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3 unusual facts about Academy Award for Best Original Score


Edward J. Kay

Edward J. Kay (sometimes credited as Edward Kay or Eddie Kay; November 27, 1898 - December 22, 1973) was an American film composer and musical director, who worked on over 340 films from the 1930s into the 1960s, and was nominated on multiple occasions for an Academy Award for Best Original Score, although he never won.

Frank Churchill

In 1942, Churchill and fellow composer Oliver Wallace won an Oscar in the category "Scoring of a Musical Picture" for cowriting the score for Dumbo.

Joseph J. Lilley

He was nominated at the 32nd Academy Awards for Li'l Abner in Best Musical Score.


Ray Heindorf

Between 1943 and 1969 he was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards, 17 nominations for Best Score and 1 nomination for Best Song.


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