Ennio Morricone

Composer, Music Department, Actor

Birthdate: Nov 10, 1928

Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Died: Jul 6, 2020

A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first film scores were relatively undistinguished, but he was hired by Leone for A Fistful of Dollars (1964) on the strength of some of his song arrangements. His score for that film, with its sparse arrangements, unorthodox instrumentation (bells, electric guitars, harmonicas, the distinctive twang of the jew's harp) and memorable tunes, revolutionized the way music would be used in Westerns, and it is hard to think of a post-Morricone Western score that doesn't in some way reflect his influence. Although his name will always be synonymous with the spaghetti Western, Morricone has also contributed to a huge range of other film genres: comedies, dramas, thrillers, horror films, romances, art movies, exploitation movies - making him one of the film world's most versatile artists. He has written nearly 400 film scores, so a brief summary is impossible, but his most memorable work includes the Leone films, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers (1966) , Roland Joffé's The Mission (1986), Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988), plus a rare example of sung opening credits for Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966).

Known For

The Best Offer
The Best Offer

(2013)

The Untouchables
The Untouchables

(1987)

The Legend of 1900
The Legend of 1900

(1998)

Ennio Morricone Movies

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Previous (19)

  • 2024 |

    Revolver

  • 2024 |

    The Inheritance

  • 2023 |

    The Mission

  • 2023 |

    Escalation

  • 2021 |

    Wolf

  • 2021 |

    Slalom

  • 2019 |

    Money

  • 2018 |

    The Island

  • 2018 |

    Nana

  • 2018 |

    Rampage

  • 2018 |

    The Great Silence

  • 2017 |

    Bluebeard

  • 2015 |

    The Hateful Eight

  • 1998 |

    Lolita

  • 1990 |

    The Witches

  • 1990 |

    Cinema Paradiso

  • 1969 |

    Once Upon a Time in the West

  • 1967 |

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • 1967 |

    The Battle of Algiers

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    Ennio

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Previous (373)

  • 2018 |
    La morte legale
  • 2017 |
    Sad Hill Unearthed
  • 2016 |
    Correspondence
  • 2016 |
    Il fascino dell'impossibile
  • 2015 |
    Come What May
  • 2015 |
    A proposito di Franco
  • 2015 |
    The Sun Is Dark
  • 2013 |
    The Best Offer
  • 2013 |
    Antonello Neri In-Provideoas Ennio Morricone
  • 2012 |
    Giuliano Montaldo: Quattro volte vent'anni
  • 2010 |
    Angelus Hiroshimae
  • 2010 |
    The Earth: Our Home
  • 2009 |
    Baaria
  • 2009 |
    Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
  • 2008 |
    The Demons of St. Petersburg
  • 2006 |
    The Unknown Woman
  • 2007 |
    Gillo - Le donne, i cavalier, l'armi, gli amori
  • 2007 |
    Tutte le donne della mia vita
  • 2006 |
    Adolfo Celi, un uomo per due culture
  • 2005 |
    Fateless
  • 2005 |
    E ridendo l'uccise
  • 2005 |
    Un controtipo - appunti su Gillo Pontecorvo
  • 2004 |
    72 Meters
  • 2004 |
    Guardians of the Clouds
  • 2003 |
    Al cuore si comanda
  • 2003 |
    The End of a Mystery
  • 2002 |
    Black Angel
  • 2002 |
    Carlo Giuliani, Boy
  • 2002 |
    I sogni nel mirino
  • 2002 |
    Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
  • 2002 |
    Ripley's Game
  • 2001 |
    Aida of the Trees
  • 2001 |
    Another World Is Possible
  • 2001 |
    The Sleeping Wife
  • 2000 |
    Canone Inverso
  • 2000 |
    Lo Sguardo sull'Uomo: Incontro con Gillo Pontecorvo
  • 2000 |
    Vatel
  • 2000 |
    Malena
  • 2000 |
    Mission to Mars
  • 1998 |
    The Legend of 1900
  • 1998 |
    The Phantom of the Opera
  • 1998 |
    Bulworth
  • 1997 |
    Cartoni animati
  • 1997 |
    Con rabbia e con amore
  • 1997 |
    Naissance des stéréoscopages
  • 1997 |
    The Fourth King
  • 1997 |
    U Turn
  • 1996 |
    La lupa
  • 1996 |
    The Nymph
  • 1996 |
    The Stendhal Syndrome
  • 1996 |
    Vite strozzate
  • 1996 |
    We Free Kings
  • 1995 |
    The Star Maker
  • 1995 |
    According to Pereira
  • 1995 |
    L'uomo proiettile
  • 1995 |
    Who Killed Pasolini?
  • 1994 |
    A Pure Formality
  • 1994 |
    Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
  • 1994 |
    The Night and the Moment
  • 1994 |
    Disclosure
  • 1994 |
    Love Affair
  • 1993 |
    La scorta
  • 1993 |
    Il lungo silenzio
  • 1993 |
    Look to the Sky
  • 1991 |
    Especially on Sunday
  • 1993 |
    In the Line of Fire
  • 1992 |
    A csalás gyönyöre
  • 1992 |
    Colonna sonora
  • 1992 |
    City of Joy
  • 1991 |
    Beyond Justice
  • 1991 |
    Husbands and Lovers
  • 1991 |
    Ilona und Kurti
  • 1991 |
    La thune
  • 1991 |
    Bugsy
  • 1990 |
    Crossing the Line
  • 1990 |
    Everybody's Fine
  • 1990 |
    Ennio Morricone: Music for the Eyes
  • 1990 |
    The Bachelor
  • 1990 |
    The Palermo Connection
  • 1990 |
    Tracce di vita amorosa
  • 1990 |
    Tre colonne in cronaca
  • 1990 |
    Hamlet
  • 1990 |
    State of Grace
  • 1989 |
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
  • 1989 |
    12 Directors for 12 Cities
  • 1989 |
    Time to Kill
  • 1989 |
    Fat Man and Little Boy
  • 1989 |
    Casualties of War
  • 1988 |
    A Time of Destiny
  • 1988 |
    Frantic
  • 1987 |
    Control
  • 1987 |
    Farewell Moscow
  • 1987 |
    Quartiere
  • 1987 |
    The Gold Rimmed Glasses
  • 1987 |
    The Untouchables
  • 1986 |
    The Venetian Woman
  • 1985 |
    La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding
  • 1985 |
    Collector's Item
  • 1985 |
    The Repenter
  • 1985 |
    Red Sonja
  • 1984 |
    Don't Kill God
  • 1984 |
    Once Upon a Time in America
  • 1983 |
    Sahara
  • 1983 |
    Hundra
  • 1983 |
    Le Marginal
  • 1983 |
    Le ruffian
  • 1983 |
    Order of Death
  • 1983 |
    Pelota
  • 1983 |
    The Key
  • 1983 |
    Thieves After Dark
  • 1983 |
    Treasure of the Four Crowns
  • 1982 |
    Blood Link
  • 1982 |
    Espion, lève-toi
  • 1982 |
    Maja Plisetskaja
  • 1982 |
    Porca vacca
  • 1982 |
    White Dog
  • 1982 |
    The Thing
  • 1981 |
    Bianco, rosso e Verdone
  • 1981 |
    Buddy Goes West
  • 1981 |
    Butterfly
  • 1981 |
    La disubbidienza
  • 1981 |
    Lady of the Camelias
  • 1981 |
    So Fine
  • 1981 |
    The Professional
  • 1981 |
    Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
  • 1980 |
    La Cage aux Folles II
  • 1980 |
    Fun Is Beautiful
  • 1980 |
    L'oeil pervers
  • 1980 |
    La via del silenzio
  • 1980 |
    Men or Not Men
  • 1980 |
    Nouvelles rencontres
  • 1980 |
    Si salvi chi vuole
  • 1980 |
    Stark System
  • 1980 |
    The Blue-Eyed Bandit
  • 1980 |
    The Fantastic World of M.C. Escher
  • 1980 |
    The Good Thief
  • 1980 |
    The Lady Banker
  • 1980 |
    Windows
  • 1979 |
    Dedicato al mare Egeo
  • 1979 |
    Good News
  • 1979 |
    I... For Icarus
  • 1979 |
    Il giocattolo
  • 1979 |
    Lovers and Liars
  • 1979 |
    Ogro
  • 1979 |
    The Humanoid
  • 1979 |
    The Meadow
  • 1979 |
    Venetian Lies
  • 1979 |
    Luna
  • 1979 |
    Bloodline
  • 1978 |
    La Cage aux Folles
  • 1978 |
    Cock Crows at Eleven
  • 1978 |
    Corleone
  • 1978 |
    Forza Italia!
  • 1978 |
    One Two Two
  • 1978 |
    Stay as You Are
  • 1978 |
    Where Are You Going on Holiday?
  • 1978 |
    Days of Heaven
  • 1977 |
    Hitch-Hike
  • 1977 |
    Il mostro
  • 1977 |
    Il prefetto di ferro
  • 1977 |
    Pedro Páramo
  • 1977 |
    Rene the Cane
  • 1977 |
    Stato interessante
  • 1977 |
    The Cat
  • 1977 |
    The Chosen
  • 1977 |
    The Thruster
  • 1976 |
    1900
  • 1977 |
    Orca
  • 1977 |
    Exorcist II: The Heretic
  • 1976 |
    A Sold Life
  • 1976 |
    And Agnes Chose to Die
  • 1976 |
    Per amore
  • 1976 |
    San Babila: 8 P.M.
  • 1976 |
    The Desert of the Tartars
  • 1976 |
    Todo modo
  • 1975 |
    A Escola Aberta
  • 1975 |
    A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe
  • 1975 |
    Autopsy
  • 1975 |
    Down the Ancient Stairs
  • 1975 |
    End of the Game
  • 1975 |
    Eye of the Cat
  • 1975 |
    Last Stop on the Night Train
  • 1975 |
    Le Ricain
  • 1975 |
    Leonor
  • 1975 |
    Libera, My Love
  • 1975 |
    Lips of Lurid Blue
  • 1975 |
    The 'Human' Factor
  • 1975 |
    The Divine Nymph
  • 1975 |
    The Flower in His Mouth
  • 1975 |
    The Night Caller
  • 1975 |
    The Sunday Woman
  • 1975 |
    The Teenage Prostitution Racket
  • 1975 |
    Weak Spot
  • 1974 |
    Allonsanfan
  • 1974 |
    Almost Human
  • 1974 |
    Arabian Nights
  • 1974 |
    Sarah's Last Man
  • 1974 |
    Sesso in confessionale
  • 1974 |
    Spasmo
  • 1974 |
    The Antichrist
  • 1974 |
    The Cousin
  • 1974 |
    The Devil Is a Woman
  • 1974 |
    The Infernal Trio
  • 1974 |
    The Last 4 Days
  • 1974 |
    The Murri Affair
  • 1974 |
    The Secret
  • 1973 |
    Fiorina la vacca
  • 1973 |
    Giordano Bruno
  • 1973 |
    Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?
  • 1973 |
    Increase and Multiply
  • 1973 |
    Massacre in Rome
  • 1973 |
    My Name Is Nobody
  • 1973 |
    Property Is No Longer a Theft
  • 1973 |
    Sepolta viva
  • 1973 |
    The Serpent
  • 1973 |
    Vaarwel
  • 1973 |
    When Love Is Lust
  • 1972 |
    1870
  • 1972 |
    A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
  • 1972 |
    Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio?
  • 1972 |
    Chronicle of a Homicide
  • 1972 |
    Devil in the Brain
  • 1972 |
    For Love One Dies
  • 1972 |
    I figli chiedono perché
  • 1972 |
    La cosa buffa
  • 1972 |
    La violenza: Quinto potere
  • 1972 |
    Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?
  • 1972 |
    Lui per lei
  • 1972 |
    My Dear Killer
  • 1972 |
    Quando la preda è l'uomo
  • 1972 |
    Sonny and Jed
  • 1972 |
    The Canterbury Tales
  • 1972 |
    The French Conspiracy
  • 1972 |
    The Master Touch
  • 1972 |
    The Master and Margaret
  • 1972 |
    The Two Seasons of Life
  • 1972 |
    This Kind of Love
  • 1972 |
    What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution?
  • 1972 |
    What Have You Done to Solange?
  • 1972 |
    When Women Lost Their Tails
  • 1972 |
    Who Saw Her Die?
  • 1972 |
    Winged Devils
  • 1971 |
    Duck, You Sucker!
  • 1971 |
    'Tis Pity She's a Whore
  • 1971 |
    A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
  • 1971 |
    Black Belly of the Tarantula
  • 1971 |
    Cold Eyes of Fear
  • 1971 |
    Day of Judgment
  • 1971 |
    Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  • 1971 |
    Incontro
  • 1971 |
