Academy Award Winners - The 1920s and 1930s
1939 | 1938 | 1937 | 1936 | 1935 | 1934 | 1933 | 1932 | 1931 | 1930 | 1929 | 1927-1928
1939 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
HERBERT STOTHART for The Wizard of Oz
Other Nominees
ANTHONY COLLINS for Nurse Edith Cavell
AARON COPLAND for Of Mice and Men
LUD GLUSKIN and LUCIEN MORAWECK for The Man in the Iron Mask
WERNER JANSSEN for Eternally Yours
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Rains Came
ALFRED NEWMAN for Wuthering Heights
MAX STEINER for Dark Victory
MAX STEINER Gone with the Wind
VICTOR YOUNG for Golden Boy
VICTOR YOUNG for Gulliver's Travels
VICTOR YOUNG for Man of Conquest
BEST SCORING
RICHARD HAGEMAN, W. FRANKE HARLING, JOHN LEIPOLD and LEO SHUKEN for Stagecoach
Other Nominees
PHIL BOUTELJE and ARTHUR LANGE for The Great Victor Herbert
AARON COPLAND for Of Mice and Men
ROGER EDENS and GEORGE E. STOLL for Babes in Arms
CY FEUER for She Married a Cop
LOUIS FORBES for Intermezzo: A Love Story
ERIC WOLFGANG KORNGOLD for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Hunchback of Notre Dame
ALFRED NEWMAN for They Shall Have Music
CHARLES PREVIN for First Love
LOUIS SILVERS for Swanee River
DIMITRI TIOMKIN for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
VICTOR YOUNG for Way Down South
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
HAROLD ARLEN and E.Y. HARBURG for "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
Other Nominees
IRVING BERLIN for "I Poured My Heart Into A Song" from Second Fiddle
BUDDY DE SYLVA for "Wishing" from Love Affair
RALPH RAINGER and LEO ROBIN for "Faithful Forever" from Gulliver's Travels
1938 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD for The Adventures of Robin Hood
Other Nominees
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT for Pacific Liner
RICHARD HAGEMAN for If I Were King
MARVIN HATLEY for Block-Heads
WERNER JANSSEN for Blockade
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Cowboy and the Lady
LOUIS SILVERS for Suez
HERBERT STOTHART for Marie Antoinette
FRANZ WAXMAN for The Young in Heart
VICTOR YOUNG for Army Girl
VICTOR YOUNG for Breaking the Ice
BEST SCORING
ALFRED NEWMAN for Alexander's Ragtime Band
Other Nominees
VICTOR BARAVALLE for Carefree
CY FEUER for Storm Over Bengal
MARVIN HATLEY for There Goes My Heart
BORIS MORROS for Tropic Holiday
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Goldwyn Follies
CHARLES PREVIN and FRANK SKINNER for Mad About Music
MAX STEINER for Jezebel
MORRIS STOLOFF and GREGORY STONE for Girls' School
HERBERT STOTHART for Sweethearts
FRANZ WAXMAN for The Young in Heart
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
RALPH RAINGER and LEO ROBIN for "Thanks For The Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938
Other Nominees
IRVING BERLIN for "Now It Can Be Told" from Alexander's Ragtime Band
IRVING BERLIN for "Change Partners and Dance with Me" from Carefree
PHIL CRAIG and ARTHUR QUENZER for "Merrily We Live" from Merrily We Live
JOHNNY MARVIN for "Dust" from Under Western Stars
JIMMY McHUGH and HAROLD ADAMSON for "My Own" from That Certain Age
LIONEL NEWMAN and ARTHUR QUENZER for "The Cowboy and the Lady" from The Cowboy and the Lady
BEN OAKLAND and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II for "A Mist Over the Moon" from The Lady Objects
EDWARD WARD, CHET FORREST and BOB WRIGHT for "Always and Always" from Mannequin
HARRY WARREN and JOHNNY MERCER for "Jeepers Creepers" from Going Places
1937 AWARDS
BEST MUSIC SCORE
CHARLES PREVIN for One Hundred Men and a Girl
Other Nominees
FRANK CHURCHILL, LEIGH HARLINE and PAUL SMITH for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
ALBERTO COLOMBO for Portia on Trial
W. FRANKE HARLING and MILAN RODER for Souls at Sea
MARVIN HATLEY for Way Out West
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Hurricane
ALFRED NEWMAN for The Prisoner of Zenda
HUGO REISENFELD for Make a Wish
VICTOR SCHERTZINGER for Something to Sing About
LOUIS SILVERS for In Old Chicago
MAX STEINER for The Life of Emile Zola
HERBERT STOTHART for Maytime
DIMITRI TIOMKIN for Lost Horizon
ROY WEBB for Quality Street
*The Best Score Oscar was awarded to the Studio Head of Music
BEST SONG
HARRY OWENS for "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding
Other Nominees
SAMMY FAIN and LEW BROWN for "That Old Feeling" from Vogues of 1938
GEORGE GERSHWIN and IRA GERSHWIN for "They Can't Take That Away from Me" from Shall We Dance
