
Biography
Ennio Morricone (Italian: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]; 10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter 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. His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone's films since A Fistful of Dollars, all Giuseppe Tornatore's films since Cinema Paradiso, The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, III and Le Professionnel, as well as The Thing, Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, The Untouchables, Mission to Mars, Bugsy, Disclosure, In the Line of Fire, Bulworth, Ripley's Game, and The Hateful Eight. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is regarded as one of the most recognizable and influential soundtracks in history. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, he 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, Morricone 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, and in 1969 he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio. From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific American directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, John Carpenter, and Quentin Tarantino. In 1977, he composed the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. 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's music has been reused in television series, including The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and in many films, including Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He also scored seven Westerns for Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari's Ringo duology and Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown and Face to Face. Morricone worked extensively for other film genres with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Roman Polanski, Henri Verneuil, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. His acclaimed soundtrack for The Mission (1986), was certified gold in the United States. The album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone stayed for 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.Morricone's best-known compositions include "The Ecstasy of Gold", "Se telefonando", "Man with a Harmonica", "Here's to You", the UK No. 2 single "Chi Mai", "Gabriel's Oboe", and "E Più Ti Penso". In 1971, he received a "Targa d'Oro" for worldwide sales of 22 million, and by 2016 Morricone had sold more than 70 million records worldwide. In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". He was nominated for a further six Oscars, and in 2016, received his only competitive Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight, at the time becoming the oldest person ever to win a competitive Oscar. His other achievements include 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. Morricone influenced many artists from film scoring to other styles and genres, including Hans Zimmer, Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, Fields of the Nephilim, and Radiohead.
Filmography
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Movies 473
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TV Shows 26
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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)

Ennio (2022)

Noi siamo cinema (2021)

Luca (2021)

Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende (2018)

The Legal Death (2018)

Sad Hill Unearthed (2017)

Promoting Silenzio (2017)

Silenzio in Pictures (2017)

Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story (2016)

Emigratis (2016)

Correspondence (2016)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Come What May (2015)

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima (2014)

Ennio Morricone et les cinéastes (2014)

Nella Fantasia (2013)

The Best Offer (2013)

The Island (2012)

Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni (2012)

Der Fall der vier Fliegen (2012)

No Redemption With... Don Mitraglia (2012)

Paolo Borsellino - The 57 Days (2012)

Sabato, domenica e lunedì (2012)

Questi Fantasmi (2011)

Labyrinth (2011)

Love Story (2011)

Napoli milionaria (2011)

Come un delfino (2011)

Filumena Marturano (2010)

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)

Ennio Morricone: Music in His Blood (2010)

Memories of Anne Frank (2010)

Baaria (2009)

Pane e libertà (2009)

Resolution 819 (2008)

Il falso bugiardo (2008)

The Demons of St. Petersburg (2008)

Ennio Morricone: Peace Notes - Live in Venice (2007)

Tutte le donne della mia vita (2007)

L'ultimo Dei Corleonesi (2007)

The Unknown Woman (2006)

Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra (2006)

A Crime (2006)

Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006)

La provinciale (2006)

Bartali: The Iron Man (2006)

Gino Bartali - L'intramontabile (2006)

Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006)

Karol: The Pope, The Man (2006)

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds (2006)

Morricone conducts Morricone (2006)

Lucia (2005)

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005)

The Spaghetti West (2005)

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)

Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film (2005)

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)

E ridendo l'uccise (2005)

Cefalonia (2005)

Cefalonia (2005)

Fateless (2005)

The Heart in the Well (2005)

The Heart in the Well (2005)

Morricone Conducts Morricone (2004)

Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004)

Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers (2004)

72 Meters (2004)

Guardiani delle nuvole (2004)

Al cuore si comanda (2003)

Maria Goretti (2003)

The End of a Mystery (2003)

The Good Pope (2003)

Musashi (2003)

Ennio Morricone: Arena concerto (2003)

Ripley's Game (2002)

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)

