Academy Award for Best Original Score

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Academy Award category film award music award

The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding original music composed specifically for a motion picture.

Observed surface forms (36)

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Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 10
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score 5
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture 4
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture 3
Academy Award for Best Original Song Score 3
Academy Award for Best Score 3
Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture 3
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score 2
Academy Award for Best Music Score 1
Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Adaptation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Original Score
awardedFor best original score for a motion picture ⓘ
outstanding original music composed for a film ⓘ
awardType competitive award ⓘ
ceremonyLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
domain cinema ⓘ
film music ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion music must be original and written specifically for the film ⓘ
score must contain a minimum percentage of original music as defined by Academy rules ⓘ
fieldOfRecognition original film music composition ⓘ
firstAwarded 7th Academy Awards ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governingDocument Academy Awards rules ⓘ
hasCriterion music must be used in the body of the film ⓘ
score must be predominantly original music rather than adapted ⓘ
hasGlobalInfluence yes ⓘ
hasSubcategoryHistory Academy Award for Best Original Score self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture ⓘ
Best Original Dramatic Score ⓘ
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score ⓘ
Best Scoring ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.oscars.org ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
isPartOfIndustry Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry
languageOfOfficialRules English ⓘ
mediaType film ⓘ
nominationLimit up to five nominees per year ⓘ
notableRuleChange 1999 split into Dramatic Score and Musical or Comedy Score categories ⓘ
2000s recombined dramatic and musical or comedy scores into a single category ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAt Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
relatedField film scoring ⓘ
relatedProfession film composer ⓘ
selectionMethod nomination followed by final ballot ⓘ
selectionProcess voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
symbol Oscar ⓘ
surface form: Oscar statuette
timePeriodCovered films released in the previous calendar year ⓘ
typicalRecipients composers ⓘ
votingBody music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ

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Aladdin → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Aladdin (1992 film)
Doctor Zhivago → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Original Score
Fiddler on the Roof → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
High Noon → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Soul → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Stagecoach → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring
The Artist → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Lion King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Lost Horizon → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Score
Argo → academyAwardNominations → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Original Score
All Quiet on the Western Front → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
Easter Parade → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
How the West Was Won (film score) → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Limelight → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Oklahoma! (1955 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Schindler's List → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Slumdog Millionaire → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Spellbound (1945 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Godfather Part II → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
The Way We Were → award → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Pan’s Labyrinth → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Philomena → awardNominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Javier Navarrete → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Jerry Fielding → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
John Powell → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Mary Poppins Returns → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Patrick Doyle → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
A. R. Rahman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Aaron Copland → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Alan Menken → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Alexandre Desplat → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Alfred Newman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Alfred Newman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Alfred Newman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Ben-Hur → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music Score
Bernard Herrmann → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Bill Conti → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Black Panther → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Chariots of Fire → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Charlie Chaplin → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
David Byrne → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Dune (2021 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Ennio Morricone → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Erich Wolfgang Korngold → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Gabriel Yared → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