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Alert: The Academy reverses itself on “Dark Knight” score

by Blair on Dec.08, 2008, under NEWS

Breaking news being reported by LA Times and Variety. This is great news for one of the best scores of the year:

Alert: The Academy reverses itself on “Dark Knight” score
04:38 PM PT, Dec 8 2008

My sources say the Motion Picture Academy has reversed its decision to disqualify the score for “The Dark Knight.” Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the music, will now be able to compete in the best original score category. The Academy had ruled the score ineligible last month, saying there were too many composers–five, in all–listed on the music cue sheet. I can’t get the Academy’s executive director Bruce Davis on the phone, but I’ve seen an Academy release saying its music branch executive committee voted to change the decision last Friday. When Davis and I spoke earlier last week, he was still defending the decision, saying that the Academy’s music branch “sees this as an award, like cinematography or directing, where you want to award a single creator. This isn’t like visual effects. Except for extraordinary circumstances, it’s an award that should go to one person.”

If the Academy has caved in, this should be a sweet victory for Zimmer and Howard, who were also disqualified in 2005 for their previous collaboration on “Batman Begins.” They are both seven-time nominees, Zimmer having won best original score for “The Lion King.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2008/12/alert-the-acade.html

6 comments for this entry:
  1. Joker:)
    December 8th, 2008 on 8:32 pm

    Yes! I was mad when they disqualified them because it was such a great score. Now I have a score to root for in the Best Original Score category! Hans Zimmer is also my favorite composer!

  2. Kevin T. Rodriguez
    December 8th, 2008 on 9:10 pm

    Something tells me that, deep down, the Academy WANTS this movie to get nominated!

  3. Phillip
    December 8th, 2008 on 9:11 pm

    Hell yeah! Ooooooooooh, this just keeps getting more exciting!!!!

    Less than 2 hours until the Blu-Ray is in my hands, btw!

  4. WillyJoel
    December 9th, 2008 on 11:52 am

    Guys, the good news doesn’t stop, The Dark Knight has been nominated to 6 Critic’s Choice Awards.
    The nominations are:
    Best Picture
    Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
    Best Director - Chris Nolan
    Best Action Movie
    Best Acting Ensemble
    Best Composer - Hans Zimmer/James Newton Howard

    Source: http://www.bfca.org/

  5. alex
    December 12th, 2008 on 3:33 pm

    save to my Bookmarks )

  6. Connor P. Norris
    December 18th, 2008 on 8:55 am

    Zimmer and Howard are fabulous composers. They stand along in ranks with Harry Gregson-Williams and John Williams.

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