AR Rahman wins Golden Globe nomination for `127 Hours`

Los Angeles, Dec 14 (PTI) Oscar winning Indian
musician AR Rahman is in the race to win his second Golden
Globe after being nominated in the Best Original Score
category for his music in the Danny Boyle directed film '127
Hours' Tuesday.
The 44-year-old singer-composer had won his first
Golden Globe in 2009 in the same category for 'Slumdog
Millionaire', the Mumbai based potboiler which was again
directed by British filmmaker Boyle.
Rahman's music in the film, starring James Franco as
real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, who cut off his arm
to escape from beneath a boulder after being trapped for more
than five days, had received good reviews for it's "haunting
tracks" and "wonderful crescendos."
The soundtrack includes 'If I Rise', a collaboration
between Rahman and American popstar Dido.
The nominations to the coveted award were announced
here Tuesday and Rahman's competition includes Alexandre
Desplat who was nominated for 'The King's Speech', Danny
Elfman who was nominated for 'Alice in Wonderland', Trent
Reznor and Atticus Ross who were jointly nominated for 'The
Social Network' and Hans Zimmer who won a nod for his score in
'Inception'.
The musician, known as the 'Mozart of Madras' had won
two Oscars for his score in 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the 2009
Oscars, taking the film's total haul to eight.
His song 'Na Na' from his Hollywood debut venture
'Couple's Retreat', was longlisted in the 'Best Original Song'
category at the 2010 Oscars but failed to win a nomination.
Rahman, who was honoured with a Padma Bhushan award
this year, had enjoyed a golden run at the 52nd Grammy Awards,
where he had again bagged two gramophones for his music in the
'Slumdog Millionaire'.