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Jan 27, 2017 · Catch up with our looks at Oscar-winning scores of the '30s, '40s, and '50s — and for highlights from every decade, listen to Lynne Warfel's three-hour special on the Movies and the Music. 1961: Ernest Gold, Exodus (drama or comedy); Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman, Song Without End (musical)
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. [1]
- All Quiet on the Western Front – Volker Bertelmann. 2023: German composer Volker Bertelmann took home the accolade for his score to anti-war epic ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’.
- Dune – Hans Zimmer. 2022: Zimmer’s 27-year wait for his second Oscar – his first being in 1994 for The Lion King – set a new composer record, one previously held by Breakfast at Tiffany’s composer Henry Mancini.
- Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. 2021: Three musical greats picked up the Best Score award for Disney and Pixar’s animation about a jazz musician who winds up trapped in an alternate world, and must connect to his true purpose on Earth to find his way out.
- Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir. 2020: Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman to win an Academy Award for a film score since 1997. In her speech, she urged women and girls to “please speak up; we need to hear your voices.”
All the winners and nominated film scores from the history of the Oscars.
- Alfred Newman – 9 Wins
- Alan Menken – 8 Wins
- John Williams – 5 Wins
- John Barry – Also 5 Wins
- Johnny Green – Also 5 Wins
The 20th century American composer, Alfred Newman, received 45 nominations during his lifetime (1900 - 1970) for his soundtracks. Along with two of his fellow composers, Max Steinerand Dimitri Tiomkin, was considered one of the “three godfathers of film music”. Over his forty year career he scored over 200 films, and was one of the most respected f...
Known for his spectacular scores to Disney’s Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Pocahontas, American composer, Alan Menken is part of an elite group of EGOT holders(winner of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award). The composer also has a won a whopping eleven Grammy Awards. Menken won both Best Original Score and Best Original Song for all four of the fo...
John Williamshas received more than 50 Oscar nominations to date – more than any other living composer – so it’s no surprise the composer comes a very close third on this list. Since winning Best Original Score for Fiddler on the Roof at the 44th annual ceremony in 1972, the American composer has continued to mesmerise audiences with his soundtrack...
With a total of five Oscar wins, English composer and conductor John Barryhas also found success with the Academy. In 1967, he took home Best Original Score and Best Original Song for his soundtrack to Born Free– a heartwarming true story about Elsa the lion. Subsequent wins have included for his scores for The Lion In Winter (1969),Out of Africa (...
American composer, John Waldo Green, was nominated for an Oscar thirteen times, and won five awards. The twentieth century composer won for the musical scores of films including An American in Paris (1951), West Side Story (1961), and Oliver! (1968). Multiple high profile composers have received four or three Academy Awards each. Composers who have...
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Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Dimitri Tiomkin Best Motion Picture - Carl Foreman, Producer Sound - Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director
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[ 1] The original requirement was only that the nominated song appear in a motion picture during the previous year. This rule was changed after the 1941 Academy Awards, when "The Last Time I Saw Paris", from the film Lady Be Good, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, won.
