Ennio Morricone

Sound · Born 1928-11-10 · Rome, Italy

Biography

Ennio Morricone OMRI (Italian: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]; November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classical works, Morricone is widely considered one of the most prolific and greatest film composers of all time. He has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and the Polar Music Prize in 2010.

Known for

• Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)
• Ennio (2022)
• Concerto commemorativo del Maestro Ennio Morricone (2022)
• We Are Cinema (2021)
• The Legal Death (2018)
• Sad Hill Unearthed (2018)
• Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende (2018)
• Morricone & Tarantino at Abbey Road Studios (2016)
• Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima (2014)
• Ennio Morricone et les cinéastes (2014)
• Ennio Morricone dirige l'OSN (2013)
• Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni (2012)
• Ennio Morricone: Music in His Blood (2010)
• L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
• Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
• Il falso bugiardo (2008)
• Ennio Morricone: Peace Notes - Live in Venice (2007)
• Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007)
• Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds (2006)
• Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006)
• Morricone Conducts Morricone (2006)
• Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)
• The Spaghetti West (2005)
• Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film (2005)