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A promotional image from Dune: Part Two, whose Hans Zimmer score was ruled ineligible for the Oscars over the Academy's pre-existing-music rule.

Why the Oscars Banned Hans Zimmer's Dune: Part Two Score

An Academy rule aimed at recycled themes has quietly disqualified some of the best-reviewed film scores of the last two decades, Hans Zimmer's Dune: Part Two among them.

Culture  · 12 Sep 2026, 09:25  · Maya Calder