"TECH SUPPORT": Best Original Score - Volume I
Music as an art form predates history. It has been involved in the art of filmmaking before sound was even introduced when music accompanied the great silent films of masters such as Eisenstein, Chaplin and Keaton. Music can enliven every motion and emotion captured by the camera as film composers have come to master this particular craft.
There are actually two music awards given out by the Academy. One of these, Best Original Song, awards – you guessed it - songs. That is a strange category year to year and it will be the last one I deal with in depth this season, once it clears itself up somewhat. The other category, and one of the most interesting and most noted craft races, is the Best Original Score category, which awards the original music compositions that accompany the visuals we watch on the screen.
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