TIMELINES

By Scott Bettencourt

30 - First Feature Score - The Devil to Pay
30 - First Best Picture Nominee - Arrowsmith
36 - First and Second Oscar Nominations - The Hurricane/The Prisoner of Zenda
37 - First Oscar [Scoring] - Alexander's Ragtime Band
39 - Second Oscar [Scoring] - Tin Pan Alley
40 - First Best Picture Winner - How Green Was My Valley
42 - Third Oscar [Score] - The Song of Bernadette
46 - Second Best Picture Winner - Gentleman's Agreement
46 - Fourth Oscar [Scoring of a Musical] - Mother Wore Tights
49 - Third Best Picture Winner - All About Eve
51 - Fifth Oscar [Scoring of a Musical] - With a Song in My Heart
52 - Sixth Oscar [Scoring of a Musical] - Call Me Madam
54 - Seventh Oscar [Score] - Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
55 - Eighth Oscar [Scoring of a Musical] - The King and I
66 - Ninth Oscar [Music Adaptation] - Camelot
69 - Final Oscar Nomination [Score] - Airport
69 - Final Feature Score - Airport
69 - Highest Grossing Film [$100 mil] - Airport

32 - First Feature Score - Critters
33 - First Studio Feature - Malone
40 - First $100 Million Hit - The Flintstones
43 - First Oscar Nomination [Musical or Comedy Score] - Anastasia
48 - Highest Grossing Film [$176 mil] - Ice Age

28 - First Feature Score - Cold Turkey
28 - First Studio Feature - Cold Turkey
38 - First and Second Oscar Nominations [Score, Song] - Ragtime
48 - First $100 Million Hit - Parenthood
47 - First Best Picture Nominee - Awakenings
47 - Fifth Oscar Nomination [Score] - Avalon
55 - Tenth Oscar Nomination [Score] - Pleasantville
58 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination [Score] - Monsters, Inc.
58 - First Oscar [Song] - Monsters, Inc.
61 - Highest Grossing Film [$278 mil] - Meet the Fockers

29 - First Feature Score - Reckless
29 - First Studio Feature - Reckless
37 - First Best Picture Nominee - Scent of a Woman
39 - First and Second Oscar Nominations - Little Women/The Shawshank Redemption
41 - First $100 Million Hit - Phenomenon
44 - First Best Picture Winner - American Beauty
45 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - Erin Brockovich
47 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - Road to Perdition
48 - Highest Grossing Film [$339 mil] - Finding Nemo

41 - First Feature Score - A Streetcar Named Desire
41 - First Studio Feature - A Streetcar Named Desire
41 - First and Second Oscar Nominations - Death of a Salesman/A Streetcar Named Desire
41 - First Best Picture Nominee - A Streetcar Named Desire
45 - Fifth Oscar Nomination [Song] - Unchained
56 - Tenth Oscar Nomination [Score] - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
74 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination [Score] - Under the Volcano
75 - Honorary Oscar
75 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - Prizzi's Honor
77 - Highest Grossing Film [$123 mil] - Good Morning, Vietnam
81 - Final Feature Score - The Last Butterfly

22 - First Feature Score - Privileged
32 - First Studio Feature - Used People
37 - First Oscar Nomination [Comedy Score] - Emma
37 - First Oscar - Emma
39 - First Best Picture Nominee - The Cider House Rules
40 - Highest Grossing Film [$70 mil] - Chocolat

34 - First Feature Score - Face/Off
34 - First Studio Feature - Face/Off
34- First $100 Million Hit - Face/Off
38 - Highest Grossing Film (Shared Credit) [$263 mil] - Shrek
43 - Highest Grossing Film (Solo Credit) [$234 mil] - X-Men: The Last Stand

42 - First Feature Score - The Glimmer Man
42 - First Studio Feature - The Glimmer Man
43 - First $100 Million Hit - Con Air
44 - Highest Grossing Film [$201 mil] - Armageddon

34 - First Feature Score - Dead Calm
34 - First Studio Feature - Dead Calm
46 - Highest Grossing Film [$131 million] - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

31 - First Feature Score - East of Eden
31 - First Studio Feature - East of Eden
51 - First Best Picture Nominee - Barry Lyndon
51 - First Oscar Nomination [Adaptation Score] - Barry Lyndon
51 - First Oscar - Barry Lyndon
52 - Second Oscar [Adaptation Score] - Bound for Glory
59 - First Original Score Nomination - Cross Creek
62 - Highest Grossing Film [$109 mil] - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

29 - First Feature Score - Yellowneck
35 - First Studio Feature - A Raisin in the Sun
38 - First Oscar Nomination [Original Score] - Becket
38 - First Best Picture Nominee - Becket
55 - Highest Grossing Film [$41 mil] - Clash of the Titans
57 - Final Feature Score (to date) - Easy Money

30 - First Feature Score - Knight without Armour
33 - First Oscar Nomination - The Thief of Bagdad
34 - First Hollywood Feature - Lydia
37 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - Double Indemnity
37 - First Best Picture Nominee - Double Indemnity
38 - First Oscar - Spellbound
38 - First Best Picture Winner - The Lost Weekend
39 - Tenth Oscar Nomination - The Killers
40 - Second Oscar - A Double Life
45 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - Ivanhoe
52 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination - Ben-Hur
52 - Third Oscar - Ben-Hur
52 - Second Best Picture Winner - Ben-Hur
52 - Highest Grossing Film [$70 mil] - Ben-Hur
54 - Final Oscar Nomination - El Cid
75 - Final Feature Score - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

26 - First Feature Score - El Jefe
32 - First Studio Feature - Rhino!
35 - First Oscar Nomination [Score] - Cool Hand Luke
48 - Fifth Oscar Nomination [Song] - The Competition
69 - Highest Grossing Film [$226 mil] - Rush Hour 2

31 - First Feature Score - Misery
31 - First Studio Feature - Misery
32 - First $100 Million Hit - City Slickers
32 - First Best Picture Nominee - A Few Good Men
33 - Highest Grossing Film [$141 mil] - A Few Good Men
34 - First Oscar Nomination [Song] - Sleepless in Seattle
35 - First Nominated Score - The American President
40 - Fifth Oscar Nomination [Song] - South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

25 - First Feature Score - The Cement Garden
27 - First Studio Feature - Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
34 - First $100 Million Hit - Charlie's Angels
34 - Highest Grossing Film [$125 mil] - Charlie's Angels

34 - First Feature Score - Summertree
34 - First Studio Feature - Summertree
37 - First Best Picture Nominee - The Conversation
38 - Highest Grossing Feature (Original Score) [$70 mil] - All the President's Men
40 - Highest Grossing Feature (Adaptation) [$94 mil] - Saturday Night Fever
42 - First Oscar Nomination [Song] - Norma Rae
42 - First Oscar [Song] - Norma Rae

32 - First Feature Score - I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
39 - First Hollywood Feature - After Hours
42 - First $100 Million Hit - Big
45 - First Best Picture Nominee - The Silence of the Lambs
45 - First Best Picture Winner - The Silence of the Lambs
55 - First Oscar Nomination - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
55 - First Oscar [Score] - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
57 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
57 - Second Best Picture Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
57 - Second and Third Oscars [Song, Score] - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
57 - Highest Grossing Film [$377 mil] - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
60 - Third Best Picture Winner - The Departed

42 - First Feature Score - Cimarron
42 - First Best Picture Nominee - Cimarron
42 - First Best Picture Winner - Cimarron
46 - First Oscar Nomination [unofficial - officially, the nomination went to the studio music department] - The Lost Patrol
47 - First Oscar [unofficial - officially, the award went to the studio music department] - The Informer
49 - Second Best Picture Winner - The Life of Emile Zola
49 - Fifth Oscar Nomination -The Life of Emile Zola
51 - Third Best Picture Winner - Gone with the Wind
51 - Highest Grossing Film [$198 mil] - Gone with the Wind
53 - Tenth Oscar Nomination - Sergeant York
54 - Second Oscar - Now, Voyager
55 - Fourth Best Picture Winner - Casablanca
56 - Third Oscar - Since You Went Away
57 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination - Rhapsody in Blue
61 - Twentieth Oscar Nomination - Beyond the Forest
67 - Twenty Fifth Oscar Nomination - Battle Cry
77 - Final Feature Score - Those Callaways

37 - First Feature Score - Resurrection
43 - First Best Picture Nominee - Lost Horizon
43 - First Oscar Nomination - Lost Horizon
44 - First Best Picture Winner - You Can't Take It with You
50 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
58 - First and Second Oscars (Song, Score) - High Noon
58 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - High Noon
60 - Third Oscar (Song) - The High and the Mighty
60 - Tenth Oscar Nomination (Song) - The High and the Mighty
64 - Fourth Oscar (Score) - The Old Man and the Sea
65 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination (Song) - The Young Land
67 - Tenth Best Picture Nominee - The Guns of Navarone
67 - Highest Grossing Film [$25 mil - approx.] - The Guns of Navarone
69 - Twentieth Oscar Nomination (Score) - 55 Days at Peking
75 - Final Feature Score - Tchaikovsky
75 - Final Oscar Nomination [Adaptation] - Tchaikovsky

28 - First Feature Score - Lilliom
29 - First Hollywood Feature - The Bride of Frankenstein
32 - First Oscar Nomination - The Young in Heart
34 - First Best Picture Nominee - Rebecca
34 - First Best Picture Winner - Rebecca
35 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - Suspicion
44 - First Oscar - Sunset Blvd.
45 - Second Oscar - A Place in the Sun
45 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - A Place in the Sun
48 - Tenth Oscar Nomination -The Silver Chalice
51 - Highest Grossing Film [$26 mil] - Sayonara
53 - Tenth Best Picture Nominee - The Nun's Story
62 - Final Feature Score - Lost Command

26 - First Feature Score - Daddy-O
32 - First Studio Feature - Because They're Young
35 - First Oscar Nomination [Adaptation] - Valley of the Dolls
37 - First Nominated Score - The Reivers
39 - First Oscar [Adaptation] - Fiddler on the Roof
39 - First Best Picture Nominee - Fiddler on the Roof
40 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - Images
42 - First $100 Million Hit - The Towering Inferno
42 - Tenth Oscar Nomination - The Towering Inferno
43 - First Oscar Winning Score - Jaws
45 - Highest Grossing Film [$460 mil] - Star Wars
45 - Third Oscar [Score] - Star Wars
48 - Fifteenth Oscar Nomination - The Empire Strikes Back
50 - Fourth Oscar [Score] - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
50 - Fifth Best Picture Nominee - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
52 - Twentieth Oscar Nomination - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
57 - Twenty Fifth Oscar Nomination - Born on the Fourth of July
59 - Thirtieth Oscar Nomination - JFK
61 - Fifth Oscar [Score] - Schindler's List
61 - First Best Picture Winner - Schindler's List
64 - Thirty Fifth Oscar Nomination - Sleepers
69 - Fortieth Oscar Nomination - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
73 - Forty Fifth Oscar Nomination - Memoirs of a Geisha
73 - Tenth Best Picture Nominee - Munich

25 - First Feature Score - Miss O'Gynie et les Hommes Fleurs
31 - First International Hit - Every Man for Himself
37 - First Studio Feature - Clean and Sober
47 - First Best Picture Nominee - The English Patient
47 - First Best Picture Winner - The English Patient
47 - First Oscar Nomination - The English Patient
47 - First Oscar - The English Patient
54 - Highest Grossing Film [$95 mil] - Cold Mountain

25 - First Feature Score - Pranks/The Dorm That Dripped Blood
31 - First Studio Feature - BAT-21
47 - First $100 Million Hit - The Grudge
50 - Highest Grossing Film [$151 Mil to date] - Spider-Man 3

31 - First Solo Feature Score - Wonderland/The Fruit Machine
31 - First Studio Feature - Rain Man
31 - First Oscar Nomination - Rain Man
31 - First Best Picture Nominee - Rain Man
31 - First Best Picture Winner - Rain Man
31 - First $100 Million Hit - Rain Man
32 - Second Best Picture Winner - Driving Miss Daisy
37 - First Oscar - The Lion King
41 - Fifth Oscar Nomination - The Thin Red Line
43 - Third Best Picture Winner - Gladiator
49 - Highest Grossing Film [$423 mil] - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Part One of this article can be accessed on the website.

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