Daft Punk was probably the best part of that movie, and I hate how Swan Lake and Inception aren't going to be eligible for the Best Score Oscar. Seems a crying shame really.

Did they actually disqualify Zimmer? Cause I was pretty sure he wasn't in the initial list. The initial list said that Mansell (Black Swan), Burwell (True Grit), The Fighter and The Kids Are All Right were the ones disqualified. No mention of Inception.

Though there were some people talking about Inception getting disqualified due to it's use of that Edith Piaf song. However, I think they were talking like Inception included enough original music that that wouldn't stop it from being nominated. Kind of the same way The King's Speech is eligible despite using some classical music. The way the Academy judges is by what percentage of the score is original and how much of it is 'adapted'.