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2020 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Joker
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
Little Women
Nominee
Randy Newman
Marriage Story
Nominee
Thomas Newman
1917
Nominee
Daniel Pemberton
Motherless Brooklyn

2019 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Justin Hurwitz
First Man
Nominee
Marc Shaiman
Mary Poppins Returns
Nominee
Marco Beltrami
Quiet Place, A
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
Isle of Dogs
Nominee
Ludwig Göransson
Black Panther

2018 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alexandre Desplat
The Shape of Water
Nominee
Carter Burwell
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Nominee
Jonny Greenwood
Phantom Thread
Nominee
John Williams
The Post
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Dunkirk

2017 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Justin Hurwitz
La La Land
Nominee
Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka
Lion
Nominee
Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch
Hidden Figures
Nominee
Nicholas Britell
Moonlight
Nominee
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Arrival

2016 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Ennio Morricone
The Hateful Eight
Nominee
Carter Burwell
Carol
Nominee
Daniel Pemberton
Steve Jobs
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
The Danish Girl
Nominee
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
The Revenant

2015 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Theory of Everything
Nominee
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Gone Girl
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Interstellar
Nominee
Antonio Sanchez
Birdman
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game

2014 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alex Ebert
All Is Lost
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
12 Years a Slave
Nominee
Steven Price
Gravity
Nominee
Alex Heffes
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nominee
John Williams
The Book Thief

2013 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Mychael Danna
Life of Pi
Nominee
Dario Marianelli
Anna Karenina
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
Argo
Nominee
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil
Cloud Atlas
Nominee
John Williams
Lincoln

2012 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Ludovic Bource
The Artist
Nominee
Abel Korzeniowski
W.E.
Nominee
Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Nominee
Howard Shore
Hugo
Nominee
John Williams
War Horse

2011 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
The Social Network
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
The King's Speech
Nominee
Danny Elfman
Alice in Wonderland
Nominee
A. R. Rahman
127 Hours
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Inception

2010 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Michael Giacchino
Up
Nominee
Karen O, Carter Burwell
Where The Wild Things Are
Nominee
Marvin Hamlisch
The Informant!
Nominee
James Horner
Avatar
Nominee
Abel Korzeniowski
A Single Man

2009 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
A. R. Rahman
Slumdog Millionaire
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominee
Clint Eastwood
Changeling
Nominee
James Newton Howard
Defiance
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Frost/Nixon

2008 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dario Marianelli
Atonement
Nominee
Howard Shore
Eastern Promises
Nominee
Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, Michael Brook
Into The Wild
Nominee
Clint Eastwood
Grace Is Gone
Nominee
Alberto Iglesias
The Kite Runner

2007 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alexandre Desplat
The Painted Veil
Nominee
Clint Mansell
The Fountain
Nominee
Gustavo Santaolalla
Babel
Nominee
Carlo Siliotto
Nomad: The Warrior
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Da Vinci Code, The

2006 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
John Williams
Memoirs of a Geisha
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
Syriana
Nominee
Gustavo Santaolalla
Brokeback Mountain
Nominee
James Newton Howard
King Kong (2005)
Nominee
Harry Gregson-Williams
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

2005 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Howard Shore
The Aviator
Nominee
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Spanglish
Nominee
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Finding Neverland
Nominee
Rolfe Kent
Sideways

2004 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Nominee
Danny Elfman
Big Fish
Nominee
Gabriel Yared
Cold Mountain
Nominee
Alexandre Desplat
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
The Last Samurai

2003 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Elliot Goldenthal
Frida
Nominee
Terence Blanchard
25th Hour
Nominee
Elmer Bernstein
Far From Heaven
Nominee
Philip Glass
The Hours
Nominee
Peter Gabriel
Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Craig Armstrong
Moulin Rouge!
Nominee
John Williams
A. I.: Artificial Intelligence
Nominee
Pieter Bourke
Ali
Nominee
James Horner
A Beautiful Mind
Nominee
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Nominee
Angelo Badalamenti
Mulholland Dr.
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
Pearl Harbor
Nominee
Christopher Young
The Shipping News

2001 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Lisa Gerrard
Gladiator
Winner
Hans Zimmer
Gladiator
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Sunshine
Nominee
Larry Paxton
All The Pretty Horses
Nominee
Rachel Portman
Chocolat
Nominee
Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Nominee
Ennio Morricone
Malèna

2000 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Ennio Morricone
The Legend of 1900
Nominee
John Williams
Angela's Ashes
Nominee
George Fenton
Anna and the King
Nominee
Michael Nyman
The End of the Affair
Nominee
Jocelyn Pook
Eyes Wide Shut
Nominee
Pieter Bourke
The Insider
Nominee
Angelo Badalamenti
The Straight Story
Nominee
Gabriel Yared
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Nominee
Thomas Newman
American Beauty

