2009 Academy Awards – Music (Original Score) Winner
![Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman
A Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
2009 Academy Awards – Music (Original Score) Nominees
![Defiance James Newton Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/defiance-edward-zwick-image.jpg)
Defiance
James Newton Howard
![Milk Danny Elfman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/milk-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Milk
Danny Elfman
![The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Alexandre Desplat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Alexandre Desplat
![WALL·E Thomas Newman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wall·e-andrzej-wajda-image.jpg)