“In cases such as sequels and franchises of any medium, the score must use no more than 20% of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores in the franchise.” That is the rule established by the Oscar organization to explain the soundtrack disqualification they Hans Zimmer a Dune 2.
The legendary composer has not remained silent and has shown his total disagreement about the rules that have been in place since the Oscars. Through an interview with VarietyZimmer has detailed his opinion on the matter:
“I face an interesting problem, because a lot of music from the first film is present in the second. We are not a normal sequel. It is not like Pirates of the Caribbeanwhere you have a theme for Jack Sparrow that just comes back. This is different. Dune: Part 1 y Dune: Part 2 They're one story, so it wouldn't make sense to change the characters' themes. I knew what the last note of the second film would be before I wrote the first note of the first. “I had the whole arc in mind of how we would develop what we were going to do.”
The artist argues that it is very unfair that certain projects, given their narrative magnitude, have to be fragmented into several films and are conditioned in this way.
“They say I'm not eligible. It's like saying you shouldn't be allowed to use this form of storytelling. The Lord of the Rings also used this type of narrative. They had a book, a story that, due to its size and weight, they had to divide into three parts. We are dividing the first book into two parts.
Here's the thing: I'm not going to win an Oscar for the second part if I already won one for the first, right? But that's not the point. My point is that we must be careful with these rules, because what you are doing, deep down, is influencing the studio. The Oscars are important, and you're saying whether or not we can create art. You're saying we can't do that because they won't allow that art to be nominated. We should have the freedom to find ways to create whatever comes to us. “Denis did the right thing by dividing such a dense book into two parts.”
As Zimmer points out, he himself received the long-awaited award at the 2022 gala for his good work in the work of Denis Villeneuve. “When Denis decided to do Dune In two long parts, the audience stayed with us. But part of that is that you have to be able to develop your themes. You have to think about them and how to develop them for five hours. So don't tell me that makes me ineligible. “It's not about me, it's about the movie,” Zimmer claims.
He is not the only member of Dune 2 who is frankly against the decisions that come from within Hollywood. Josh Brolin has made it very clear that if Villeneuve is not nominated for best director, he will leave the world of acting. Let's hope we don't have to go to such an extreme.
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