Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91
by Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge
July 6, 2020


Ennio Morricone, the Oscar winner whose haunting, inventive scores expertly accentuated the simmering, dialogue-free tension of the spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone, has died. He was 91.

The Italian composer, who scored more than 500 films — seven for his countryman Leone after they had met as kids in elementary school — died Monday in Rome following complications from a fall last week in which he broke his femur.

Known as “The Maestro,” he also received an honorary Oscar in 2007 (presented by Clint Eastwood) for his “magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music,” and he collected 11 David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s highest film honors.

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Antonio Banderas, Edgar Wright, Italy’s Prime Minister Pay Tribute to Film Composer Ennio Morricone

By Jazz Tangcay

Antonio Banderas, Edgar Wright, Jean Michel Jarre, Chance the Rapper and even the Italian prime minister were among the people paying to legendary film composer Ennio Morricone early Monday, who died following complications from a fall. He was 91.

Over seven decades, Morricone contributed to over 520 scores including, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “The Hateful Eight,” “Cinema Paradiso” and “Once Upon a Time in the West.” Morricone won the Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Academy Award in 2016 for “The Hateful Eight.”

Director Edgar Wright led the tributes on social media saying, “Where to even begin with iconic composer Ennio Morricone? He could make an average movie into a must-see, a good movie into art, and a great movie into legend. He hasn’t been off my stereo my entire life. What a legacy of work he leaves behind. RIP.”

Antonio Banderas who starred in 1989’s “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down,” posted, “With great sadness, we say goodbye to a big master of cinema. His music will keep playing in our memories. Rest in peace #EnnioMorricone.”

Quentin Tarantino Pays Tribute to the Late Ennio Morricone

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/quentin-tarantino-pays-tribute-to-the-late-ennio-morricone/

Hans Zimmer pays tribute to Ennio Morricone: “He taught me that the simplest, purest and honest melody is the hardest”

https://www.nme.com/news/film/hans-zimmer-pays-tribute-to-ennio-morricone-2702404