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Rome, Italy

Ennio Morricone (born 10 November 1928 in Rome) is an Italian composer especially noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores of more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 30 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces. Morricone is most famous for his work in the Spaghetti Westerns directed by his friend Sergio Leone. Morricone’s sparse style of composition for the genre is particularly exemplified by the soundtracks of the classic spaghetti westerns The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) and Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968).

Born in Rome, Morricone took up the trumpet as a child and attended the National Academy of Santa Cecilia to take lessons on the instrument at the age of nine. He formally entered a conservatory at the age of 12, enrolling in a four-year harmony programme. He received his trumpet diploma in 1946 and started working professionally, composing the music to “Il Mattino” (“The Morning”). Morricone soon gained popularity by writing his first background music for radio dramas and quickly moved into film.
In the 1950s he received the “Diploma in Instrumentation for Band” (fanfare) where he won a diploma in Composition under the composer Goffredo Petrassi.
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  • Dekkul

    It's just unimaginable how many movies he turned into gold with his fantastic music... [2]

    Yesterday 10:31am Reply

  • Isaaaaaak

    once upon a time in the west's soundtrack is soooo good

    7 May 10:14pm Reply

  • African_Herbsma

    It's just unimaginable how much movies he turned into gold with his fantastic music...

    23 Apr 3:07pm Reply

  • Fatemeh2

    Love Ennio

    22 Apr 11:03am Reply

  • Laa-Brent

    <3

    14 Apr 5:23pm Reply

  • printxesa

    MY MUSIC , I LIKE THE MISSION

    5 Apr 8:46pm Reply

  • Sherrrii

    love u Ennio

    29 Mar 2:45am Reply

  • sprackcriddler

    Tru dat. Definitely a difference between soundtrack music and concert music. He did make quite a lot of concert music, but it was mostly the avant Improv stuff with Il Gruppo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6EZFG7d-w

    27 Mar 9:28am Reply

  • oaquard

    Artists who score soundtracks often compose music that is intended to foster a particular ambiance to a specific image, which takes a completely different skill set than that which is had by other composers. The tag "soundtrack" is all about those who have been selected to offer their precise and often poignant use of sound to aid in the telling or conveying of a story or idea. It doesn't really say anything about the sounds you are going to here but instead about their intentions and origins, y'know?

    25 Mar 5:59am Reply

  • Todesh

    What does it mean tag "soundtrack"? Does it says something about the music? I think it doesn't. There are many composers who wrote their music for games and films, but their music absolutely different, you know.

    16 Mar 5:54am Reply

  • Dekkul

    he was born exactly 30 years before my father

    16 Mar 1:57am Reply

  • Zalache

    One of the best composers ever, period. [3]

    12 Mar 8:19pm Reply

  • Dekkul

    probably the best soundtrack composer

    8 Mar 5:59pm Reply

  • AndreDias164

    One of the best composers ever, period. [2]

    24 Feb 9:16pm Reply

  • pinkiiiFR

    La migliore offerta (The Best Offer) is Great <3

    22 Feb 6:27pm Reply

  • Agravenlife

    And: http://www.last.fm/music/Ennio+Morricone/+images/79924341

    16 Feb 5:15pm Reply

  • Agravenlife

    One of the best composers ever, period.

    16 Feb 5:12pm Reply

  • FuryRex

    Best soundtrack composer ever.

    30 Jan 3:14pm Reply

  • pidorblue

    "Vamos A Matar, Companeros" is a great track

    22 Jan 11:39pm Reply

  • jazzthieve

    I noticed the bio page for Morricone was seriously lacking compared to other similar popular artist in the genre so I expanded the bio a bit. Perhaps other fans can also contribute to the bio wiki.

    20 Jan 8:51pm Reply
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