Oscar winning composer Ennio Morricone, who created scores for more than 500 movies, died in Rome on Monday. He was 91. The Italian composer died from complications after a fall that broke his femur last week, according to his lawyer Giorgio Assumma. Morricone won his Oscar for his score in Quentin Tarantino‘s The Hateful Eight (2015) […]
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- 7/8/2020
- by Marie Fiero
- Uinterview
We’ve lost one of the greats. Academy Award winning composer Ennio Morricone has passed away at the age of 91. As we spend a lot of this week here at Hollywood News sharing interviews with composers, each and every single one of them owe a debt to Morricone. When it came to cinematic music, few did it better, and arguably none were more influential. Even beyond finally winning an Oscar a few years back, Morricone had made his mark on a whole genre, as the sound of spaghetti westerns is essentially his and his alone. To say that he will be missed is a massive understatement. Morricone won a competitive Oscar in Best Original Score recently (after taking home an Honorary Academy Award about a decade prior) for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, but even before that, his credits were incredible. Of course, Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns stand tall,...
- 7/6/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Versatile film, avant-garde classical, jazz and pop composer Ennio Morricone died in a Rome hospital after falling and breaking his leg, his lawyer Giorgio Assumma announced, according to Variety. He was 91.
Known as “the Maestro,” Morricone is best known as the composer of the scores and themes of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, and his Academy Award winning soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He also toured frequently, and expanded his sonic visions to reflect contemporary sounds. Besides his collaborations on the spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone, Morricone composed for Bernardo Bertolucci, Dario Argento, Don Siegel, Brian De Palma, and John Carpenter. He composed for such diverse artists as Andrea Bocelli, Sting, k.d. lang, and Pet Shop Boys. Morricone never became fluent in English. When he won his 2007 honorary Oscar, his speech was translated by Clint Eastwood.
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Known as “the Maestro,” Morricone is best known as the composer of the scores and themes of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, and his Academy Award winning soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He also toured frequently, and expanded his sonic visions to reflect contemporary sounds. Besides his collaborations on the spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone, Morricone composed for Bernardo Bertolucci, Dario Argento, Don Siegel, Brian De Palma, and John Carpenter. He composed for such diverse artists as Andrea Bocelli, Sting, k.d. lang, and Pet Shop Boys. Morricone never became fluent in English. When he won his 2007 honorary Oscar, his speech was translated by Clint Eastwood.
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- 7/6/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Ennio Morricone, one of the most iconic film composers of all time, has died at the age of 91. Morricone rose to prominence in the 1960s with his timeless and memorable scores for Sergio Leone’s ‘spaghetti westerns’ starring Clint Eastwood. His music for A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly remains some of the most effective scoring work in cinematic history and even a tiny excerpt from them is instantly recognizable.
But Morricone was by no means limited to Westerns. Over his long career, he went on to provide scores for projects as varied as John Carpenter’s The Thing, Brian de Palma’s The Untouchables and Barry Levinson’s Bugsy. One of his most famous collaborations in recent years was with Quentin Tarantino, with Morricone’s music being featured in Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. Morricone...
But Morricone was by no means limited to Westerns. Over his long career, he went on to provide scores for projects as varied as John Carpenter’s The Thing, Brian de Palma’s The Untouchables and Barry Levinson’s Bugsy. One of his most famous collaborations in recent years was with Quentin Tarantino, with Morricone’s music being featured in Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. Morricone...
- 7/6/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Italian composer Ennio Morricone — known for scoring spaghetti Westerns and more than 500 films — died Monday in Rome at the age of 91. His lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, confirmed his death after Morricone fell and fractured his femur last week, according to the New York Times.
Morricone had a diverse and impressive resume, having scored films for the likes of Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter and, of course, Sergio Leone’s Sixties spaghetti Westerns: The Dollars Trilogy — A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), starring Clint Eastwood.
Morricone had a diverse and impressive resume, having scored films for the likes of Quentin Tarantino, John Carpenter and, of course, Sergio Leone’s Sixties spaghetti Westerns: The Dollars Trilogy — A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), starring Clint Eastwood.
- 7/6/2020
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
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