Whereas Dune: Half Two’s rating has been disqualified for Oscar consideration, it received Hans Zimmer his fifth Grammy.
Regardless of beforehand being deemed ineligible by the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration, Hans Zimmer’s Dune: Half Two rating managed a formidable win on the Grammy Awards. Zimmer wound up taking residence the Finest Rating Soundtrack for a Visible Medium award. It marks his fifth Grammy win and his first since profitable (with James Newton Howard) for The Darkish Knight in 2009. Zimmer wasn’t there to just accept the award however was additionally up for Finest Track Written for a Visible Medium for his tune “Love Will Survive” from the Peacock restricted collection, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
The win marks one thing of an “I told you so” to the Academy, with the choice to omit Zimmer’s acclaimed rating from Oscar consideration extensively mocked. They reasoned that the movie contained too small of a brand new rating to current themes ratio because of the film repurposing themes and motifs from the primary movie. As per the rule, “In cases such as sequels and franchises from any media, the score must not use more than 20% of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores in the franchise.”
Director Denis Villeneuve slammed the exclusion, stating, “I am absolutely against the decision of the Academy to exclude Hans, frankly, because I feel like his score is one of the best scores of the year…I don’t use the word genius often, but Hans is one…I’m not here to complain. The soundtrack is really a continuity of Part One.”
We’ll be again tomorrow with a full rundown of all of the Grammy Winners for the night.
