It won four Academy Awards : for Best Cinematography ( shooting work on a movie ) , Best Original Score , Best Song ( Burt Bacharach 's `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ) and Best Original Screenplay ( William Goldman ) . The film won four Academy Awards : Best Cinematography ; Best Music , Original Score for a Motion Picture ( not a Musical ) ; Best Music , Song ( Burt Bacharach and Hal David for `` Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head '' ) ; and Best Writing , Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced .