Heart - Franz Waxman
• 1939
  • MUSIC (Original Score): The Wizard of Oz - Herbert Stothart
    • Dark Victory - Max Steiner
    • Eternally Yours - Werner Janssen
    • Golden Boy - Victor Young
    • Gone with the Wind - Max Steiner
    • Gulliver's Travels - Victor Young
    • The Man in the Iron Mask - Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck
    • Man of Conquest - Victor Young
    • Nurse Edith Cavell - Anthony Collins
    • Of Mice and Men - Aaron Copland
    • The Rains Came - Alfred Newman
    • Wuthering Heights - Alfred Newman
  • MUSIC (Scoring: Stagecoach - Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken
    • Babes in Arms - George E. Stoll, Roger Edens
    • First Love - Charles Previn
    • The Great Victor Herbert - Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Alfred Newman
    • Intermezzo - Lou Forbes
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Of Mice and Men - Aaron Copland
    • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • She Married a Cop - Cy Feuer
    • Swanee River - Louis Silvers
    • They Shall Have Music - Alfred Newman
    • Way Down South - Victor Young

1940s

• 1940
  • MUSIC (Original Score): Pinocchio - Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington
    • Arizona - Victor Young
    • The Dark Command - Victor Young
    • The Fight for Life - Louis Gruenberg
    • The Great Dictator - Meredith Willson
    • The House of the Seven Gables - Frank Skinner
    • The Howards of Virginia - Richard Hageman
    • The Letter - Max Steiner
    • The Long Voyage Home - Richard Hageman
    • The Mark of Zorro - Alfred Newman
    • My Favorite Wife - Roy Webb
    • North West Mounted Police - Victor Young
    • One Million B.C. - Werner Heymann
    • Our Town - Aaron Copland
    • Rebecca - Franz Waxman
    • The Thief of Bagdad - Miklos Rozsa
    • Waterloo Bridge - Herbert Stothart
  • MUSIC (Scoring): Tin Pan Alley - Alfred Newman
    • Arise, My Love - Victor Young
    • Hit Parade of 1941 - Cy Feuer
    • Irene - Anthony Collins
    • Our Town - Aaron Copland
    • The Sea Hawk - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    • Second Chorus - Artie Shaw
    • Spring Parade - Charles Previn
    • Strike Up the Band - Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
• 1941
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic Picture): All That Money Can Buy - Bernard Herrmann
    • Back Street - Frank Skinner
    • Ball of Fire - Alfred Newman
    • Cheers for Miss Bishop - Edward Ward
    • Citizen Kane - Bernard Herrmann
    • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Franz Waxman
    • Hold Back the Dawn - Victor Young
    • How Green Was My Valley - Alfred Newman
    • King of the Zombies - Edward Kay
    • Ladies in Retirement - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Little Foxes - Meredith Willson
    • Lydia - Miklos Rozsa
    • Mercy Island - Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf
    • Sergeant York - Max Steiner
    • So Ends Our Night - Louis Gruenberg
    • Sundown - Miklos Rozsa
    • Suspicion - Franz Waxman
    • Tanks a Million - Edward Ward
    • That Uncertain Feeling - Werner Heymann
    • This Woman Is Mine - Richard Hageman
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Dumbo - Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
    • All-American Co-Ed - Edward Ward
    • Birth of the Blues - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Buck Privates - Charles Previn
    • The Chocolate Soldier - Herbert Stothart, Bronislaw Kaper
    • Ice-Capades - Cy Feuer
    • The Strawberry Blonde - Heinz Roemheld
    • Sun Valley Serenade - Emil Newman
    • Sunny - Anthony Collins
    • You'll Never Get Rich - Morris Stoloff
• 1942
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Now, Voyager - Max Steiner
    • Arabian Nights - Frank Skinner
    • Bambi - Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
    • The Black Swan - Alfred Newman
    • The Corsican Brothers - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Flying Tigers - Victor Young
    • The Gold Rush - Max Terr
    • I Married a Witch - Roy Webb
    • Joan of Paris - Roy Webb
    • Jungle Book - Miklos Rozsa
    • Klondike Fury - Edward Kay
    • The Pride of the Yankees - Leigh Harline
    • Random Harvest - Herbert Stothart
    • The Shanghai Gesture - Richard Hageman
    • Silver Queen - Victor Young
    • Take a Letter, Darling - Victor Young
    • The Talk of the Town - Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
    • To Be or Not to Be - Werner Heymann
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Yankee Doodle Dandy - Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
    • Flying with Music - Edward Ward
    • For Me and My Gal - Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
