If you were hovering like a ‘thopter, waiting for the inevitable arrival of a Hans Zimmer epic in the nominations for Best ...

Part Two score being deemed ineligible for the 2025 Oscars. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the movie garnered mass attention ...

Academy rules state a film’s score ‘must not use more than 20% of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores ...

Zimmer took home an Academy Award for 2021's Dune, but was unable to repeat his success for 2024's Dune: Part Two.

Hans Zimmer opened up about the Academy disqualification of his Dune: Part Two score for Oscars consideration ... for an ...

The composer’s work on last year’s sequel was ruled ineligible for this year’s Academy Awards due to its use of elements of music from the first Dune film. Academy rules state that in ...

The organization awarded its top three honors — feature dialogue/ADR editing, feature effects/Foley and feature music editing — to Saturday Night, Dune: Part Two and Wicked, respectively.

“It’s called Dune: Part Two, not Dune 2” Zimmer and Villeneuve had both argued last year that Dune: Part Two shouldn’t be considered a sequel but rather more a continuation of the first film. “It’s ...

For sequels and franchises, the score cannot use more than 20% of the pre-existing themes and music from previous installments. Zimmer’s comments come after Dune: Part Two helmer Denis ...