Academy Award for Best Original Song

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Academy Award category film award music award

The Academy Award for Best Original Song is a prestigious Oscar category honoring the best original song written specifically for a film each year.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award category → film award → music award →
alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Original Song →
awardedFor	best original song written specifically for a film → song composed for the motion picture →
categoryType	competitive →
ceremonyFrequency	annual →
country	United States →
domain	film music →
eligibilityCriterion	song must be original → song must be written specifically for the film → song must feature in the body of the film or as the first song in the end credits →
firstAwarded	7th Academy Awards →
governingRulesDocument	Academy Awards Rules for Music Categories →
hasLanguageRequirement	no explicit language restriction →
hasSubmissionsLimitPerFilm	yes →
inception	1934 →
includesMusicAndLyrics	yes →
industryImpact	can raise the profile of the associated film → can significantly increase a song’s commercial success →
maximumNominationsPerFilm	2 songs per film (current rule) →
notableMultipleWinners	A. R. Rahman → Alan Menken → Henry Mancini → Howard Ashman → Jimmy Van Heusen → Johnny Mercer → Robert Lopez → Sammy Cahn → Stephen Schwartz → Tim Rice →
notableRecord	Robert Lopez is the first person to achieve the double EGOT partly through wins in this category →
notableSongExample	A Whole New World → Beauty and the Beast → Can You Feel the Love Tonight → Let It Go → Moon River → My Heart Will Go On → Over the Rainbow → Shallow →
partOf	Academy Awards →
performanceTradition	nominated songs are often performed live during the ceremony →
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →
relatedCategory	Academy Award for Best Original Score → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song →
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Music Branch of the Academy →
typicalNumberOfNominees	5 →
typicalPresentation	presented during the main Oscars telecast →

Referenced by (142)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
8 Mile → A Star Is Born (2018 film) → A Whole New World → A. R. Rahman → Adele → Alan Menken → An Inconvenient Truth → Andrew Lloyd Webber → Barbra Streisand → Bob Dylan → Bruce Springsteen ("Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Streets of Philadelphia"") → Burt Bacharach → Can You Feel the Love Tonight → Coco → Common → Common → Donna Summer → E. Y. Harburg → Elton John → Eminem → Fran Walsh → H.E.R. → Harold Arlen → I Just Called to Say I Love You → Irving Berlin → Isaac Hayes → James Horner → Jerome Kern → Jimmy Napes → Jimmy Van Heusen → Johnny Mercer → Justin Hurwitz → La La Land → Let It Go → Lionel Richie → Lionel Richie → Monsters, Inc. → My Heart Will Go On → Oscar Hammerstein II → Phil Collins → Randy Newman → Robert B. Sherman ("Academy Award for Best Original Song (with Sherman Brothers, for Mary Poppins)") → Robert Lopez → Rocketman → Rodgers and Hammerstein → Sammy Cahn → Say You, Say Me → Selma (2014 film) → Shallow → Sherman Brothers → Skyfall → Stephen Schwartz → Stephen Sondheim → Stevie Wonder → Stevland Hardaway Judkins → The Harvey Girls → The Wizard of Oz → Tim Rice → We Belong Together → When You Believe →	awardReceived
127 Hours → A Star Is Born (1954 film) → A Star Is Born (2018 film) → Accidentally in Love → Again → An Affair to Remember → An Inconvenient Truth → Back to the Future → Belfast (2021 film) → Björk → C. Adam Schlesinger → Counting Crows → Daddy Long Legs (1955 film) → Dreamgirls → Endless Love → Everything Is Awesome → For Your Eyes Only (James Bond theme song) → Friendly Persuasion → Ghostbusters → Gonna Fly Now → Good Will Hunting → Justin Timberlake → Les Misérables (2012 film) → Mary J. Blige → Mudbound → On the Road Again → Raphael Saadiq → Rio → Royal Wedding → Seth MacFarlane → Sleepless in Seattle → Sting → That Thing You Do! → The Polar Express → The Princess and the Frog → The Tender Trap → The Trolley Song → Thomas Newman → Tootsie → Top Gun: Maverick → Top Hat ("Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Cheek to Cheek"") → Toy Story 2 → WALL-E →	nominatedFor
Aladdin (1992 film) → Beauty and the Beast (song) → Frozen → High Noon → Tarzan (1999 film) → The Lion King → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → Toy Story 3 ("Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination") →	academyAward
Frozen II → Mary Poppins Returns → Moana ("Academy Award for Best Original Song (How Far I’ll Go)") → Nine (2009 film) →	awardNomination
Bruce Springsteen → Celine Dion ("Academy Award for Best Original Song (performer of winning song)") → Howard Ashman →	notableAward
Baby, It’s Cold Outside → Moon River → State Fair (1945 film) →	won
Slumdog Millionaire → The Way We Were →	award
Over the Rainbow → Pinocchio →	awarded
A Star Is Born (1976 film) → Breakfast at Tiffany's →	awardWon
Academy Award for Best Original Score → Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song →	relatedAward
The Towering Inferno →	AcademyAward
Her ("Best Original Song") →	academyAwardNominatedFor
The Man That Got Away →	academyAwardNomination
Holiday Inn →	academyAwards
Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Oscar for Best Original Song") →	alsoKnownAs
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film score) →	associatedAward
Oscar ("Best Original Song") →	awardedFor
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences →	awardsPresented
Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Academy Awards Rules for Music Categories") →	governingRulesDocument
The Gay Divorcee →	hasAcademyAward
Streets of Philadelphia →	hasAward
Howard Shore →	hasWonAward
Titanic →	wonAward