1940s
- 1940: Strike Up the Band - Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
- Behind the News - Charles L. Lootens
- Captain Caution - Elmer A. Raguse
- The Grapes of Wrath - E. H. Hansen
- The Howards of Virginia - Jack Whitney
- Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman - John Aalberg
- North West Mounted Police - Loren L. Ryder
- Our Town - Thomas T. Moulton
- The Sea Hawk - Nathan Levinson
- Spring Parade - Bernard B. Brown
- Too Many Husbands - John Livadary
- 1941: That Hamilton Woman - Jack Whitney, General Service
- Appointment for Love - Bernard B. Brown
- Ball of Fire - Thomas T. Moulton
- The Chocolate Soldier - Douglas Shearer
- Citizen Kane - John Aalberg
- The Devil Pays Off - Charles Lootens
- How Green Was My Valley - E. H. Hansen
- The Men in Her Life - John Livadary
- Sergeant York - Nathan Levinson
- Skylark - Loren Ryder
- Topper Returns - Elmer Raguse
- 1942: Yankee Doodle Dandy - Nathan Levinson, Warner Brothers Studio
- Arabian Nights - Bernard B. Brown
- Bambi - Sam Slyfield
- Flying Tigers - Daniel Bloomberg
- Friendly Enemies - Jack Whitney
- The Gold Rush - James L. Fields
- Mrs. Miniver - Douglas Shearer
- Once Upon a Honeymoon - Stephen Dunn
- The Pride of the Yankees - Thomas T. Moulton
- Road to Morocco - Loren Ryder
- This Above All - E. H. Hansen
- You Were Never Lovelier - John Livadary
- 1943: This Land Is Mine - Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio
- Hangmen Also Die! - Jack Whitney
- In Old Oklahoma - Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Madame Curie - Douglas Shearer
- The North Star - Thomas T. Moulton
- Phantom of the Opera - Bernard B. Brown
- Riding High - Loren L. Ryder
- Sahara - John Livadary
- Saludos Amigos - C. O. Slyfield
- So This Is Washington - James L. Fields
- The Song of Bernadette - E. H. Hansen
- This Is the Army - Nathan Levinson
- 1944: Wilson - E. H. Hansen, 20th Century-Fox Studio
- Brazil - Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Casanova Brown - Thomas T. Moulton
- Cover Girl - John Livadary
- Double Indemnity - Loren L. Ryder
- His Butler's Sister - Bernard B. Brown
- Hollywood Canteen - Nathan Levinson
- It Happened Tomorrow - Jack Whitney
- Kismet - Douglas Shearer
- Music in Manhattan - Stephen Dunn
- Voice in the Wind - Mac Dalgleish
- 1945: The Bells of St. Mary's - Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio
- Flame of Barbary Coast - Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Lady on a Train - Bernard B. Brown
- Leave Her to Heaven - Thomas T. Moulton
- Rhapsody in Blue - Nathan Levinson
- A Song to Remember - John P. Livadary
- The Southerner - Jack Whitney
- They Were Expendable - Douglas Shearer
- The Three Caballeros - C. O. Slyfield
- Three Is a Family - W. V. Wolfe
- The Unseen - Loren L. Ryder
- Wonder Man - Gordon E. Sawyer
- 1946: The Jolson Story - John Livadary, Columbia Studio
- The Best Years of Our Lives - Gordon E. Sawyer
- It's a Wonderful Life - John Aalberg
- 1947: The Bishop's Wife - Gordon Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio
- Green Dolphin Street - Douglas Shearer
- T-Men - Jack Whitney
- 1948: The Snake Pit - Thomas Moulton, 20th Century-Fox Studio
- Johnny Belinda - Nathan O. Levinson
- Moonrise - Daniel J. Bloomberg
- 1949: Twelve O'Clock High - Thomas Moulton, 20th Century-Fox Studio
- Once More, My Darling - Leslie I. Carey
- Sands of Iwo Jima - Daniel J. Bloomberg
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