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- An Oscar at last for Ennio Morricone
(18 December 2006)After 5 Grammy nominations, with no wins, Italian Composer Ennio Morricone has now finally received his Oscar. On 25th February he will receive a honorary Oscar for his "magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."
In his carreer Morricone has composed over 500 TV and film score. Some famous film titles are: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966), "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), "The Mission" (1986), "The Untouchables" (1987), "Cinema Paradiso" (1988), and Lolita (1997).
[source: monstersandcritics.com]
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Ennio Morricone is most famous for his songs in western movies. He wrote the film score for "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly." Another famous movie, a terribly underrated movie, that he wrote the score for, recently, was "Mission to Mars"
(Contribution by <nrbaker
ukans.edu>)