In reversal, Dark Knight score up for Oscar

The Dark Knight’s increasingly plausible Oscar hopes hit a snag in at least one category when the academy ruled that its score was ineligible for an award because five composers were credited, even though it was widely acknowledged to be primarily the work of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard.

It was what it was, but after another vote on the matter, the Academy has apparently decided to reverse its decision, and so the score will be eligible after all.

The decision effectively makes the haunting Knight score the front-runner for the award, unless an overwhelming favorite in all categories emerges before the show airs in February.

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