Esta semana se anuncian las nominaciones a los Oscar y proponermos revisar, de entre la lista de ganadores, quién lo mereció, quién no y quién debió ganar... en nuestra opinión.
Tras la fecha, indicamos el ganador y en cursiva, si procede, el ganador alternativo (siempre, de entre los que estaban nominados ese año)
- 1934: One Night of Love (Victor Schertzinger, Gus Kahn) (The Lost Patrol. Max Steiner)
- 1935: The Informer (Max Steiner)
- 1936: Anthony Adverse (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- 1937: 100 Men and a Girl (Charles Previn) (Lost Horizon. Dimitri Tiomkin)
- 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
- 1939: Stagecoach (Richard Hageman, Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken) (Of Mice and Men. Aaron Copland) (en categoría mejor música original) The Wizard of Oz (Herbert Stothart) (Gone with the Wind. Max Steiner) (en categoría mejor música)
- 1940: Pinocchio (Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington) (The Thief Bagdad. Miklós Rózsa)
- 1941: The Devil and Daniel Webster (Bernard Herrmann) (Citizen Kane. Bernard Herrmann)
- 1942: Now, Voyager (Max Steiner)
- 1943: The Song of Bernadette (Alfred Newman)
- 1944: Since You Went Away (Max Steiner)
- 1945: Spellbound (Miklós Rózsa)
- 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives (Hugo Friedhofer)
- 1947: A Double Life (Miklós Rózsa)
- 1948: The Red Shoes (Brian Easdale)
- 1949: The Heiress (Aaron Copland)
- 1950: Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
- 1951: A Place in the Sun (Franz Waxman)
- 1952: High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin)
- 1953: Lili (Bronislau Kaper)
- 1954: The High and the Mighty (Dimitri Tiomkin) (On the Waterfront. Leonard Bernstein)
- 1955: Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman) (The Man with the Golden Arm. Elmer Bernstein)
- 1956: Around the World in 80 Days (Victor Young)
- 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (Malcolm Arnold)
- 1958: The Old Man and the Sea (Dimitri Tiomkin) (The Big Country. Jerome Moross)
- 1959: Ben-Hur (Miklós Rózsa)
- 1960: Exodus (Ernest Gold) (Spartacus. Alex North)
- 1961: Breakfast at Tiffany's (Henry Mancini) (El Cid. Miklós Rózsa)
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
- 1963: Tom Jones (John Addison)
- 1964: Mary Poppins (Richard M. y Robert B. Sherman)
- 1965: Doctor Zhivago (Maurice Jarre)
- 1966: Born Free (John Barry) (The Sand Pebbles. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1967: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Elmer Bernstein) (Cool Hand Luke. Lalo Schifrin)
- 1968: The Lion in Winter (John Barry) (The Planet of the Apes. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Burt Bacharach) (The Wild Bunch. Jerry Fielding)
- 1970: Love Story (Francis Lai) (Patton. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1971: Summer of 42 (Michel Legrand) (Nicholas and Alexandra. Richard Rodney Bennett)
- 1972: Limelight (Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, Larry Russell)
- 1973: The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch)
- 1974: The Godfather. Part II (Carmine Coppola, Nino Rota)
- 1975: Jaws (John Williams)
- 1976: The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1977: Star Wars (John Williams)
- 1978: Midnight Express (Giorgio Moroder) (Superman. John Williams)
- 1979: A Little Romance (Georges Delerue) (Star Trek. The Motion Picture. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1980: Fame (Michael Gore) (The Elephant Man. John Morris)
- 1981: Chariots of Fire (Vangelis) (Raiders of the Lost Ark. John Williams)
- 1982: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (John Williams)
- 1983: The Right Stuff (Bill Conti) (Under Fire. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1984: A Passage to India (Maurice Jarre)
- 1985: Out of África (John Barry)
- 1986: Round Midnight (Herbie Hancock) (The Mission. Ennio Morricone)
- 1987: The Last Emperor (David Byrne, Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto)
- 1988: The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
- 1989:The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)
- 1990: Dances With Wolves (John Barry)
- 1991: Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken)
- 1992: Aladdin (Alan Menken) (Basic Instinct. Jerry Goldsmith)
- 1993: Schindler's List (John Williams)
- 1994: The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
- 1995: Il postino (Luis Bacalov) (Braveheart. James Horner) (música en drama) Pocahontas (Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz) (música en comedia/musical)
- 1996: The English Patient (Gabriel Yared) (música en drama) Emma (Rachel Portman) (música en comedia/musical)
- 1997: Titanic (James Horner) (música en drama) The Full Monty (Anne Dudley) (Men In Black. Danny Elfman) (música en comedia/musical)
- 1998: La vita è bella (Nicola Piovani) (música en drama) Shakespeare in Love (Stephen Warbeck) (música en comedia/musical)
- 1999: The Red Violin (John Corigliano)
- 2000: Wo hu cang long (Tan Dun)
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)
- 2002: Frida (Elliot Goldenthal)
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
- 2004: Finding Neverland (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek) (The Passion of the Christ. John Debney)
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla) (Memoirs of a Geisha. John Williams)
- 2006: Babel (Gustavo Santaolalla) (El laberinto del Fauno. Javier Navarrete)
- 2007: Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
- 2008: Slumdog Millionaire (A. R. Rahman) (WALL-E. Thomas Newman)
- 2009: Up (Michael Giacchino)
- 2010: The Social Network (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) (How to Train Your Dragon. John Powell)
- 2011: The Artist (Ludovic Bource) (War Horse. John Williams)
- 2012: Life of Pi (Mychael Danna) (Anna Karenina. Dario Marianelli)
- 2013: Gravity (Steven Price)
- 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
- 2015: The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
- 2016: La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
- 2017: The Shape of Water (Alexandre Desplat)
Siguiendo este criterio, este sería el número de Oscar asignados a los siguientes compositores (los que obtendrían más de uno): John Williams (8), Jerry Goldsmith (7), Max Steiner (5), Miklós Rózsa (5), Maurice Jarre (3), Alan Menken (3) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2), Dimitri Tiomkin (2), Aaron Copland (2), Franz Waxman (2), John Barry (2), Ennio Morricone (2), James Horner (2), Howard Shore (2), Dario Marianelli (2) Alexandre Desplat (2).
¿Cuál sería vuestra lista alternativa?