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Here is a history of the name changes of this category, and when it was split in multiple awards if applicable.
| 2025 | Best Original Score |
| 2024 | Best Original Score |
| 2023 | Best Original Score |
| 2022 | Best Original Score |
| 2021 | Best Original Score |
| 2020 | Best Original Score |
| 2019 | Best Original Score |
| 2018 | Best Original Score |
| 2017 | Best Original Score |
| 2016 | Best Original Score |
| 2015 | Best Original Score |
| 2014 | Best Original Score |
| 2013 | Best Original Score |
| 2012 | Best Original Score |
| 2011 | Best Original Score |
| 2010 | Best Original Score |
| 2009 | Best Original Score |
| 2008 | Best Original Score |
| 2007 | Best Original Score |
| 2006 | Best Original Score |
| 2005 | Best Original Score |
| 2004 | Best Original Score |
| 2003 | Best Original Score |
| 2002 | Best Original Score |
| 2001 | Best Original Score |
| 2000 | Best Original Score |
| 1999 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | |
| 1998 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | |
| 1997 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | |
| 1996 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | |
| 1995 | Best Original Score |
| 1994 | Best Original Score |
| 1993 | Best Original Score |
| 1992 | Best Original Score |
| 1991 | Best Original Score |
| 1990 | Best Original Score |
| 1989 | Best Original Score |
| 1988 | Best Original Score |
| 1987 | Best Original Score |
| 1986 | Best Original Score |
| 1985 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score | |
| 1984 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score | |
| 1983 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | |
| 1982 | Best Original Score |
| 1981 | Best Original Score |
| 1980 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | |
| 1979 | Best Original Score |
| Best Adaptation Score | |
| 1978 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | |
| 1977 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score | |
| 1976 | Best Original Score |
| Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | |
| 1975 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | |
| 1974 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | |
| 1973 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score | |
| 1972 | Best Original Dramatic Score |
| Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score | |
| 1971 | Best Original Score |
| Best Original Song Score | |
| 1970 | Best Original Score for a motion picture (not a musical) |
| Best Score of a Musical Picture – original or adaptation | |
| 1969 | Best Original Score for a motion picture (not a musical) |
| Best Score of a Musical Picture – original or adaptation | |
| 1968 | Best Original Music Score |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1967 | Best Original Music Score |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1966 | Best Music Score – substantially original |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1965 | Best Music Score – substantially original |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1964 | Best Music Score – substantially original |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1963 | Best Music Score – substantially original |
| Best Scoring of Music – adaptation or treatment | |
| 1962 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1961 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1960 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1959 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1958 | Best Scoring |
| 1957 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1956 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1955 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1954 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1953 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1952 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1951 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1950 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1949 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1948 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1947 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1946 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1945 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1944 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1943 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1942 | Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture | |
| 1941 | Best Original Score |
| Best Scoring | |
| 1940 | Best Original Score |
| Best Scoring | |
| 1939 | Best Original Score |
| Best Scoring | |
| 1938 | Best Scoring |
| 1937 | Best Scoring |
| 1936 | Best Scoring |
| 1935 | Best Scoring |