Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score - 電影配樂

Academy disqualifies 'Dark' score
Music cue sheet lists five names as composers
By JON BURLINGAME

Posted: Wed., Nov. 12, 2008, 8:53pm PT

The score for "The Dark Knight" has been disqualified by the executive committee
of the Academy music branch.

Formal letters to that effect are expected to go out this week to composers
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, who collaborated on the music.

Their previous collaboration, on "Batman Begins," was similarly disqualified
in 2005.

Sources inside the committee said that the big issue was the fact that five
names were listed as composers on the music cue sheet, the official studio
document that specifies every piece of music (along with its duration and
copyright owner) in the film.

Zimmer said, in an interview with Variety prior to this week's Acad action,
that listing multiple names on the cue sheet was a way of financially rewarding
parts of the music team who helped make the overall work successful.
(Performing-rights societies like ASCAP and BMI use the cue sheet to distribute
royalties to composers.)

Zimmer, Howard and the other three individuals -- music editor Alex Gibson,
ambient music designer Mel Wesson and composer Lorne Balfe -- reportedly signed
an affidavit stating that the score was primarily the work of Zimmer and
Howard.

That apparently wasn't enough for the majority of the committee, which was also
supplied with documentation indicating that more than 60%, but less than 70%,
of the score was credited to Zimmer and Howard.

The "Dark Knight" score -- and the whole issue of multiple-composer
collaboration, which is on the rise in Hollywood these days -- has occupied
about four hours of discussion over the past two executive committee meetings.

Some members sided with Zimmer and Howard; citing the originality and
cutting-edge nature of the music, they urged others to keep the "Dark Knight"
score eligible despite the cue-sheet issue.

Both Zimmer and Howard declined comment on the ruling. Both are seven-time
nominees; Zimmer won for "The Lion King."

新聞連結：http://tinyurl.com/6zajdh

影藝學院音樂部門的執委會決議取消【黑暗騎士】配樂的入圍資格，HZ和苦命郎JNH本週
稍晚就會收到通知。(三年前開戰的配樂也以類似理由被拒於奧斯卡門外)

執委會內部消息來源指出，阿蝙再度中槍的關鍵在於：總共有五位作曲者的名字列在曲目
表(還會記載樂曲長度和版權所有者)上頭。

HZ稍早在接受綜藝日報訪問時表示，多列幾個名字在曲目表上的作法，可以讓真正有貢獻
的人得到應有的回饋(版稅)。

HZ、JNH、音樂剪輯師 Alex Gibson 、音效設計師 Mel Wesson 、配樂家 Lorne Balfe，
這五人據稱都簽下聲明書，表示這部電影的配樂主要為HZ和JNH兩人的創作。而且執委會
手中也握有文件，顯示有六到七成的音樂版權為HZ和JNH所有。

可是這樣做並無法說服大多數委員，執委會總共召開兩次會議、花費四小時商討該如何處
置，最後仍決議取消本片配樂角逐奧斯卡的資格。



按：影藝學院該修改遊戲規則了吧，明明把影子作曲家列出來才是正軌。

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