Fame - Michael Gore
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Which film scores have won best soundtrack at the Oscars? All winning scores from the last 50 years

44. Fame - Michael Gore
1981: Michael Gore's music for the global hit Fame was a sensation, and so it proved when he was given the soundtrack Oscar, beating the likes of veteran John Williams with The Empire Strikes Back and more left-field fare like Altered States by John Corigliano.