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.

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Academy Award for Best Original Song canonical 439
Oscar for Best Original Song 4
Academy Award for Best Original Song nomination 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Award for Best Original Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Burt Bacharach ⓘ
surface form: 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 Award ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Seth MacFarlane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Common → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Bob Dylan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Tender Trap → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Selma (2014 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Streets of Philadelphia"
The Wizard of Oz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Song → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Original Song
Academy Award for Best Original Song → governingRulesDocument → Academy Award for Best Original Song self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Awards Rules for Music Categories
Stevie Wonder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Oscar Hammerstein II → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Lionel Richie → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Score → relatedAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Raphael Saadiq → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Justin Timberlake → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
A Star Is Born (1954 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Over the Rainbow → awarded → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Sherman Brothers → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Trolley Song → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Harvey Girls → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
James Horner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Barbra Streisand → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Les Misérables → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
subject surface form: Les Misérables (2012 film)
Mary Poppins Returns → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Oscar → awardedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Original Song
film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → awardWon → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Man That Got Away → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Way We Were → award → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Dreamgirls → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Burt Bacharach → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Celine Dion → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song (performer of winning song)
Robert B. Sherman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song (with Sherman Brothers, for Mary Poppins)
The Lion King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Frozen → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Sleepless in Seattle → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Back to the Future → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Polar Express → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Irving Berlin → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
A Star Is Born (2018 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
A Star Is Born (2018 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Randy Newman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Elton John → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Titanic → wonAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Skyfall → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Baby, It’s Cold Outside → won → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Good Will Hunting → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