AR Rahman up for two more Academy Awards

January 25, 2011 njaiyo 0 Comments

Music maestro AR Rahman has a chance to repeat his double win at the 2009 Academy Awards, feat this year winning two Oscar nominations for his music in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours. If I Rise, the 45-year-old singer-composer’s collaboration with British pop star Dido has been nominated in the Best Song category.

Rahman will also be competing for the Best Original Score trophy with John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon), Hans Zimmer (Inception), Alexandre Desplat (The King’s Speech) and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network).

The nominees in the Best Song category are Coming Home from Country Strong, I See the Light from Tangled and We Belong Together from Toy Story 3.