Ennio Morricone to Receive Oscar
Italian Film Composer To Be Given Honorary Academy Award
At long last, Ennio Morricone will be awarded recognition for his remarkable contribution to the sound of film.
Italian composer Ennio Morricone is scheduled to receive an honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards this coming February. Though nominated five times for original score, this will be Morricone's first Oscar.
The composer's score for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, with its electric guitars and whistling, set the sound for a number of later Western films. Morricone's other notable film scores include Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991) and Malena (2000).
