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Oscars 2020: Hildur Guðnadóttir becomes fourth woman to win Best Original Score for Joker

Hildur Gudnadottir accepts the Oscar for Best Original Score for "Joker" at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood: REUTERS
Hildur Gudnadottir accepts the Oscar for Best Original Score for "Joker" at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood: REUTERS

Iceland composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has become the fourth woman to win the Best Original Score Oscar, for her work on Todd Phillips' Joker.

Guðnadóttir, who also won the Original Score prizes at the Baftas and Golden Globes, said it had been "an honour" to get to know the work of the other nominees.

"A film composer is only as creative as the dialogue with the director," she said. "Todd Phillips was so generous to invite me on this journey."

She continued: "My family, my beautiful family are here with me tonight, my incredible husband Sam – my other set of ears; to my mother and my son..."

She concluded: "To the women, to the mothers, to the daughters, who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up. We need to hear your voices."

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