Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91
Ennio Morricone, whose haunting, inventive scores expertly accentuated the simmering, dialogue-free tension of the spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone, has died. He was 91.
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Even if you don't know the name, you've probably heard his iconic scores in numerous Hollywood films going back decades.
He was the composer for John Carpenters The Thing, Red Sonja, the British TV series Space:1999, the Connery era Bond films Dr. No, From Russia With Love, & Thunderball and the 1980 film The Missionary for which he received an Oscar nomination. He also collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on the films Kill Bill, Django Unchained & The Hateful Eight. He also collaborated with Directors ranging from Brian De Palma to Wolfgang Peterson.
The most famous films he composed for were likely the Clint Eastwood spaghetti Westerns A Fistful of Dollars, A Few Dollars More & The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.
He also wrote his own obituary.
Ennio Morricone wrote his own obituary
Ennio Morricone, who died today in Rome, wrote his own obituary yesterday. Tomorrow it will be published in all main newspapers in Italy.
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Ennio Morricone passed from injuries related to a Fall at the age of 91.
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