FREDERICK HOLLANDER and LEO ROBIN for "Whispers in the Dark" from Artists & Models
HARRY WARREN and AL DUBIN for "Remember Me" from Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1936 AWARDS
BEST MUSIC SCORE
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD for Anthony Adverse
Other Nominees
WERNER JANSSEN for The General Died at Dawn
NATHANIEL SHILKRET for Winterset
MAX STEINER for The Charge of the Light Brigade
MAX STEINER for The Garden of Allah
*The Best Score Oscar was awarded to the Studio Head of Music
BEST SONG
JEROME KERN and DOROTHY FIELDS for "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time
Other Nominees
LOUIS ALTER and SIDNEY D. MITCHELL for "A Melody from the Sky" from The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
WALTER DONALDSON and HAROLD ADAMSON for "Did I Remember" from Suzy
ARTHUR JOHNSTON and JOHNNY BURKE for "Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven
COLE PORTER for "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance
RICHARD A. WHITING and WALTER BULLOCK for "When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby, Sing
1935 AWARDS
BEST MUSIC SCORE
MAX STEINER for The Informer
Other Nominees
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD for Captain Blood
HERBERT STOTHART for Mutiny on the Bounty
ERNST TOCH for Peter Ibbotsen
*The Best Score Oscar was awarded to the Studio Head of Music, who also happened to be Max Steiner.
BEST SONG
HARRY WARREN and AL DUBIN for "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935
Other Nominees
IRVING BERLIN for "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat
JEROME KERN, DOROTHY FIELDS and JIMMY McHUGH for "Lovely To Look At" from Roberta
1934 AWARDS
BEST SCORE
VICTOR SCHERZINGER and GUS KAHN for One Night of Love
Other Nominees
KENNETH S. WEBB and SAMUEL HOFFENSTEIN for The Gay Divorcee
MAX STEINER for The Lost Patrol
*The Best Score Oscar was awarded to the Studio Head of Music, Louis Silvers.
BEST SONG
CON CONRAD and HERB MAGIDSON for "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee
Other Nominees
VINCENT YOUMANS, EDWARD ELISCU and GUS KAHN for "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio
RALPH RAINGER and LEO ROBIN for "Love in Bloom" from She Loves Me Not
1933 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
42ND STREET, music by Leo F. Forbstein
CAVALCADE, music by Louis De Francesco
A FAREWELL TO ARMS, music by W. Franke Harling and John Leipold
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG, music by Leo F. Forbstein and Bernhard Kaun
LADY FOR A DAY, music by Howard Jackson
LITTLE WOMEN, music by Max Steiner
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, music by Kurt Schroeder
SHE DONE HIM WRONG, music by Ralph Rainger
SMILIN' THROUGH, music by William Axt
STATE FAIR, music by Louis De Francesco
1932 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
ARROWSMITH, music by Alfred Newman
BAD GIRL, composer uncredited
THE CHAMP, composer uncredited
FIVE STAR FINAL, music by Leo F. Forbstein
GRAND HOTEL, music by William Axt and Charles Maxwell
ONE HOUR WITH YOU, music by Oscar Straus, Richard A. Whiting and W. Franke Harling
SHANGHAI EXPRESS, music by W. Franke Harling and Rudolph G. Kopp
THE SMILING LIEUTENANT, music by Oscar Straus
1931 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
CIMARRON, music by Max Steiner
EAST LYNNE, music by Richard Fall
THE FRONT PAGE, composer uncredited
SKIPPY, music by John Leipold
TRADER HORN, music by William Axt and Sol Levy
1930 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, music by Arthur Edeson and Karl Freund
THE BIG HOUSE, composer uncredited
DISRAELI, music by Louis Silvers
THE DIVORCEE, composer uncredited
THE LOVE PARADE, music by Victor Schertzinger
1929 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
ALIBI, music by Hugo Reisenfeld
THE BROADWAY MELODY, music by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929, music by Gus Edwards
IN OLD ARIZONA, composer uncredited
THE PATRIOT, music by Max Bergunker, Gerard Carbonara and Domenico Savino
1927-1928 AWARDS
No music awards were given. The Best Picture nominees were:
CHANG: A DRAMA OF THE WILDERNESS, composer uncredited
THE CROWD, composer uncredited
THE RACKET, composer uncredited
SEVENTH HEAVEN, music by Michael Mortilla, Lew Pollack and Erno Rapee
SUNRISE, music by Hugo Reisenfeld
WINGS, music by John S. Zamecnik
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