Heathers (1988 film score)
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Heathers (1988 film score) is the darkly satirical, synth-driven musical soundtrack composed by David Newman for the cult classic 1989 teen black comedy film "Heathers."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heathers (1988 film score) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3023488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heathers (1988 film score) Context triple: [David Newman, notableWork, Heathers (1988 film score)]
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A.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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B.
The Heiress (film score)
The Heiress (film score) is Aaron Copland’s acclaimed 1949 orchestral soundtrack for the film adaptation of Henry James’s "Washington Square," noted for its emotionally nuanced, romantic yet modernist style.
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C.
Poltergeist (1982 film score)
Poltergeist (1982 film score) is a renowned horror film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith, celebrated for its haunting orchestral themes and innovative use of sound to heighten supernatural terror.
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D.
Her (film score)
Her (film score) is the atmospheric, synth-driven musical soundtrack composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett for Spike Jonze’s 2013 science-fiction romantic drama film "Her."
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E.
21 Grams (film score)
21 Grams (film score) is the atmospheric, guitar-driven soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2003 drama film "21 Grams."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heathers (1988 film score) Target entity description: Heathers (1988 film score) is the darkly satirical, synth-driven musical soundtrack composed by David Newman for the cult classic 1989 teen black comedy film "Heathers."
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A.
Hoosiers (1986 film score)
Hoosiers (1986 film score) is the inspirational orchestral and electronic soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith for the 1986 sports drama film about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team.
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B.
The Heiress (film score)
The Heiress (film score) is Aaron Copland’s acclaimed 1949 orchestral soundtrack for the film adaptation of Henry James’s "Washington Square," noted for its emotionally nuanced, romantic yet modernist style.
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C.
Poltergeist (1982 film score)
Poltergeist (1982 film score) is a renowned horror film soundtrack composed by Jerry Goldsmith, celebrated for its haunting orchestral themes and innovative use of sound to heighten supernatural terror.
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D.
Her (film score)
Her (film score) is the atmospheric, synth-driven musical soundtrack composed by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett for Spike Jonze’s 2013 science-fiction romantic drama film "Her."
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E.
21 Grams (film score)
21 Grams (film score) is the atmospheric, guitar-driven soundtrack composed by Gustavo Santaolalla for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2003 drama film "21 Grams."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedProductionCompany | New World Pictures ⓘ |
| associatedWithActor |
Christian Slater
ⓘ
Winona Ryder ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
cult film
ⓘ
teen black comedy ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Heathers (1989 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Heathers
|
| composer | David Newman ⓘ |
| composerNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| era | late 1980s ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfAssociatedWork | Michael Lehmann ⓘ |
| forWork |
Heathers (1989 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Heathers
|
| genre |
dark comedy score
ⓘ
film score ⓘ synth-driven score ⓘ |
| instrumentation |
electronic instruments
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Newman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with cult classic status of the film
ⓘ
darkly satirical tone ⓘ synth-driven sound ⓘ |
| originallyComposedFor |
cult film
ⓘ
teen black comedy film ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heathers (franchise)
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linked to:
Heathers
|
| style | darkly satirical ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Heathers (1988 film score) Description of subject: Heathers (1988 film score) is the darkly satirical, synth-driven musical soundtrack composed by David Newman for the cult classic 1989 teen black comedy film "Heathers."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.