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Academy Awards
Most Nominations for Score
This list features composers that have been nominated for the most Best Score awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | COMPOSERS | NOMINATIONS | WINS |
1 | John Williams | 49 | 5 |
2 | Alfred Newman | 43 | 9 |
3 | Max Steiner | 24 | 3 |
4 | Rat Heindorf | 17 | 3 |
5 | Morris Stoloff | 17 | 3 |
6 | Jerry Goldsmith | 17 | 1 |
7 | Victor Young | 17 | 1 |
8 | Miklós Rózsa | 16 | 3 |
9 | Dmitri Tiomkin | 14 | 3 |
10 | Johnny Green | 12 | 4 |
11 | Hans Zimmer | 12 | 2 |
12 | Alexandre Desplat | 12 | 2 |
13 | Andrè Previn | 11 | 4 |
14 | Frank Waxman | 11 | 2 |
15 | Herbert Stothart | 11 | 1 |
16 | Elmer Bernstein | 10 | 1 |
References
Wikipedia. (n.d.). Academy Award for Best Original Score. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score#Multiple_nominations [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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