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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 [[Film score|dramatic underscoring]] written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html |title=Rule Sixteen: Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award | Rules for the 85th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |publisher=Oscars.org |date=2012-08-24 |access-date=2014-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211172058/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html |archive-date=2013-12-11}}</ref> Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must include a minimum of original music. This minimum since [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]] is established in 60% of the music, which is raised to 80% for sequels and [[film series|franchise films]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |title=Oscars Rule to Allow Films to Skip a Theatrical Release This Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/movies/oscars-2021-streaming-coronavirus.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> Fifteen scores are shortlisted before nominations are announced. | 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 [[Film score|dramatic underscoring]] written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.<ref name="Rule Sixteen: Special Rules for the">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html |title=Rule Sixteen: Special Rules for the Best Picture of the Year Award | Rules for the 85th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |publisher=Oscars.org |date=2012-08-24 |access-date=2014-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211172058/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html |archive-date=2013-12-11}}</ref> Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must include a minimum of original music. This minimum since [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]] is established in 60% of the music, which is raised to 80% for sequels and [[film series|franchise films]].<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |title=Oscars Rule to Allow Films to Skip a Theatrical Release This Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/movies/oscars-2021-streaming-coronavirus.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> Fifteen scores are shortlisted before nominations are announced. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Following the wins of four [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] films in six years from [[62nd Academy Awards|1990]] to [[67th Academy Awards|1995]] (''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]'') during a period called the [[Disney Renaissance]], it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman]], the chairman of the Academy's music branch said, "People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch didn't distinguish between the two. So when a score like ''The Lion King'' is competing against a drama like ''[[Forrest Gump]],'' it's apples and oranges – not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There's a big difference."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/12/movies/oscar-films-oscar-films-the-rules-squeezing-music-into-pigeonholes.html|title=OSCAR FILMS/OSCAR FILMS/THE RULES; Squeezing Music Into Pigeonholes|first=Justine|last=Elias|date=12 March 2000|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The category was therefore split into '''Best Original Dramatic Score''' and '''Best Original Musical or Comedy Score''' in [[68th Academy Awards|1996]]. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]], chairman of the Academy's rules committee, noted that "no other Oscar category depended on a film's genre" and "the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama."<ref name="auto"/> This split was reverted in [[72nd Academy Awards|2000]]. | Following the wins of four [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] films in six years from [[62nd Academy Awards|1990]] to [[67th Academy Awards|1995]] (''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]'') during a period called the [[Disney Renaissance]], it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman]], the chairman of the Academy's music branch said, "People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch didn't distinguish between the two. So when a score like ''The Lion King'' is competing against a drama like ''[[Forrest Gump]],'' it's apples and oranges – not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There's a big difference."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/12/movies/oscar-films-oscar-films-the-rules-squeezing-music-into-pigeonholes.html|title=OSCAR FILMS/OSCAR FILMS/THE RULES; Squeezing Music Into Pigeonholes|first=Justine|last=Elias|date=12 March 2000|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The category was therefore split into '''Best Original Dramatic Score''' and '''Best Original Musical or Comedy Score''' in [[68th Academy Awards|1996]]. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]], chairman of the Academy's rules committee, noted that "no other Oscar category depended on a film's genre" and "the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama."<ref name="auto"/> This split was reverted in [[72nd Academy Awards|2000]]. | ||
In [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]], rules were changed to require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music. Franchise films and sequels must include a minimum of 80% new music.<ref name=Hammond>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/oscars-major-changes-academy-awards-coronavirus-1202919950/ |title=Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> In [[94th Academy Awards|2021]], the rules were changed again, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60% to 35% of the total music in the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Award rules and campaign regulations approved for 94th Oscars |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/awards-rules-and-campaign-regulations-approved-94th-oscarsr |publisher=oscars.org |date=30 June 2021}}</ref> | In [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]], rules were changed to require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music. Franchise films and sequels must include a minimum of 80% new music.<ref name=Hammond>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/oscars-major-changes-academy-awards-coronavirus-1202919950/ |title=Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> In [[94th Academy Awards|2021]], the rules were changed again, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60% to 35% of the total music in the film.<ref name="Award rules and campaign regulation">{{cite web |title=Award rules and campaign regulations approved for 94th Oscars |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/awards-rules-and-campaign-regulations-approved-94th-oscarsr |publisher=oscars.org |date=30 June 2021}}</ref> | ||
==Academy Award for Best Original Musical== | ==Academy Award for Best Original Musical== | ||
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Record producers [[George Martin]] ([[The Beatles]]) and [[Jerry Wexler]] ([[Atlantic Records]]) also received nominations in the Scoring categories. | Record producers [[George Martin]] ([[The Beatles]]) and [[Jerry Wexler]] ([[Atlantic Records]]) also received nominations in the Scoring categories. | ||
