Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

DEFIANCE

DEFIANCE

James Newton Howard
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ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the eighth Academy Award nomination for James Newton Howard. He was previously nominated for:

  • MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) -- Nominee, Music (Original Score)
  • THE VILLAGE (2004) -- Nominee, Music (Original Score)
  • MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997) -- Nominee, Music (Original Musical or Comedy Score)
  • ONE FINE DAY (1996) -- Nominee, Music (Original Song)
  • JUNIOR (1994) -- Nominee, Music (Original Song)
  • THE FUGITIVE (1993) -- Nominee, Music (Original Score)
  • THE PRINCE OF TIDES (1991) -- Nominee, Music (Original Score)

FILM SYNOPSIS

In Nazi-occupied Belorussia, three Jewish brothers form a resistance group in the region's heavily-forested countryside. As the Bielski brothers continue their determined refusal to give in to their country's conquerors, they are joined by growing numbers of people seeking refuge in the woods from the horrors of the Nazi regime.

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