‘The Dark Knight’ Score Back in Oscar Contention

About a month ago, we brought you the news that the musical score for ‘The Dark Knight’ had been disqualified by the Academy Awards, because there were too many names listed as composers for the film on the music cue sheet. Â  Variety reported on Monday that Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, the two main composers on the film, are back in contention.

The Music Branch Executive Committee of the Academy has reversed its Nov. 10 decision declaring their score for ‘The Dark Knight’Â  ineligible for the 2008 Academy Awards. Â  After reviewing information submitted by the affected parties, the committee concluded that two, Zimmer and Howard, were responsible for the score’s authorship.

Neither nomination ballots nor lists of eligible scores had been distributed so there is no impact on the actual voting process.

What do you think? Â  Will ‘The Dark Knight’ get an Oscar nomination for music anyway? Â  What other films do you think had the best score this year? Â  Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Variety