| The Gay Divorcee  -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department  (Score by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein) [came in 2nd]  | 
| The Lost Patrol  -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department  (Score by Max Steiner) [came in 3rd]  | 
| * | One Night of Love  -- Columbia Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department  (Thematic Music by Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn)  | 
| Captain Blood  -- Warner Bros.-First National Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department  (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold) [came in 3rd]  [NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION.  Write-in candidate.] | 
| * | The Informer  -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department  (Score by Max Steiner)  | 
| Mutiny on the Bounty  -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department  (Score by Herbert Stothart) [came in 2nd]  | 
| Peter Ibbetson  -- Paramount Studio Music Department, Irvin Talbot, head of department  (Score by Ernst Toch)  | 
| * | Anthony Adverse  -- Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department  (Score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold)  | 
| The Charge of the Light Brigade  -- Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department  (Score by Max Steiner)  | 
| The Garden of Allah  -- Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Max Steiner, head of department  (Score by Max Steiner)  | 
| The General Died at Dawn  -- Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department  (Score by Werner Janssen)  | 
| Winterset  -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Nathaniel Shilkret, head of department  (Score by Nathaniel Shilkret)  | 
| The Hurricane  -- Samuel Goldwyn Studio Music Department, Alfred Newman, head of department  (Score by Alfred Newman)  | 
| In Old Chicago  -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Music Department, Louis Silvers, head of department  (no composer credit)  | 
| The Life of Emile Zola  -- Warner Bros. Studio Music Department, Leo Forbstein, head of department  (Score by Max Steiner)  | 
| Lost Horizon  -- Columbia Studio Music Department, Morris Stoloff, head of department  (Score by Dimitri Tiomkin)  | 
| Make a Wish  -- Principal Productions, Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld, musical director  (Score by Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld)  | 
| Maytime  -- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Music Department, Nat W. Finston, head of department  (Score by Herbert Stothart)  | 
| * | One Hundred Men and a Girl  -- Universal Studio Music Department, Charles Previn, head of department  (no composer credit)  | 
| Portia on Trial  -- Republic Studio Music Department, Alberto Colombo, head of department  (Score by Alberto Colombo)  | 
| The Prisoner of Zenda  -- Selznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director  (Score by Alfred Newman)  | 
| Quality Street  -- RKO Radio Studio Music Department, Roy Webb, musical director  (Score by Roy Webb)  | 
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs  -- Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department  (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)  | 
| Something to Sing About  -- Grand National Studio Music Department, C. Bakaleinikoff, musical director  (Score by Victor Schertzinger)  | 
| Souls at Sea  -- Paramount Studio Music Department, Boris Morros, head of department  (Score by W. Franke Harling and Milan Roder)  | 
| Way Out West  -- Hal Roach Studio Music Department, Marvin Hatley, head of department  (Score by Marvin Hatley)  | 
| * | The Adventures of Robin Hood  -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold  | 
| Army Girl  -- Victor Young  | 
| Block-Heads  -- Marvin Hatley  | 
| Blockade  -- Werner Janssen  | 
| Breaking the Ice  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Cowboy and the Lady  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| If I Were King  -- Richard Hageman  | 
| Marie Antoinette  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| Pacific Liner  -- Russell Bennett  | 
| Suez  -- Louis Silvers  | 
| The Young in Heart  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| * | Alexander's Ragtime Band  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Carefree  -- Victor Baravalle  | 
| Girls' School  -- Morris Stoloff, Gregory Stone  | 
| The Goldwyn Follies  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Jezebel  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Mad about Music  -- Charles Previn, Frank Skinner  | 
| Storm over Bengal  -- Cy Feuer  | 
| Sweethearts  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| There Goes My Heart  -- Marvin Hatley  | 
| Tropic Holiday  -- Boris Morros  | 
| The Young in Heart  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| Dark Victory  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Eternally Yours  -- Werner Janssen  | 
| Golden Boy  -- Victor Young  | 
| Gone with the Wind  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Gulliver's Travels  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Man in the Iron Mask  -- Lud Gluskin, Lucien Moraweck  | 
| Man of Conquest  -- Victor Young  | 
| Nurse Edith Cavell  -- Anthony Collins  | 
| Of Mice and Men  -- Aaron Copland  | 
| The Rains Came  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| * | The Wizard of Oz  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| Wuthering Heights  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Babes in Arms  -- George E. Stoll, Roger Edens  | 
| First Love  -- Charles Previn  | 
