Hildur Guðnadóttir has been busy making history. The composer of the Joker soundtrack took home the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score this week, making her the fourth woman composer to win overall and the first to win for a dramatic score.
10.02.2020 - 06:56 / pitchfork.com
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score. The Icelandic composer took home the trophy for her work Joker, which previously netted her the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. She won the Academy Award over John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Randy Newman (Marriage Story), and Thomas Newman (1917).
Hildur is the seventh woman in Oscars history to be nominated for Best Original Score and only the fourth ever to win in the
Hildur Guðnadóttir has been busy making history. The composer of the Joker soundtrack took home the 2020 Oscar for Best Original Score this week, making her the fourth woman composer to win overall and the first to win for a dramatic score.
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Joker's Hildur Gudnadóttir won the Oscar for best original score at Sunday night's Academy Awards. The Icelandic musician and composer is the first woman to win for a dramatic composition.Rachel Portman and Anne Dudley previously won for best original musical or comedy score.
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