sentences:  According to Jon Pareles of "The New York Times", songs including "Sooner or Later" are "typical Sondheim, with agile wordplay and devious chromatic harmonies".At the 63rd Academy Awards held on March 25, 1991, the song won an Oscar for Best Original Song, awarded to Sondheim who did not attend the ceremony.In the award ceremony the song was listed as "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)".