Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder did not receive Oscar nominations because their soundtracks were ruled ineligible.

The omissions were surprising but the rules were clear, contactmusic.com reports.

Greenwood could not have hoped for a nomination for the movie 'There Will Be Blood' because a large part of the soundtrack was not written for the film. It was mainly taken from Greenwood's composition 'Popcorn superhit receiver', which was commissioned by the BBC and also won him a British Composer Award in 2007.

Vedder's soundtrack for 'Into the Wild' directed by actor Sean Penn did not qualify because the score is too 'song-based.'