The Golden Eagle Award for Best Original Score (

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: Золотой Орёл за лучшую музыку к фильму) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia. It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by

Nikita Mikhalkov Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the ...

as a counterweight to the

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established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences. Each year the members of the academy choose three nominees to award the best

film composer A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

and the film as a perception. The first composer to be awarded was

Alexey Rybnikov Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov (russian: links=no, Алексей Львович Рыбников; born July 17, 1945) is a modern Russian composer. He is the author of music for Soviet and Russian musicals (rock operas) ''The Star and Death of Joaqui ...

for the film ''

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''. The most recent award was made to

Yuri Poteyenko Yuri Anatolievich Poteyenko (, born December 5, 1960) is a Russian film composer. Four times the winner of the Golden Eagle Award for the best film music (2010, 2013, 2016, 2018). Selected filmography * '' Night Watch'' (2004) * ''Popsa'' ...

for ''

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''.

Eduard Artemyev Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf; born 30 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia, he is ...

and Poteyenko hold the record for the most wins, with five each. Other people with multiple nominations include

(with one win out of three nominations) and Aleksey Aygi (with one win out of four nominations).

Nomineess and awardees

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References

External links

* {{Golden Eagle Awards (Russia)

Original Score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

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