| The Great Victor Herbert  -- Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange  | 
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Intermezzo  -- Lou Forbes  | 
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington  -- Dimitri Tiomkin  | 
| Of Mice and Men  -- Aaron Copland  | 
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex  -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold  | 
| She Married a Cop  -- Cy Feuer  | 
| * | Stagecoach  -- Richard Hageman, Frank Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken  | 
| Swanee River  -- Louis Silvers  | 
| They Shall Have Music  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Way Down South  -- Victor Young  | 
| Arizona  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Dark Command  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Fight for Life  -- Louis Gruenberg  | 
| The Great Dictator  -- Meredith Willson  | 
| The House of the Seven Gables  -- Frank Skinner  | 
| The Howards of Virginia  -- Richard Hageman  | 
| The Letter  -- Max Steiner  | 
| The Long Voyage Home  -- Richard Hageman  | 
| The Mark of Zorro  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| My Favorite Wife  -- Roy Webb  | 
| North West Mounted Police  -- Victor Young  | 
| One Million B.C.  -- Werner Heymann  | 
| Our Town  -- Aaron Copland  | 
| * | Pinocchio  -- Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington  | 
| Rebecca  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| The Thief of Bagdad  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Waterloo Bridge  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| Arise, My Love  -- Victor Young  | 
| Hit Parade of 1941  -- Cy Feuer  | 
| Irene  -- Anthony Collins  | 
| Our Town  -- Aaron Copland  | 
| The Sea Hawk  -- Erich Wolfgang Korngold  | 
| Second Chorus  -- Artie Shaw  | 
| Spring Parade  -- Charles Previn  | 
| Strike Up the Band  -- Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll  | 
| * | Tin Pan Alley  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| * | All That Money Can Buy  -- Bernard Herrmann  | 
| Back Street  -- Frank Skinner  | 
| Ball of Fire  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Cheers for Miss Bishop  -- Edward Ward  | 
| Citizen Kane  -- Bernard Herrmann  | 
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| Hold Back the Dawn  -- Victor Young  | 
| How Green Was My Valley  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| King of the Zombies  -- Edward Kay  | 
| Ladies in Retirement  -- Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch  | 
| The Little Foxes  -- Meredith Willson  | 
| Lydia  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Mercy Island  -- Cy Feuer, Walter Scharf  | 
| Sergeant York  -- Max Steiner  | 
| So Ends Our Night  -- Louis Gruenberg  | 
| Sundown  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Suspicion  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| Tanks a Million  -- Edward Ward  | 
| That Uncertain Feeling  -- Werner Heymann  | 
| This Woman Is Mine  -- Richard Hageman  | 
| All-American Co-Ed  -- Edward Ward  | 
| Birth of the Blues  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Buck Privates  -- Charles Previn  | 
| The Chocolate Soldier  -- Herbert Stothart, Bronislau Kaper  | 
| * | Dumbo  -- Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace  | 
| Ice-Capades  -- Cy Feuer  | 
| The Strawberry Blonde  -- Heinz Roemheld  | 
| Sun Valley Serenade  -- Emil Newman  | 
| Sunny  -- Anthony Collins  | 
| You'll Never Get Rich  -- Morris Stoloff  | 
| Arabian Nights  -- Frank Skinner  | 
| Bambi  -- Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb  | 
| The Black Swan  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| The Corsican Brothers  -- Dimitri Tiomkin  | 
| Flying Tigers  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Gold Rush  -- Max Terr  | 
| I Married a Witch  -- Roy Webb  | 
| Joan of Paris  -- Roy Webb  | 
| Jungle Book  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Klondike Fury  -- Edward Kay  | 
| * | Now, Voyager  -- Max Steiner  | 
| The Pride of the Yankees  -- Leigh Harline  | 
| Random Harvest  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| The Shanghai Gesture  -- Richard Hageman  | 
| Silver Queen  -- Victor Young  | 
| Take a Letter, Darling  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Talk of the Town  -- Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff  | 
| To Be or Not to Be  -- Werner Heymann  | 
| Flying with Music  -- Edward Ward  | 
| For Me and My Gal  -- Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll  | 
| Holiday Inn  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| It Started with Eve  -- Hans Salter, Charles Previn  | 
| Johnny Doughboy  -- Walter Scharf  | 
| My Gal Sal  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| * | Yankee Doodle Dandy  -- Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld  | 
| You Were Never Lovelier  -- Leigh Harline  | 
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday  -- Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter  | 
| Casablanca  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Commandos Strike at Dawn  -- Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg  | 
| The Fallen Sparrow  -- Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff  | 
| For Whom the Bell Tolls  -- Victor Young  | 
| Hangmen Also Die  -- Hanns Eisler  | 
| Hi Diddle Diddle  -- Phil Boutelje  | 
| In Old Oklahoma  -- Walter Scharf  | 
| Johnny Come Lately  -- Leigh Harline  | 
| The Kansan  -- Gerard Carbonara  | 
| Lady of Burlesque  -- Arthur Lange  | 
| Madame Curie  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| The Moon and Sixpence  -- Dimitri Tiomkin  | 
