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2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.
3 days ago · Alan Menken (music) won twice consecutively in Best Music (Original Song) for "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast (lyrics by Howard Ashman) in 1991, and "A Whole New World" from Aladdin (lyrics by Tim Rice) in 1992
23 hours ago · Alan Menken has the most Oscar wins (8) by an EGOT. Academy Awards: 1990: Best Original Score – The Little Mermaid. 1990: Best Original Song – "Under the Sea" (from The Little Mermaid) 1992: Best Original Score – Beauty and the Beast. 1992: Best Original Song – "Beauty and the Beast" (from Beauty and the Beast)
Jun 18, 2024 · A.R. Rahman, Indian composer whose extensive body of work for film and stage earned him the nickname ‘the Mozart of Madras.’. Rahman was most widely known for his Academy Award-winning score and the song ‘Jai Ho’ for the film Slumdog Millionaire. Learn more about Rahman’s life, music, and career.
- A.R. Rahman is known for his extensive body of work for film and stage, for his stylistic range as a composer, and for his integration of assorted...
- A.R. Rahman’s first film score was for the 1992 Tamil film Roja, directed by Mani Ratnam, and the soundtrack made the film a hit throughout India.
- A.R. Rahman, whose original name was A.S. Dileep Kumar, was the son of a Tamil film composer. He learned to play piano as a young child growing up...
- After earning a degree in Western classical music from Trinity College, Oxford, A.R. Rahman grew tired of playing music and began writing commercia...
- A.R. Rahman was born a Hindu, but he and his family converted to Islam in 1988, and at that time he changed his name from A.S. Dileep Kumar to Alla...
After music composer MM Keeravaani and lyricist Chandrabose brought home the Academy Award for Best Original Song, they were feted at a special event in Hyderabad. There, Keeravaani revealed that...
Jun 19, 2024 · The Silence of the Lambs, American suspense film, released in 1991, that was the first psychological thriller since Rebecca (1940) to win the Academy Award for best picture.
Jun 1, 2024 · This list includes every film score that has won an Academy Award. Oscar-winning scores have come from films such as “Chariots of Fire,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s," “The Sound of Music,” and “The Lion King.”
