| 451 | 1970 | Cromwell - Frank Cordell |
| 452 | 1970 | Patton - Jerry Goldsmith |
| 453 | 1970 | I Girasoli - Henry Mancini |
| 454 | 1970 | Original Song Score: Let It Be - music and lyrics by The Beatles |
| 455 | 1970 | The Baby Maker - music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry |
| 456 | 1970 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown - music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi |
| 457 | 1970 | Darling Lili - Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer |
| 458 | 1970 | Scrooge - music by Leslie Bricusse; lyrics by Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer |
| 459 | 1971 | Original Score: Summer of '42 - Michel Legrand |
| 460 | 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots - John Barry |
| 461 | 1971 | Nicholas and Alexandra - Richard Rodney Bennett |
| 462 | 1971 | Shaft - Isaac Hayes |
| 463 | 1971 | Straw Dogs - Jerry Fielding |
| 464 | 1971 | Original Song Score and Adaptation: Fiddler on the Roof - Adaptation Score by John Williams |
| 465 | 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks - Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal |
| 466 | 1971 | The Boy Friend - Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell |
| 467 | 1971 | Tchaikovsky - Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin |
| 468 | 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf |
| 469 | 1972 | Original Score: Limelight - Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch (posthumous award), Larry Russell (posthumous award) (Note: This film was originally released in 1952, but did not play in Los Angeles until 1972, at which point it become eligible for nomination) |
| 470 | 1972 | The Godfather - Nino Rota (Note: Was withdrawn when found that Rota had used music from an earlier score and was replaced by that of Sleuth) |
| 471 | 1972 | Images - John Williams |
| 472 | 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha -- Buddy Baker |
| 473 | 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure -- John Williams |
| 474 | 1972 | Sleuth - John Addison |
| 475 | 1972 | Original Song Score and Adaptation: Cabaret -- Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns |
| 476 | 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues - Adaptation Score by Gil Askey |
| 477 | 1972 | Man of La Mancha - Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal |
| 478 | 1973 | Original Score: The Way We Were - Marvin Hamlisch |
| 479 | 1973 | Cinderella Liberty - John Williams |
| 480 | 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin - Georges Delerue |