Although everyone knows that music sensation AR rahman won the oscar, let's see who he defeated to win the award. Musician AR Raghuman holds the distinction of being the first indian music composer to win an Oscar. He won an oscar for his music for the 2008 foreign film Slumdog Millionaire. And that's not one but two Oscars. One for Best Song and the other for Best Original Score won this oscar and he was amazing. After him, no indian music composer has won an oscar for the last 15 years, but keeravani won last year for RRR. keeravani got the honor of being the first music composer to win an oscar for an indian film, as AR Raghuman had won an oscar for composing music for the foreign film.
While it is a well-known fact that music director AR rahman won the oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, you will be surprised to know who beat him to win the award. In competition with AR rahman were Alexander Desbault, james Newton Howard, Danny Elman and Thomas Newman.
Alexander Desbault was nominated for the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He also composed music for movies like Harry Potter and Death Hallows. Similarly, james Newton Howard was nominated for the film Defiance. He is the music composer of Batman The Dark Knight.
Danny Elman, nominated for Milk, scored the score for Spider-Man. Finally, Thomas Newman was nominated for WALL-E. He is the music composer of shashank Redemption. By defeating so many big names, Oozipuyal has bagged the award for Best Background Music.
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