The Academy announced on Friday 114 film scores that are eligible for Academy Awards, but two of the most music-driven films of the year are not on the list.
Alejandro Inarritu’s “Birdman,” which is powered by a drum score augmented with classical selections, did not make the list of eligible scores, presumably because its original music played alongside too much pre-existing material. And “Whiplash,” Damien Chazelle‘s drama about life in a music school, also relied too heavily on existing jazz standards to qualify.
Among the scores that did qualify are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ for “Gone Girl,” Danny Elfman‘s “Big Eyes,” Alexandre Desplat’s “The Imitation Game,” Jonny Greenwood’s “Inherent Vice,” Hans Zimmer’s “Interstellar” and Jóhann Jóhannsson”The Theory of Everything.”