Despite the fact that Morricone had produced some of the most popular and widely imitated film music ever written throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Days of Heaven earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score, with his score up against Jerry Goldsmith's The Boys from Brazil, Dave Grusin's Heaven Can Wait, Giorgio Moroder's Midnight Express (the eventual winner), and John Williams's Superman: The Movie at the Oscar ceremonies in 1979.
Despite the fact that Morricone had produced some of the most popular and widely imitated film music ever written throughout the 1960s and 1970s Days of Heaven earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score with his score up against Jerry Goldsmith's The Boys from Brazil Dave Grusin's Heaven Can Wait Giorgio Moroder's Midnight Express (the eventual winner) and John Williams's Superman The Movie at the Oscar ceremonies in 1979