Composing Greatness

A column dedicated to exploring the great composers in music history, one Oscar nomination at a time. 

John Williams

1. Valley of the Dolls (1967)

2. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

3. The Reivers (1969)

4. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

5. Images (1972)

6. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
7. Cinderella Liberty (1973)
8. Tom Sawyer (1973)
9. The Towering Inferno (1974)
10. Jaws (1975)
11. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
12. Star Wars (1977)
13. Superman (1978)
14. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
15. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
16. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
17. Yes, Giorgio (1982)
18. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
19. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
20. The River (1984)
21. Empire of the Sun (1987)
22. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
23. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
24. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
25. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
26. Home Alone (1990)
27. Hook (1991)
28. JFK (1991)
29. Schindler's List (1993)
30. Sabrina (1995)
31. Nixon (1995)
32. Sleepers (1996)
33. Amistad (1997)
34. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
35. Angela's Ashes (1999)
36. The Patriot (2000)
37. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
38. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
39. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
40. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2003)
41. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
42. Munich (2005)
43. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
44. War Horse (2011)
45. Lincoln (2012)
46. The Book Thief (2013)
47. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
48. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rachel Portman

1. Emma (1996)

2. The Cider House Rules (1999)

3. Chocolat (2000)

Thomas Newman

1. Little Women (1994)

2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

3. Unstrung Heroes (1995)

4. American Beauty (1999)

5. Road to Perdition (2002)

6. Finding Nemo (2003)

7. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

8. The Good German (2006)

9. WALL-E (2008)

10. Skyfall (2012)

11. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

12. Passengers (2016)

James Horner

1. An American Tail (1986)

2. Aliens (1986)

3. Field of Dreams (1989)

4. Apollo 13 (1995)
5. Braveheart (1995)
6. Titanic (1997)
7. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
8. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
9. Avatar (2009)

The Freshman Class of the 2010's

1. The Social Network (2010)

2. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

3. The Artist (2011)

4. Life of Pi (2012)

5. Gravity (2013)

6. Her (2013)

7. Mr. Turner (2014)

8. The Theory of Everything (2014)

Oscar Editions

2018

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

2. The Shape of Water (2017)

3. Phantom Thread (2017)

4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

5. Dunkirk (2017)

2019

1. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

2. Black Panther (2018)

3. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

4. Isle of Dogs (2018)

5. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)