Notch up another victory for the Batman – The Dark Knight’s score is now back in contention for an Academy Award.
If you’ll recall, the Music Branch Executive Committee of the Academy disqualified the score last month on the grounds that composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard had listed three other people as contributors, which is against Academy rules.
However, after reviewing the facts of the case, the Academy were satisfied that Howard and Zimmer were solely responsible for the actual music, and have reinstated the score for consideration by Academy members.
And quite right, too, for the score is one of the best of the year and deserves to be in contention.