| Year | Film | Composer | |
|---|
| 2009 |
| Slumdog Millionaire | A.R. Rahman | |
| 2008 |
| Atonement | Dario Marianelli | |
| 2007 |
| Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla | |
| 2006 |
| Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla | |
| 2005 |
| Finding Neverland | Jan A.P. Kaczmarek | |
| 2004 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore | |
| 2003 |
| Frida | Elliot Goldenthal | |
| 2002 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Howard Shore | |
| 2001 |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tan Dun | |
| 2000 |
| The Red Violin | John Corigliano | |
| 1999 |
| Life Is Beautiful | Nicola Piovani | |
| 1999 |
| Shakespeare in Love | Stephen Warbeck | |
| 1998 |
| The Full Monty | Anne Dudley | |
| 1998 |
| Titanic | James Horner | |
| 1997 |
| Emma | Rachel Portman | |
| 1997 |
| The English Patient | Gabriel Yared | |
| 1996 |
| Pocahontas | Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken | |
| 1996 |
| The Postman (Il Postino) | Luis Enrique Bacalov | |
| 1995 |
| The Lion King | Hans Zimmer | |
| 1994 |
| Schindler's List | John Williams | |
| 1993 |
| Aladdin | Alan Menken | |
| 1992 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken | |
| 1991 |
| Dances With Wolves | John Barry | |
| 1990 |
| The Little Mermaid | Alan Menken | |
| 1989 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Dave Grusin | |
| 1988 |
| The Last Emperor | Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su | |
| 1987 |
| Round Midnight | Herbie Hancock | |
| 1986 |
| Out of Africa | John Barry | |
| 1985 |
| A Passage to India | Maurice Jarre | |
| 1985 |
| Purple Rain | Prince | |
| 1984 |
| The Right Stuff | Bill Conti | |
| 1984 |
| Yentl | Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman | |
| 1983 |
| E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams | |
| 1983 |
| Victor/Victoria | Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, Henry Mancini | |
| 1982 |
| Chariots of Fire | Vangelis | |
| 1981 |
| Fame | Michael Gore | |
| 1980 |
| A Little Romance | Georges Delerue | |
| 1980 |
| All That Jazz | Ralph Burns | |
| 1979 |
| Midnight Express | Giorgio Moroder | |
| 1979 |
| The Buddy Holly Story | Joe Renzetti | |
| 1978 |
| A Little Night Music | Jonathan Tunick | |
| 1978 |
| Star Wars | John Williams | |
| 1977 |
| Bound for Glory | Leonard Rosenman | |
| 1977 |
| The Omen | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| 1976 |
| Barry Lyndon | Leonard Rosenman | |
| 1976 |
| Jaws | John Williams | |
| 1975 |
| The Godfather Part II | Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola | |
| 1975 |
| The Great Gatsby | Nelson Riddle | |
| 1974 |
| The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch | |
| 1974 |
| The Way We Were | Marvin Hamlisch | |
| 1973 |
| Cabaret | Ralph Burns | |
| 1973 |
| Limelight | Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell | |
| 1972 |
| Fiddler on the Roof | John Williams | |
| 1972 |
| Summer of '42 | Michel Legrand | |
| 1971 |
| Let It Be | The Beatles | |
| 1971 |
| Love Story | Francis Lai | |
| 1970 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Burt Bacharach | |
| 1970 |
| Hello, Dolly! | Lennie Hayton, Lionel Newman | |
| 1969 |
| Oliver! | John Green | |
| 1969 |
| The Lion in Winter | John Barry | |
| 1968 |
| Camelot | Alfred Newman, Ken Darby | |
| 1968 |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Elmer Bernstein | |
| 1967 |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Ken Thorne | |
| 1967 |
| Born Free | John Barry | |
| 1966 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Maurice Jarre | |
| 1966 |
| The Sound of Music | Irwin Kostal | |
| 1965 |
| Mary Poppins | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman | |
| 1965 |
| My Fair Lady | Andre Previn | |
| 1964 |
| Irma La Douce | Andre Previn | |
| 1964 |
| Tom Jones | John Addison | |
| 1963 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | Maurice Jarre | |
| 1963 |
| Meredith Willson's The Music Man | Ray Heindorf | |
| 1962 |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | Henry Mancini | |
| 1962 |
| West Side Story | Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal | |
| 1961 |
| Exodus | Ernest Gold | |
| 1961 |
| Song without End | Morris Stoloff, Harry Sukman | |
| 1960 |
| Ben-Hur | Miklos Rozsa | |
| 1960 |
| Porgy and Bess | Andre Previn, Ken Darby | |
| 1959 |
| Gigi | Andre Previn | |
| 1959 |
| The Old Man and the Sea | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
| 1958 |
| The Bridge on the River Kwai | Malcolm Arnold | |
| 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Victor Young | |
| 1957 |
| The King and I | Alfred Newman, Ken Darby | |
| 1956 |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Alfred Newman | |
| 1956 |
| Oklahoma! | Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton, Adolph Deutsch | |
| 1955 |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Adolph Deutsch, Saul Chaplin | |
| 1955 |
| The High and the Mighty | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
| 1954 |
| Call Me Madam | Alfred Newman | |
| 1954 |
| Lili | Bronislau Kaper | |
| 1953 |
| High Noon | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
| 1953 |
| With a Song in My Heart | Alfred Newman | |
| 1952 |
| A Place in the Sun | Franz Waxman | |
| 1952 |
| An American in Paris | Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin | |
| 1951 |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens | |
| 1951 |
| Sunset Blvd. | Franz Waxman | |
| 1950 |
| On the Town | Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton | |
| 1950 |
| The King and I | Aaron Copland | |
| 1949 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Johnny Green, Roger Edens | |
| 1949 |
| Oklahoma! | Brian Easdale | |
| 1948 |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Alfred Newman | |