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The Academy Award for Best Original Musical is a category that was re-established in 2000 after the Best Original Musical or Comedy Score category was retired. It has never been awarded in its present form due to a prolonged drought of films meeting the sufficient eligibility requirements.
The 60th Academy Awards ceremony. The nominees for the 60th Academy Awards were announced on February 16, 1988, at 5:38 PM PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Wise, president of the academy, and actress Shirley MacLaine.
Aug 3, 2016 · In two respects, 1988 is a remarkable year of Best Original Song at the Oscars - one, as an all-around outstanding line-up of nominees (frankly, a rarity in this category), and second, as a bit of curiosity, as the Academy mysteriously opted on this occasion to recognize just three songs.
Aug 4, 2016 · Now, as for 1989 Best Original Song, it's pretty much a slam dunk for "Under the Sea," which, while no "Part of Your World," is still a bouncy, exuberant delight, whole-heartedly worthy of victory. The other Little Mermaid nominee, "Kiss the Girl," is a nice one too, but hardly leaves the same level of impression.
Academy Awards, USA. 1988 Winner Oscar. Best Music, Original Song; Franke Previte (music/lyrics) John DeNicola (music) Donald Markowitz (music)
* Music (Original Song) - Take My Breath Away in "Top Gun" Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyric by Tom Whitlock Film Editing - Billy Weber, Chris Lebenzon Sound - Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, William B. Kaplan Sound Effects Editing - Cecelia Hall, George Watters II
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...
