Hollywood Flashback: ‘Pinocchio’ Music Carved a Place in Oscar Musical History The 1940 Disney feature was the first animated feature to win Academy Awards for best original score and song.

In 1940, 'Pinocchio' was one of the films that nearly sunk Disney due to a horrible performance at the box office.

Alexandre Desplat on his experience working on Pinocchio with Guillermo del Toro, a director who celebrates the power musical compositions have in film.