| Year | Movie | Composer |
| 2024 | The Brutalist | Daniel Blumberg |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Volker Bertelmann |
| 2021 | Dune | Hans Zimmer |
| 2020 | Soul | Jon Batiste / Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2016 | La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Ennio Morricone |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2013 | Gravity | Steven Price |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Mychael Danna |
| 2011 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Trent Reznor / Atticus Ross |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | A.R. Rahman |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2006 | Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore |
| 2002 | Frida | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RIng | Howard Shore |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tan Dun |
| 1999 | The Red Violin | John Corigliano |
| 1998 – Dramatic | Life Is Beautiful | Nicola Piovani |
| 1998 – Musical/Comedy | Shakespeare in Love | Stephen Warbeck |
| 1997 – Dramatic | Titanic | James Horner |
| 1997 – Musical/Comedy | The Full Monty | Anne Dudley |
| 1996 – Dramatic | The English Patient | Gabriel Yared |
| 1996 – Musical/Comedy | Emma | Rachel Portman |
| 1995 – Dramatic | Il Postino: The Postman | Luis Bacalov |
| 1995 – Musical/Comedy | Pocahontas | Alan Menken |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Hans Zimmer |
| 1993 | Schindler’s List | John Williams |
| 1992 | Aladdin | Alan Menken |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | John Barry |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Alan Menken |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Dave Grusin |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Ryuichi Sakamoto / David Byrne / Cong Su |
| 1986 | Round Midnight | Herbie Hancock |
| 1985 | Out of Africa | John Barry |
| 1984 – Score | A Passage to India | Maurice Jarre |
| 1984 – Song Score | Purple Rain | Prince |
| 1983 – Score | The Right Stuff | Bill Conti |
| 1983 – Song Score | Yentl | Michel Legrand / Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman |
| 1982 – Score | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams |
| 1982 – Song Score | Victor Victoria | Henry Mancini / Leslie Bricusse |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Vangelis |
| 1980 | Fame | Michael Gore |
| 1979 – Score | A Little Romance | Georges Delerue |
| 1979 – Adaptation | All That Jazz | Ralph Burns |
| 1978 – Score | Midnight Express | Giorgio Moroder |
| 1978 – Adaptation | The Buddy Holly Story | Joe Renzetti |
| 1977 – Score | Star Wars | John Williams |
| 1977 – Adaptation | A Little Night Music | Jonathan Tunick |
| 1976 – Score | The Omen | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 1976 – Adaptation | Bound for Glory | Leonard Rosenman |
| 1975 – Dramatic | Jaws | John Williams |
| 1975 – Adaptation | Barry Lyndon | Leonard Rosenman |
| 1974 – Dramatic | The Godfather Part II | Nino Rota / Carmine Coppola |
| 1974 – Adaptation | The Great Gatsby | Nelson Riddle |
| 1973 – Dramatic | The Way We Were | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 1973 – Adaptation | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 1972 – Dramatic | Limelight | Charlie Chaplin / Ray Rasch / Larry Russell |
| 1972 – Adaptation | Cabaret | Ralph Burns |
| 1971 – Dramatic | Summer of ’42 | Michel Legrand |
| 1971 – Adaptation | Fiddler on the Roof | John Williams |
| 1970 – Score | Love Story | Francis Lai |
| 1970 – Song Score | Let It Be | The Beatles |
| 1969 – Score | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Burt Bacharach |
| 1969 – Musical / Adaptation | Hello, Dolly! | Lennie Hayton / Lionel Newman |
| 1968 – Score | The Lion in Winter | John Barry |
| 1968 – Musical / Adaptation | Oliver! | Johnny Green |
| 1967 – Score | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Elmer Bernstein |
| 1967 – Musical / Adaptation | Camelot | Alfred Newman / Ken Darby |
| 1966 – Score | Born Free | John Barry |
| 1966 – Musical / Adaptation | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Ken Thorne |
