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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 dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.
Apr 11, 2021 · Over the years, some of the world’s most acclaimed composers, like John Williams and Max Steiner, have won the award. We’re going to list every Academy Award for Best Original Score winner, then rank some of the best. By the end, you’ll know the Best Original Score category better than ever before.
Discover all the winners of the prestigious Best Original Score category at the Oscars, from the last 50 years – half a decade of fantastic movie soundtracks!
Find Original Score Albums, Artists and Songs, and Hand-Picked Top Original Score Music on AllMusic.
Jan 24, 2024 · A 54-time nominee, Williams has taken home five Oscars to date, winning Best Original Score for 1971's Fiddler on the Roof, 1975's Jaws, 1977's Star Wars, 1982's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and 1993's Schindler's List. Listen to the full soundtrack on: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal.
A great soundtrack elevates a film, but these Best Original Scores make a film. With the Oscars on the horizon, fire up your speakers and revisit some of the best music to come out of Hollywood.
Williams has previously won five Oscars for Best Original Score; for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993).
