Altering financing of movie music

LOS ANGELES - "The King's Speech" collected an impressive 12 Academy Award nominations. It might not have without help from a British entrepreneur who has planted his business at the tricky intersection of film and music.

In an unconventional deal that may promise a revival in film music, the Cutting Edge Group, based in London, and its chief executive, Philip Moross, effectively bought the musical portion of "The King's Speech" months ago.

The investment then enabled the film's producers to hire Alexandre Desplat, the award-winning French composer whose score was among its nominations, and recruit the London Philharmonic Orchestra to record works that would otherwise have been performed by a small ensemble.