Well, as one of the biggest fans of the film scores I have to mention the ceremony of Oscars 2016 because my favourite musician Ennio Morricone has won the Best Original Score Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. To be honest I haven't seen this film yet however I know the soundtrack well enough to express my opinion.
First of all this is a very specific music, characteristic of Ennio Morricone's style. As you probably know, the 87-old composer is noted for the soundtracks of westerns (for exemple : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly or Once Upon of time in the West). You can hear the similar sounds in this score which prouve that he returned to the roots. This soundtrack is moody and tension-building but I think that describing this kind of music is a little bit pointless because there is no words to express the real character of this composition. You have to listen to it! :)
In the beginning Morricone refused to collaborate again with Tarantino but ultimalety he changed his mind and agreed to score the Hateful Eight. Furthermore, he admited that he has a great respect for Tarantino and he is glad that this director chooses his music. It is worth mentioning that this movie is the first Western which Morricone has scored since 1981. Obviously this isn't the first Ennio Morricone's Oscar, he was lauded in 2006 with a career Oscar.
In february he gave also a concert at Hala Stulecia in Wrocław (the European Capital of Culture) but infortunately I couldn't be there... I regret it very much but I hope that he will come back to Poland as soon as possible!
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