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Ennio Morricone

Frequently used female voices as instruments blended with his lush orchestrations
Composed music for Sergio Leone's films
Heavy use of trumpets and classical guitar
Used very simple but effective musical themes

It's been felt by some that he was deprived of a possible Academy Award when the U.S. distributor of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America (1984) failed to file the paperwork so the score could be considered for nomination. This score is still regarded as one of his best.
Refused to move to Hollywood on several occasions, despite being offered a villa by a studio more than once.
Frequently uses Edda Dell'Orso to provide haunting wordless vocals on his film scores.
At age 87, Ennio Morricone became the oldest winner of a competitive Academy Award in 2016 (Best Original Score for The Hateful Eight (2015)), until just two years later, when James Ivory was the new oldest competitive award winner at age 89 in 2018 (Best Original Screenplay for Call Me by Your Name (2017)).
Did not win a competitive Oscar until over 55 years (from his first film score in 1960, until his 2016 win for The Hateful Eight (2015)) in the industry.

I'm not linked to one genre or another. I like to change, so there's no risk of getting bored. I enjoy all sorts of films and I don't consider myself a horror fan, although I do like Dario Argento's and John Carpenter's movies.
You can't save a bad movie with a good score.
I definitely felt that I should have won for The Mission (1986). Especially when you consider that the Oscar-winner that year was 'Round Midnight (1986), which was not an original score. It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces. So there could be no comparison with "The Mission". [2001]