1950s
- 1950: All About Eve - Thomas Moulton, 20th Century-Fox Studio
- Cinderella - C. O. Slyfield
- Louisa - Leslie I. Carey
- Our Very Own - Gordon Sawyer
- Trio - Cyril Crowhurst
- 1951: The Great Caruso - Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
- Bright Victory - Leslie I. Carey
- I Want You - Gordon E. Sawyer
- A Streetcar Named Desire - Nathan Levinson
- Two Tickets to Broadway - John Aalberg
- 1952: The Sound Barrier - London Films Sound Department
- The Card - Pinewood Studios Sound Department
- Hans Christian Andersen - Gordon E. Sawyer
- The Quiet Man - Daniel J. Bloomberg
- With a Song in My Heart - Thomas T. Moulton
- 1953: From Here to Eternity - John Livadary, Columbia Studio
- Calamity Jane - William A. Mueller
- Knights of the Round Table - A. W. Watkins
- The Mississippi Gambler - Leslie I. Carey
- The War of the Worlds - Loren L. Ryder
- 1954: The Glenn Miller Story - Leslie I. Carey, Universal-International Studio
- Brigadoon - Wesley C. Miller
- The Caine Mutiny - John P. Livadary
- Rear Window - Loren L. Ryder
- Susan Slept Here - John Aalberg
- 1955: Oklahoma! - Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing - Carlton W. Faulkner
- Love Me or Leave Me - Wesley C. Miller
- Mister Roberts - William A. Mueller
- Not as a Stranger - Watson Jones, RCA Sound Department
- 1956: The King and I - Carlton W. Faulkner, 20th Century-Fox Studio
- The Brave One - Buddy Myers
- The Eddy Duchin Story - John P. Livadary
- Friendly Persuasion - Gordon R. Glennan, and Gordon E. Sawyer
- The Ten Commandments - Loren L. Ryder
- 1957: Sayonara - George Groves, Warner Brothers Studio
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - George Dutton
- Les Girls - Wesley C. Miller
- Pal Joey - John P. Livadary
- Witness for the Prosecution - Gordon E. Sawyer
- 1958: South Pacific - Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department
- I Want to Live! - Gordon E. Sawyer
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die - Leslie I. Carey
- Vertigo - George Dutton
- The Young Lions - Carlton W. Faulkner
- 1959: Ben-Hur - Franklin Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
- Journey to the Center of the Earth - Carlton W. Faulkner
- Libel - A. W. Watkins
- The Nun's Story - George Groves
- Porgy and Bess - Gordon E. Sawyer, and Fred Hynes
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