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Did Dimitri Tiomkin win any awards for High Noon?
The film received seven Academy Award nominations and won four awards, including two for Dimitri Tiomkin: Best Original Music and Best Song.
Who directed the film High Noon?
Fred Zinnemann.
What was the name of the song Dimitri Tiomkin won the Best Song award for?
The Ballad of High Noon.
Did Dimitri Tiomkin work with Fred Zinneman again after High Noon?
Dimitri Tiomkin worked again for Fred Zinnemann on The Sundowners.
Was High Noon the only western Dimitri Tiomkin scored?
In addition to High Noon, among Dimitri Tiomkin's other Westerns were Giant, Friendly Persuasion, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and Last Train from Gun Hill.
Did Dimitri Tiomkin work on any other John Wayne movies?
Rio Bravo, The Alamo, Circus World and The War Wagon were made with the involvement of John Wayne.

Question: how did the score save the movie?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Dimitri Tiomkin's score save the movie High Noon?