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 "I hope that this time there will be (Oscar victory),"
87-year-old Morricone told Reuters in an interview.
Morricone's previous Oscar bids include his work for "Bugsy" and
"The Untouchables", but it is perhaps his loss for his
critically-acclaimed "The Mission" score -- when Herbie Hancock
scooped the honor for "Round Midnight" -- that is the sorest.
"I am not certain it will happen so I am going there tranquil,
serene, hopeful that it goes well," said Morricone, who received
an Honorary Academy Award in 2007 for "his magnificent and
multifaceted contributions to the art of film music".
His "The Hateful Eight" work has already won a Golden Globe and
a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award
which he received in London on Tuesday after being unable to
make the official ceremony due to his tour commitments.
"This is something amazing, unexpected because in my type of
work, you don't think of the positive or negative consequences,"
Morricone said.
"In general there aren't negative ones. But sometimes there can
also be negative consequences, that is the film doesn't succeed
or people don't like the music. But this time, everything went
well, thank goodness. I am happy, amazed."
Before the Feb. 28 Oscars, Morricone will be honored with a star
on the Walk of Fame, with Tarantino among the guest speakers at
the ceremony on the famed Hollywood boulevard.
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Born in Rome in 1928, Morricone began his film music composer career
in 1961 with the Luciano Salce directed movie "Il Federale" and has
since scored more than 450 films.
Asked if a particular period in his career stood out, Morricone said
he had several preferred directors: "There are, but I won't say,
some whom I prefer, because it is not just one. I prefer to stay
quiet."
Morricone has had generations of movie fans humming his tunes from
his work on "A Fistful of Dollars" and "The Good, The Bad and The
Ugly" with director Sergio Leone.
At his London concert on Tuesday, it was those tracks, along with
other favorites from "Once Upon a Time in the West" that had the
audience whistling and clapping the loudest.
"It is difficult to explain it because sometimes all you need is an
idea that once developed becomes something," Morricone said when
asked about his composing protocol.
"Sometimes, there is no idea at all, one looks for something and at
the moment I least expect it, it comes to me. It comes, but I don't
know how, it is a mystery."
(Editing by Alexander Smith)
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