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The legendary composer Ennio Morricone is finally a competitive Oscar winner.
The Italian born Morricone won best original soundtrack at the Academy Awards on Sunday night for his work in Quentin Tarantino western epic The Eight odious.
The 87-year-old composer was nominated five times before this year, marking its first award as Days of Heaven. His other nominations came for The Mission, The Untouchables, Bugsy and Malena. Morricone was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 2007 ceremony.
Morricone received a standing ovation from the audience, before giving his speech in Italian. "Thanks to the Academy for this prestigious honor," he said through an interpreter. Morricone gave special mention to his fellow nominee John Williams, before thanking Tarantino for giving her the opportunity.
Born in Rome, Morricone rose to fame thanks to his 1960 execution scores Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns (the theme of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly remains one of the most recognizable in movie history).
Tarantino has often been used Morricone's music in his films, but this is the first time that the director had commissioned a score for one of its projects. Upon entering the ceremony, it was expected that he would win Morricone. "He will win," The odious Eight producer Harvey Weinstein said Friday. "I just want to thank the teacher for so many hours of incredible fun, so many hours of education. And Sunday night going to rock the house!
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