Legendary Composer Ennio Morricone Dies At 91

Legendary Composer Ennio Morricone Dies At 91

Ennio Morricone, the legendary Italian composer known for his iconic work on Spaghetti Westerns, among many other movies, has passed away at 91.

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Legendary Composer Ennio Morricone Dies At 91

Ennio Morricone, the legendary Italian composer known for his iconic work on Spaghetti Westerns, among many other movies, has passed away at 91. Born in the city of Rome on November 10, 1928, the composer was drawn to music from an early age, reportedly starting to learn to play at the age of six. His schooling was focused on his musical talent, and he graduated from a number of distinguished music academies.

Though his career began in theater, and he was also known for pushing the boundaries of avant garde music outside of cinema, the bulk of his work and fame came from his film scores. His early scores were for Italian comedies in the 1960s, but he quickly moved on to the genre that came to define his career. In 1964 his old school friend Sergio Leone approached him to score A Fistful of Dollars, one of the first Spaghetti Westerns. The genre was defined by the Dollars trilogy that Leone directed, and there were as known for their unique scores as anything else. Morricone essentially defined the sound of the genre from the first Dollars movie, using guitars, whips, whistling and gunshots instead of the more traditional classical orchestra arrangement. He collaborated with Leone on all of his movies, with his scores for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and Once Upon A Time In The West in particular becoming known as classics of cinema. The former score has crossed over into other popular culture, being parodied in countless TV shows and movies, and the track Ecstasy Of Gold has even been used by rock band Metallica to open all of their concerts since 1984.

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Today, Deadline reports that Morricone has passed away in Rome following complications from a fall last week. The prolific composer was working right up until this year, composing scores for TV and movies until his death. Following his success in Italy, Morricone was courted by Hollywood and worked with a number of American directors, including Terrence Malick on Days of Heaven, which earned him his first Oscar nomination, Oliver Stone, John Carpenter, Barry Levinson, Brian De Palma and Roland Joffe, for whom Morricone composed The Mission, which is still one of the most popular and best-selling film scores of all time.

Morricone’s work inspired many current filmmakers, with Quentin Tarantino in particular being a fan of the composer. The maverick director has used a number of tracks from Morricone’s scores in his films, and eventually collaborated with the composer on The Hateful Eight. The score for that film went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score, netting Morricone his first competitive Oscar at the age of 87, after receiving an honorary gong for his career in 2007.

Morricone’s work is so extensive that it is almost impossible to list every director he worked with, and he has undoubtedly influenced a number of generations of filmmakers. His unique approach to film composing, combining guitars, sound effects and voices to create the atmosphere needed by his directors changed the way that filmmakers thought about film scores and arguably changed the sonic landscape of cinema. His legacy as one of the most influential composers in film is unparalleled. Ennio Morricone is one of the great figures in global cinema, and his impact on movies and TV will be felt for decades to come. He will be greatly missed.

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