    • Holiday Inn - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • It Started with Eve - Hans Salter, Charles Previn
    • Johnny Doughboy - Walter Scharf
    • My Gal Sal - Alfred Newman
    • You Were Never Lovelier - Leigh Harline
• 1943
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): The Song of Bernadette _ Alfred Newman
    • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday - Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
    • Casablanca - Max Steiner
    • Commandos Strike at Dawn - Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
    • The Fallen Sparrow - Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls - Victor Young
    • Hangmen Also Die - Hanns Eisler
    • Hi Diddle Diddle - Phil Boutelje
    • In Old Oklahoma - Walter Scharf
    • Johnny Come Lately - Leigh Harline
    • The Kansan - Gerard Carbonara
    • Lady of Burlesque - Arthur Lange
    • Madame Curie - Herbert Stothart
    • The Moon and Sixpence - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • The North Star - Aaron Copland
    • Victory through Air Power - Edward H. Plumb, Paul Smith, Oliver G. Wallace
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): This Is the Army - Ray Heindorf
    • Coney Island - Alfred Newman
    • Hit Parade of 1943 - Walter Scharf
    • Phantom of the Opera - Edward Ward
    • Saludos Amigos - Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • The Sky's the Limit - Leigh Harline
    • Something to Shout About - Morris Stoloff
    • Stage Door Canteen - Frederic E. Rich
    • Star Spangled Rhythm - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Thousands Cheer - Herbert Stothart
• 1944
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Since You Went Away _ Max Steiner
    • Address Unknown - Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
    • The Adventures of Mark Twain - Max Steiner
    • The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Casanova Brown - Arthur Lange
    • Christmas Holiday - H. J. Salter
    • Double Indemnity - Miklos Rozsa
    • The Fighting Seabees - Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
    • The Hairy Ape - Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
    • It Happened Tomorrow - Robert Stolz
    • Jack London - Frederic Efrem Rich
    • Kismet - Herbert Stothart
    • None but the Lonely Heart - Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
    • The Princess and the Pirate - David Rose
    • Summer Storm - Karl Hajos
    • Three Russian Girls - Franke Harling
    • Up in Mabel's Room - Edward Paul
    • Voice in the Wind - Michel Michelet
    • Wilson - Alfred Newman
    • Woman of the Town - Miklos Rozsa
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Cover Girl - Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
    • Brazil - Walter Scharf
    • Higher and Higher - C. Bakaleinikoff
    • Hollywood Canteen - Ray Heindorf
    • Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Alfred Newman
    • Knickerbocker Holiday - Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
    • Lady in the Dark - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Lady, Let's Dance - Edward Kay
    • Meet Me in St. Louis - Georgie Stoll
    • The Merry Monahans - H. J. Salter
    • Minstrel Man - Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
    • Sensations of 1945 - Mahlon Merrick
    • Song of the Open Road - Charles Previn
    • Up in Arms - Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes
• 1945
  • MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture): Spellbound _ Miklos Rozsa
    • The Bells of St. Mary's - Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Brewster's Millions - Lou Forbes
    • Captain Kidd - Werner Janssen
    • The Enchanted Cottage - Roy Webb
    • Flame of Barbary Coast - Morton Scott, Dale Butts
    • G. I. Honeymoon - Edward J. Kay
    • The Story of G.I. Joe - Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell
    • Guest in the House - Werner Janssen
    • Guest Wife - Daniele Amfitheatrof
    • The Keys of the Kingdom - Alfred Newman
    • The Lost Weekend - Miklos Rozsa
    • Love Letters - Victor Young
    • The Man Who Walked Alone - Karl Hajos
    • Objective, Burma! - Franz Waxman
    • Paris--Underground - Alexander Tansman
    • A Song to Remember - Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff
    • The Southerner - Werner Janssen
    • This Love of Ours - H. J. Salter
    • The Valley of Decision - Herbert Stothart
    • The Woman in the Window - Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer
  • MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture): Anchors Aweigh - Georgie Stoll
    • Belle of the Yukon - Arthur Lange
    • Can't Help Singing - Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter
    • Hitchhike to Happiness - Morton Scott