Scorcese to receive Critics' Choice award

Scorcese to receive Critics' Choice award

Martin Scorcese

MUMBAI: Martin Scorcese has been named recepient of the second Music+Film Award by the Broadcast Film Critics‘ Association. The award will be presented to Scorcese at the Critics‘ Choice Movie Awards on January 12.

The award, according to a BFCA press release, "honours a single filmmaker who has touched audiences through cinematic storytelling, and has heightened the impact of films through the brilliant use of source and original music." The inaugural Music+Film Award was given to Quentin Tarantino.

Scorcese, whose latest film is Hugo, is known for his use of rock songs in films like Mean Streets, GoodFellas and The Departed. He has also directed a string of concert films and rock documentaries, from The Last Waltz and Shine A Light to documentaries like No Direction Home and George Harrison: Living In The Material World.

With a voting body of more than 250 television, radio and online critics, the show is known to be a reliable predictor of Academy Award winners.