On a scale

No Oscar will be awarded for best song at next year’s ceremony if none of the tunes is deemed to be good enough, organisers have announced. New rules mean that every song entered must get a minimum score of 8.25 on a scale of six to 10 when voted for by Academy music members. “We’re trying to improve the quality,” said composer Bruce Broughton, head of the Academy’s music branch. He added the move would make entries “as good as possible& #8221;. The music branch of the Academy has about 230 members, who rate each song entry.

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