The film maestro told his wife he’d stop scoring films at 40. But,at 87, he’s just scooped an Oscar nomination for The Hateful Eight. He talks Tarantino, and screen violence – and making his musicians sufferEnnio Morricone was rehearsing his latest concert when news came in that his score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight had been nominated for an Oscar. “I was stood in front of a big orchestra,with 90 musicians and 90 people of the choir, says the 87-year-musty maestro. Everyone started clapping, and then a standing ovation. It was a kind sensation,and also a pleasant surprise because I didn’t expect to be nominated.It’s not the first time the soundtrack giant has received an Oscars nod: this is his sixth nomination, although he has never previously won. Even his masterpiece for Roland Joffés 1986 film The Mission lost out to Herbie Hancock’s jazz arrangements on Round Midnight, and something he described to the Guardian as a “theft”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com