Celine Dion performs at Caesars Palace hotel-casino in Las Vegas in this April 30, 2006 file photo. Dion will unveil her new song, 'I Knew I Loved You,' during a tribute to composer Ennio Morricone at this year's Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. The Oscars are Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Celine Dion will unveil her new song, "I knew I loved you," during a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone at this year's Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Wednesday.

Morricone, who will receive an honorary Oscar at the Feb. 25 awards,orchestratedthe song for 1984's "Once Upon a Time in America," directed by Sergio Leone.

Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman wanted to write lyrics for the song, but the film's producers felt none were needed. The Bergmans got their chance with Dion's version.

Morricone, 78, has receivedoriginal scoreOscar nominationsfor "Days of Heaven," "The Mission," "The Untouchables," "Bugsy" and "Malena."

The new rendition of "I knew I loved you," produced by Quincy Jones, will appear on Morricone's upcoming greatest-hits album and on Dion's forthcoming record.

（Agencies）

Vocabulary:

orchestrate：配樂（文中指為電影《美國往事》配樂）

original score Oscar nomination：奧斯卡最佳電影配樂提名

（英語點津陳蓓編輯）