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.

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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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Gravity → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Gustavo Santaolalla → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Hans Zimmer → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Herbie Hancock → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
James Horner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Jaws → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Jay Blackton → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Jerry Goldsmith → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
John Barry → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
John Williams → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
John Williams → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
Jon Batiste → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Justin Hurwitz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
La La Land → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Lawrence of Arabia → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Life of Pi → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Ludwig Göransson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Göransson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Ludwig Göransson
Max Steiner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Max Steiner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring
Nino Rota → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Oliver Wallace → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Dumbo
Oppenheimer (film score) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Out of Africa → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Paul McCartney → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
Rachel Portman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Shakespeare in Love → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Sherman Brothers → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Substantially Original Score
Spellbound → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Stephen Schwartz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Stephen Warbeck → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Tan Dun → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The English Patient → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Grand Budapest Hotel → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Great Gatsby (1974 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song Score and Adaptation
The Hateful Eight → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Omen (1976 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Omen (1976 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith
The Shape of Water → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Social Network → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Song of Bernadette → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
The Talented Mr. Ripley → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score
The Wizard of Oz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Tom Jones → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Tom Jones (1963 film)
Vangelis → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Gustavo Santaolalla → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Babel
Justin Hurwitz → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for La La Land
Ludwig Göransson → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Black Panther