The Academy Award for Best Original Musical (formerly known as "Best Original Song Score and Adaptation Score" and "Best Original Song Score") is a category still in the Academy rulebooks, but cannot be awarded unless "the field of eligible submissions is determined to be of sufficient quantity and quality to justify award competition."

According to the rules the Best Original Musical is defined as this: "An original musical consists of not fewer than five original songs by the same writer or team of writers either used as voiceovers or visually performed. Each of these songs must be substantively rendered, clearly audible, intelligible, and must further the storyline of the motion picture. An arbitrary group of songs unessential to the storyline will not be considered eligible."

This award has never been presented under its current name. The last time Best Original Song Score was awarded was at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony (1984) to Purple Rain.

Winners and nominees [edit]

• 1970
  • Original Song Score: Let It Be – The Beatles
    • The Baby Maker – music by Fred Karlin; lyrics by Tylwyth Kymry
    • A Boy Named Charlie Brown – music by Rod McKuen, John Scott Trotter; lyrics by Rod McKuen, Bill Meléndez; Al Shean; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
    • Darling Lili – Music by Henry Mancini; lyrics by Johnny Mercer
    • Scrooge – Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; arranged/adapted by Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer

• 1971
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Fiddler on the Roof – Adaptation Score by John Williams
    • Bedknobs and Broomsticks – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Boy Friend – Adaptation Score by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell
    • Tchaikovsky – Adaptation Score by Dimitri Tiomkin
    • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory – Song Score by Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; Adaptation Score by Walter Scharf

• 1972
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Cabaret – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Lady Sings the Blues – Adaptation Score by Gil Askey
    • Man of La Mancha – Adaptation Score by Laurence Rosenthal

• 1973
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Sting – Adaptation Score by Marvin Hamlisch
    • Jesus Christ Superstar – Adaptation Score by André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer and Andrew Lloyd Webber
    • Tom Sawyer – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by John Williams

• 1974
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: The Great Gatsby – Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
    • The Little Prince – Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
    • Phantom of the Paradise – Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton

• 1975
  • Original Song Score and Adaptation: Barry Lyndon – Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • Funny Lady – Adaptation Score by Peter Matz
    • Tommy – Adaptation Score by Peter Townshend

• 1976
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Bound for Glory – Adaptation Score by Leonard Rosenman
    • Bugsy Malone – Song Score and Adaptation Score by Paul Williams
    • A Star Is Born – Adaptation Score by Roger Kellaway

• 1977
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: A Little Night Music – Adaptation Score by Jonathan Tunick
    • Pete's Dragon – Song Score by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn; Adaptation Score by Irwin Kostal
    • The Slipper and the Rose—The Story of Cinderella – Song Score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley

• 1978
  • Adaptation Score: The Buddy Holly Story – Joe Renzetti
    • Pretty Baby – Jerry Wexler
    • The Wiz – Quincy Jones

• 1979
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: All That Jazz – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • Breaking Away – Adaptation Score by Patrick Williams
    • The Muppet Movie – Song Score by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams

• 1982
  • Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score: Victor Victoria – Song Score by Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse Adaptation Score by Henry Mancini
    • Annie – Adaptation Score by Ralph Burns
    • One from the Heart – Song Score by Tom Waits

• 1983
  • Original Song Score or Adaptation Score: Yentl – Song Score by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
    • The Sting II – Adaptation Score by Lalo Schifrin
    • Trading Places – Adaptation Score by Elmer Bernstein

• 1984
  • Original Song Score: Purple Rain – Prince
    • The Muppets Take Manhattan – Jeff Moss
    • Songwriter – Kris Kristofferson

Sources [edit]

Academy Rules: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/rule16.html

External links [edit]

• Academy Awards Database - AMPAS

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