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Music (Original Song) - The Moon Song in "Her" Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze Music (Original Score) - William Butler and Owen Pallett * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Spike Jonze
Music (Original Song) - Happy in "Despicable Me 2" Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
Website. oscars .org. 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]
- February 27, 1935; 88 years ago
- Alfred Newman (9)
Apr 11, 2021 · Best Score Winners • Henry Mancini Wins Best Song. 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.
- 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.”
Dec 12, 2014 · The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 114 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2014 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 87th Oscars. The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:
Mar 3, 2014 · Idina Menzel performs "Let It Go" at the 2014 Oscars. Kevin Winter/Getty Images. “Let It Go,” from the animated film Frozen won the award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards...