In times past, a composer may have received credit for creating the musicalsoundtrack for a movie even when he contributed little more than the theme.However, an uproar has now followed the decision of the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Science's decision to disqualify the score of The DarkKnight because credited composers James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmerwere unable to establish that they were directly responsible for more than70 percent of the music, a requirement of Academy rules. The two had listedthree others as composers on the official cue sheet, telling DailyVariety earlier this week that they did so in order to qualify them forroyalties. The Academy's music committee reportedly spent hours debating theissue, with several members arguing unsuccessfully that the score meritednomination notwithstanding the cue-sheet issue.
14/11/2008
