Officials at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have repealed a decision with regard to the original score of this summer’s blockbuster “The Dark Knight” and reckoned the score eligible for an Academy Award in the original score category.

The Music Branch Executive Committee of the Academy initially disqualified the score on November 10, claiming that the music cue sheet included the names of too many composers. The Academy usually takes into account only scores that represent the result of the work of one or two composers at most.

The list of composers that contributed to the creation of “The Dark Knight” score included the names of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard and featured the listing of a music editor, a sound designer and an arranger as well, in an attempt to give credit to all the people that had worked on the immense project.

Therefore, after analyzing the submission and other information one more time, officials at the Academy came to the conclusion that the score had only two major composers, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, and decided to deem it as eligible for an Oscar.

The Academy explained that the voting process would not be affected by the incident, as neither nomination ballots nor lists of eligible scores had been distributed.

Warner Bros.’ “The Dark Knight” stands out as a possible contender for Academy Award prizes in other categories as well, since both Christopher Nolan’s directing and Heath Ledger’s performance won critical acclaim and rave reviews.

The movie registered the second-best domestic gross total of all times, behind only “Titanic.”