Discography
469 releases – 454 under his own name, 1 in a group and 15 credits on others' music Edit
Collaborations, Groups and Family
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Ennio Morricone
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Ennio Morricone
Edit- Born:
- November 10, 1928, he's 83 and Italian.
- Names:
- Alternative names: Dan Savio & Leo Nichols.
- Snapshot:
- An Artist with 454 releases, a member of 1 group, and credited 15 times on others' music. 16 collaborations and 1 musical relative.
Biography
EditEnnio Morricone is an Italian composer famous for his work on the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, particularly The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Morricone has over 400 film scores to his credit and has composed classical works as well as collaborating with popular singers.
He originally worked on choral music composition and music direction before switching his attention to modern classical music. He has composed over 40 pieces of contemporary classical music throughout his lifetime. After a spell of arranging popular Italian tunes he began the career for which he most well known, scorer of films. He came to greater public attention with his work on the 1964 film score for Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. This was the start of an enduring partnership, as Morricone went on to score Leone's subsequent output, including the enduring classic soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Morricone scored many films by other directors too, including Bernardo Bertolucci's Before the Revolution, The Mission by Roland Joffe, and Mission to Mars by Brian De Palma.
Some of the many awards that Morricone has received include a Silver Ribbon Movie Award for his work with Joan Baez on the Italian docu-drama Sacco e Vanzetti, and several Academy Award nominations for his film scores. He received an honorary award from the Academy in 2007, for his ‘multi-faceted contributions to the art of film music’.
Pictures
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2nd Rome Film Festival - Concert Directed By Ennio Morricone
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2nd Rome Film Festival - Ennio Morricone - Press Conference
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