1999 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass
The Truman Show
Nominee
Hans Zimmer
The Prince of Egypt
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Mulan
Nominee
John Williams
Saving Private Ryan
Nominee
Randy Newman
A Bug's Life

1998 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
James Horner
Titanic
Nominee
Michael Nyman
Gattaca
Nominee
Philip Glass
Kundun
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
L.A. Confidential
Nominee
John Williams
Seven Years in Tibet

1997 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Gabriel Yared
The English Patient
Nominee
Marvin Hamlisch
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Nominee
David Hirschfelder
Shine
Nominee
Alan Menken
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Nominee
Elliot Goldenthal
Michael Collins

1996 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Maurice Jarre
A Walk in the Clouds
Nominee
James Horner
Braveheart
Nominee
Michael Kamen
Don Juan DeMarco
Nominee
Alan Menken
Pocahontas
Nominee
Patrick Doyle
Sense and Sensibility

1995 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Hans Zimmer
The Lion King
Nominee
Alan Silvestri
Forrest Gump
Nominee
Elliot Goldenthal
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles)
Nominee
James Horner
Legends of the Fall
Nominee
Mark Isham
Nell

1994 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Kitarô
Heaven & Earth
Nominee
Zbigniew Preisner
Three Colours: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)
Nominee
Michael Nyman
The Piano
Nominee
John Williams
Schindler's List
Nominee
Danny Elfman
The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alan Menken
Aladdin
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct
Nominee
John Barry
Chaplin
Nominee
Vangelis Papathanassiou
1492: Conquest Of Paradise
Nominee
Randy Edelman, Trevor Jones
Last Of The Mohicans, The

1992 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alan Menken
Beauty and the Beast
Nominee
Patrick Doyle
Dead Again
Nominee
Dave Grusin
For The Boys
Nominee
Michael Kamen
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Nominee
Zbigniew Preisner
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Nominee
Ennio Morricone
Bugsy

1991 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sheltering Sky, The
Nominee
Randy Newman
Avalon
Nominee
John Barry
Dances with Wolves
Nominee
Carmine Coppola
Godfather Part III, The
Nominee
Dave Grusin
Havana

1990 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alan Menken
Little Mermaid, The
Nominee
John Williams
Born on the Fourth of July
Nominee
Ennio Morricone
Casualties of War
Nominee
Dave Grusin
Fabulous Baker Boys, The
Nominee
James Horner
Glory

1989 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Maurice Jarre
Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey
Nominee
Dave Grusin
Milagro Beanfield War, The
Nominee
John Williams
Accidental Tourist, The
Nominee
Peter Gabriel
Last Temptation of Christ, The
Nominee
Gerald Gouriet
Madame Sousatzka

1988 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su
Last Emperor, The
Nominee
George Fenton
Cry Freedom
Nominee
John Williams
Empire of the Sun
Nominee
Henry Mancini
Glass Menagerie, The
Nominee
Ennio Morricone
Untouchables, The

1987 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Ennio Morricone
Mission, The
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Mosquito Coast, The
Nominee
Herbie Hancock
'Round Midnight
Nominee
Harold Faltermeyer
Top Gun
Nominee
Miles Goodman
Little Shop of Horrors

1986 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
John Barry
Out of Africa
Nominee
Quincy Jones
Color Purple, The
Nominee
Michel Colombier
White Nights
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Witness
Nominee
David Mansfield
Year of the Dragon

1985 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Maurice Jarre
Passage to India, A
Nominee
Jack Nitzsche
John Carpenter's Starman
Nominee
Mike Oldfield
Killing Fields, The
Nominee
Ennio Morricone
Once Upon a Time in America
Nominee
John Williams
River, The

1984 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Giorgio Moroder
Flashdance
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Under Fire
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Yentl
Nominee
Stewart Copeland
Rumble Fish
Nominee
Giorgio Moroder
Scarface

1983 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
John Williams
E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Nominee
Vangelis Papathanassiou
Blade Runner
Nominee
Giorgio Moroder
Cat People
Nominee
Dudley Moore
Six Weeks
Nominee
Henry Mancini
Victor Victoria

1981 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dominic Frontiere
Stunt Man, The
Nominee
Giorgio Moroder
American Gigolo
Nominee
Lalo Schifrin
Competition, The
Nominee
Michael Gore
Fame
Nominee
John Barry
Somewhere in Time
Nominee
John Williams
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Carmine Coppola
Apocalypse Now
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Alien
Nominee
Lalo Schifrin
Amityville Horror, The
Nominee
Carmine Coppola
Black Stallion, The
Nominee
Georges Delerue
Little Romance, A
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Nominee
Henry Mancini
10

1979 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Giorgio Moroder
Midnight Express
Nominee
Chuck Mangione
Children of Sanchez, The
Nominee
Leonard Rosenman
Lord of the Rings, The
Nominee
John Williams
Superman
Nominee
Bill Conti
Unmarried Woman, An