| 1965 – Score | Doctor Zhivago | Maurice Jarre |
| 1965 – Musical / Adaptation | The Sound of Music | Irwin Kostal |
| 1964 – Score | Mary Poppins | Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman |
| 1964 – Musical / Adaptation | My Fair Lady | André Previn |
| 1963 – Score | Tom Jones | John Addison |
| 1963 – Musical / Adaptation | Irma la Douce | André Previn |
| 1962 – Score | Lawrence of Arabia | Maurice Jarre |
| 1962 – Musical / Adaptation | The Music Man | Ray Heindorf |
| 1961 – Dramatic / Comedy | Breakfast at Tiffany’s | Henry Mancini |
| 1961 – Musical | West Side Story | Saul Chaplin / Johnny Green / Sid Ramin / Irwin Kostal |
| 1960 – Dramatic / Comedy | Exodus | Ernest Gold |
| 1960 – Musical | Song Without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) | Morris Stoloff / Harry Sukman |
| 1959 – Dramatic / Comedy | Ben-Hur | Miklós Rósza |
| 1959 – Musical | Porgy and Bess | André Previn / Ken Darby |
| 1958 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Old Man and the Sea | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 1958 – Musical | Gigi | André Previn |
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Malcolm Arnold |
| 1956 – Dramatic / Comedy | Around the World in Eighty Days | Victor Young |
| 1956 – Musical | The King and I | Alfred Newman / Ken Darby |
| 1955 – Dramatic / Comedy | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Alfred Newman |
| 1955 – Musical | Oklahoma! | Robert Russell Bennett / Jay Blackton / Adolph Deutsch |
| 1954 – Dramatic / Comedy | The High and the Mighty | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 1954 – Musical | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Adolph Deutsch / Saul Chaplin |
| 1953 – Dramatic / Comedy | Lili | Bronislau Kaper |
| 1953 – Musical | Call Me Madam | Alfred Newman |
| 1952 – Dramatic / Comedy | High Noon | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 1952 – Musical | With a Song in My Heart | Alfred Newman |
| 1951 – Dramatic / Comedy | A Place in the Sun | Franz Waxman |
| 1951 – Musical | An American in Paris | Johnny Green / Saul Chaplin |
| 1950 – Dramatic / Comedy | Sunset Boulevard | Franz Waxman |
| 1950 – Musical | Annie Get Your Gun | Adolph Deutsch / Roger Edens |
| 1949 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Heiress | Aaron Copland |
| 1949 – Musical | On the Town | Roger Edens / Lennie Hayton |
| 1948 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Red Shoes | Brian Easdale |
| 1948 – Musical | Easter Parade | Johnny Green / Roger Edens |
| 1947 – Dramatic / Comedy | A Double Life | Miklós Rósza |
| 1947 – Musical | Mother Wore Tights | Alfred Newman |
| 1946 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Best Years of Our Lives | Hugo Friedhofer |
| 1946 – Musical | The Jolson Story | Morris Stoloff |
| 1945 – Dramatic / Comedy | Spellbound | Miklós Rósza |
| 1945 – Musical | Anchors Aweigh | George Stoll |
| 1944 – Dramatic / Comedy | Since You Went Away | Max Steiner |
| 1944 – Musical | Cover Girl | Morris Stoloff / Carmen Dragon |
| 1943 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Song of Bernadette | Alfred Newman |
| 1943 – Musical | This Is the Army | Ray Heindorf |
| 1942 – Dramatic / Comedy | Now, Voyager | Max Steiner |
| 1942 – Musical | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Ray Heindorf / Heinz Roemheld |
| 1941 – Dramatic / Comedy | The Devil and Daniel Webster (All That Money Can Buy) | Bernard Herrmann |
| 1941 – Musical | Dumbo | Frank Churchill / Oliver Wallace |
| 1940 – Score | Pinocchio | Leigh Harline / Paul J. Smith |
| 1940 – Scoring | Tin Pan Alley | Alfred Newman |
| 1939 – Score | The Wizard of Oz | Herbert Stothart |
| 1939 – Scoring | Stagecoach | Richard Hageman / W. Franke Harling / John Leipold / Leo Shuken |
| 1938 – Score | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 1938 – Scoring | Alexander’s Ragtime Band | Alfred Newman |
| 1937 | One Hundred Men and a Girl | Charles Previn, head of Universal Studio Music Dept. |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| 1935 | The Informer | Max Steiner |
| 1934 | One Night of Love | Louis Silvers, head of Columbia Studio Music Dept. |
