Volker Bertelmann was honored with his first Academy Award for his score for Edward Berger’s Netflix World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front at tonight’s 95th Oscar ceremony. Bertelmann who also won his first BAFTA Award last month for his work on the movie has previously been Oscar-nominated for 2016’s Lion (co-scored with Dustin O’Halloran). Check out his acceptance speech after the jump. The other nominated composers in the Original Score category were Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin), John Williams (The Fabelmans) and Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
In the Original Song category, M.M. Keeravani (music) & Chandrabose (lyric) won their first Academy Award for the song Naatu Naatu from S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR.
