In 1988 Morricone started an ongoing and very successful collaboration with Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore . His first score for Tornatore was for the drama film '' Cinema Paradiso '' . The international version of the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and the 1989 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar . Morricone received a BAFTA award with his son Andrea , and a David di Donatello for his score . In 2002 , the director 's cut 173-minute version was released ( known in the U.S. as '' Cinema Paradiso : The New Version '' )
1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Ennio Morricone