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The Dark Knight's music not eligible for Oscar!
November 13, 2008
The music for The Dark Knight won't be eligible for an Oscar, according to Variety.
The Academy committee will inform principle composers -- Hans Zimmer and James Newton -- that their score for the movie will be disqualified because too many other people were also listed as composers.
Besides Zimmer and Newton, three others are officially on the credits as "composers" -- music editor Alex Gibson, ambient music designer Mel Wesson and composer Lorne Balfe.
For a score to be considered by the academy, over 70-percent has to be attributable to the principle composers.
All involved reportedly signed a document saying this was the case, but the Academy committee was unmoved.
This will disappoint The Dark Knight's legion of fans, who would doubtless like to see the movie's superb, cutting edge score receive some recognition.
Oh boy...:rolleyes:
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