Academy Award Winners - The 1970s
1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970
1979 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
GEORGES DELERUE for A Little Romance
Other Nominees
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
DAVE GRUSIN for The Champ
HENRY MANCINI for 10
LALO SCHIFRIN for The Amityville Horror
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
RALPH BURNS for All That Jazz
Other Nominees
PAUL WILLIAMS and KENNY ASCHER for The Muppet Movie
PATRICK WILLIAMS for Breaking Away
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
DAVID SHIRE and NORMAN GIMBEL for "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae
Other Nominees
MARVIN HAMLISCH and CAROLE BAYER SAGER for "Through The Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
HENRY MANCINI and ROBERT WELLS for "It's Easy To Say" from 10
DAVID SHIRE, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from The Promise
PAUL WILLIAMS and KENNY ASCHER for "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie
1978 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
GIORGIO MORODER for Midnight Express
Other Nominees
JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Boys from Brazil
DAVE GRUSIN for Heaven Can Wait
ENNIO MORRICONE for Days of Heaven
JOHN WILLIAMS for Superman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
JOE RENZETTI for The Buddy Holly Story
Other Nominees
QUINCY JONES for The Wiz
JERRY WEXLER for Pretty Baby
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
PAUL JABARA for "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday
Other Nominees
JOHN FARRAR for "Hopelessly Devoted To You" from Grease
CHARLES FOX and NORMAN GIMBEL for "Ready To Take a Chance Again" from Foul Play
MARVIN HAMLISCH, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Last Time I Felt Like This" from Same Time Next Year
RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN for "When You're Loved" from The Magic of Lassie
1977 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN WILLIAMS for Star Wars
Other Nominees
GEORGES DELERUE for Julia
MARVIN HAMLISCH for The Spy Who Loved Me
MAURICE JARRE for The Message
JOHN WILLIAMS for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
JONATHAN TUNICK for A Little Night Music
Other Nominees
AL KASHA, JOEL HIRSCHHORN and IRWIN KOSTAL for Pete's Dragon
RICHARD M. SHERMAN, ROBERT B. SHERMAN and ANGELA MORLEY for The Slipper and the Rose
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
JOSEPH BROOKS for "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life
Other Nominees
SAMMY FAIN, CAROL CONNORS and AYN ROBBINS for "Someone's Waiting For You" from The Rescuers
MARVIN HAMLISCH and CAROLE BAYER SAGER for "Nobody Does It Better" from The Spy Who Loved Me
AL KASHA and JOEL HIRSCHHORN for "Candle on the Water" from Pete's Dragon
RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN for "He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me" from The Slipper and the Rose
1976 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Omen
Other Nominees
JERRY FIELDING for The Outlaw Josey Wales
BERNARD HERRMAN for Obsession
BERNARD HERRMANN for Taxi Driver
LALO SCHIFIRIN for Voyage of the Damned
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
LEONARD ROSENMAN for Bound for Glory
Other Nominees
ROGER KELLEWAY for A Star is Born
PAUL WILLIAMS for Bugsy Malone
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BARBRA STREISAND and PAUL WILLIAMS for "Evergreen" from A Star is Born
Other Nominees
BILL CONTI, CAROL CONNORS and AYN ROBBINS for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky
SAMMY FAIN and PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER for "A World That Never Was" from Half A House
JERRY GOLDSMITH for "Ave Satani" from The Omen
HENRY MANCINI and DON BLACK for "Come to Me" from The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1975 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
JOHN WILLIAMS for Jaws
Other Nominees
GERALD FRIED for Birds Do It, Bees Do It
JERRY GOLDSMITH for The Wind and the Lion
JACK NITZSCHE for One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
ALEX NORTH for Bite the Bullet
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
LEONARD ROSENMAN for Barry Lyndon
Other Nominees
PETER MATZ for Funny Lady
PETE TOWNSHEND for Tommy
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
KEITH CARRADINE for "I'm Easy" from Nashville
Other Nominees
GEORGE BARRIE and SAMMY CAHN for "Now That We're In Love" from Whiffs
FRED EBB and JOHN KANDER for "How Lucky Can You Get" from Funny Lady
CHARLES FOX and NORMAN GIMBEL for "Richard's Window" from The Other Side of the Mountain
MICHAEL MASSER and GERRY GOFFER for "Do You Know Where You're Going To" from Mahogany
1974 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
NINO ROTA and CARMINE COPPOLA for The Godfather Part II
Other Nominees
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT for Murder on the Orient Express
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Chinatown
ALEX NORTH for Shanks
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Towering Inferno
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
NELSON RIDDLE for The Great Gatsby
Other Nominees
ALAN JAY LERNER, FREDERICK LOEWE, ANGELA MORLEY and DOUGLAS GAMLEY for The Little Prince
PAUL WILLIAMS and GEORGE ALICESON TIPTON for Phantom of Paradise
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
AL KASHA and JOEL HIRSCHHORN for "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno
Other Nominees
ELMER BERNSTEIN and DON BLACK for "Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold
EUEL BOX and BETTY BOX for "I Feel Love" from Benji
FREDERICK LOEWE and ALAN JAY LERNER for "Little Prince" from The Little Prince
JOHN MORRIS and MEL BROOKS for "Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles
1973 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MARVIN HAMLISCH for The Way We Were
Other Nominees
JOHN CAMERON for A Touch of Class
GEORGES DELERUE for The Day of the Dolphin
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Papillon
JOHN WILLIAMS for Cinderella Liberty
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
MARVIN HAMLISCH for The Sting
Other Nominees
ANDRÉ PREVIN, HERBERT W. SPENCER and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER for Jesus Christ Superstar
RICHARD M. SHERMAN, ROBERT B. SHERMAN and JOHN WILLIAMS for Tom Sawyer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
MARVIN HAMLISCH, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
Other Nominees
GEORGE BARRIE and SAMMY CAHN for "All That Love Went To Waste" from A Touch of Class
GEORGE BRUNS and FLOYD HUDDLESTON for "Love" from Robin Hood
PAUL McCARTNEY and LINDA McCARTNEY for "Live and Let Die" from Live and Let Die
JOHN WILLIAMS and PAUL WILLIAMS for "Nice To Be Around" from Cinderella Liberty
1972 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
CHARLES CHAPLIN, RAYMOND RASCH and LARRY RUSSELL for Limelight
Other Nominees
JOHN ADDISON for Sleuth
BUDDY BAKER for Napoleon and Samantha
JOHN WILLIAMS for Images
JOHN WILLIAMS for The Poseidon Adventure
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
RALPH BURNS for Cabaret
Other Nominees
GIL ASKEY for Lady Sings the Blues
LAURENCE ROSENTHAL for Man of La Mancha
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
AL KASHA and JOEL HIRSCHHORN for "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure
Other Nominees
SAMMY FAIN and PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER for "Strange Are The Ways of Love" from The Stepmother
MAURICE JARRE, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" from The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
FRED KARLIN and MARSHA KARLIN for "Come Follow, Follow Me" from The Ark
WALTER SCHARF and DON BLACK for "Ben" from Ben
1971 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
MICHEL LEGRAND for Summer of '42
Other Nominees
JOHN BARRY for Mary, Queen of Scots
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT for Nicholas and Alexandra
JERRY FIELDING for Straw Dogs
ISAAC HAYES for Shaft
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
JOHN WILLIAMS for Fiddler on the Roof
Other Nominees
LESLIE BRICUSSE, ANTHONY NEWLEY and WALTER SCHARF for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES and PETER GREENWELL for The Boy Friend
RICHARD M. SHERMAN, ROBERT B. SHERMAN and IRWIN KOSTAL for Bedknobs and Broomsticks
DIMITRI TIOMKIN for Tchaikovsky
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
ISAAC HAYES for "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft
Other Nominees
BARRY DE VORZON and PERRY BOTKIN Jr. for "Bless the Beasts and the Children" from Bless the Beasts and the Children
MARVIN HAMLISCH and JOHNNY MERCER for "Life Is What You Make It" from Kotch
HENRY MANCINI, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "All His Children" from Sometimes a Great Notion
RICHARD M SHERMAN AND ROBERT B. SHERMAN for "The Age of Not Believing" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1970 AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
FRANCIS LAI for Love Story
Other Nominees
FRANK CORDELL for Cromwell
JERRY GOLDSMITH for Patton
HENRY MANCINI for I Girasoli
ALFRED NEWMAN for Airport
BEST ORIGINAL SONG SCORE AND ITS ADAPTATION OR BEST ADAPTATION SCORE
JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON and RINGO STARR for Let It Be
Other Nominees
LESLIE BRICUSSE, IAN FRASER and HERBERT W. SPENCER for Scrooge
FRED KARLIN and TYLWYTH KYMRY for The Baby Maker
HENRY MANCINI and JOHNNY MERCER for Darling Lili
ROD McKUEN, JOHN SCOTT TROTTER, BILL MELENDEZ, AL SHEAN and VINCE GUARALDI for A Boy Named Charlie Brown
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
FRED KARLIN, ROBB ROYER and JAMES GRIFFIN for "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers
Other Nominees
LESLIE BRICUSSE for "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge
MICHEL LEGRAND, ALAN BERGMAN and MARILYN BERGMAN for "Pieces of Dreams" from Pieces of Dreams
HENRY MANCINI and JOHNNY MERCER for "Whistling Away the Dark" for Darling Lili
RIZ ORTOLANI and ARTHUR HAMILTON for "Till Love Touches Your Life" from Madron
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