Ennio Morricone

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Birth Name: Ennio Morricone

Age: 90, born 10 November 1928

Born and residing in: Italy

Height: 5' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Maria Travia

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Description: Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI (born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor and former trumpet player, who has written music for more than 500 motion pictures and television series, as well as classical works. He composes a wide range of music styles for many film genres, making him one of the most versatile, prolific and influential composers of all time. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles, Le Professionnel, The Thing, The Mission, the c Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI (born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor and former trumpet player, who has written music for more than 500 motion pictures and television series, as well as classical works. He composes a wide range of music styles for many film genres, making him one of the most versatile, prolific and influential composers of all time. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles, Le Professionnel, The Thing, The Mission, the crime films Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables and Bugsy, Cinema Paradiso, Disclosure, Mission to Mars, Django Unchained, and "The Hateful Eight".

Born in Rome, Morricone's absolute music includes over 100 classical pieces composed since 1946. In the 1950s he served as a studio arranger for RCA. During his career he produced over 500 songs for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Mireille Mathieu, Zucchero and Laura Pausini. However, he gained worldwide fame by composing the music (during the period 1960–75) for Italian westerns by directors such as Sergio Leone, Duccio Tessari, Sergio Sollima, and Sergio Corbucci, including the Dollars Trilogy, starring Clint Eastwood, the Ringo duology, The Big Gundown, Navajo Joe, Face to Face, Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, The Mercenary, Compañeros, Duck, You Sucker! and My Name is Nobody. Morricone achieved chart success with compositions like the theme of The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, Man with a Harmonica, Here's to You, Nella Fantasia and Chi Mai. Morricone wrote also the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. The Ecstasy of Gold is used by the heavy metal band Metallica as the opening theme for its concerts since 1983.

During 1966-1980, he functioned as a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives. From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific directors such as Don Siegel, John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Mike Nichols and Oliver Stone. Noteworthy scores include Frantic, Hamlet, In the Line of Fire, Wolf, Bulworth and Ripley's Game.

Morricone is associated with the Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore and has composed music for all of his films since Cinema Paradiso (1988), including Malèna, The Best Offer and The Correspondence. He continued to compose music for European productions, such as Fateless, Karol and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait. His music has been reused in television series such as The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and in many films, including several by Quentin Tarantino (such as Kill Bill & Inglourious Basterds), The Expendables 2 and American Sniper. Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (2016) will also feature an original score by Morricone.

Ennio Morricone has sold over 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 has been nominated for a further 5 Oscars. Morricone has won 3 Grammy Awards, 2 Golden Globes, 5 BAFTAs, 10 David di Donatello, 11 Nastro d'Argento, 2 European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. ... (more)

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