“You must always make a nice melody,” Libera Ridolfi told her young son, Ennio. “That’s how you will become famous.” Sticking to that script led Ennio Morricone to become one of the most ...

So in 1940, when he was 12, Ennio entered the Saint Cecilia Conservatory and learned to play the trumpet. But his passion was for studying composition under the legendary Goffredo Petrassi ...

The FILMharmonique Orchestra will return to the stage with a new edition of its popular series, Music at the Movies. This ...

Famous Italian ... Ennio was the eldest of five children. His first real success came after his partnership with the director Sergio Leone whose westerns were accompanied by Morricone’s music.

Ennio Moricone ... but it was his friendship with Italian director Sergio Leone that brought him fame, with scores for Spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood in the 1960s.