| 481 | 1973 | Papillon - Jerry Goldsmith |
| 482 | 1973 | A Touch of Class - John Cameron |
| 483 | 1973 | Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting - Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch |
| 484 | 1973 | Jesus Christ Superstar - Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| 485 | 1973 | Tom Sawyer -- Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams |
| 486 | 1974 | Original Score: The Godfather Part II - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola |
| 487 | 1974 | Chinatown - Jerry Goldsmith |
| 488 | 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express - Richard Rodney Bennett |
| 489 | 1974 | Shanks - Alex North |
| 490 | 1974 | The Towering Inferno - John Williams |
| 491 | 1974 | Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Great Gatsby - Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle |
| 492 | 1974 | The Little Prince - Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley |
| 493 | 1974 | Phantom of the Paradise - Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton |
| 494 | 1975 | Original Score: Jaws - John Williams |
| 495 | 1975 | Birds Do It, Bees Do It - Gerald Fried |
| 496 | 1975 | Bite the Bullet (film) - Alex North |
| 497 | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Jack Nitzsche |
| 498 | 1975 | The Wind and the Lion - Jerry Goldsmith |
| 499 | 1975 | Original Song Score and Adaptation: Barry Lyndon - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman |
| 500 | 1975 | Funny Lady - Adaptation Score by Peter Matz |
| 501 | 1975 | Tommy - Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend |
| 502 | 1976 | Original Score: The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith |
| 503 | 1976 | Obsession - Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination) |
| 504 | 1976 | The Outlaw Josey Wales - Jerry Fielding |
| 505 | 1976 | Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann (posthumous nomination) |
| 506 | 1976 | Voyage of the Damned - Lalo Schifrin |
| 507 | 1976 | Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory - Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman |
| 508 | 1976 | Bugsy Malone - Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams |
| 509 | 1976 | A Star Is Born - Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway |
| 510 | 1977 | Original Score: Star Wars - John Williams |