He won over works by Jonny Greenwood, Nicholas Britell, Germaine Franco, and Alberto Iglesias
Hans Zimmer won the award for Best Original Score at the 2022 Oscars tonight. His work on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune remake beat out scores by Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog), Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up), Germaine Franco (Encanto), and Alberto Iglesias (Parallel Mothers).
Zimmer won Best Original Score for The Lion King back at the 1995 Academy Awards. Since then, he’s been nominated in the category nine times for his work on Gladiator, As Good as It Gets, Dunkirk, and more.
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