Family Flaw (2002)

Black Angel (2002)

Threnody (2002)

Carlo Giuliani, a Boy (2002)

Perlasca - Un eroe italiano (2002)

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002)

Aida of the Trees (2001)

La ragion pura (2001)

Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema (2001)

Tales Of The Cat (2001)

Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2000)

Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth (2000)

Before Night Falls (2000)

Vatel (2000)

Malena (2000)

Mission to Mars (2000)

Making Love (2000)

Esther (1999)

The eye (1999)

The Phantom of the Opera (1998)

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

Tower of the First Born (1998)

La casa bruciata (1998)

Bulworth (1998)

The Deep End of the Ocean (1998)

Alpha Forum (1998)

Solomon (1997)

U Turn (1997)

Lolita (1997)

Con rabbia e con amore (1997)

David (1997)

Nostromo (1997)

Cartoni animati (1997)

We Free Kings (1996)

Samson and Delilah (1996)

The Nymph (1996)

Strangled Lives (1996)

The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

La lupa (1996)

Moses (1995)

The Star Maker (1995)

Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)

Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)

The Night and the Moment (1995)

Joseph (1995)

Pereira Declares (1995)

L'uomo proiettile (1995)

Ennio Morricone (1995)

Missus (1994)

Jacob (1994)

Love Affair (1994)

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994)

Wolf (1994)

A Pure Formality (1994)

Disclosure (1994)

Abraham (1993)

In the Line of Fire (1993)

The Escort (1993)

Look to the Sky (1993)

The Long Silence (1993)

Beyond Justice (1992)

City of Joy (1992)

Piazza di Spagna (1992)

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992)

The Rapture of Deceit (1992)

Bugsy (1991)

La thune (1991)

Ottobre rosa all'Arbat (Vacanze a Mosca) (1991)

Husbands and Lovers (1991)

Money (1991)

Desert Law (1991)

Ilona & Kurti (1991)

Hamlet (1990)

Only One Survived (1990)

Everybody’s Fine (1990)

State of Grace (1990)

Traces of an Amorous Life (1990)

The Big Man (1990)

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990)

The Bachelor (1990)

Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)

The Palermo Connection (1990)

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)

I promessi sposi (1989)

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Time to Kill (1989)

The Endless Game (1989)

Casualties of War (1989)

12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Camillo Castiglioni oder die Moral der Haifische (1988)

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988)

A Time of Destiny (1988)

Frantic (1988)

The Secret of the Sahara (1988)

Time of Indifference (1988)

Quartiere (1987)

The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)

Rampage (1987)

The Untouchables (1987)

Control (1987)

Farewell Moscow (1987)

The Mission (1986)

C.A.T. Squad (1986)

The Venetian Woman (1986)

La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)

The Repenter (1985)

Commando Leopard (1985)

The Trap (1985)

Via Mala (1985)

Wo ist der Bahnhof? (1985)

Red Sonja (1985)

Die Försterbuben (1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Who Was Edgar Allan? (1984)

The Octopus (1984)

Thieves After Dark (1984)

Sahara (1983)

The Outsider (1983)

The Key (1983)

Pelota (1983)

Nana (1983)

Copkiller (1983)

The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983)

The Ruffian (1983)

Hundra (1983)

Marco Polo (1982)

Blood Link (1982)

Porca vacca (1982)

White Dog (1982)

The Thing (1982)

Na sowas! (1982)

A Time To Die (1982)

Butterfly (1982)

Espion, lève-toi (1982)

Vampirismus (1982)

The Professional (1981)

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)

So Fine (1981)

Disobedience (1981)

Venetian Lies (1981)

Buddy goes West (1981)

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981)

Lady of the Camelias (1981)

La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie (1981)

Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)

La Cage aux Folles II (1980)

Men or Not Men (1980)

The Lady Banker (1980)

The Blue-Eyed Bandit (1980)

The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher (1980)

The Island (1980)

Si salvi chi vuole (1980)

Stark System (1980)

