Ennio Morricone to receive Honorary Oscar at the 79^th Academy Awards ceremony presentation on February 25, 2007. The Italian composer who has composed more than 300 motion picture scores over a 45-year career and earned 5 Academy Award nominations for original music score : Days of Heaven by Terence Malick (1978), The Mission by Roland Joffé (1986), The Untouchables by Brian de Palma (1987), Bugsy by Barry Levinson (1991) and Malèna by Giuseppe Tornatore (2000) will be receiving his first Oscar.