Last month we brought you the news that the score of "The Dark Knight" had been disqualified from Academy Award consideration due to crediting too many composers' names on the project. Now, however, it looks like good has once again triumphed over, well... politics.
Variety reports that the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reversed its decision, and the musical score for one of the most successful films of all time will now be eligible for an Oscar. The Academy changed its mind after reviewing the score for "The Dark Knight" and deciding that composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard were the primary authors of the film's music.
The film's cue sheet, which identifies the authors of a film's score, listed three other composers -- though they had all signed affidavits stating that Zimmer and Newton were the primary composers for "The Dark Knight." As we indicated in our previous report, Zimmer and Newton were similarly disqualified for the "Batman Begins" score.
Luckily for "The Dark Knight" (and its award campaign), the Academy reversed its decision prior to nomination ballots or lists of eligible scores being distributed.
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