Sunday night was Hollywood’s night to shine with the 2020 Academy Awards taking place in Los Angeles and was a big night for Joker. The Todd Phillips-directed film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, among them being a Best Original Score nod for Hildur Guðnadóttir. With Guðnadóttir having already taken home the British Academy Film Award, the Critics’ Choice Award, the Golden Globe Award, and more in comparable categories, Joker was a favorite to bring home the Oscar as well and indeed it did. Guðnadóttir’s haunting score for Joker won Best Original Score, beating out Alexandre Desplat for Little Women, Randy Newman for Marriage Story, Thomas Newman for 1917, and John Williams for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The honor is the first Academy Award for Guðnadóttir who previously spoke about how she crafted the music for Joker in Joker: Vision & Fury, a making-of documentary included as part of the Joker home release special features.

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