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Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score) - Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Feb 20, 2015 · Were the 1999 Oscars the last compelling best-original-song Race? This year’s best-original-song category at the Oscars is . . . fine. Respectable. An aggressively decent set of songs,...
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.
Aug 23, 2016 · In 1999, after three unsuccessful appearances in Best Original Song, Collins at last took home an Oscar, for Tarzan 's "You'll Be in My Heart," a record that is emblematic of not only the artist's decline but also Disney's dwindling quality in original music for the screen.
- 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.”
Apr 11, 2021 · Henry Mancini won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, as well as the Academy Award for Best Song for his work on Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Here's a sample — take a listen to the jazzy, romantic, and melancholy suite.
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The first Oscars were held in 1929 but it wasn't until 1935 an award was given for the best music score in a film. Here are all these Oscar winners of the award for Best Original Score, from that first award in 1935 to the most recent in 2020.