At the age of 87, [[Ennio Morricone]] became the oldest winner in Oscar history at the time for a competitive award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar win at 87 may make Ennio Morricone the oldest winner ever|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ennio-morricone-oldest-oscar-winner-hateful-eight-20160228-story.html|work= David Ng|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Italy, Hollywood Celebrate Ennio Morricone's First Competitive Win|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-ennio-morricone-first-win-871336|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|work= Ariston Anderson|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> | At the age of 87, [[Ennio Morricone]] became the oldest winner in Oscar history at the time for a competitive award.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|title=Oscar win at 87 may make Ennio Morricone the oldest winner ever|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ennio-morricone-oldest-oscar-winner-hateful-eight-20160228-story.html|work= David Ng|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter.com">{{cite web|title=Italy, Hollywood Celebrate Ennio Morricone's First Competitive Win|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-ennio-morricone-first-win-871336|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]|work= Ariston Anderson|date=February 28, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Multiple nominations== | ==Multiple nominations== | ||
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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 [[Film score|dramatic underscoring]] written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.<ref | 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 [[Film score|dramatic underscoring]] written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.<ref name="Rule Sixteen: Special Rules for the"/> Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must include a minimum of original music. This minimum since [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]] is established in 60% of the music, which is raised to 80% for sequels and [[film series|franchise films]].<ref name="The New York Times"/> Fifteen scores are shortlisted before nominations are announced. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Following the wins of four [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] films in six years from [[62nd Academy Awards|1990]] to [[67th Academy Awards|1995]] (''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]'') during a period called the [[Disney Renaissance]], it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman]], the chairman of the Academy's music branch said, "People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch didn't distinguish between the two. So when a score like ''The Lion King'' is competing against a drama like ''[[Forrest Gump]],'' it's apples and oranges – not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There's a big difference."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/12/movies/oscar-films-oscar-films-the-rules-squeezing-music-into-pigeonholes.html|title=OSCAR FILMS/OSCAR FILMS/THE RULES; Squeezing Music Into Pigeonholes|first=Justine|last=Elias|date=12 March 2000|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The category was therefore split into '''Best Original Dramatic Score''' and '''Best Original Musical or Comedy Score''' in [[68th Academy Awards|1996]]. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]], chairman of the Academy's rules committee, noted that "no other Oscar category depended on a film's genre" and "the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama."<ref name="auto"/> This split was reverted in [[72nd Academy Awards|2000]]. | Following the wins of four [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] films in six years from [[62nd Academy Awards|1990]] to [[67th Academy Awards|1995]] (''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]'') during a period called the [[Disney Renaissance]], it was decided to once again split the Best Original Score category by genres, this time by combining comedies and musicals together. As [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Alan Bergman]], the chairman of the Academy's music branch said, "People were voting for the songs, not the underscores. We felt that Academy members outside the music branch didn't distinguish between the two. So when a score like ''The Lion King'' is competing against a drama like ''[[Forrest Gump]],'' it's apples and oranges – not in the quality of the score, but in the way it functions in the movie. There's a big difference."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/12/movies/oscar-films-oscar-films-the-rules-squeezing-music-into-pigeonholes.html|title=OSCAR FILMS/OSCAR FILMS/THE RULES; Squeezing Music Into Pigeonholes|first=Justine|last=Elias|date=12 March 2000|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The category was therefore split into '''Best Original Dramatic Score''' and '''Best Original Musical or Comedy Score''' in [[68th Academy Awards|1996]]. This change proved unpopular in the other branches of the Academy as [[Charles Bernstein (composer)|Charles Bernstein]], chairman of the Academy's rules committee, noted that "no other Oscar category depended on a film's genre" and "the job of composing an underscore for a romantic comedy is not substantially different from working on a heavy drama."<ref name="auto"/> This split was reverted in [[72nd Academy Awards|2000]]. | ||
In [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]], rules were changed to require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music. Franchise films and sequels must include a minimum of 80% new music.<ref name=Hammond>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/oscars-major-changes-academy-awards-coronavirus-1202919950/ |title=Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> In [[94th Academy Awards|2021]], the rules were changed again, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60% to 35% of the total music in the film.<ref | In [[93rd Academy Awards|2020]], rules were changed to require that a film's score include a minimum of 60% original music. Franchise films and sequels must include a minimum of 80% new music.<ref name=Hammond>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/04/oscars-major-changes-academy-awards-coronavirus-1202919950/ |title=Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=April 28, 2020 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref> In [[94th Academy Awards|2021]], the rules were changed again, lowering the minimum percentage of original music from 60% to 35% of the total music in the film.<ref name="Award rules and campaign regulation"/> | ||
==Academy Award for Best Original Musical== | ==Academy Award for Best Original Musical== | ||
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Record producers [[George Martin]] ([[The Beatles]]) and [[Jerry Wexler]] ([[Atlantic Records]]) also received nominations in the Scoring categories. | Record producers [[George Martin]] ([[The Beatles]]) and [[Jerry Wexler]] ([[Atlantic Records]]) also received nominations in the Scoring categories. | ||
At the age of 87, [[Ennio Morricone]] became the oldest winner in Oscar history at the time for a competitive award.<ref | At the age of 87, [[Ennio Morricone]] became the oldest winner in Oscar history at the time for a competitive award.<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/><ref name="hollywoodreporter.com"/> | ||
==Multiple nominations== | ==Multiple nominations== | ||