PhillipBlunt Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose credits include the "spaghetti" Westerns that made Clint Eastwood a star, has died in Rome aged 91. According to Italian news agency Ansa, he died in hospital having fractured his femur in a fall some days ago. The prolific composer also wrote music for Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso. Having received an honorary Oscar in 2007, he went on to win one in 2016 for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. Morricone, who was simply known as "Maestro" in his home town of Rome, scored more than 500 films over seven decades. Yet he remains best known for the haunting melodies he wrote for the trilogy of 1960s westerns Sergio Leone made with the then little-known Eastwood. A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly centred around Eastwood's taciturn gunslinger, known as "The Man With No Name". Leone called the composer's contributions "indispensable" and would have him write the score before shooting so he could design his shots around Morricone's contributions. Rest in peace, Maestro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I think Once Upon A Time in the West was just as haunting, and beautiful, as the Dollars Trilogy. Not to mention The Mission, and The Untouchables. Thank you Maestro for everything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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inane Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) pretty dope wrong guy LOL still dope. Edited July 8, 2020 by inane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Oh man, what a sad day and joyful look back at his career. He was my favourite soundtrack composer of all time. Absolutely adored his spaghetti western stuff. Edited July 9, 2020 by VancouverHabitant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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