Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Ennio Morricone, (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) Best Sheet Music download from our Library.Short biographyMorricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. He started as a talented football player for A.S. Roma but left the sport to follow his passion for music. Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you! List of compositions by Ennio MorriconeFilmography 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Television films and series1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000sStage productions Radio productions Advertising campaigns Selected films with music by Morricone Classic (absolute) music Live albums Studio albumswith Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza with Mauro Maur with Chico Buarque Other Selected compilations Remix albums Box sets DVDs Tribute albums
Ennio Morricone, (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020)
Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player who wrote music in a wide range of styles. https://youtu.be/Jjq6e1LJHxw Short biography Morricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. He started as a talented football player for A.S. Roma but left the sport to follow his passion for music. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. His filmography includes over 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, The Mission, The Untouchables, Mission to Mars, Bugsy, Disclosure, In the Line of Fire, Bulworth, Ripley’s Game and The Hateful Eight. 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, Morricone 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 and Henri Verneuil. His acclaimed soundtrack for The Mission (1986) was certified gold in the United States. The album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.
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 six Oscars. In 2016, Morricone received his first 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 has influenced many artists from film scoring to other styles and genres, including Hans Zimmer,Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, and Radiohead. Morricone’s Sheet music is fully available in our Library.
List of compositions by Ennio Morricone
This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions. Morricone was considered one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1940s He has sold well over 70 million records worldwide, including 6.5 million albums and singles in France over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea. In 1971, the composer received his first golden record (disco d'oro) for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy and a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million. His score for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the top 5 best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with about 10 million copies sold. His score for The Mission (1986) was also at one point the world's best selling score. Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Le Professionnel (1981) each sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Filmography 1950s YearTitleDirectorNotes1955AbandonedFrancesco MaselliOrchestrations only Score composed by Giovanni Fusco1959La duchessa di Santa LuciaRoberto Bianchi MonteroOrchestrations only Score composed by Giorgio FaborDeath of a FriendFranco RossiConducting only Score composed by Mario Nascimbene 1960s YearTitleDirectorNotesLatest CD / Digital Release1960Run with the DevilMario CameriniOrchestrations only Score composed by Piero Piccioni,LipstickDamiano DamianiOrchestrations only Score composed by Giovanni FuscoL'avventuraMichelangelo AntonioniLe pillole di ErcoleLuciano SalceRejected score Replaced by Armando Trovajoli1961The FascistLuciano SalceFirst full scoreThe Last JudgmentVittorio De SicaArrangements and Conducting only Score composed by Alessandro Cicognini,1962L'italiano ha 50 anniFrancomaria TrapaniOrchestrations only Composed by Gino Peguri,Gli italiani e le vacanzeFilippo Walter RattiDocumentary filmI motorizzatiCamillo MastrocinqueCrazy DesireLuciano SalceIl sorpassoDino RisiOrchestrations only Score composed by Riz OrtolaniI due della legione stranieraLucio FulciArrangements and Conducting only Score composed by Luis BacalovEighteen in the SunCamillo MastrocinqueA Girl...and a MillionLuciano Salce1963Violenza segretaGiorgio MoserOrchestrations only Score composed by Giovanni FuscoIl SuccessoDino RisiLe monachineLuciano Salce—El GrecoGunfight at Red SandsRicardo Blasco Mario CaianoFirst Western film scoreI basilischiLina Wertmüller—1964Una Nuova fonte di energiaDaniele G. LuisiDocumentary filmMalamondoPaolo Cavara—CAM Sugar / 2021I maniaciLucio FulciComposed with Carlo RustichelliI marziani hanno 12 maniFranco Castellano Giuseppe Moccia—In ginocchio da teEttore Fizzarotti—Bullets Don't ArgueMario Caiano—A Fistful of DollarsSergio LeoneSilver Ribbon Award for Best ScoreI due evasi da Sing SingLucio Fulci—Quartet Records / QR445 / 2021Before the RevolutionBernardo Bertolucci—...e la donna creò l'uomo Camillo Mastrocinque—1965A Pistol for RingoDuccio Tessari—Nightmare CastleMario CaianoFirst horror film scoreAgent 077: Mission Bloody MarySergio GriecoTitle song only Score composed by Angelo Francesco LavagninoHighest PressureEnzo TrapaniComposed with Luis Enriquez BacalovSlalomLuciano Salce—Menage all'italianaFranco Indovina—Fists in the PocketMarco Bellocchio—ThrillingCarlo Lizzani Gianni Luigi Polidori Ettore ScolaComposed with Bruno NicolaiNon son degno di teEttore Fizzarotti—Se non avessi più teIdoli controluceEnzo Battaglia—For a Few Dollars MoreSergio Leone—The Return of RingoDuccio Tessari—1966The Bible: In the BeginningJohn HustonFirst American film Uncredited; Composed with Toshiro MayuzumiSeven Guns for the MacGregorsFranco Giraldi—Wake Up and DieCarlo Lizzani—Agent 505: Death Trap in BeirutManfred R. KöhlerComposed with Bruno NicolaiThe Hawks and the SparrowsPier Paolo PasoliniNominated - Silver Ribbon Award for Best ScoreThe Battle of AlgiersGillo PontecorvoComposed with PontecorvoThe Hills Run RedCarlo Lizzani—Un uomo a metàVittorio De Seta—How I Learned to Love WomenLuciano Salce—For a Few Extra DollarsGiorgio FerroniComposed with Gianni FerrioFlorence: Days of DestructionFranco ZeffirelliDocumentary filmNavajo JoeSergio Corbucci—The Big GundownSergio Sollima—Beat Records / BCM9603 / 2022The Read the full article
