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Ennio Morricone

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Ennio Morricone

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Also known as Dan Savio, Leo Nichols

Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928–2020)

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Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer, orchestrator, and conductor (1928–2020) who created music for films and other works. He is remembered as a significant figure in film music composition during the 20th century.

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Rome, Italy

Ennio Morricone OMRI (Italian: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]; November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist 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. He…

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  • Quelli che il cinema — Self2025
  • Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America — Self2022
  • Ennio — Self2022
  • Concerto commemorativo del Maestro Ennio Morricone2022
  • We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)2021
  • The Legal Death2018
  • Sad Hill Unearthed — Self - Film Composer (1966)2018
  • Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende — Self (archive footage)2018
  • Morricone & Tarantino at Abbey Road Studios — Self2016
  • Emigratis — Self2016

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Gender
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Origin
Italy
Active from
1928
Active to
2020
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Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI (10 November 1928 - 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player. He composed a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile, experimental and influential composers of all time, working in any medium. Since 1946 Morricone composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ennio+Morricone">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Place of death
Rome
Occupation
trumpeter
Educated at
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Employer
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Languages spoken
Italian
Student of
Goffredo Petrassi
Field of work
music
Genre
film score
Instrument
trumpet
Record label
Virgin Records
Sport
chess
Official website
www.enniomorricone.org
Image
Ennio Morricone Cannes 2007.jpg
Number of children
4
Work location
Rome
Residence
Rome
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nominated for
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name in native language
Ennio Morricone
start of work period
1946-00-00
pseudonym
Leo Nichols
copyright representative
SIAE
date of death
2020-07-06
cause of death
femoral fracture
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
Italian
end of work period
2020-00-00
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Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist 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. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, 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.

His filmography includes more than 70 award-winning films, all of Sergio Leone's films from A Fistful of Dollars on, all of Giuseppe Tornatore's films since Cinema Paradiso, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, as well as The Battle of Algiers (1966), 1900 (1976), La Cage aux Folles (1978), Le Professionnel (1981), The Thing (1982), The Key (1983) by Tinto Brass and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989). He received the Academy Award for Best Original Score nominations for Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991), Malèna (2000) and The Hateful Eight (2015), winning for the last. He won the Academy Honorary Award in 2007. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is regarded as one of the most influential soundtracks in history. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008.

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