Johnny Marr’s collaboration with composer Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack to the film Inception directed by Christopher Nolan, has been nominated for an Oscar in the Music, Original Score category. Nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. Other films nominated for their score are, “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Inception has been nominated for eight Oscars.
The video of Johnny and Hans Zimmer performing a special concert backed by a 20-piece orchestra at the Los Angeles premiere of Inception, at El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard can be seen Here