| The North Star  -- Aaron Copland  | 
| * | The Song of Bernadette  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Victory through Air Power  -- Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver G. Wallace  | 
| Coney Island  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Hit Parade of 1943  -- Walter Scharf  | 
| Phantom of the Opera  -- Edward Ward  | 
| Saludos Amigos  -- Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith  | 
| The Sky's the Limit  -- Leigh Harline  | 
| Something to Shout About  -- Morris Stoloff  | 
| Stage Door Canteen  -- Frederic E. Rich  | 
| Star Spangled Rhythm  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| * | This Is the Army  -- Ray Heindorf  | 
| Thousands Cheer  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| Address Unknown  -- Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch  | 
| The Adventures of Mark Twain  -- Max Steiner  | 
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey  -- Dimitri Tiomkin  | 
| Casanova Brown  -- Arthur Lange  | 
| Christmas Holiday  -- H. J. Salter  | 
| Double Indemnity  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| The Fighting Seabees  -- Walter Scharf, Roy Webb  | 
| The Hairy Ape  -- Edward Paul, Michel Michelet  | 
| It Happened Tomorrow  -- Robert Stolz  | 
| Jack London  -- Frederic Efrem Rich  | 
| Kismet  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| None but the Lonely Heart  -- Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff  | 
| The Princess and the Pirate  -- David Rose  | 
| * | Since You Went Away  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Summer Storm  -- Karl Hajos  | 
| Three Russian Girls  -- Franke Harling  | 
| Up in Mabel's Room  -- Edward Paul  | 
| Voice in the Wind  -- Michel Michelet  | 
| Wilson  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Woman of the Town  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Brazil  -- Walter Scharf  | 
| * | Cover Girl  -- Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon  | 
| Higher and Higher  -- C. Bakaleinikoff  | 
| Hollywood Canteen  -- Ray Heindorf  | 
| Irish Eyes Are Smiling  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| Knickerbocker Holiday  -- Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill  | 
| Lady in the Dark  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Lady, Let's Dance  -- Edward Kay  | 
| Meet Me in St. Louis  -- Georgie Stoll  | 
| The Merry Monahans  -- H. J. Salter  | 
| Minstrel Man  -- Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody  | 
| Sensations of 1945  -- Mahlon Merrick  | 
| Song of the Open Road  -- Charles Previn  | 
| Up in Arms  -- Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes  | 
| The Bells of St. Mary's  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Brewster's Millions  -- Lou Forbes  | 
| Captain Kidd  -- Werner Janssen  | 
| The Enchanted Cottage  -- Roy Webb  | 
| Flame of Barbary Coast  -- Morton Scott, Dale Butts  | 
| G. I. Honeymoon  -- Edward J. Kay  | 
| G. I. Joe  -- Louis Applebaum, Ann Ronell  | 
| Guest in the House  -- Werner Janssen  | 
| Guest Wife  -- Daniele Amfitheatrof  | 
| The Keys of the Kingdom  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| The Lost Weekend  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Love Letters  -- Victor Young  | 
| The Man Who Walked Alone  -- Karl Hajos  | 
| Objective, Burma!  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| Paris--Underground  -- Alexander Tansman  | 
| A Song to Remember  -- Miklos Rozsa, Morris Stoloff  | 
| The Southerner  -- Werner Janssen  | 
| * | Spellbound  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| This Love of Ours  -- H. J. Salter  | 
| The Valley of Decision  -- Herbert Stothart  | 
| The Woman in the Window  -- Arthur Lange, Hugo Friedhofer  | 
| * | Anchors Aweigh  -- Georgie Stoll  | 
| Belle of the Yukon  -- Arthur Lange  | 
| Can't Help Singing  -- Jerome Kern, H. J. Salter  | 
| Hitchhike to Happiness  -- Morton Scott  | 
| Incendiary Blonde  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Rhapsody in Blue  -- Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner  | 
| State Fair  -- Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson  | 
| Sunbonnet Sue  -- Edward J. Kay  | 
| The Three Caballeros  -- Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb, Paul J. Smith  | 
| Tonight and Every Night  -- Marlin Skiles, Morris Stoloff  | 
| Why Girls Leave Home  -- Walter Greene  | 
| Wonder Man  -- Ray Heindorf, Lou Forbes  | 
| Anna and the King of Siam  -- Bernard Herrmann  | 
| * | The Best Years of Our Lives  -- Hugo Friedhofer  | 
| Henry V  -- William Walton  | 
| Humoresque  -- Franz Waxman  | 
| The Killers  -- Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Blue Skies  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Centennial Summer  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| The Harvey Girls  -- Lennie Hayton  | 
| * | The Jolson Story  -- Morris Stoloff  | 
| Night and Day  -- Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner  | 
| The Bishop's Wife  -- Hugo Friedhofer  | 
| Captain from Castile  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| * | A Double Life  -- Dr. Miklos Rozsa  | 
| Forever Amber  -- David Raksin  | 
| Life with Father  -- Max Steiner  | 
| Fiesta  -- Johnny Green  | 
| * | Mother Wore Tights  -- Alfred Newman  | 
| My Wild Irish Rose  -- Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner  | 
| Road to Rio  -- Robert Emmett Dolan  | 
| Song of the South  -- Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott  | 
| Hamlet  -- William Walton  | 
| Joan of Arc  -- Hugo Friedhofer  |