Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in music (music score of a dramatic or comedy picture) category

Actors : Audrey Hepburn, Buddy Ebsen, Patricia Neal, George Peppard,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

Actors : Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.

Actors : David Niven, Anthony Quayle, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach,
Directors : John Sturges,

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.

Actors : Geneviève Page, Raf Vallone, Sophia Loren, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Anthony Mann,

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

Actors : Richard Widmark, Frankie Avalon, Laurence Harvey, John Wayne,
Directors : John Wayne,

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Actors : Paul Newman, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Eva Marie Saint,
Directors : Otto Preminger,

The state of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Actors : Leslie Caron, Horst Buchholz, Charles Boyer, Maurice Chevalier,
Directors : Joshua Logan,

A love triangle between a young woman, a rich 60-something man and an aspiring sailor set in early 20th century Marseilles.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Una Merkel, Rita Moreno, Laurence Harvey,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

Plain, repressed spinster falls for a dashing young medical student, but he prefers the wilder life, until it's too late.