Justice has been done..! Ennio Morricone finally has received the long awaited and deserved Oscar in the category Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score for his music for The Hateful Eight. The story: in the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

In the category Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song the Oscar went to Sam Smith and James Napier for their song "Writing's On The Wall" from the movie Spectre.