A best song Oscar, handwritten music score, bicycle from 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' & more donated to Motion Picture Academy's collection

Handwritten music score and sheet music for the Oscar-winning title song from Fred Zinnemann's best picture nominee High Noon ...

Character counts: Songs in the Oscar race go beyond just being pretty tunes

The best movie songs are the ones that illuminate character, summarize the story or otherwise add a new dimension to the film ...

‘Wicked: For Good’ would be the first stage-to-screen musical adaptation to receive Best Song Oscar nomination in 13 years

Wicked: For Good adapts the second act of the hit Broadway musical. In the stage version of Wicked, the character of Glinda ...
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'Barbie,' Billie Eilish win Oscar for Best Song; Kimmel calls out Greta Gerwig directing snub

LOS ANGELES -- "Barbie" took the summer by storm, leading at the box office and receiving nine total Oscar nominations, including two that will compete for original song. Ryan Gosling and America ...
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Double trouble? How multiple nominations for Best Song impact a film’s Oscar chances

Thu, October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC Combing through Academy Awards history, there have been 14 movies that received two Best Song bids and four others that received three. And a surprising 13 of 18 ...
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Tuneless Oscars? Academy Toughens Best-Song Rules

Academy Awards organizers say they will give out no Oscar for best song next year if none of the tunes is considered good enough. Rules for the 82nd Oscar show next March will require that at least ...