The composer Volker Bertelmann of “All Quiet On The Western Front” thanks the cast and crew for the award of the first Oscar

German musician Volker Bertelmann eliminated the competition for his first Oscar for the Netflix war epic on Sunday No news from the western front.

Mindy Kaling and John Cho presented the award to Bertelmann, who thanked him All quiet Colleagues.

“I want to thank the cast and crew for their amazing craftsmanship and Netflix for their tremendous support and my fellow nominees,” Bertelmann said as he accepted the award.

This year’s nomination is Bertelmann’s second Oscar nomination. He was last nominated for his music work Lion (2017), with Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara. He shared the nomination with fellow composer Dustin O’Halloran.

Bertelmann’s victory was nothing new in the West Fourth win of the night. The German-language film is in the running for nine Oscars, including best picture, best director and international film. The film was aired on International Feature earlier in the evening.

Directed by filmmaker Edward Berger, the film is a reinterpretation of the classic 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque. The film tells the story of a young German soldier, played by Felix Kammerer, on the Western Front of the First World War who learns how the initial euphoria of war in the fight for his life turns into despair and fear. The picture debuted at TIFF. Daniel Brühl, Sebastian Hülk, Albrecht Schuch and Anton von Lucke will be there.

All quiet is the fourth collaboration between Bertelmann and Berger after the TV series 2020 Your Honorable. Today’s win also marks the second year in a row that the Original Score Oscar has gone to Germany after Hans Zimmer won for his work last year. dune.

The category was rounded out by Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Carter Burwell (The Banshees by Inisherin), son Lux (Everything everywhere at once) and John Williams (The Fables).