Alexandre Desplat, one of the five composers vying in the Best Score category of the Oscars, won't be able to attend the Academy Awards ceremony due to a recent throat surgery.

A representative of the composer confirmed the news, reported variety.com. The French native, already a two-time Oscar winner -- for 2014's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and 2017's "The Shape of Water" -- is nominated this year for his Japanese-flavoured score for Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs".