Editing How the West Was Won (film) (section)

===Accolades===
The following people won [[Academy Awards]] for their work:<ref name="Oscars1964">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 |title=The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 23, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/23458/How-the-West-Was-Won/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311150739/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/23458/How-the-West-Was-Won/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011 |title=NY Times: How the West Was Won |access-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
* [[James R. Webb]] – [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
* [[Harold F. Kress]] – [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
* [[Franklin Milton]] – [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]

The following were nominated for five other [[Academy Awards]]:
* [[Bernard Smith (editor)|Bernard Smith]] – [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
* [[George Davis (art director)|George Davis]], [[William Ferrari]], [[Addison Hehr]], [[Henry Grace]], [[Don Greenwood Jr.]] and [[Jack Mills (set decorator)|Jack Mills]] – [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] – Set Decoration, Color
* [[William Daniels (cinematographer)|William Daniels]], [[Milton Krasner]], [[Charles Lang]] and [[Joseph LaShelle]] – [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography, Color]]
* [[Walter Plunkett]] – [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design, Color]]
* [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]] and [[Ken Darby]] – [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music, Score – Substantially Original]]

The score was ranked 25th on the [[American Film Institute]] 2005 list [[AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/scores25.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''How the West Was Won'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>