    Maddalena
  • 1971 |
    Sacco & Vanzetti
  • 1971 |
    Short Night of Glass Dolls
  • 1971 |
    The Burglars
  • 1971 |
    The Case Is Closed, Forget It
  • 1971 |
    The Cat o' Nine Tails
  • 1971 |
    The Decameron
  • 1971 |
    The Fifth Cord
  • 1971 |
    The Voyage of Tanai
  • 1971 |
    The Working Class Goes to Heaven
  • 1971 |
    Tre nel mille
  • 1971 |
    Veruschka - Poetry of a Woman
  • 1971 |
    Without Apparent Motive
  • 1970 |
    Compañeros
  • 1970 |
    Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo
  • 1970 |
    Hornets' Nest
  • 1970 |
    Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
  • 1970 |
    Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It
  • 1970 |
    Lady Caliph
  • 1970 |
    Metello
  • 1970 |
    The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
  • 1970 |
    The Fifth Day of Peace
  • 1970 |
    The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
  • 1970 |
    The Most Beautiful Wife
  • 1970 |
    The Voyeur
  • 1970 |
    Violent City
  • 1970 |
    When Women Had Tails
  • 1970 |
    Two Mules for Sister Sara
  • 1969 |
    Alibi
  • 1969 |
    Brief Season
  • 1969 |
    Burn!
  • 1969 |
    Eat It
  • 1969 |
    Ecce Homo
  • 1969 |
    Fraulein Doktor
  • 1969 |
    H2S
  • 1969 |
    He and She
  • 1969 |
    Love Circle
  • 1969 |
    Machine Gun McCain
  • 1969 |
    Mother's Heart
  • 1969 |
    Season of the Senses
  • 1969 |
    Tepepa
  • 1969 |
    That Splendid November
  • 1969 |
    The 5-Man Army
  • 1969 |
    The Invisible Woman
  • 1969 |
    The Lady of Monza
  • 1969 |
    The Red Tent
  • 1969 |
    The Sicilian Clan
  • 1969 |
    The Year of the Cannibals
  • 1969 |
    Unknown Woman
  • 1969 |
    Vergogna schifosi
  • 1969 |
    What Did Stalin Do to Women?
  • 1969 |
    Zenabel
  • 1968 |
    A Fine Pair
  • 1968 |
    A Quiet Place in the Country
  • 1968 |
    A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
  • 1968 |
    Bandits in Rome
  • 1968 |
    Come Play with Me
  • 1968 |
    Danger: Diabolik
  • 1968 |
    Galileo
  • 1968 |
    Guns for San Sebastian
  • 1968 |
    Listen, Let's Make Love
  • 1968 |
    Partner
  • 1968 |
    Teorema
  • 1968 |
    The Hell Before Death
  • 1968 |
    The Mercenary
  • 1967 |
    Arabella
  • 1967 |
    China Is Near
  • 1967 |
    Death Rides a Horse
  • 1967 |
    Dirty Heroes
  • 1967 |
    Face to Face
  • 1967 |
    Grand Slam
  • 1967 |
    Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
  • 1967 |
    Il giardino delle delizie
  • 1967 |
    Matchless
  • 1967 |
    Operation Kid Brother
  • 1967 |
    The Big Gundown
  • 1967 |
    The Girl and the General
  • 1967 |
    The Harem
  • 1967 |
    The Hellbenders
  • 1967 |
    The Rover
  • 1967 |
    Up the MacGregors
  • 1966 |
    The Hills Run Red
  • 1965 |
    For a Few Dollars More
  • 1964 |
    A Fistful of Dollars
  • 1966 |
    7 pistole per i MacGregor
  • 1966 |
    Agent 505 - Todesfalle Beirut
  • 1966 |
    Come imparai ad amare le donne
  • 1966 |
    El Greco
  • 1966 |
    Fort Yuma Gold
  • 1966 |
    Navajo Joe
  • 1966 |
    The Hawks and the Sparrows
  • 1966 |
    Un uomo a metà
  • 1966 |
    Wake Up and Die
  • 1966 |
    You'll See Me Returning
  • 1965 |
    A Pistol for Ringo
  • 1965 |
    Fists in the Pocket
  • 1965 |
    Highest Pressure
  • 1965 |
    I'm Not Worthy of You
  • 1965 |
    Idoli controluce
  • 1965 |
    Menage Italian Style
  • 1965 |
    Nightmare Castle
  • 1965 |
    Se non avessi più te
  • 1965 |
    The Return of Ringo
  • 1965 |
    Thrilling
  • 1964 |
    Before the Revolution
  • 1964 |
    Bullets Don't Argue
  • 1964 |
    Full Hearts and Empty Pockets
  • 1964 |
    I due evasi di Sing Sing
  • 1964 |
    I maniaci
  • 1964 |
    Malamondo
  • 1964 |
    So in Love
  • 1964 |
    The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
  • 1963 |
    Gunfight in the Red Sands
  • 1963 |
    Il successo
  • 1963 |
    The Basilisks
  • 1963 |
    The Little Nuns
  • 1962 |
    Crazy Desire
  • 1962 |
    Eighteen in the Sun
  • 1962 |
    Gli italiani e le vacanze
  • 1962 |
    I motorizzati
  • 1962 |
    La cuccagna
  • 1961 |
    The Fascist
  • 1915 |
    La signora delle camelie

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