Nov 13, 2008 by Mushy

The Dark Knight Score DQ'd from Academy Awards Contention

In a story from Variety, it seems that the score for The Dark Knight will not be able to compete for an Academy Award.

The score was taken out of contention "by the executive committee of the Academy music branch."

Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are expected to officially find out the bad news within the week.

It turns out that there were "five names" saying that they were composers on the music cue sheet which is too many for the Academy apparently. Even with fellow composers Alex Gibson, Mel Wesson and Lorne Balfe signing an affidavit that "the score was primarily the work of Zimmer and Howard" that wasn't enough for the Academy and the score was disqualified.

The Dark Knight was released July 18th, 2008 and stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (57)

  1. knobie09

    and only YOU disagree!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  2. knobie09

    no need for it,from you at least.

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  3. THE JOKER

    why because so far everything youve said ive disagreed on. wel if everything you have said was actually true or made any sense i might give you a chance

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  4. knobie09

    you're hopeless.

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  5. THE JOKER

    why yes THE JOKER is here. see you spelled that wrong too. Damn you cant read

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  6. knobie09

    THE JOKE,i spelled it right this time!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  7. knobie09

    jerko the rotten,long time. and the joke,you're here as well?

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  8. THE JOKER

    agreed. i hate to back down from a good battle tho.

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  9. The Narrator: The Better Man

    knobie09 just wants attention and I think we should stop giving it to him.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  10. THE JOKER

    i have to disagree with what you said about Ledger being the only oscar worthy thing in the movie. The score was great and most of us think so. It deserved a win. Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine were stellar as they are in all of their roles. Aaron Eckhart did a great job with his transitions from Harvey Dent then to Two-Face. Bale does a both a great Bruce Wayne and a great Batman in the same film, which is something people who portayed Batman before really struggled with before. The visual effects were off the charts. The Hospital blowing up, the flipping of the truck, Batman soaring through the skies. That was definitely worth an oscar. Christopher Nolan had a great eye for the movie and put together a masterpiece and he should be in the running for best director as well

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  11. knobie09

    my apologies- it still "IS" cool!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  12. knobie09

    it's allan moore's joker. bob kane's joker was nickolson,and it's still cool.

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  13. knobie09

    to pipebomb:FINALLY!!! someone sees the light!!! ledger's performance is THE ONLY REASON T.D.K. is the blockbuster that is today!!! if he wins,he earned it. if not,no biggee. what matters is that someone finally portrayed the joker just as voilent as it appears on allan moore's "the killing joke".

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  14. JonSpidey07

    that's a real shame
    the score is what gives these movies it's pizazz

    3 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag

  15. T.Clark

    To Knobie: I KNOW your were congratulating the academy, you prick.

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  16. PypeBomb Pictures

    Who gives a sh*t anyways? I don't remember the score knocking me back in my seat, and me saying "WOW! I'm gonna run out and buy this soundtrack." Sh*t, in my opinion the only thing TDK should receive an academy nod for would be 'Best Supporting Actor' for Heath's performance. After the 2nd & 3rd viewing the rest of the cast seemend very weak in terms of their performances. Bale's cookie-monster bat voice is f*cking retarded as all hell.

    So...at the end of the day all you got is a decent action flick set in the DC universe. I wouldn't be suprised if the academy passed it over entirely.

    3 years agoby @pypebomb-picturesFlag

  17. Oli

    It shouldn't matter how many composers helped with the score. As long as the whole thing is OSCAR-WORTHY, right?

    3 years agoby @reviloleeFlag

  18. knobie09

    vis... no,my congratulations are for the academy awards executives,they do an admirable job,you never do. so don't flatter yourself!!!

    3 years agoby @knobie09Flag

  19. THE JOKER

    HA VERY TRUE DIAIGMA LOL

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  20. Diaigma

    Wow...first I've ever heard of this...
    I guess they're afraid that TDK will get nominated for everything...as it should!

    3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag

  21. Structure (ONSTRA)

    F*CK THE ACADEMY AWARDS. SUCK MY DICKKK.

    3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag

  22. Ch-ch-ch-chia

    F*ck the executive committee! What the f*ck do they know, old motherf*ckers.

    3 years agoby @daftshadowFlag

  23. The Narrator: The Better Man

    F*cking f*cktards! This is Bullsh*t!!!
    If this isn't made3 up for by a Best pic, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and best supporting actor, I am going to slash some throats.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  24. Kaya Savas

    The Academy is stupid for not allowing co-compositions. As a Zimmer maniac I've come to accept disappointment when it comes to his work's recognition. Gladiator should have won as well as The Thin Red Line.

    The Academy changed the rules after the score for The Color Purple won in which six composers got Oscars for their work on the film. I just don't understand who they think they are to decide how a film should be made. Filmmaking is all about collaboration; that's how Hans learned and that's how he teaches. He's said numerous times as modest as he is that he doesn't make scores for awards, but it would be nice to see him get the recognition he deserves.

    I'm hoping his score for Frost/Nixon will get him his first nomination since 2000 for Gladiator.

    3 years agoby @kayaFlag

  25. THE JOKER

    And being a very committed Zimmer fan i know how he works. Someone could just give an idea of whAT THEY THINK could go in different places. If he likes it will put it in and give them writing credit even though they actually wrote nothing. Ex: Lisa Gerrard in Gladiator. So with that being said its really bullsh*t cuz thats prolly all it was with the credit being given. The score wins the oscar in our hearts. PLus im sure Zimmer wont be too depressed tho cuz he legititmally cares more about making sure a film's score is the absolute best it can be rather than just going for awards all the time

    3 years agoby @mcleve02Flag

  26. Chad Vital

    sorry i forgot to insert "all of their agents; just for a movie"

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  27. Chad Vital

    well this doesn't make sense at all. That's like DQing every movie becuase hundreds of people work on it. Well duh. You have to have musicians and song writers to make songs, you have to have actors, directors, casting directors, producers, tech guys & crew, AND ALL OF THEIR AGENTS. That's a lot of people. So why should credit be due just to one director, one actor, or one composer?

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  28. MovieBuff

    The Dec 21, 2012 cataclystic event in the Mayan calendar is HORSESH*T.... but THIS? This is flat out BULLSH*T!!!! Who gives a crap if 1 or 20 men get credited for the score??? Stupid! Just plain STUPID!

    3 years agoby @moviebuff123Flag

  29. The Dark Knight

    F*CKING EEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag

  30. Frenzy2001

    I don't care if 97 people composed it. If it's clearly a better score than the others it should win, and if it's not better it shouldn't.

    I don't see the Academy DQing movies that are "Produced by 20th Century Fox, in conjunction with Dreamworks Entertainment, anlong with Mandalay Pictures & Paramount Entertainment. Also accompanied by Viz Media... blah blah blah"... you get the point.

    3 years agoby @frenzy2001Flag

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