Best Music: 1970s

Best Original Score:

1970: Love Story (Francis Lai)

Oscar winner: Love Story (Francis Lai)

1971: Straw Dogs (Jerry Fielding)+

Oscar winner: Summer of '42 (Michel Legrand)
Was this nominated?: Yes

1972: The Godfather (Nino Rota)

Oscar winner: Limelight (Charles Chaplin, Raymond Rasch, and Larry Russell)
Was this nominated?: No (disqualified)

1973: Sisters (Bernard Herrmann)+

Oscar winner: The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch)
Was this nominated?: No

1974: Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)

Oscar winner: The Godfather Part II (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1975: Jaws (John Williams)

Oscar winner: Jaws (John Williams)

1976: Taxi Driver (Bernard Herrmann)

Oscar winner: The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Was this nominated?: Yes

1977: Star Wars (John Williams)

Oscar winner: Star Wars (John Williams)

1978: Halloween (John Carpenter)

Oscar winner: Midnight Express (Giorgio Moroder)

Was this nominated?: No

1979: The Tin Drum (Maurice Jarre)

Oscar winner: A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)

Was this nominated?: No

Best Original Song:

1970: "Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat" - The Aristocats

Oscar winner: "For All We Know" - Lovers and Other Strangers
Was this nominated?: No

1971: "Don't Be Shy" - Harold and Maude+

Oscar winner: "Theme from Shaft" - Shaft

Was this nominated?: No

1972: "Across 110th Street" - Across 110th Street

Oscar winner: "The Morning After" - The Poseidon Adventure
Was this nominated?: No

1973: "Blue Balloon (The Hourglass Song)" - Jeremy

Oscar winner: "The Way We Were" - The Way We Were

Was this nominated?: No

1974: "Faust" - Phantom of the Paradise

Oscar winner: "We May Never Love Like This Again" - The Towering Inferno

Was this nominated?: No

1975: "My Idaho Home" - Nashville

Oscar winner: "I'm Easy" - Nashville

Was this nominated?: No

1976: "Rainy Fields of Frost and Magic" - The Killing of a Chinese Bookie+

Oscar winner: "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)" - A Star is Born

Was this nominated?: No

1977: "New York, New York" - New York, New York

Oscar winner: "You Light Up My Life" - You Light Up My Life
Was this nominated?: No

1978: "Annie's Back in Town" - Paradise Alley

Oscar winner: "Last Dance" - Thank God It's Friday

Was this nominated?: No

1979: "The Rainbow Connection" - The Muppet Movie

Oscar winner: "It Goes Like It Goes" - Norma Rae
Was this nominated?: Yes

+ Possible spoilers in the Straw Dogs, Sisters, Harold and Maude and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (NSFW) clips

Updated: 8/8/14