Fun Is Beautiful (1980)

Windows (1980)

I... For Icarus (1979)

Good News (1979)

Orient-Express (1979)

The Swap (1979)

Operation Ogre (1979)

The Meadow (1979)

Luna (1979)

Bloodline (1979)

The Humanoid (1979)

A Dangerous Toy (1979)

The Good Thief (1979)

Lovers and Liars (1979)

Dedicato al mare Egeo (1979)

Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978)

Cock Crows at Eleven (1978)

Le mani sporche (1978)

Corleone (1978)

La Cage aux Folles (1978)

Stay As You Are (1978)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna (1978)

Reflections on a Political Cinema (1978)

Noi lazzaroni (1978)

An Englishman's Castle (1978)

One, Two, Two: 122, rue de Provence (1978)

Germany in Autumn (1978)

Il prigioniero (1978)

Holocaust 2000 (1977)

I Am the Law (1977)

Stato interessante (1977)

Orca (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Hitch Hike (1977)

The Cat (1977)

Rene the Cane (1977)

Il mostro (1977)

Forza Italia! (1977)

The Desert of the Tartars (1976)

And Agnes Chose to Die (1976)

1900 (1976)

The Inheritance (1976)

A Sold Life (1976)

San Babila-8 P.M. (1976)

One Way or Another (1976)

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1976)

For Love (1976)

The Sunday Woman (1975)

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975)

The Human Factor (1975)

The Flower in His Mouth (1975)

Lips of Lurid Blue (1975)

Eye of the Cat (1975)

Down the Ancient Stairs (1975)

The Divine Nymph (1975)

End of the Game (1975)

Leonor (1975)

The Teenage Prostitution Racket (1975)

The Man from Chicago (1975)

Fear Over the City (1975)

Late Night Trains (1975)

Libera, My Love (1975)

The Two Seasons of Life (1975)

Autopsy (1975)

Weak Spot (1975)

Moses the Lawgiver (1974)

The Antichrist (1974)

The Secret (1974)

The Murri Affair (1974)

Allonsanfan (1974)

Almost Human (1974)

The Cousin (1974)

Arabian Nights (1974)

Peynet: The Journey of Love (1974)

The Infernal Trio (1974)

Sex Advice (1974)

The Last Four Days (1974)

Spasmo (1974)

Sarah's Last Man (1974)

The Tempter (1974)

My Name Is Nobody (1973)

Giordano Bruno (1973)

Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? (1973)

The Romantic Agony (1973)

Massacre in Rome (1973)

Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)

Revolver (1973)

The Serpent (1973)

Crescete e moltiplicatevi (1973)

When Love Is Lust (1973)

Woman Buried Alive (1973)

What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution? (1972)

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity (1972)

The Master Touch (1972)

Why (1972)

La cosa buffa (1972)

Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)

Guttuso e... Il "Marat morto" di David (1972)

The Assassination (1972)

Fiorina the Cow (1972)

The Canterbury Tales (1972)

Bluebeard (1972)

Sonny and Jed (1972)

Winged Devils (1972)

The Master and Margarita (1972)

Who Saw Her Die? (1972)

Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? (1972)

Devil in the Brain (1972)

What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)

Killer (1972)

When Women Lost Their Tails (1972)

Questa specie d'amore (1972)

Chronicle of a Homicide (1972)

The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)

My Dear Killer (1972)

Le grand échiquier (1972)

1870 (1972)

When Man Is the Prey (1972)

For Love One Dies (1972)

Lui per lei (1972)

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)

Maddalena (1971)

The Wind Blows Free (1971)

Cadet Rousselle (1971)

Romance (1971)

Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)

The Burglars (1971)

Duck, You Sucker (1971)

The Automobile (1971)

Tre donne - 1943: Un incontro (1971)

Tre donne - La sciantosa (1971)

'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971)

The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)

Without Apparent Motive (1971)

Day of Judgment (1971)

The Decameron (1971)

The Fifth Cord (1971)

