A technicality almost kept Disney/Pixar’s Soul from getting a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Disney/Pixar’s Soul made it onto the Oscars shortlist for recognition as a Best Original Score nominee, but only after an exception was made for the amount of its musical content.
The Music Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences requires the music in a Best Original Score nominee to be no less than 60 percent original music composed specifically for the film, Deadline reports. Many films get disqualified because some of their music originally appeared elsewhere or because they come short of the 60 percent requirement.