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Encyclopedia > Academy Award for Original Music Score

The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.[1] A film score is a set of musical compositions written to accompany a film. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...


Winners with multiple nominations

Three composers have won Oscars two years in a row:

The following is a list of composers nominated more than once and winning at least one Academy Award. The list is sorted by number of wins, with the number of nominations listed in parentheses. Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland) - February 24, 1967, Los Angeles, California), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-born Jewish-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and for his musical scores for films. ... It has been suggested that Norma Desmond be merged into this article or section. ... A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women, one who works in his wealthy uncles factory and the other the daughter of the same uncle. ... Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and Academy Award winning film score composer. ... Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated film, the thirtieth animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... This article is about the Disney film. ... Gustavo A. Santaolalla (b. ... Brokeback Mountain is an Academy Award-winning 2005 film that depicts the relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. ... Babel is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an ensemble cast. ...

Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Alan Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American Broadway and Academy Award winning film score composer. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... John Barry. ... For the basketball player see Johnny Green (basketball) Johnny Green (10 October 1908, New York, New York – 15 May 1989 Los Angeles) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, and conductor. ... André Previn (born April 6, 1929)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ... Saul Chaplin (born February 19, 1912 - died November 15, 1997) was one of Hollywoods preeminent composers and musical directors. ... Ken Darby is an Academy Award winning composer, he has shared in winning an Academy Award for Original Music Score 3 times and being nominated for three others: Awarded Scoring of a Musical Picture The King and I (1956) (with Alfred Newman) Nominated Scoring of a Musical Picture Gigi (1958... Adolph Deutsch (October 20, 1897 - January 1, 1980) was an Academy Award-winning composer, songwriter, conductor and arranger. ... Roger Edens (9 November 1905, Hillsboro, Texas - 13 July 1970, Hollywood) was a Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative figures in Arthur Freeds musical film production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the golden era of Hollywood. // Edenss parents were... Ray Heindorf (b. ... Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer of film scores, noted for his use of the Ondes Martenot, and for the scores of many films including a series of David Lean films, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryans Daughter (1970) and A... Miklós Rózsa (IPA: ) or Miklos Rozsa (April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer, best known for his film scores // Miklós Rózsa was born in Budapest and exposed to classical and folk music through his mother, a classical pianist who had studied with... Born 1 August 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died April 1980, Los Angeles, California --- As musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962, Morris Stoloff nimbly balanced artistic freedom with production priorities, cultivating some of the best composers ever to score for film, while keeping producers and studio executives happy with... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland) - February 24, 1967, Los Angeles, California), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-born Jewish-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and for his musical scores for films. ... Gustavo A. Santaolalla (b. ... Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and films of David Cronenberg. ... Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. ... Elmer Bernstein (pronounced Bern-steen[1]) (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning American film score composer. ... Born in New Haven, Conn. ... James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer of orchestral and film music. ... Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer from Germany. ... David Grusin (born June 26, 1934 in Littleton, Colorado) is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger whose works in films and TV have garnered him numerous awards. ... Georges Delerue Georges Delerue (March 12, 1925 Roubaix - 20 March 1992 Los Angeles) was a renowned French film composer who composed over 500 scores for cinema and television. ... Elliot Goldenthal, born on May 2, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York City, is an American composer of contemporary music and has written works for concert hall, theater, dance and film. ... Rachel Portman (born December 11, 1960 in Haslemere, England) is a British composer, best known for her film work. ... Stephen Schwartz Stephen Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... Gabriel Yared (born 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. ... John Corigliano (b. ... Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably The Godfather series and the films of Federico Fellini. ...

