Gandhi (film score)
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Gandhi (film score) is the acclaimed orchestral soundtrack composed by George Fenton (with Ravi Shankar) for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biographical film about Mahatma Gandhi.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gandhi (film score) canonical | 3 |
| Gandhi (1982 film) soundtrack | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8144232 — 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: Gandhi (film score) Context triple: [George Fenton, notableWork, Gandhi (film score)]
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A.
Life of Pi (film score)
Life of Pi (film score) is the Academy Award-winning musical soundtrack composed by Mychael Danna for the 2012 film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi," blending orchestral, electronic, and world music elements.
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B.
Forrest Gump (film score)
Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.
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C.
Doctor Zhivago (film score)
Doctor Zhivago (film score) is Maurice Jarre’s acclaimed orchestral soundtrack to the 1965 epic romantic drama film, best known for its recurring love melody popularly called “Lara’s Theme.”
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D.
Glory (film score)
Glory (film score) is James Horner’s acclaimed orchestral soundtrack for the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," noted for its powerful choral writing and emotional depth.
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E.
The Grandmaster (film score)
The Grandmaster (film score) is a lush, atmospheric soundtrack composed by Shigeru Umebayashi for Wong Kar-wai’s martial arts drama about the life of Ip Man.
- 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: Gandhi (film score) Target entity description: Gandhi (film score) is the acclaimed orchestral soundtrack composed by George Fenton (with Ravi Shankar) for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biographical film about Mahatma Gandhi.
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A.
Life of Pi (film score)
Life of Pi (film score) is the Academy Award-winning musical soundtrack composed by Mychael Danna for the 2012 film adaptation of Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi," blending orchestral, electronic, and world music elements.
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B.
Forrest Gump (film score)
Forrest Gump (film score) is the orchestral soundtrack composed by Alan Silvestri, renowned for its emotive themes that underscore the film’s sweeping, nostalgic narrative.
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C.
Doctor Zhivago (film score)
Doctor Zhivago (film score) is Maurice Jarre’s acclaimed orchestral soundtrack to the 1965 epic romantic drama film, best known for its recurring love melody popularly called “Lara’s Theme.”
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D.
Glory (film score)
Glory (film score) is James Horner’s acclaimed orchestral soundtrack for the 1989 American Civil War film "Glory," noted for its powerful choral writing and emotional depth.
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E.
The Grandmaster (film score)
The Grandmaster (film score) is a lush, atmospheric soundtrack composed by Shigeru Umebayashi for Wong Kar-wai’s martial arts drama about the life of Ip Man.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film score
ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
biographical film
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historical drama film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
BAFTA Award for Best Original Film Music
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linked to:
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
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| awardReceivedFor | Gandhi (1982 film) ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| composer |
George Fenton
ⓘ
Ravi Shankar ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs | acclaimed orchestral soundtrack ⓘ |
| directorOfRelatedWork | Richard Attenborough ⓘ |
| forWork | Gandhi (1982 film) ⓘ |
| genre |
film music
ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ |
| hasComposerRole |
George Fenton: orchestral score
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Ravi Shankar: Indian musical elements ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
Indian classical music
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Western classical music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
Indian classical instruments
ⓘ
symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ |
| hasType | original score ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf |
George Fenton
ⓘ
Ravi Shankar ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | instrumental ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gandhi (1982 film) soundtrack
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linked to:
Gandhi (film score)
|
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordedForStudio | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| subject | Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| usedIn | Gandhi (1982 film) ⓘ |
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: Gandhi (film score) Description of subject: Gandhi (film score) is the acclaimed orchestral soundtrack composed by George Fenton (with Ravi Shankar) for Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biographical film about Mahatma Gandhi.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.