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Best Music: 1930s

Friday, October 12, 2012

Note: The Academy didn't create the music categories until 1934. Also, I haven't seen enough films to pick 10 Best Original Song winners, but I've posted the 5 song winners from films I have seen.

I couldn't find music clips from every film, but I included the ones I could track down.

Best Original Score:

1930: Morocco (Karl Hajos)

1931: City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)

1932: Grand Hotel (Charles Maxwell)

1933: King Kong (Max Steiner)

1934: The Thin Man (William Axt)
Oscar winner: One Night of Love (Louis Silvers,
Victor Schertzinger, Gus Kahn)
Was this nominated?: No

1935: Mutiny on the Bounty (Herbert Stothart)
Oscar winner: The Informer (Max Steiner)
Was this nominated?: Yes

1936: Modern Times (Charlie Chaplin)
Oscar winner: Anthony Adverse (Leo Forbstein,
Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Was this nominated?: No

1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Frank Churchill,
Paul J. Smith)
Oscar winner: One Hundred Men and a Girl (Charles Previn)
Was this nominated?: Yes

1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Oscar winner: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

1939: Gone with the Wind (Max Steiner)
Oscar winner: The Wizard of Oz (Herbert Stothart)
Was this nominated?: Yes

*1934-37 Oscar winners are from the Best Scoring category. 1938-39 Oscar winners are from the Best Original Score category.*

Best Original Song:

1933: "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" - Gold Diggers of 1933

1935: "Cheek to Cheek" - Top Hat
Oscar winner: "Lullaby of Broadway" - Gold Diggers of 1935
Was this nominated?: Yes

1936: "The Way You Look Tonight" - Swing Time
Oscar winner: "The Way You Look Tonight" - Swing Time

1937: "Heigh Ho" - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Oscar winner: "Sweet Leilani" - Waikiki Wedding
Was this nominated?: No

1939: "Over the Rainbow" - The Wizard of Oz
Oscar winner: "Over the Rainbow" - The Wizard of Oz

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