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* Music (Original Score) - John Barry * Best Picture - Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner, Producers * Sound - Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
The nominees for the 63rd Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 1991, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Karl Malden, president of the Academy, and actor Denzel Washington.
- March 25, 1991
- Dances with Wolves (12)
- Dances with Wolves (7)
- Billy Crystal
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.
- February 27, 1935; 88 years ago
- Alfred Newman (9)
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- 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.”
Alan Menken (music) won twice consecutively in Best Music (Original Song) for "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (lyrics by Howard Ashman) in 1991, and "A Whole New World" from Aladdin (lyrics by Tim Rice) in 1992
YearFilm Title Used In NominationOriginal TitleAward Recipient (s)2023 (96th)The Zone of Interest2023 (96th)Past Lives2023 (96th)Anatomie d'une chute2022 (95th)Im Westen nichts NeuesMusic (Original Score) - John Williams Sound - Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Tony Dawe