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1960's-1970's

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	1979:

(Original Score)


• 10 - Henry Mancini
• THE AMITYVILLE HORROR - Lalo Schifrin
• THE CHAMP - Dave Grusin
• A LITTLE ROMANCE - Georges Delerue
• STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE - Jerry Goldsmith

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation -or- Adaptation Score)


• ALL THAT JAZZ - Ralph Burns
• BREAKING AWAY - Patrick Williams
• THE MUPPET MOVIE - Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams

	1978:

(Original Score)


• THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL - Jerry Goldsmith
• DAYS OF HEAVEN - Ennio Morricone
• HEAVEN CAN WAIT - Dave Grusin
• MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - Giorgio Moroder
• SUPERMAN - John Williams

(Adaptation Score)


• THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY - Joe Renzetti
• PRETTY BABY - Jerry Wexler
• THE WIZ - Quincy Jones

	1977:

(Original Score)


• CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND - John Williams
• JULIA - Georges Delerue
• MOHAMMAD - MESSENGER OF GOD - Maurice Jarre
• THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Marvin Hamlisch
• STAR WARS - John Williams

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


• A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - Jonathan Tunick
• PETE'S DRAGON - Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha, Irwin Kostal
• THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE--THE STORY OF CINDERELLA - Angela Morley, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman

	1976:

(Original Score)


• OBSESSION - Bernard Herrmann
• THE OMEN - Jerry Goldsmith
• THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES - Jerry Fielding
• TAXI DRIVER - Bernard Herrmann
• VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED - Lalo Schifrin

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


• BOUND FOR GLORY - Leonard Rosenman
• BUGSY MALONE - Paul Williams
• A STAR IS BORN - Roger Kellaway

	1975:

(Original Score)


• BIRDS DO IT, BEES DO IT - Gerald Fried
• BITE THE BULLET - Alex North
• JAWS - John Williams
• ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - Jack Nitzsche
• THE WIND AND THE LION - Jerry Goldsmith

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


• BARRY LYNDON - Leonard Rosenman
• FUNNY LADY - Peter Matz
• TOMMY - Peter Townshend

	1974:

(Original Score)


• CHINATOWN - Jerry Goldsmith
• THE GODFATHER PART II - Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota
• MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - Richard Rodney Bennett
• SHANKS - Alex North
• THE TOWERING INFERNO - John Williams

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


• THE GREAT GATSBY - Nelson Riddle
• THE LITTLE PRINCE - Douglas Gamley, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Angela Morley
• PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE - George Aliceson Tipton, Paul Williams

	1973:

(Original Score)


• CINDERELLA LIBERTY - John Williams
• THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN - Georges Delerue
• PAPILLON - Jerry Goldsmith
• A TOUCH OF CLASS - John Cameron
• THE WAY WE WERE - Marvin Hamlisch

(Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score)


• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer
• THE STING - Marvin Hamlisch
• TOM SAWYER - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams

	1972:

(Original Score)


• THE GODFATHER - Nino Rota
• LIMELIGHT - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell
• NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA - Buddy Baker
• THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE - John Williams
• SLEUTH - John Addison
• IMAGES - John Williams

(Adaptation and Original Song Score)


• CABARET - Ralph Burns
• LADY SINGS THE BLUES - Gil Askey
• MAN OF LA MANCHA - Laurence Rosenthal

	1971:

(Original Score)


• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS - John Barry
• NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA - Richard Rodney Bennett
• SHAFT - Isaac Hayes
• STRAW DOGS - Jerry Fielding
• SUMMER OF '42 - Michel Legrand

(Adaptation and Original Song Score)


• BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS - Irwin Kostal, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
• THE BOY FRIEND - Peter Greenwell, Peter Maxwell Davies
• FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - John Williams
• TCHAIKOVSKY - Dimitri Tiomkin
• WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley, Walter Scharf

	1970:

(Original Score)


• AIRPORT - Alfred Newman
• CROMWELL - Frank Cordell
• LOVE STORY - Francis Lai
• PATTON - Jerry Goldsmith
• SUNFLOWER - Henry Mancini

(Original Song Score)


• THE BABY MAKER - Fred Karlin , Tylwyth Kymry
• A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN - Vince Guaraldi, Rod McKuen, Bill Melendez, Al Shean, John Scott Trotter
• DARLING LILI - Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer
• LET IT BE - The Beatles
• SCROOGE - Leslie Bricusse, Ian Fraser, Herbert W. Spencer

	1969:

(Original Score for a motion picture [not a musical])


• ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS - Georges Delerue
• BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - Burt Bacharach
• THE REIVERS - John Williams
• THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA - Ernest Gold
• THE WILD BUNCH - Jerry Fielding

(Score of a Musical Picture original or adaptation)


• GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS - Leslie Bricusse, John Williams
• HELLO, DOLLY! - Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman
• PAINT YOUR WAGON - Nelson Riddle
• SWEET CHARITY - Cy Coleman
• THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? - John Green, Albert Woodbury

	1968:

(Original Score for a motion picture [not a musical])


• THE FOX - Lalo Schifrin
• THE LION IN WINTER - John Barry
• PLANET OF THE APES - Jerry Goldsmith
• THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN - Alex North
• THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR - Michel Legrand

(Score of a Musical Picture original or adaptation)


• FINIAN'S RAINBOW - Ray Heindorf
• FUNNY GIRL - Walter Scharf
• OLIVER! - John Green
• STAR! - Lennie Hayton
• THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT - Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand

	1967:

(Original Music Score)


• COOL HAND LUKE - Lalo Schifrin
• DOCTOR DOLITTLE - Leslie Bricusse
• FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - Richard Rodney Bennett
• IN COLD BLOOD - Quincy Jones
• THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Elmer Bernstein

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• CAMELOT - Ken Darby , Alfred Newman
• DOCTOR DOLITTLE - Alexander Courage, Lionel Newman
• GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER - DeVol
• THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE - Joseph Gershenson, Andre Previn
• VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - John Williams

	1966:

(Original Music Score)


• THE BIBLE - Toshiro Mayuzumi
• BORN FREE - John Barry
• HAWAII - Elmer Bernstein
• THE SAND PEBBLES - Jerry Goldsmith
• WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? - Alex North

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM - Ken Thorne
• THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW - Luis Enrique Bacalov
• RETURN OF THE SEVEN - Elmer Bernstein
• THE SINGING NUN - Harry Sukman
• STOP THE WORLD--I WANT TO GET OFF - Al Ham

	1965:

(Music Score substantially original)


• THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY - Alex North
• DOCTOR ZHIVAGO - Maurice Jarre
• THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD - Alfred Newman
• A PATCH OF BLUE - Jerry Goldsmith
• THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• CAT BALLOU - Frank DeVol
• THE PLEASURE SEEKERS - Alexander Courage, Lionel Newman
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC - Irwin Kostal
• A THOUSAND CLOWNS - Don Walker
• THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - Michel Legrand

	1964:

(Music Score substantially original)


• BECKET - Laurence Rosenthal
• THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE - Dimitri Tiomkin
• HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE - Frank DeVol
• MARY POPPINS - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
• THE PINK PANTHER - Henry Mancini

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - George Martin
• MARY POPPINS - Irwin Kostal
• MY FAIR LADY - Andre Previn
• ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS - Nelson Riddle
• THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN - Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken

	1963:

(Music Score substantially original)


• 55 DAYS AT PEKING - Dimitri Tiomkin
• CLEOPATRA (1963) - Alex North
• HOW THE WEST WAS WON - Ken Darby, Alfred Newman
• IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD - Ernest Gold
• TOM JONES - John Addison

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• BYE BYE BIRDIE - John Green
• IRMA LA DOUCE - Andre Previn
• A NEW KIND OF LOVE - Leith Stevens
• SUNDAYS AND CYBELE - Maurice Jarre
• THE SWORD IN THE STONE - George Bruns

	1962:

(Music Score substantially original)


• FREUD - Jerry Goldsmith
• LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Maurice Jarre
• MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - Bronislau Kaper
• TARAS BULBA - Franz Waxman
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Elmer Bernstein

(Scoring of Music adaptation or treatment)


• BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO - George Stoll
• GIGOT - Michel Magne
• GYPSY - Frank Perkins
• MEREDITH WILLSON'S THE MUSIC MAN - Ray Heindorf
• THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM - Leigh Harline

	1961:

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)


• BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - Henry Mancini
• EL CID - Miklos Rozsa
• FANNY - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
• THE GUNS OF NAVARONE - Dimitri Tiomkin
• SUMMER AND SMOKE - Elmer Bernstein

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)


• BABES IN TOYLAND - George Bruns
• FLOWER DRUM SONG - Ken Darby, Alfred Newman
• KHOVANSHCHINA - Dimitri Shostakovich
• PARIS BLUES - Duke Ellington
• WEST SIDE STORY - Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal, Sid Ramin

	1960:

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)


• THE ALAMO - Dimitri Tiomkin
• ELMER GANTRY - Andre Previn
• EXODUS - Ernest Gold
• THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - Elmer Bernstein
• SPARTACUS - Alex North

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)


• BELLS ARE RINGING - Andre Previn
• CAN-CAN - Nelson Riddle
• LET'S MAKE LOVE - Earle H. Hagen, Lionel Newman
• PEPE - Johnny Green
• SONG WITHOUT END (THE STORY OF FRANZ LISZT) - Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman

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