(11 January 2016) At the age of 87, Ennio Morricone won his third Golden Globe, for his work on the score of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film “The Hateful Eight.” Tarantino picked up the prize for the Italian composer: “Wow – said the director – as far as I’m concerned Ennio Morricone is my favorite composer. And I don’t mean movie composer, I’m talking about Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert”. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi called the Maestro to congratulate him on the win while on Twitter he commented: “Maestro Morricone is a certainty. A reason to be proud of Italy”. Also on Twitter, the Minister of Culture and Tourism Dario Franceschini congratulated the Italian composer: “Third Golden Globe for EnnioMorricone. A giant that has made Italy, Italian music and cinema in the world”. “Congratulations Maestro! – wrote on Facebook the Dante Alighieri Society – the Italian maestro, composer of hundreds of soundtracks wins the prize of the Hollywood Foreign Press. ” (Red)
