Topic: AWARDS
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Oscar raceBasque composer Alberto Iglesias was selected Tuesday 22 JAN 2008, among the nominees to the Oscar Awards for the best Original Score for the original score of Marc Foster's The Kite Runner. This nomination come on top of the nomination for the 2006 Oscar awards for the original score for The Constant Gardener. Based on Khaled Hosseini's literary work and directed by Marc Forster, The kite runner tells the story of Amir, who returns to his homeland in Afghanistan after spending years in California to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble. Fellow nominees of Iglesias were Dario Marianelli for Atonement; James Newton Howard, for Michael Clayton; Michael Giacchino, for Ratatouille; and Marco Beltrami por 3:10 to Yuma. Alberto Iglesias's work was also nominated for the Golden Globes and the Bafta.
Updated: Tuesday, 22 January 2008 5:20 PM EST
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