Multiple nominees

The following composers have been nominated for a Best Original Score Oscar more than once but as of 2007 have not won one. The number of nominations is listed in parentheses. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Alex North (December 4, 1910 - September 8, 1991) was an American composer responsible for the first jazz based film score (A Streetcar Named Desire) and the first truly modernist film score (Viva Zapata!). Born Isadore Soifer in Chester, Pennsylvania, Alex North was an original composer probably even by the classical... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film score composer. ... This article is about James Howard, the composer. ... Ennio Morricone (born November 10, 1928; sometimes also credited as Dan Savio or Leo Nichols) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. ... Lalo Schifrin Lalo Schifrin (born on June 21, 1932) is an Argentine Jewish pianist and composer, most famous for composing the burning-fuse theme tune from the Mission:Impossible television series. ... George Fenton George Fenton (born October 19, 1950) is a British composer best known for his work writing film scores and music for television, although he also writes music for the theatre. ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter who led the rock band Oingo Boingo from 1976 until its breakup in 1995, and has since 1985s Pee-Wees Big Adventure worked as a film score composer. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a composer, lyricist, arranger and performer for films, television and theatre. ... Patrick Doyle (born April 6, 1953, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is an Academy Award nominated Scottish musician and film score composer. ... Bernard Alfred (Jack) Nitzsche (Chicago, April 22, 1937 – Hollywood, August 25, 2000) was an integral presence in the history of popular music in the 20th century. ... Richard Robbins is American composer for Merchant Ivory Film mainly. ...

List by year

The following is the list of nominated composers organized by year, and listing both films and composeers. The years shown in the following list of winners are the production years, thus a reference to 1967 means the Oscars presented in 1968 for movies released in 1967. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...


1930s

One Night of Love is a 1934 musical romance, set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. ... Louis Silvers was a movie composer, whose work has been used in more then 250 movies. ... Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1890 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886 - October 8, 1941) was a famous Jewish-German-American musician, songwriter and lyricist. ... The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Kenneth S. Webb (born October 16, 1892 in New York City - died March 23, 1966 in Hollywood, California) was an American film director, screenwriter, and composer noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry. ... Samuel Hoffenstein (October 9, 1890 - October 6, 1947) was a screenwriter and a musical composer. ... Original movie Poster for The Lost Patrol (1934 film) The Lost Patrol is a 1934 war film made by RKO. It was directed and produced by John Ford, with Merian C. Cooper as executive producer and Cliff Reid as associate producer. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... The Informer is a 1935 dramatic film. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Captain Blood is an adventure novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1922. ... Korngold conducting the Warner Brothers studio orchestra (Rhino Records) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was a 20th century romantic composer. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ... Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Peter Ibbetson is an American black-and-white drama film released in 1935 and directed by Henry Hathaway. ... Ernst Toch (pronounced similar to talk) (7 December 1887 - 1 October 1964) was a composer of classical music and film scores. ... Anthony Adverse is a 1936 film based upon the novel by Hervey Allen. ... Korngold conducting the Warner Brothers studio orchestra (Rhino Records) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was a 20th century romantic composer. ... The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1936 historical film made by Warner Bros. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Garden of Allah can refer to: A nickname for the Sahara desert Garden of Allah (cabaret) Garden of Allah (film) a song by Don Henley Garden of Allah (building) a famous apartment complex in West Hollywood, California Category: ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 film which tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. ... Boris Morros (January 1, 1891 - January 8, 1963) was an American Communist Party member, Hollywood producer at Paramount Studios and Soviet agent. ... Werner Janssen was an American conductor and composer. ... Winterset is a city located in Madison County, Iowa. ... Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1992) was an American composer and conductor. ... Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1992) was an American composer and conductor. ... One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 musical comedy film. ... The Hurricane is a 1937 film directed by John Ford about a tropical cyclone in the Pacific Ocean. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... In Old Chicago is a 1937 dramatic film. ... Louis Silvers was a movie composer, whose work has been used in more then 250 movies. ... The Life of Emile Zola is a 1937 movie giving a biography of the famous French author Émile Zola. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Lost Horizon is a 1937 film directed by Frank Capra starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, Margo, Thomas Mitchell, Edward Everett Horton, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, and Sam Jaffe. ... Born 1 August 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died April 1980, Los Angeles, California --- As musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962, Morris Stoloff nimbly balanced artistic freedom with production priorities, cultivating some of the best composers ever to score for film, while keeping producers and studio executives happy with... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... Maytime is a 1937 musical romance, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. ... Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Alberto Colombo was a professional race car driver from Italy. ... Alberto Colombo was a professional race car driver from Italy. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... Quality Street can refer to: Quality Street, a play by J. M. Barrie. ... Roy Webb (October 3, 1888 - December 10, 1982) was a film music composer. ... Roy Webb (October 3, 1888 - December 10, 1982) was a film music composer. ... Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 animated feature, the first produced by Walt Disney. ... Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 - December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. ... Frank Churchill (October 20, 1901 - May 14, 1942) was an American composer of popular music for films. ... Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 - December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. ... Something to Sing About is a song composed in 1971 by the Oscar Band. ... Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1890 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter. ... Souls at Sea is a 1937 seafaring film starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. ... Boris Morros (January 1, 1891 - January 8, 1963) was an American Communist Party member, Hollywood producer at Paramount Studios and Soviet agent. ... Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937. ... Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 - August 23, 1986) was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. ... Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 - August 23, 1986) was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. ... The Adventures of Robin Hood is an American film released in 1938 and directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. ... Korngold conducting the Warner Brothers studio orchestra (Rhino Records) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 – November 29, 1957) was a 20th century romantic composer. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Thomas Marvin Hatley (April 3, 1905 - August 23, 1986) was an American film composer and musical director, best known for his work for the Hal Roach studio from 1929 until 1940. ... A blockade is any effort to prevent supplies, troops, information or aid from reaching an opposing force. ... Werner Janssen was an American conductor and composer. ... Breaking the Ice is a peace project founded by Heskel Nathaniel. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1911 western film notable for featuring Alan Hales screen debut. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... If I Were King is a 1938 film with Basil Rathbone. ... Richard Hageman (1882-1966) is known for a variety of musical activities. ... Marie Antoinette was a 1938 film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... Northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on map of 1856. ... Louis Silvers was a movie composer, whose work has been used in more then 250 movies. ... The Young in Heart is a 1938 film comedy starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland) - February 24, 1967, Los Angeles, California), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-born Jewish-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and for his musical scores for films. ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... Herbert Stothart (11 September 1885 - 1 February 1949) was a composer, born of Scottish and Bavarian descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... DVD cover showing Bette Davis. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Eternally Yours is second album released by the Australian music group The Saints in 1978. ... Werner Janssen was an American conductor and composer. ... Golden Boy may refer to: Golden Boy (play), a Clifford Odets play, later made into a Broadway musical Golden Boy (manga), a manga and anime series Golden Boy (Manitoba), a statue on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building Golden Boy, an episode of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder Golden Boy... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Gone with the Wind is a 1939 film adapted from Margaret Mitchells 1936 novel of the same name. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... Gullivers Travels is a 1939 cel-animated Technicolor feature film, directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... There have been several movies entitled The Man in the Iron Mask, all based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, which was itself based on the 18th century legend of The Man in the Iron Mask. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Mr. ... Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Russian: , Dmitrij Zinovevič Tëmkin, somtimes translated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film composer and conductor. ... This page is about Anthony Collins the philosopher. ... Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced Anglo migrant ranch workers in California during the Great Depression (1929-1941). ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... The Rains Came is the title of novel by Louis Bromfield and the 1939 20th Century Fox film version which followed it. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. ...

