Hans Zimmer on ‘Dune: Part Two’ Academy disqualification
Hans Zimmer calls it “stupid”.
The director isn’t shedding sleep over the Academy’s choice to disqualify his Dune: Half Two rating from Oscars consideration—however that doesn’t imply he thinks it makes any sense.
The legendary composer just lately sat down with Josh Horowitz on the Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused podcast, the place he shared his ideas on the controversial ruling.
“You know something? It’s not really a sore point,” Zimmer stated. “It’s just such a stupid point — how can it be a sore point?”
Zimmer, who has two Academy Awards underneath his belt, was dominated ineligible after an unbiased assessment decided that his rating for Dune: Half Two included an excessive amount of materials from the primary movie.
Academy pointers state that an authentic rating should comprise a minimum of 35% of a movie’s complete music, and for sequels, not more than 20% of the music can come from earlier installments.
However Zimmer isn’t shopping for that logic.
“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,” he defined.
“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.”
Whereas the ruling might have annoyed Dune followers, Zimmer made it clear he’s not dwelling on it. “What I didn’t want to do is go and b*tch about it,” he added.
Zimmer’s feedback echo these of Dune: Half Two director Denis Villeneuve, who beforehand criticized the Academy’s choice.
Talking forward of the 97th Oscars, Villeneuve voiced his help for the composer.
“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,” he stated, including, “I don’t use the word genius often, but Hans is one.”
Regardless of the controversy, Zimmer’s Dune compositions have already cemented their place in cinematic historical past—even when the Academy didn’t give Half Two a shot.