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Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 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 greatest and most prolific film composers of all time. He received numerous accolades throughout his career, 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.

His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all of Sergio Leone's films from A Fistful of Dollars on, all of Giuseppe Tornatore's films since Cinema Paradiso, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, as well as The Battle of Algiers (1966), 1900 (1976), La Cage aux Folles (1978), Le Professionnel (1981), The Thing (1982), The Key (1983) by Tinto Brass and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989). He received the Academy Award for Best Original Score nominations for Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991), Malèna (2000) and The Hateful Eight (2015), winning for the last. He won the Academy Honorary Award in 2007. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is regarded as one of the most influential soundtracks in history. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.
After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, Morricone became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 started ghost writing for film and theatre. Throughout his career, he composed music for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Milva, Zucchero, and Andrea Bocelli. From 1960 to 1975, he gained international fame for composing music for Westerns and—with an estimated 10 million copies sold—Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the best-selling scores worldwide. From 1966 to 1980, he was a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives. In 1969, he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio. He continued to compose music for European productions, such as Marco Polo, La piovra, Nostromo, Fateless, Karol, and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait.
Morricone composed for Hollywood directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, William Friedkin, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. He has also worked with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Tinto Brass, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Wolfgang Petersen, Roman Polanski, Henri Verneuil, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. His best-known compositions include "The Ecstasy of Gold", "Se telefonando", "Man with a Harmonica", "Here's to You", "Chi mai", "Gabriel's Oboe", and "E più ti penso". He has influenced many artists including Hans Zimmer, Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, Fields of the Nephilim, and Radiohead.
On May 10, 2016, Mondadori Libri published his official autobiography, Ennio Morricone. Inseguendo quel suono. La mia musica, la mia vita. Written in conversation with Alessandro De Rosa, the book has been reprinted several times in Italy, translated into the world's major languages, transcribed and published in English under the title Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words by Oxford University Press in 2019, and described by Morricone himself in the preface as "the best book ever written about me, the most authentic, the most detailed and well curated. The truest."

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Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza 1966–1980 flute, trumpet

Discography

Albums 43

EPs 2

Singles 4

Live 9

Compilations 362

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The Ennio Morricone Orchestra

Married

Maria Travia 1956–2020

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Andrea Morricone 1964–2020

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Dan Saivo · Dan Savio · Dan Savo · Dan Savvio · Dan Savvo · Dan Sawio · Dann Savio · Dansavio · Den Savio · Don Savio · E. Moriccone · E.Morricone · Enio Moricone · Enio Morricone · Ennio Marcone · Ennio Maricone · Ennio Marricone · Ennio Moricone · Ennio Morrican · Ennio Morricone Orchestra · Ennio Morriconne · Ennio Morricono · Ennio Mozzicone · Enno Morricone · Enrico Morricone · Ernio Morricone · Leo Nicchols · Leo Nichol · Leo Nicholls · Leo Nichols · Leo Nickols · Leo Nicols · Leon Nichols · Maestro Ennio Morricone · Morricone · エンニオ・モリコーネ

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