Good Will Hunting (film score)
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Good Will Hunting (film score) is the emotionally resonant, Academy Award–nominated musical soundtrack composed by Danny Elfman for the 1997 drama film "Good Will Hunting."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Good Will Hunting (film score) canonical | 1 |
| Good Will Hunting (soundtrack) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3034560 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Good Will Hunting (film score) Context triple: [Danny Elfman, notableWork, Good Will Hunting (film score)]
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A.
A Beautiful Mind (film score)
A Beautiful Mind (film score) is James Horner’s Academy Award–winning musical soundtrack for the 2001 biographical drama film about mathematician John Nash, noted for its lyrical themes and emotional depth.
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B.
The Shawshank Redemption (film score)
The Shawshank Redemption (film score) is a critically acclaimed, atmospheric musical soundtrack by composer Thomas Newman that underscores the film’s themes of hope, friendship, and perseverance.
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C.
21 Grams (film score)
21 Grams (film score) is the atmospheric, guitar-driven soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2003 drama film "21 Grams."
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D.
Forrest Gump (film score)
Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.
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E.
L.A. Confidential (1997 film score)
L.A. Confidential (1997 film score) is a neo-noir orchestral soundtrack by composer Jerry Goldsmith, acclaimed for its atmospheric blend of jazz-inflected themes and tense, dramatic scoring that complements the film’s dark, 1950s Los Angeles setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Good Will Hunting (film score) Target entity description: Good Will Hunting (film score) is the emotionally resonant, Academy Award–nominated musical soundtrack composed by Danny Elfman for the 1997 drama film "Good Will Hunting."
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A.
A Beautiful Mind (film score)
A Beautiful Mind (film score) is James Horner’s Academy Award–winning musical soundtrack for the 2001 biographical drama film about mathematician John Nash, noted for its lyrical themes and emotional depth.
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B.
The Shawshank Redemption (film score)
The Shawshank Redemption (film score) is a critically acclaimed, atmospheric musical soundtrack by composer Thomas Newman that underscores the film’s themes of hope, friendship, and perseverance.
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C.
21 Grams (film score)
21 Grams (film score) is the atmospheric, guitar-driven soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2003 drama film "21 Grams."
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D.
Forrest Gump (film score)
Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.
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E.
L.A. Confidential (1997 film score)
L.A. Confidential (1997 film score) is a neo-noir orchestral soundtrack by composer Jerry Goldsmith, acclaimed for its atmospheric blend of jazz-inflected themes and tense, dramatic scoring that complements the film’s dark, 1950s Los Angeles setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
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soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedAward |
Academy Award
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surface form:
Academy Awards
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| associatedGenre | independent cinema ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ben Affleck
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Gus Van Sant ⓘ Matt Damon ⓘ Miramax Films ⓘ |
| awardNominationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Good Will Hunting ⓘ |
| composedFor | drama film ⓘ |
| composer | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | positive ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dramatic
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emotionally resonant ⓘ orchestral ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film music
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film score ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
emotional string arrangements
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introspective piano motifs ⓘ melancholic orchestration ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Good Will Hunting (film score)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Good Will Hunting (soundtrack)
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| musicStyle |
contemporary orchestral
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minimalist-influenced film music ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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surface form:
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
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| notableWorkOf | Danny Elfman ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Good Will Hunting
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music of the 1990s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1997 ⓘ |
| scoredForCharacter |
Chuckie Sullivan
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Sean Maguire ⓘ Skylar ⓘ Will Hunting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Good Will Hunting (film score) Description of subject: Good Will Hunting (film score) is the emotionally resonant, Academy Award–nominated musical soundtrack composed by Danny Elfman for the 1997 drama film "Good Will Hunting."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Danny Elfman
Good Will Hunting (film score)
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linkedTo
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Good Will Hunting (film score)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Good Will Hunting (soundtrack)