<p>I personally found Ennio Morricone’s works more beautiful, inspiring, and original. La Califfa, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Budsy are some of my absolute favorites. But he never won an Oscar competitively and has been nominated only 5 times, whereas John Williams has won five times and has been nominated zillion times. I am not a musician, so I am interested in hearing from some of you, especially if you are knowledgeable and are musicians. Do you think Mr Morrcone’s nationality is a factor?</p>
<p>Not that I believe Oscars is a gold standard. I came from Hong Kong; so when I learned that The Departed won the Oscar, I found it ridiculous that the film it was adapted from (the majority of the plot was pretty much carbon copy), Infernal Affairs, didn’t even get nominated for Best Foreign Film. I read reviews and most that watched both preferred the original, despite the fact that some reviewers watched the original in subtitles. I definitely like the original much better. In general, how fair do you think of Oscars? </p>
<p>Also, some people (they seem to be musicians or music students) alleged that John Williams borrowed or even stole other people’s works. What’s your take on that? I googled if there’s similar allegation about Mr. Morricone and nothing came up.</p>