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Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Alfred Newman Best Motion Picture - George Stevens, Producer
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960, at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959. William Wyler 's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi .
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- 1961: Ernest Gold, Exodus (drama or comedy); Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman, Song Without End (musical) The Apartment was the big winner this year (and the last black-and-white Best Picture winner until Schindler's List in 1993), but Adolph Deutsch wasn't even nominated for Best Original Score.
- 1962: Henry Mancini, Breakfast at Tiffany's (drama or comedy); Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, and Irwin Kostal, West Side Story (musical) It was a given that the team behind West Side Story’s film score would win in their category, though stage composer Leonard Bernstein didn't love the way his music sounded on screen, with an orchestra three times the size of his Broadway band.
- 1963: Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia (original); Ray Heindorf, The Music Man (adaptation or treatment) Maurice Jarre easily landed this year's drama/comedy score Oscar with his career-defining music for the grand Hollywood epic Lawrence of Arabia: one of the top three film scores of all time, if you believe the American Film Institute.
- 1964: John Addison, Tom Jones (original); André Previn, Irma la Douce (adaptation) The buzz at this year's Oscars surrounded the Best Supporting Actress category — where, for the only time ever, three of the five nominations went to performers from the same movie.
In January 1959, Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty was released. It earned a nomination for Music – Scoring of a Musical Picture. In March 1959, the Barbie doll went on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. On August 21, 1959, Hawaii was admitted as the 50th U.S. state.
* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Ernest Gold Actor in a Supporting Role - Sal Mineo Cinematography (Color) - Sam Leavitt
The films/composers who should've won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score of the 1950s and 1960s (Adaption, Musical/Song Score and Original). Original Score is first and then Adaptation and/or Musical/Song Score. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Sort by: View: 39 titles. 1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
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