Oscars 2016: Ennio Morricone Wins Best Original Score for The Hateful Eight
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Ennio Morricone has won the 2016 Best Original Score Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Morricone beat John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Carter Burwell (Carol), Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario), and Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies) for the Oscar. During his acceptance speech, he thanked Tarantino for making the film and specifically expressed his admiration for fellow nominee Williams.
Morricone was previously nominated for Days of Heaven, The Mission, The Untouchables, Bugsy, and Malèna. (In 2006, he won an honorary Oscar.) Morricone recently won the Best Original Score Golden Globe for The Hateful Eight.
Listen to The Hateful Eight‘s opening track “L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock – Versione Integrale” and watch the trailer below.
Read “What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars” on the Pitch.
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