| Jahr | Preisträger/-in | Film | Deutscher Titel |
|---|
| 1976 | Bernard Herrmann | Taxi Driver | Taxi Driver |
| 1977 | John Williams | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | Krieg der Sterne |
| 1978 | Giorgio Moroder | Midnight Express | 12 Uhr nachts – Midnight Express |
| 1979 | Carmine Coppola | The Black Stallion | Black, der schwarze Blitz |
| 1980 | Ry Cooder | The Long Riders | Long Riders |
| 1981 | Randy Newman | Ragtime | Ragtime |
| 1982 | James Horner
The Busboys | 48 Hrs. | Nur 48 Stunden |
| 1983 | Philip Glass | Koyaanisqatsi | Koyaanisqatsi |
| 1984 | Ennio Morricone | Once Upon a Time in America | Es war einmal in Amerika |
| 1985 | Toru Takemitsu | Ran | Ran |
| 1986 | Herbie Hancock
Dexter Gordon | Round Midnight | Um Mitternacht |
| 1987 | David Byrne
Ryūichi Sakamoto
Cong Su | The Last Emperor | Der letzte Kaiser |
| 1988 | Mark Isham | The Moderns | The Moderns |
| 1989 | Bill Lee | Do the Right Thing | Do the Right Thing |
| 1990 | Richard Horowitz
Ryūichi Sakamoto | The Sheltering Sky | Himmel über der Wüste |
| 1991 | Zbigniew Preisner | The Double Life of Veronique
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Europa, Europa | Die zwei Leben der Veronika
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Hitlerjunge Salomon |
| 1992 | Zbigniew Preisner | Damage | Verhängnis |
| 1993 | Zbigniew Preisner | Blue
The Secret Garden
Olivier | Drei Farben: Blau
Der geheime Garten
Oliver, Oliver |
| 1994 | Howard Shore | Ed Wood | Ed Wood |
| 1995 | Patrick Doyle | A Little Princess | Eine kleine Prinzessin |
| 1996 | Hal Willner
The Hey Hey Club Musicians | Kansas City | Kansas City |
| 1997 | Philip Glass | Kundun | Kundun |
| 1998 | Elliot Goldenthal | The Butcher Boy | The Butcher Boy |
| 1999 | Trey Parker
Marc Shaiman | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | South Park: Der Film – größer, länger, ungeschnitten |
| 2000 | Tan Dun | 臥虎藏龍 (Wòhǔ Cánglóng) | Tiger and Dragon |
| 2001 | Howard Shore | The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring | Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten |
| 2002 | Elmer Bernstein | Far from Heaven | Dem Himmel so fern |
| 2003 | Benoît Charest | Les Triplettes de Belleville | Das große Rennen von Belleville |
| 2004[1] | Michael Giacchino | The Incredibles | Die Unglaublichen |
| 2005[2] | Joe Hisaishi
Youmi Kimura | ハウルの動く城 hauru no ugoku shiro | Das wandelnde Schloss |
| 2006[3] | Alexandre Desplat | The Painted Veil
The Queen | Der bunte Schleier
Die Queen |
| 2007[4] | Glen Hansard
Markéta Irglová | Once | Once |
| 2008[5] | A. R. Rahman | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionär |
| 2009[6] | T-Bone Burnett
Stephen Bruton | Crazy Heart | Crazy Heart |
| 2010 | Alexandre Desplat | The Ghost Writer | Der Ghostwriter |
| 2010 | Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross | The Social Network | The Social Network |
| 2011[7] | The Chemical Brothers | Hanna | Wer ist Hanna? |
| 2012[8] | Benh Zeitlin
Dan Romer | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 2013[9] | T-Bone Burnett | Inside Llewyn Davis | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2014 | Jonny Greenwood | Inherent Vice | Inherent Vice – Natürliche Mängel |
| 2014 | Mica Levi | Under the Skin | Under the Skin |
| 2015[10] | Carter Burwell | Anomalisa
Carol | Anomalisa
Carol |
| 2016[11] | Justin Hurwitz
Benj Pasek
Justin Paul | La La Land | La La Land |
| 2017[12] | Jonny Greenwood | Phantom Thread | Der seidene Faden |
| 2018[13] | Nicholas Britell | If Beale Street Could Talk | Beale Street |
| 2019[14] | Dan Levy | J’ai perdu mon corps | Ich habe meinen Körper verloren |
| 2020[15] | Jon Batiste
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross | Soul | Soul |
| 2021[16] | Alberto Iglesias | Madres paralelas | Parallele Mütter |
| 2022 | M. M. Keeravani | RRR | RRR |
| 2023 | Mica Levi | The Zone of Interest | The Zone of Interest |