Film Music Resources: Academy Awards

9 Academy Awards

• Alfred Newman
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) - Best Score
  • Tin Pan Alley (1940)  - Best Score
  • The Song of Bernadette (1943) - Best Score
  • Mother Wore Tights (1947) - Best Score
  • With a Song in My Heart (1952) - Best Score
  • Call Me Madam (1953) - Best Score
  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) - Best Score
  • The King and I (1956) - Best Score
  • Camelot (1967) - Best Score

8 Academy Awards

• Alan Menken
  • The Little Mermaid (1989) - Best Score
  • The Little Mermaid (1989) - Best Original Song
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Best Score
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Best Original Song
  • Aladdin (1992) - Best Score
  • Aladdin (1992) - Best Original Song
  • Pocahontas (1995) - Best Score
  • Pocahontas (1995) - Best Original Song

5 Academy Awards

• John Barry
  • Born Free (1966) - Best Score
  • Born Free (1966) - Best Song
  • The Lion in Winter (1968) - Best Score
  • Out of Africa (1985) - Best Score
  • Dances with Wolves (1990) - Best Score
• Johnny Green
  • Easter Parade (1948) - Best Score
  • An American in Paris (1951) - Best Score
  • Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953) - Best Short Subject, One-Reel
  • West Side Story (1961) - Best Score
  • Oliver! (1968) - Best Score
• John Williams
  • Fiddler on the Roof (1971) - Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
  • Jaws (1975) - Best Score
  • Star Wars (1977) - Best Score
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Best Score
  • Schindler's List (1993) - Best Score

4 Academy Awards

• Henry Mancini
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Best Score
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Best Original Song
  • Days of Wine and Roses (1962) - Best Original Song
  • Victor Victoria (1982) - Best Score

• André Previn
  • Gigi (1958) - Best Score
  • Porgy and Bess (1959) - Best Score
  • Irma la Douce (1963) - Best Score
  • My Fair Lady (1964) - Best Score
• Dimitri Tiomkin
  • High Noon (1952) - Best Score
  • High Noon (1952) - Best Original Song
  • The High and the Mighty (1954) - Best Score
  • The Old Man and the Sea (1958) - Best Score

Wikipedia list of multiple nominees

45 Nominations:

• John Williams (won 5)

43 Nominations:

• Alfred Newman (won 9)

24 Nominations:

• Max Steiner (won 3)

17 Nominations:

• Ray Heindorf (won 3)
• Morris Stoloff (won 3)
• Jerry Goldsmith (won 1)
• Victor Young (won 1)

16 Nominations:

• Miklós Rózsa (won 3)

14 Nominations:

• Dimitri Tiomkin (won 3)
• Alex North (won 0)

12 Nominations:

• Johnny Green (won 4)
• Thomas Newman (won 0)

11 Nominations:

• André Previn (won 4)
• Franz Waxman (won 2)
• Herbert Stothart (won 1)

10 Nominations:

• Elmer Bernstein (won 1)
• Hans Zimmer (won 1)

9 Nominations:

• Hugo Friedhofer (won 1)
• Lionel Newman (won 1)
• Georgie Stoll (won 1)

Wikpedia list of records in this category

14 Nominations:

• Alan Menken (won 4)
• Jimmy Van Heusen (won 4)

12 Nominations:

• Randy Newman (won 2)

11 Nominations:

• Harry Warren (won 3)
• Henry Mancini (won 2)
• Ned Washington (won 2)

10 Nominations:

• Sammy Fain (won 2)

7 Nominations:

• Ray Evans (won 3)
• Jay Livingston (won 3)
• Jerome Kern (won 2)