The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)

Cold Eyes of Fear (1971)

Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman (1971)

Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

Tre nel mille (1971)

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)

The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)

Lady Caliph (1970)

Compañeros (1970)

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

The Voyeur (1970)

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

When Women Had Tails (1970)

Violent City (1970)

5th Day of Peace (1970)

Hornets' Nest (1970)

The Year of the Cannibals (1970)

The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)

Metello (1970)

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)

Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)

Giotto (1969)

The Red Tent (1969)

Burn! (1969)

Zenabel (1969)

The Sicilian Clan (1969)

A Brief Season (1969)

Without Knowing Anything About Her (1969)

Season of the Senses (1969)

The Five Man Army (1969)

What Did Stalin Do to Women? (1969)

He and She (1969)

H2S (1969)

The Invisible Woman (1969)

Love Circle (1969)

That Splendid November (1969)

Machine Gun McCain (1969)

Dirty Angels (1969)

The Lady of Monza (1969)

Alibi (1969)

Tepepa (1969)

Mother's Heart (1969)

Fraulein Doktor (1969)

The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1969)

Ecce Homo - I Sopravvissuti (1969)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

The Mercenary (1968)

Orgy (1968)

Bandits in Rome (1968)

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

Partner (1968)

A Fine Pair (1968)

Listen, Let's Make Love (1968)

Galileo (1968)

Theorem (1968)

Notes for a Film in India (1968)

A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968)

Commandments for a Gangster (1968)

Come Play With Me (1968)

Guns for San Sebastian (1968)

Escalation (1968)

The Great Silence (1968)

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

Eat It - Mangiala (1968)

Garden of Delights (1967)

Face to Face (1967)

The Harem (1967)

The Girl and the General (1967)

Grand Slam (1967)

The Rover (1967)

China Is Near (1967)

Dirty Heroes (1967)

Death Rides a Horse (1967)

Operation Kid Brother (1967)

Seven Women for the MacGregors (1967)

The Big Gundown (1967)

Long Days of Vengeance (1967)

The Witches (1967)

The Hellbenders (1967)

A Bullet for the General (1967)

Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (1967)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Navajo Joe (1966)

How I Learned to Love Women (1966)

The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

Almost a Man (1966)

The Hills Run Red (1966)

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

El Greco (1966)

You'll See Me Returning (1966)

The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

Agent 505 - Death Trap Beirut (1966)

Wake Up and Die (1966)

Seven Guns for the MacGregors (1966)

Menage Italian Style (1965)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Fists in the Pocket (1965)

The Return of Ringo (1965)

Idoli controluce (1965)

Thrilling (1965)

Snow Job (1965)

Altissima pressione (1965)

Nightmare Castle (1965)

Don't Ever Leave Me (1965)

A Pistol for Ringo (1965)

I'm Not Worthy of You (1965)

So In Love (1964)

Two Escape from Sing Sing (1964)

Bullets Don't Argue (1964)

The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964)

Before the Revolution (1964)

Malamondo (1964)

The Maniacs (1964)

Full Hearts and Empty Pockets (1964)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Il successo (1963)

Gunfight at Red Sands (1963)

The Basilisks (1963)

The Little Nuns (1963)

Everything is Music (1963)

Gli italiani e le vacanze (1962)

I motorizzati (1962)

La cuccagna (1962)

Eighteen in the Sun (1962)

Crazy Desire (1962)

The Fascist (1961)

The Lady of the Camellias (1915)
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Known forSound
GenderMale
Birthday1928-11-10
Deathday2020-07-06 (91 years old)
Place of birthRome, Italy
ChildrenGiovanni Morricone, Andrea Morricone
FatherMario Morricone
CitizenshipsItaly
ResidencesRome, Italy
Also known asLeo Nichols, Dan Savio, Enio Morricone, Ennio Moriconi
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grammy Trustees Award, Nastro d'Argento for Best Score, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, European Film Award for Best Composer, Leopard of Honour, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards
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