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May 22, 2024 · Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated. From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points.
1 day ago · 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] Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must ...
May 25, 2024 · Erich Wolfgang Korngold (born May 29, 1897, Brünn, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]—died November 29, 1957, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was an American composer of Austro-Hungarian birth, best known as one of the originators of the genre of grand film music. He was also noted for his operas, especially for Die tote Stadt (1920 ...
- Betsy Schwarm
2 days ago · In February 2016, Morricone won his first competitive Academy Award for his score to The Hateful Eight. Morricone and Alex North are the only composers to receive the Academy Honorary Award since its introduction in 1928. He received the award in February 2007, "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."
May 31, 2024 · Awards. Williams received many honors and awards for his work. He was nominated for more than 50 Academy Awards and won 5: for his adaptation of the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1971), for Jaws (1975), for Star Wars (1977; later called Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope), for E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and for Schindler’s List (1993).
- Alison Eldridge
May 12, 2024 · One such year that comes to mind is 1959. While I love Diary of Anne Frank and The Nun’s Story, I feel the Academy got the Original Score Oscar right in giving it to Ben-Hur, a score which made an already great film even better (the Adaptation or Treatment category that year I disagree with, however, but that’s a subject for another thread).
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4 days ago · 'Love Story' was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning for Best Music, Original Score. The words to 'Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming' are derived from a German carol, 'Es ist ein Ros entsprungen', from the 15th Century. Verses 1 and 2 were translated from German to English by Theodore Baker in 1894.
