Mission Inspired Ennio

Ennio Morricone, the famous composer who wrote the musical score for many films, at age 78 has received a long- awaited Academy Award.This year he received an Honorary Oscar for his whole career. Among all the scores he has composed, he is particularly attached to the music he created for The Mission, the well received film about the Jesuits inParaguay. Back in 1987 he was a contender for the Oscar for original score, and in a recent interview with Vatican Radio he expressed his disappointment for not having received it. He said that, in his opinion,The Mission was the most beautiful music he had ever composed. When asked why he said: "Perhaps itis due to thedeep empathy I felt with the joint sacrifice of the Jesuits and Indios…This communion between Jesuits and Indios impressed me profoundly".