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The 78-years old world famous composer of Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso has been nominated many times this far but has never won an Oscar. This time he is going to receive a honorary Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony on 25th of February 2007.

Ennio Moriccone was born in Rome and has built a respectful 45-years career, during which composed the music for more than 300 scores, among which the renowned Malena, The Mission and Bugsy. He became most famous with the Sergio Leone’s westerns, such as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”.

Despite his age, the composer is still active. He is working on his next score for the film Leningrad, which is going to release in 2008. It is about the siege of the city by the Germans during the World War II.