Hans Zimmer says ‘Dune: Part Two’ Oscars disqualification was “stupid”

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Hans Zimmer has called Dune: Part Two‘s disqualification from the Oscars‘ Best Original Score category “stupid”.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 “cases such as sequels and franchises from any media, the score must not use more than 20 per cent of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores in the franchise”.Opening up about the controversy on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Zimmer reflected: “You know something?

It’s not really a sore point. It’s just such a stupid point — how can it be a sore point?“I got disqualified because I was using material from the first movie in the second movie, but it’s not a sequel.

It is the completion… both movies are one arc.“So was I supposed to go and take all the character themes away and write new character themes and develop them?

It’s just a stupid rule,” he added. “What I didn’t want to do is go and bitch about it.”Director Denis Villeneuve said back in November that the score should have been eligible, while Zimmer noted at the time that “it’s called Dune: Part Two.