The editor of Playboy Germany has issued a lengthy statement condemning “deliberate falsifications” by a journalist in an article it published on Ennio Morricone. The article included supposed inflammatory comments by the Oscar-winning composer, including calling Quentin Tarantino a “cretin.” Morricone subsequently…

Playboy Germany has now acknowledged that the quotes the publication attributed to celebrated composer Ennio Morricone were “in part, reproduced incorrectly.” The German division of the Playboy brand has been caught in a storm the last few days following publication of an article in which Morricone is quoted as…

UPDATE: Ennio Morricone has issued a statement claiming that they got it all wrong in the Playboy Germany interview. He has issued the following statement: “It has come to my attention that Playboy Germany has come out with an article in which I have stated extremely negative comments about Tarantino and his films…

It’s the first legit win for the 87-year-old composer who was lauded in 2006 at the 79th Academy Awards with a career Oscar. The Hateful Eight marked Ennio Morricone’s sixth Oscar nom, his first in 16 years since 2000’s Malena. Prior to that, Morricone was nominated for Bugsy (1991), The Untouchables (1987), The Missio…

As we head into Oscar weekend, Quentin Tarantino and The Weinstein Co. will have something to celebrate as The Hateful Eight will pass $100M internationally by Sunday. The film, which bowed domestically Christmas Day in 70mm only and then released wide on Jan. 1, has grossed $53.5M stateside and this weekend opens in…

EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Weinstein, director? The Weinstein Company co-chairman indeed directed this video, as the concert pianist Lang Lang performed the music from Ennio Morricone’s Oscar-nominated music for The Hateful Eight. Weinstein directed footage of Lang Lang at the Rosewood Hotel in Beijing as both were there for…

Several 2016 Oscar contenders including Lady Gaga & Diane Warren, and Ennio Morricone, will be honored next week at the 11th annual Italia Film Festival. The week-long pre-Oscars showcase of the best of Italian culture happens February 21-27 in Los Angeles at the TLC Chinese 6 Theatres. Among the events featured in…

If there has been a more prolific composer in the history of movies than Ennio Morricone, I don’t know who it is. The Maestro, whose haunting score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight has landed him his sixth Oscar nomination as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics’ Choice awards, reportedly has been…

Back in December, The Weinstein Company hosted an event at Abbey Road Studios with The Hateful Eight director Quentin Tarantino and legendary composer Ennio Morricone, who conducted a special recording of his score for the film. Deadline was on the scene that day and came back with a fascinating interview. Now TWC has…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just released its list of 112 film scores eligible for the 2015 Best Original Score Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards. Among the big names vying for a nom are John Williams, Ennio Morrocone, Alexandre Desplat Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard and the late James Horner…

Catching one of cinema's masters is a rare treat; catching two at the same time is practically unheard of. But at London's famed Abbey Road Studios this week, director Quentin Tarantino joined composer Ennio Morricone, as the maestro conducted a special recording of the overture from Tarantino's new film, The Hateful E…

Oscar-nominated composer Ennio Morricone will be doing an original score for Quentin Tarantino’s new movie The Hateful Eight, Tarantino said today during the film’s panel at Comic-Con. It will be the first Western score for the prolific Morricone in 40 years and reunites the two after some harsh words were apparently…