The Award, an Oscar? statuette, will be given to Morricone at the 79th Academy Awards? presentation on February 25, 2007, “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.”

　　Morricone has earned five Academy Award nominations for original score — for “Days of Heaven” (1978), “The Mission” (1986), “The Untouchables” (1987), “Bugsy” (1991) and “Malèna” (2000) — but has not previously received an Oscar.

　　“The board was responding not just to the remarkable number of scores that Mr. Morricone has produced,” said Academy President Sid Ganis, “but to the fact that so many of them are beloved and popular masterpieces.”

　　While the bulk of his work has been on Italian films, including “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “Once upon a Time in America” and “Cinema Paradiso,” Morricone has composed memorable scores for such international titles as “Bulworth,” “In the Line of Fire,” “La Cage aux Folles” and “Two Mules for Sister Sara.” His current project, “Leningrad,” has been announced for a 2008 release.

　　Born in Rome, Morricone was hired in 1964 by Sergio Leone and began a long collaboration with the director on what came to be known as “spaghetti westerns,” though his career has spanned most film genres from comedy to romance to horror.

　　Morricone’s Honorary Oscar will be presented, along with other Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006, on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center?. The Oscars? will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars.”(see here)

　　这座Oscar金像奖将在于2007年2月25日举行的第79届学院奖颁奖典礼上颁发给Morricone，“表彰他对电影音乐艺术的杰出贡献”（原文是for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music，如果直译应该是“表彰他对电影音乐艺术的杰出与多方面贡献”）。

　　Morricone曾5次获学院奖原创配乐奖提名，分别是“days of heaven”（《天堂的日子》，1978，51st），“The Mission”（《教会》/《传教》/《传教士》/《战火浮生》，1986，59th），“The Untouchables”（《铁面无私》，1987，60th），“Bugsy”（《巴格西》，1991，64th）和“Malèna”（《马莲娜》，2000，73rd），但始终未能获奖。

　　“颁发这个奖项并不只是因为Morricone先生所创作的电影音乐的惊人数量,”学院主席Sid Ganis说，“还因为这其中大多数都是受到大家普遍认同的杰作。”

　　他的大多数配乐作品都是为意大利电影而谱写的，其中包括“the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”（《善恶丑》/《黄金三镖客》/《独行侠决战地狱门》，1966），“once upon a time in America”（《美国往事》，1984）和“cinema Paradiso”（《天堂电影院》/《新天堂乐园》/《星光伴我心》，1989）等，同时Morricone还为许多其它国家的电影谱写了配乐，如“Bulworth”（《布尔渥斯》/《吹牛顾客》/《选举追缉令》，1998，美国），“in the line of fire”（《火线》/《火线狙击》/《火线大行动》，1993，美国），“la cage aux folles”（《一笼傻瓜》/《虚凤假凰》，1978，法国/意大利）和“two mules for sister Sara.”（《烈女镖客》，1970，美国/墨西哥）。他最近的作品是为影片“Leningrad”（《列宁格勒》）谱写配乐，该片将于2008年上映。

　　生于罗马的Morricone于1964年开始了与导演Sergio Leone的长期合作，他们共同将“spaghetti westerns”（通心粉西部片）推向高峰，并以此成名，他谱写配乐的作品也跨越了包括喜剧、爱情、恐怖等各种电影类型。

　　将颁发给Morricone的这座荣誉奖，将与其它用于表彰2006年杰出电影的学院奖一起，于2007年2月25日（星期日）在位于Hollywood & Highland Center（一般译为好莱坞高地中心，真难听……这里ALIEN保持原文）的Kodak（一般译为科达，听着像广告，所以ALIEN也保持原文）大剧院颁发。ABC（American broadcasting company，美国广播公司）电视网络将从太平洋标准时间（PST，这是美国太平洋沿岸等地采用的西八区时区的时间）17:00（EST，eastern standard time东部标准时间20:00）开始对其进行现场直播，首先将是名为“Oscar之路”（The Road to the Oscars）的时长半小时的红地毯走秀节目环节。(见此页)