1978 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
John Williams
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Nominee
John Williams
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Nominee
Joel Hirschhorn
Pete's Dragon
Nominee
Barry Gibb
Saturday Night Fever
Nominee
Marvin Hamlisch
Spy Who Loved Me, The

1977 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
Star Is Born, A (1976)
Nominee
Paul Williams
Bugsy Malone
Nominee
Bill Conti
Rocky
Nominee
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Slipper and the Rose - The Story of Cinderella, The
Nominee
Lalo Schifrin
Voyage of the Damned

1976 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
John Williams
Jaws
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Man Who Would Be King, The
Nominee
Charles Fox
Other Side of the Mountain, The
Nominee
Henry Mancini
Return of the Pink Panther, The
Nominee
Fred Ebb, John Kander
Funny Lady

1975 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Little Prince, The
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Chinatown
Nominee
John Williams
Earthquake
Nominee
Carmine Coppola
Godfather Part II, The
Nominee
Paul Williams
Phantom of the Paradise

1974 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Neil Diamond
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Breezy
Nominee
John Williams
Cinderella Liberty
Nominee
Georges Delerue
Day of the Dolphin, The
Nominee
Alan Price
O Lucky Man!
Nominee
Richard M. Sherman
Tom Sawyer

1973 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Nino Rota
Godfather, The
Nominee
John Williams
Poseidon Adventure, The
Nominee
Ron Goodwin
Frenzy
Nominee
Quincy Jones
Getaway, The
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Lady Sings the Blues

1972 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Isaac Hayes
Shaft
Nominee
Gil Melle
Andromeda Strain, The
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Le Mans
Nominee
John Barry
Mary, Queen of Scots
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Summer of '42

1971 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Francis Lai
Love Story
Nominee
Frank Cordell
Cromwell
Nominee
Leslie Bricusse
Scrooge
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Wuthering Heights
Nominee
Alfred Newman
Airport

1970 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Burt Bacharach
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Nominee
Georges Delerue
Anne of the Thousand Days
Nominee
Leslie Bricusse
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Happy Ending, The
Nominee
Ernest Gold
Secret of Santa Vittoria, The

1969 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Alex North
Shoes of the Fisherman, The
Nominee
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Nominee
John Barry
The Lion in Winter
Nominee
Lionel Bart
Oliver!
Nominee
Nino Rota
Romeo and Juliet
Nominee
Christopher Komeda
Rosemary's Baby
Nominee
Michel Legrand
Thomas Crown Affair, The

1968 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Frederick Loewe
Camelot
Nominee
Leslie Bricusse
Doctor Dolittle
Nominee
Francis Lai
Live For Life
Nominee
Elmer Bernstein
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Nominee
Henry Mancini
Two for the Road

1967 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Elmer Bernstein
Hawaii
Nominee
Toshirô Mayuzumi
The Bible: In The Beginning
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Is Paris Burning?
Nominee
Francis Lai
A Man And A Woman
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
The Sand Pebbles

1966 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Maurice Jarre
Doctor Zhivago
Nominee
Henry Mancini
The Great Race
Nominee
Johnny Mandel
The Sandpiper
Nominee
Riz Ortolani
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Nominee
Benjamin Frankel
Battle Of The Bulge

1965 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Nominee
Laurence Rosenthal
Becket
Nominee
Richard M. Sherman
Mary Poppins
Nominee
Jerry Goldsmith
Seven Days In May
Nominee
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba The Greek

1963 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Elmer Bernstein
To Kill A Mockingbird
Nominee
Maurice Jarre
Lawrence Of Arabia
Nominee
Meredith Willson
Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Nominee
Bronislau Kaper
Mutiny on the Bounty
Nominee
Franz Waxman
Taras Bulba

1962 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Guns of Navarone
Nominee
Elmer Bernstein
Summer and Smoke
Nominee
Miklos Rozsa
El Cid
Nominee
Harold Rome
Fanny
Nominee
Miklos Rozsa
King Of Kings

1961 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Alamo
Nominee
Ernest Gold
Exodus
Nominee
Johnny Green
Pepe
Nominee
Alex North
Spartacus
Nominee
George Duning
The World Of Suzie Wong

1960 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Ernest Gold
On The Beach

1953 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Dimitri Tiomkin
High Noon
Nominee
Miklos Rozsa
Ivanhoe
Nominee
Victor Young
The Quiet Man

1952 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Victor Young
September Affair
Nominee
Bernard Herrmann
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Nominee
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Well

1951 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Franz Waxman
Sunset Boulevard
Nominee
Leith Stevens
Destination Moon
Nominee
Bronislau Kaper
A Life of Her Own

1950 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Johnny Green
The Inspector General
Nominee
George Duning
All The King's Men

1949 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Brian Easdale
The Red Shoes

1948 - Best Original Score - Motion Picture

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Winner
Max Steiner
Life With Father