1940s

Pinocchio is the second animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. ... Leigh Harline (March 26, 1907 - December 10, 1969) was an award-winning film composer. ... Ned Washington (15 August 1901 - 20 December 1976) was an American lyric writer. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an Jewish-American composer, violinist and conducter. ... Louis Gruenberg (pronounced [grūənbûrg]) (July 22/August 3, 1884, near Brest-Litovsk, Russia - June 10, 1964, Beverly Hills) was a Russian Lithuania-born American pianist and composer. ... The Great Dictator is a film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. ... Robert Meredith Willson (18 May 1902 – 15 June 1984) was an American composer and playwright, best known as the writer of The Music Man. ... The House of the Seven Gables (1668) is a Colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, as well as the title of a novel written in 1851 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. ... Christopher Graham Collins, aka Frank Skinner (born 28 January 1957 is an English writer and comedian. ... The Howards of Virginia is a film released in 1940 based on the book The Tree of Liberty written by Elizabeth Page. ... Richard Hageman (1882-1966) is known for a variety of musical activities. ... The Letter is a 1940 film noir which tells the story of a woman who murders her lover, and then must face his widow and her husband. ... Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for theater production shows and films. ... The Long Voyage Home is a 1940 film which tells the story of the crew and passengers aboard a doomed freighter. ...