The Postman (film score)
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The Postman (film score) is a sweeping, orchestral soundtrack by composer James Newton Howard for the 1997 post-apocalyptic film "The Postman," noted for its emotional and Americana-infused themes.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Postman (film score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3623599 — 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: The Postman (film score) Context triple: [James Newton Howard, notableWork, The Postman (film score)]
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A.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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B.
The Counselor (film score)
The Counselor (film score) is a dark, atmospheric soundtrack composed by Daniel Pemberton for Ridley Scott’s 2013 crime thriller film The Counselor.
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C.
Brokeback Mountain (film score)
Brokeback Mountain (film score) is a minimalist, guitar-driven film soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla that won widespread acclaim for its haunting, emotionally resonant themes.
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D.
Legends of the Fall (film score)
Legends of the Fall (film score) is a sweeping, romantic orchestral soundtrack by composer James Horner, known for its lush themes that underscore the epic drama of the 1994 film.
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E.
The Town (film score)
The Town (film score) is a tense, atmospheric musical soundtrack composed by Harry Gregson-Williams for the 2010 crime thriller film "The Town."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Postman (film score) Target entity description: The Postman (film score) is a sweeping, orchestral soundtrack by composer James Newton Howard for the 1997 post-apocalyptic film "The Postman," noted for its emotional and Americana-infused themes.
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A.
Plunkett & Macleane (film score)
Plunkett & Macleane (film score) is a cinematic orchestral soundtrack composed by Craig Armstrong for the 1999 British historical crime film "Plunkett & Macleane."
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B.
The Counselor (film score)
The Counselor (film score) is a dark, atmospheric soundtrack composed by Daniel Pemberton for Ridley Scott’s 2013 crime thriller film The Counselor.
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C.
Brokeback Mountain (film score)
Brokeback Mountain (film score) is a minimalist, guitar-driven film soundtrack by Gustavo Santaolalla that won widespread acclaim for its haunting, emotionally resonant themes.
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D.
Legends of the Fall (film score)
Legends of the Fall (film score) is a sweeping, romantic orchestral soundtrack by composer James Horner, known for its lush themes that underscore the epic drama of the 1994 film.
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E.
The Town (film score)
The Town (film score) is a tense, atmospheric musical soundtrack composed by Harry Gregson-Williams for the 2010 crime thriller film "The Town."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
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soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kevin Costner
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Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| basedOn |
The Postman
ⓘ
surface form:
The Postman (1997 film)
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| composer | James Newton Howard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| genre |
film score
ⓘ
orchestral ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ |
| hasContributor |
choir
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American frontier imagery
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heroism ⓘ hope ⓘ |
| hasType | original motion picture score ⓘ |
| intendedFor | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| medium | CD ⓘ |
| musicType | background score ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
Americana-infused motifs
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emotional tone ⓘ sweeping orchestral themes ⓘ |
| originalWorkReleaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| originalWorkTitle | The Postman ⓘ |
| partOf |
James Newton Howard
ⓘ
surface form:
James Newton Howard discography
The Postman ⓘ
surface form:
The Postman (franchise)
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| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| style | Americana ⓘ |
| usedFor | post-apocalyptic film ⓘ |
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: The Postman (film score) Description of subject: The Postman (film score) is a sweeping, orchestral soundtrack by composer James Newton Howard for the 1997 post-apocalyptic film "The Postman," noted for its emotional and Americana-infused themes.
Referenced by (1)
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