Film composer Ennio Morricone -- whose work in cinema spans more than half a century -- won the Academy Award for best original score during Sunday's ceremony in Hollywood.
Morricone received the nod for his work on director Quentin Tarantino's Western thriller "The Hateful Eight." Tarantino filmed much of the movie near Telluride (though it's actually set in Wyoming).
Watch footage of Morricone conducting an ominous excerpt from the score in the video above, which also contains some of the film's Rocky Mountain scenery.
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The 87-year-old Italian composer's previous scores include "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "The Mission." He received another Oscar, an honorary award for his body of film work, in 2007.
Other nominated composers on Sunday included Thomas Newman, who scored Steven Spielberg's thriller "Bridge of Spies," and John Williams, who composed the music for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
