I didn't get a chance to watch much of the Academy Awards this year (and as a matter of fact, they are still on), but one segment of the show I made sure to watch. The Lifetime Achievement Oscar was given this year to a film composer, that in my opinion, ranks among the best. His name is Ennio Morricone. He has composed film scores to hundreds of movies - 506, to be exact (according to imdb.com)! Holy cow, that is a lot of movies.
He has composed some very familiar scores - who can forget the score from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, with the whistle? And who can forget the score for The Untouchables, especially the scene with the baby carriage falling down the stairs? However, the movie that is my favorite of his is the movie called The Mission. This movie is in my top ten of all time movies, and I absolutely love the sweeping score that he composed for this movie. Complete with tribal sounds and choirs, this is a soundtrack that everyone in my opinion must have. And if you haven't seen the movie, rent it. It stars Robert DeNiro and Jeremy Irons (with early acting roles by Aidan Quinn and Liam Neeson), and is about Jesuit missionaries who convert a South American tribe to Christ. It's extemely powerful and will leave you speechless at the end.
So, cheers to Ennio Morricone - you deserve the Oscar.
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