'Round Midnight
OSCAR WINNER: Best Score 'Round Midnight is writer/director Bertrand Tavernier's loving ode to jazz and its creators. Real-life jazz artist Dexter Gordon captured an Academy Award nomination as the fictional Dale Turner; an expatriate musician in 1959 Paris. Herbie Hancock's superb music score captured the ears of the Academy and he was rewarded with an Oscar.
- Metascore85
- 1986
- 2 Hrs 13 Mins
- Drama, Music
OSCAR WINNER: Best Score 'Round Midnight is writer/director Bertrand Tavernier's loving ode to jazz and its creators. Real-life jazz artist Dexter Gordon captured an Academy Award nomination as the fictional Dale Turner; an expatriate musician in 1959 Paris. Herbie Hancock's superb music score captured the ears of the Academy and he was rewarded with an Oscar.
