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Oscars: Best Original Dramatic Score

Winners and nominees by ceremony year, newest first.

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  1. 1999
    Life Is Beautiful
    Life Is Beautiful (1997)
    GoodWatch score 78
    WonLife Is Beautiful1997

    Nominated: Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Elizabeth, Pleasantville

  2. 1998
    Titanic
    Titanic (1997)
    GoodWatch score 77
    WonTitanic1997

    Nominated: Amistad, Good Will Hunting, Kundun, L.A. Confidential

  3. 1997
    The English Patient
    The English Patient (1996)
    GoodWatch score 79
    WonThe English Patient1996

    Nominated: Shine, Michael Collins, Hamlet, Sleepers

  4. 1996
    The Postman
    The Postman (1994)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonThe Postman1994

    Nominated: Apollo 13, Braveheart, Nixon, Sense and Sensibility

  5. 1976
    Jaws
    Jaws (1975)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonJaws1975

    Nominated: Bite the Bullet, Birds Do It, Bees Do It, The Wind and the Lion, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  6. 1975
    The Godfather Part II
    The Godfather Part II (1974)
    GoodWatch score 89
    WonThe Godfather Part II1974

    Nominated: Shanks, The Towering Inferno, Chinatown, Murder on the Orient Express

  7. 1974
    The Way We Were
    The Way We Were (1973)
    GoodWatch score 68
    WonThe Way We Were1973

    Nominated: The Day of the Dolphin, Cinderella Liberty, A Touch of Class, Papillon

  8. 1973
    Limelight
    Limelight (1952)
    GoodWatch score 82
    WonLimelight1952

    Nominated: Napoleon and Samantha, Images, The Poseidon Adventure, Sleuth

  9. 1972
    Summer of '42
    Summer of '42 (1971)
    GoodWatch score 69
    WonSummer of '421971

    Nominated: Mary, Queen of Scots, Straw Dogs, Nicholas and Alexandra, Shaft

  10. 1942
    All That Money Can Buy
    All That Money Can Buy (1941)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonAll That Money Can Buy1941

    Nominated: The Little Foxes, King of the Zombies, This Woman Is Mine, Ladies in Retirement, That Uncertain Feeling, Sergeant York, Hold Back the Dawn, Suspicion, Cheers for Miss Bishop, Sundown, Lydia, Ball of Fire, Mercy Island, So Ends Our Night, Back Street, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, How Green Was My Valley, Citizen Kane, Tanks a Million