One of the best things about The Dark Knight (and most overlooked as well) is the fantastic score. The music in that film just adds so much in the process of creating the atmosphere. The music practically becomes a character itself.
But last month there was a wee bit of controversy when an academy committee ruled that the score from The Dark Knight was ineligible for the Academy Awards because it had more composers than the rules allow for. A lot of people were outraged by this… but personally I didn’t mind because rules are rules, and as long as they’re being applied evenly and fairly there’s nothing to complain about.
Well good news. After reviewing the issue more they’ve decided the score IS indeed eligible for the Awards. The folks over at Yahoo give us this:
The executive committee of the academy’s music branch initially ruled November 10 that there were too many composers involved in the score; the Academy generally considers only scores that are the work of one or at most two composers. But after reviewing the submission, it concluded that Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard were the main composers and deemed the duo’s work for Warner Bros.’ Batman blockbuster as eligible.
Excellent. The nominees haven’t been announced yet, but I’ll be shocked if this doesn’t grab one of the nominations.
