In addition to “Tár,” Guðnadóttir also composed Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” for MGM/United Artists Releasing, which also received critical praise. If nominated for both entries, Guðnadóttir would be the first woman to receive two nominations for original score in the same year, a category that has often double-dipped for her male counterparts, most recently for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross .
Simply returning to the ceremony with one of her eligible films will put Guðnadóttir on a small list. She’d be the third woman to receive more than one nom for original score, after Angela Morley and Rachel Portman . Portman is the most-nominated woman with three nods and Guðnadóttir has a shot to tie that very record.artisan award for her work. “Tár” will screen at the New York Film Festival before it begins its limited theatrical run on Oct. 7.