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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Ludwig Göransson → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Oppenheimer
Alexandre Desplat → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water
film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → awardWon → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Joker → awarded → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Joker (2019 film)
Pinocchio → awarded → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
American Academy of Arts and Letters → awards → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Awards in Music
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
The Beatles → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score → hasSubcategoryHistory → Academy Award for Best Original Score self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
Stephen Warbeck → hasWon → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for Shakespeare in Love
Howard Shore → hasWonAward → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Captain from Castile → musicAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
127 Hours → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Score
Arcade Fire → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Babes in Arms → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Big Fish → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Bridge of Spies → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Carter Burwell → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Catch Me If You Can → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Charly → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Citizen Kane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Daniel Robert Elfman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Danny Elfman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Elfman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
subject surface form: Danny Elfman
David Hirschfelder → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
David Hirschfelder → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Dunkirk → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Elizabeth → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
Emil Newman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Fantastic Mr. Fox → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Fargo → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Finding Nemo → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Good Will Hunting → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Gosford Park → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Inception → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
James Newton Howard → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Javier Navarrete → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Original Score for Pan’s Labyrinth
Jay Blackton → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
John Debney → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
John Powell → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for How to Train Your Dragon
Johnny Belinda → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Jonny Greenwood → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
L.A. Confidential → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Lisa Gerrard → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Marriage Story → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