Academy Award for Best Original Score

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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 Score canonical 366
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score 25
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture 13

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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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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Richard M. Sherman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Substantially Original Score
Michael Giacchino awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino awardReceivedForWork Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Up
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
subject surface form: Herbie Hancock
Carmine Coppola awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
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An American in Paris awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Gigi awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
subject surface form: Gigi (1958 film)
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Henry Mancini awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
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Herbert Stothart awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
Herbert Stothart awardReceivedForWork Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Maximilian Raoul Steiner awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Franz Waxman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Franz Waxman awardReceivedForWork Academy Award for Best Original Score
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for "Sunset Boulevard"
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for "A Place in the Sun"
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for Life of Pi
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for 3:10 to Yuma
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Hurt Locker
Dave Grusin awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Hugo Friedhofer awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Ernest Gold awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture