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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. [1]
* Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Irwin Kostal * Best Picture - Robert Wise, Producer * Sound - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director
Irwin Kostal won the 38th Academy Award for “Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment”. The score has become one of the most famous and beloved musical scores of all time, and includes classic songs such as “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “Edelweiss,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” and “The Sound of Music.”
Apr 11, 2021 · 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.
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Irwin Kostal Best Picture - Walt Disney and Bill Walsh, Producers Sound - Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Robert O. Cook, Sound Director
Music (Scoring of Music--adaptation or treatment) - Maurice Jarre Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Serge Bourguignon, Antoine Tudal
Kostal later went on to collaborate with Saul Chaplin for the 1965 film adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music and won an Oscar for Best Music Scoring. He also conducted the orchestra for several of the Firestone Christmas Albums .
