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Music (Original Dramatic Score) - John Williams Best Picture - Steven Spielberg, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn, Producers Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Robert Rodat
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)
- Best Picture
- Honorary Award
- John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
- Scientific Or Technical Award
Shakespeare in Love David Parfitt [Producer], Donna Gigliotti [Producer], Harvey Weinstein [Producer], Edward Zwick [Producer] and Marc Norman [Producer]
Elia Kazan Note: …in recognition of his indelible contributions to the art of motion picture direction.
David W. Gray Note: …in appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Avid Technology Inc. Note: …for the concept, system design and engineering of the Avid Film Composer for motion picture editing.
All the winners and nominated film scores from the history of the Oscars.
- 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.”
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Oscars – Music (Original Dramatic Score) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners! 1999 Academy Awards – Music (Original Dramatic Score)
Feb 17, 2017 · 69 years into the history of the Oscars, a woman finally won an Academy Award for film scoring for the very first time. British composer Rachel Portman, who would later earn nominations for scoring The Cider House Rules (1999) and Chocolat (2000), took the musical/comedy scoring Oscar for Douglas McGrath's adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma ...
