It has been confirmed by Variety that Hans Zimmer‘s score for “Dune: Part Two” has been officially disqualified for the Academy Awards, and will not be on the ballot for consideration.
In addition, the film’s score has been rendered not eligible for the BAFTA Awards as well which had its first round of voting on this week. The score remains eligible for Critics Choice and Golden Globe Awards.
Word broke back in October that the film may not be eligible for this year’s Oscars due to surpassing the Academy’s limit on pre-existing music.
Under the rule, which applies to 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.
Zimmer’s score incorporates substantial elements from his work on 2021’s first film, thus pushing it outside of the criteria for eligibility. At the time though the score had not been officially submitted so it wasn’t clear if it could make it.
Later, Warner Bros. did officially submitted Zimmer’s work hopeful it would meet the requirement. It doesn’t, and the Oscar shortlist voting period begins on Monday with the twenty shortlisted scores arriving on December 17th.
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