Academy Award for Best Original Musical

The Academy Award for Best Original Musical (formerly known as "Scoring of a Musical Picture", "Best Original Song Score and Adaptation Score" and "Best Original Song Score") is a category still in the Academy rulebooks, but cannot be awarded unless "the field of eligible submissions is determined to be of sufficient quantity and quality to justify award competition."^[1]

According to the rules the Best Original Musical is defined as this: "An original musical consists of not fewer than five original songs by the same writer or team of writers either used as voiceovers or visually performed. Each of these songs must be substantively rendered, clearly audible, intelligible, and must further the storyline of the motion picture. An arbitrary group of songs unessential to the storyline will not be considered eligible."

This award has never been presented under its current name. The last time Best Original Song Score was awarded was at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony (1984) to Purple Rain.

Winners and nominees

1940s

• 1941
  • 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, Bronislau 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 J. 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
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Anchors Aweigh – Georgie Stoll
    • Belle of the Yukon – Arthur Lange
    • Can't Help Singing – Jerome Kern (posthumous nomination), H. J. Salter
    • Hitchhike to Happiness – Morton Scott
    • Incendiary Blonde – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Rhapsody in Blue – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • State Fair – Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
    • Sunbonnet Sue – Edward J. Kay
    • The Three Caballeros – Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith
    • Tonight and Every Night – Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff
    • Why Girls Leave Home – Walter Greene
    • Wonder Man – Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes
• 1946
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: The Jolson Story – Morris Stoloff
    • Blue Skies – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Centennial Summer – Alfred Newman
    • The Harvey Girls – Lennie Hayton
    • Night and Day – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
• 1947
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Mother Wore Tights – Alfred Newman
    • Fiesta – Johnny Green
    • My Wild Irish Rose – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • Road to Rio – Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Song of the South – Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
• 1948
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Easter Parade – Johnny Green, Roger Edens
    • The Emperor Waltz – Victor Young
    • The Pirate – Lennie Hayton
    • Romance on the High Seas – Ray Heindorf
    • When My Baby Smiles at Me – Alfred Newman
• 1949
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: On the Town – Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton
    • Jolson Sings Again – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • Look for the Silver Lining – Ray Heindorf

1950s

• 1950
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Annie Get Your Gun – Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens
    • Cinderella – Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith
    • I'll Get By – Lionel Newman
    • Three Little Words – André Previn
    • The West Point Story – Ray Heindorf
• 1951
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: An American in Paris – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Alice in Wonderland – Oliver Wallace
    • The Great Caruso – Peter Herman Adler, Johnny Green
    • On the Riviera – Alfred Newman
    • Show Boat – Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger
• 1952
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: With a Song in My Heart – Alfred Newman
    • Hans Christian Andersen – Walter Scharf
    • The Jazz Singer – Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
    • The Medium – Gian-Carlo Menotti
    • Singin' in the Rain – Lennie Hayton
• 1953
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Call Me Madam – Alfred Newman
    • The Band Wagon – Adolph Deutsch
    • Calamity Jane – Ray Heindorf
    • The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T – Friedrich Hollaender, Morris Stoloff
    • Kiss Me Kate – André Previn, Saul Chaplin
• 1954
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin
    • Carmen Jones – Herschel Burke Gilbert
    • The Glenn Miller Story – Joseph Gershenson, Henry Mancini
    • A Star Is Born – Ray Heindorf
    • There's No Business Like Show Business – Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman
• 1955
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Oklahoma! – Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch
    • Daddy Long Legs – Alfred Newman
    • Guys and Dolls – Jay Blackton, Cyril J. Mockridge
    • It's Always Fair Weather – André Previn
    • Love Me or Leave Me – Percy Faith, George Stoll
• 1956
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: The King and I – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • The Best Things in Life Are Free – Lionel Newman
    • The Eddy Duchin Story – Morris Stoloff, George Duning
    • High Society – Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
    • Meet Me in Las Vegas – George Stoll, Johnny Green
• 1957
  • Not Awarded
• 1958
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Gigi – André Previn
    • The Bolshoi Ballet – Yuri Faier, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
    • Damn Yankees – Ray Heindorf
    • Mardi Gras – Lionel Newman
    • South Pacific – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
• 1959
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Porgy and Bess – André Previn, Ken Darby
    • The Five Pennies – Leith Stevens
    • Li'l Abner – Nelson Riddle, Joseph J. Lilley
    • Say One for Me – Lionel Newman
    • Sleeping Beauty – George Bruns

