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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]
Nominations were announced on February 6, 1942. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and marked with a dagger symbol (‡). [2] Academy Honorary Award. Rey Scott for Kukan. The British Ministry of Information for Target for Tonight. Leopold Stokowski for Fantasia.
The Academy Award for Original Score is given to the best body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring that is written specifically for a movie. [ 1 ] Winners and nominees
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- RKO 1929 to 1936
- King Kong 1933
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Steiner was conversant with the conventions of composing for silent movies and as early as 1915 he had composed the accompanying music for 'The Bondman'. Steiner became a naturalised American in 1920. He made many contacts during his time on the East coast who would prove invaluable in his future career, including William Fox, founder of the Fox Fi...
The first film for which he wrote an original composition was the Western, 'Cimarron', in 1931. In the next year he also wrote an original composition for his next project, 'Bird of Paradise', as well as using traditional Hawaiian melodies. The result was a masterwork which is still used today as a basis to create an Hawaiian atmosphere.
He continued with RKO for two more years, until 1936, composing, conducting and arranging large numbers of movies. His work rate was astonishing. In 1934 alone he worked on 36 films and again on 37 films in 1935. He was often approached by individual directors and producers within RKO to help them with their current projects. He formed a close asso...
Steiner was to spend almost 30 years at Warner Bros and he began by creating the studio's introductory fanfare to accompany its logo. During his time at the studio he composed for an amazing 140 movies, beginning with 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' in 1936 and including such classics as 'Casablanca' and 'Now, Voyager' in 1942, 'Mildred Pierce' i...
Steiner died of heart failure in Hollywood on December 28, 1971. He was aged 83 years. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. He was a hugely successful innovator, a visionary with an unparallelled record of success. He introduced the integration of the musical score with the on-screen action instead of simply ...
Originally announced as a nominee on February 9, 1942, but sometime between the 10th and the 19th of February, this title was dropped and replaced by another Warner Bros. production, The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the nomination.
With America now a part of World War II, the Academy decided to go ahead with the 14th Academy Awards ceremony on Thursday, February 26, 1942. However, the mood was a little more subdued. The celebrities were asked not to wear formal attire and the evening was referred to as a “dinner” rather than a “banquet.”
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