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There are few film composers who have created music as iconic as Ennio Morricone. Some of his most memorable soundtracks were ...
The great Ennio Morricone has passed away at the age of 91. We've compiled a playlist of some (but not all) of our favorite tracks he composed.
Watching “Ennio,” you barely learn such essential details about Morricone as the fact that he had four children; that he lived his entire life in Rome; that he was married to the same woman ...
Watching “Ennio,” you barely learn such essential details about Morricone as the fact that he had four children; that he lived his entire life in Rome; that he was married to the same woman ...
With his substantial documentary “Ennio,” director Giuseppe Tornatore — who worked with Morricone for nearly all his films, including 1988’s “Cinema Paradiso” — turns an overdue ...
Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary profiles composer Ennio Morricone, whose iconic scores backed films like ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,’ ‘Days of Heaven” and ‘The Untouchables.’ ...
You can also read tributes to Morricone from Portishead's Geoff Barrow, Edgar Wright, Steven Van Zandt, Chance the Rapper, New Order, Duran Duran, Biz Markie, The Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Belle ...
Morricone’s father, Mario, was a trumpet player, and soon Ennio was playing it, too. He began composing music as a child and studied it formally at a conservatory in Rome, where one of his ...
Ennio Morricone died in Rome in July 2020. He was 91. The relationships that developed out of Morricone’s musical contributions, and by extension his faith, however, were secured.
His management has now shared the playlist, which includes works by Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Debussy, Nino Rota, Bill Evans Trio, David Sylvan, and Laurel Halo.
Ryuichi Sakamoto's management team has shared his "final playlist", curated by the late composer for his own funeral. Shared yesterday via Spotify, the 33-track playlist titled 'Funeral', features ...