1960s

• 1960
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: Song without End (The Story of Franz Liszt) – Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman
    • Bells Are Ringing – André Previn
    • Can-Can – Nelson Riddle
    • Let's Make Love – Lionel Newman, Earle H. Hagen
    • Pepe – Johnny Green
• 1961
  • Scoring of a Musical Picture: West Side Story – Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
    • Babes in Toyland – George Bruns
    • Flower Drum Song (film) – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Khovanshchina – Dimitri Shostakovich
    • Paris Blues – Duke Ellington
• 1962
  • Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment: The Music Man – Ray Heindorf
    • Billy Rose's Jumbo – George Stoll
    • Gigot – Michel Magne
    • Gypsy – Frank Perkins
    • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – Leigh Harline
• 1963
  • Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment: Irma la Douce – André Previn
    • Bye Bye Birdie – Johnny Green
    • A New Kind of Love – Leith Stevens
    • Sundays and Cybele – Maurice Jarre
    • The Sword in the Stone – George Bruns
• 1964
  • Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment: My Fair Lady – André Previn
    • A Hard Day's Night – George Martin
    • Mary Poppins – Irwin Kostal
    • Robin and the 7 Hoods – Nelson Riddle
    • The Unsinkable Molly Brown – Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson, Leo Shuken
• 1965
  • Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment: The Sound of Music – Irwin Kostal
    • Cat Ballou – DeVol
    • The Pleasure Seekers – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • A Thousand Clowns – Don Walker
    • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – Michel Legrand
• 1966
  • 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
• 1967
  • Scoring of Music-adaptation or treatment: Camelot – Alfred Newman, Ken Darby
    • Doctor Dolittle – Lionel Newman, Alexander Courage
    • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner – DeVol
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie – André Previn, Joseph Gershenson
    • Valley of the Dolls – John Williams
• 1968
  • Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation: Oliver! – Adaptation score by Johnny Green
    • Finian's Rainbow – Adaptation score by Ray Heindorf
    • Funny Girl – Adaptation score by Walter Scharf
    • Star! – Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton
    • The Young Girls of Rochefort – Music and adaptation score by Michel Legrand; lyrics by Jacques Demy
• 1969
  • Score of a Musical Picture-original or adaptation: Hello, Dolly! – Adaptation score by Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
    • Goodbye, Mr. Chips – Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams
    • Paint Your Wagon – Adaptation score by Nelson Riddle
    • Sweet Charity – Adaptation score by Cy Coleman
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? – Adaptation score by John Green and Albert Woodbury

1970s

• 1970
  • Original Song Score: Let It Be – The Beatles
    • The Baby Maker – music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
    • A Boy Named Charlie Brown – music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
    • Darling Lili – Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
    • Scrooge – Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; arranged/adapted by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer
• 1971
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Fiddler on the Roof – Adaptation Score by John Williams
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Boy Friend – Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
    • Tchaikovsky – Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf
• 1972
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Cabaret – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
    • Man of La Mancha – Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal
• 1973
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
    • Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
    • Tom Sawyer – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams
• 1974
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Great Gatsby – Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
    • The Little Prince – Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
    • Phantom of the Paradise – Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
• 1975
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Barry Lyndon – Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • Funny Lady – Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
    • Tommy – Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend
• 1976
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory – Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • Bugsy Malone – Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
    • A Star Is Born – Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway
• 1977
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: A Little Night Music – Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
    • Pete's Dragon – Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley
• 1978
  • Adaptation Score: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
    • Pretty Baby – Jerry Wexler
    • The Wiz – Quincy Jones
• 1979
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: All That Jazz – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Breaking Away – Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
    • The Muppet Movie – Song Score by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams

1980s

• 1982
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Victor Victoria – Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini
    • Annie – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • One from the Heart – Song Score by Tom Waits
• 1983
  • Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl – Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
    • The Sting II – Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
    • Trading Places – Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein
• 1984
  • Original Song Score: Purple Rain – Prince
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
    • Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson

References

Academy Rules: https://web.archive.org/web/20140407131246/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule15.html

Notes

External links

• Academy Awards Database - AMPAS