Best Sound Design of a Musical
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Best Sound Design of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in the audio and sound design of Broadway musical productions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical | 4 |
| Best Sound Design of a Musical canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Best Sound Design of a Musical Context triple: [Tony Award, categoryIncludes, Best Sound Design of a Musical]
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A.
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway musical productions.
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B.
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding original music composed specifically for a motion picture.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in motion picture music composition.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding original songs composed specifically for films, television, video games, or other visual media.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Best Sound Design of a Musical Target entity description: Best Sound Design of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in the audio and sound design of Broadway musical productions.
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A.
Best Direction of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in directing Broadway musical productions.
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B.
Academy Award for Best Original Score
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding original music composed specifically for a motion picture.
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C.
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious film industry honor presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in motion picture music composition.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Sound
The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media is a music industry honor recognizing outstanding original songs composed specifically for films, television, video games, or other visual media.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
ⓘ
theatre award category ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| awardedForProductionsIn | Broadway ⓘ |
| awardFor |
audio design in Broadway musical productions
ⓘ
sound design in a musical ⓘ |
| awardScope | outstanding achievement in sound design of a musical ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| ceremonyLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discontinuedFromYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| discontinuedThroughYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| eligibility | professional Broadway productions ⓘ |
| field |
sound design
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedForSeason | 2007–2008 Broadway season ⓘ |
| frequency | annually ⓘ |
| hasCategoryGroup | design awards at the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| hasGenreFocus | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRequirement | English ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.tonyawards.com/ ⓘ |
| hasSeparateCategoryFrom | Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ |
| hasVotingBody | Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| industry | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| isAnnual | true ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableChange | category eliminated after 2014 ceremony and later restored ⓘ |
| organizer | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Tony Award
|
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| recognizesProfession | sound designers ⓘ |
| reinstated | true ⓘ |
| reinstatedAnnouncementYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| reinstatedForSeason | 2017–2018 Broadway season ⓘ |
| relatedCategory | Best Sound Design of a Play ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| shortName |
Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
ⓘ
linked to:
Best Sound Design of a Musical
|
| status | active ⓘ |
| temporarilyDiscontinued | true ⓘ |
| typicalCeremonyMonth | June ⓘ |
| typicalVenueCity | New York City ⓘ |
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Subject: Best Sound Design of a Musical Description of subject: Best Sound Design of a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding achievement in the audio and sound design of Broadway musical productions.
Referenced by (5)
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