Ennio Morricone to receive honorary Oscar | Morrissey

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Ennio working on the Morrissey album (VIA)


The 79th annual Academy Awards nominations have been announced. Composer Ennio Morricone is receiving an honorary award. The man has composed 528 movie soundtracks. Of those 528, he's been nominated 5 times for Malena, Bugsy, The Untouchables, The Mission and Days of Heaven. He never won, so it's nice to see him get something.

Mr. Morricone's other credits include a string arrangement contribution to Morrissey's newest album Ringleader of the Tormenters, and it's rumored that Morrissey might get up and sing something at 78-year old Ennio's upcoming North American debut - at Radio City Music Hall....not that Ennio needs Morrissey to make the night any more special - he'll already be joined by a 200 member orchestra and choir.

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Morrissey is also rumored to be playing SXSW (again).

Pan's Labyrinth is up for six Oscars including 'Best Foreign Language film' and "original score'. Dreamgirls is up for eight, though three of them are in the "best original song" category (which means they're really only for six I guess?). I liked both of those movies a lot.