All Movie Awards

1951 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerSunset BoulevardFranz WaxmanA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Amazon1951 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesAll About EveAlfred NewmanAmazonNo Sad Songs for MeGeorge DuningAmazonSamson and DelilahVictor YoungAmazonThe Flame and the ArrowMax SteinerAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerA Place in the SunFranz WaxmanA poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesA Streetcar Named DesireAlex NorthAmazonDavid and BathshebaAlfred NewmanAmazonDeath of a SalesmanAlex NorthAmazonQuo VadisMiklós RózsaAmazon

1953 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerHigh NoonDimitri TiomkinA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.Amazon1953 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesIvanhoeMiklós RózsaAmazonThe Miracle of Our Lady of FatimaMax SteinerAmazonThe ThiefHerschel Burke GilbertAmazonViva Zapata!Alex NorthAmazon

1954 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerLiliBronislau KaperAn orphaned young woman becomes part of a puppet act and forms a relationship with the anti-social puppeteer.Amazon1954 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesAbove and BeyondHugo FriedhoferAmazonFrom Here to EternityMorris StoloffAmazonJulius CaesarMiklós RózsaAmazonThis Is CineramaLouis ForbesAmazon

1955 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerThe High and the MightyDimitri TiomkinWhen a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.Amazon1955 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesGenevieveLarry AdlerAmazonOn the WaterfrontLeonard BernsteinAmazonThe Caine MutinyMax SteinerAmazonThe Silver ChaliceFranz WaxmanAmazon

1956 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerLove Is a Many-Splendored ThingAlfred NewmanA widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.Amazon1956 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesBattle CryMax SteinerAmazonPicnicGeorge DuningAmazonThe Man with the Golden ArmElmer BernsteinAmazonThe Rose TattooAlex NorthAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerAround the World in 80 DaysVictor YoungA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesAnastasiaAlfred NewmanAmazonBetween Heaven and HellHugo FriedhoferAmazonGiantDimitri TiomkinAmazonThe RainmakerAlex NorthAmazon

1959 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerThe Old Man and the SeaDimitri TiomkinAn old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea. Based on Ernest Hemingway's story.Amazon1959 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesSeparate TablesDavid RaksinAmazonThe Big CountryJerome MorossAmazonThe Young LionsHugo FriedhoferAmazonWhite WildernessOliver WallaceAmazon

1960 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerBen-HurMiklós RózsaWhen a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Amazon1960 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesOn the BeachErnest GoldAmazonPillow TalkFrank De VolAmazonThe Diary of Anne FrankAlfred NewmanAmazonThe Nun's StoryFranz WaxmanAmazon

1961 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) WinnerExodusErnest GoldThe state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.Amazon1961 Academy Awards - Music (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) NomineesElmer GantryAndré PrevinAmazonSpartacusAlex NorthAmazonThe AlamoDimitri TiomkinAmazonThe Magnificent SevenElmer BernsteinAmazon