Ennio Morricone Articles

2008 Nastri d’Argento National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2008 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008 2008 Nastri d’Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008 (“*” denotes the winner in each category)   Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead   Best Director Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo Daniele LUCHETTI [...]

Oscar 2007: Best Cinematography, Music Achievement in makeup Apocalypto (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Click (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso * Pan’s Labyrinth (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe Best documentary short subject * The Blood of Yingzhou District A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon Recycled Life An Iwerks/Glad Production Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad Rehearsing [...]

Over his 45-year career, prolific composer-conductor Ennio Morricone has created more than 500 scores for both films and television — including my all-time favorite movie score, the Once Upon a Time in the West ballad. He will finally be given his Oscar due on February 25, 2007, when he’ll be picking up an Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to film art. More than a [...]