Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
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Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose symphonic scores backed everything from spaghetti westerns to romance, horror and sci-fi films, has died aged 91.
Ennio Morricone, (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player who wrote music in a wide range of styles. Morricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. He started as a talented football player for A.S. Roma but left the sport to follow his passion for music. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, all Sergio Leone‘s films since A Fistful of Dollars, all Giuseppe Tornatore‘s films since Cinema Paradiso, The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento‘s Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, III and Le Professionnel, as well as The Thing, The Mission, The Untouchables, Mission to Mars, Bugsy, Disclosure, In the Line of Fire, Bulworth, Ripley’s Game and The Hateful Eight.After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, he became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 started ghost writing for film and theatre. Throughout his career, he composed music for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Milva, Zucchero and Andrea Bocelli. From 1960 to 1975, Morricone gained international fame for composing music for Westerns and—with an estimated 10 million copies sold—Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the best-selling scores worldwide. From 1966 to 1980, he was a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives, and in 1969 he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio. From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific American directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino. In 1977, he composed the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He continued to compose music for European productions, such as Marco Polo, La piovra, Nostromo, Fateless, Karol and En mai, fais ce qu’il te plait. Morricone’s music has been reused in television series, including The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and in many films, including Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He also scored seven Westerns for Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari‘s Ringo duology and Sergio Sollima‘s The Big Gundown and Face to Face. Morricone worked extensively for other film genres with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Roman Polanski and Henri Verneuil. His acclaimed soundtrack for The Mission (1986) was certified gold in the United States. The album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.
Morricone’s best-known compositions include “The Ecstasy of Gold“, “Se Telefonando“, “Man with a Harmonica“, “Here’s to You“, the UK No. 2 single “Chi Mai“, “Gabriel’s Oboe” and “E Più Ti Penso“. In 1971, he received a “Targa d’Oro” for worldwide sales of 22 million, and by 2016 Morricone had sold over 70 million records worldwide. In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.” He has been nominated for a further six Oscars. In 2016, Morricone received his first competitive Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino’s film The Hateful Eight, at the time becoming the oldest person ever to win a competitive Oscar. His other achievements include three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d’Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. Morricone has influenced many artists from film scoring to other styles and genres, including Hans Zimmer,Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, and Radiohead.
Morricone’s Sheet music is fully available in our Library.
List of compositions by Ennio Morricone
Classic (absolute) music
Ennio Morricone’s classical compositions include over 15 piano concertos, 30 symphonic pieces, choral music, one opera and one mass. His first classical pieces date back to the late-forties.- Il Mattino (for voice and piano) 1946
- Imitazione (for voice and piano) 1947
- Iintimità (for voice and piano) 1947
- Barcarola funebre (for piano) 1952
- Preludio a una Novella senza titolo (for piano) 1952
- Distacco I (for voice and piano) 1953
- Distacco II (for voice and piano) 1953
- Verrà la morte (for contralto and piano) 1953
- Oboe sommerso (for baritone and five instruments) 1953
- Musica (for piano and string orchestra) 1954
- Sonata (for brass ensemble, piano and timpani) 1954
- Variations on a theme by Frescobaldi (for piano) 1955
- Cantata (for orchestra and mixed chorus singing a text by Cesare Pavese) 1955
- Sestetto (for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola and cello) 1955
- Twelve Variations (for oboe d’amore, cello and piano) 1956
- Invenzione, canone e ricercare (for piano) 1956
- Concerto (for orchestra) 1957
- Distanze (for violin, cello and piano) 1958
- Requiem per un destino (for mixed chorus and orchestra) 1966
- Suoni per Dino (a piece for viola virtuoso Dino Asciolla using 2 magnetic tapes) 1969
- Proibito (for 8 trumpets) 1972
- Gestazione (for female voice and instruments plus pre-recorded electronic sounds and an ad lib string orchestra) 1980
- Totem secondo (for 5 bassoons and 2 contrabassoons) 1981
- Second Concerto (for flute, cello and orchestra) 1984–85
- Four Studies (for piano) 1984–89
- Frammenti di Eros (Cantata for soprano, piano and orchestra to a text by Sergio Miceli) 1985
- Cantata per L’Europa (for soprano, two vocal recitals, mixed chorus and orchestra) 1988
- Mordenti (for harpsichord) 1988
- Epos (for orchestra) 1989
- Study (for double-bass) 1989
- Reflessi (for cello) 1989–90
- Frammenti di giochi (for violin and harp) 1990
- Third Concerto (for guitar, marimba and string orchestra) 1990–91
- UT (for trumpet, timpani, bass drum and string orchestra) 1991
- Una via crucis (‘Stations of The Cross’ in various vocal and instrumental combinations and in collaboration with Michele Dall’Ongaro and Egisto Macchi)
- Fourth Concerto (for organ, two trumpets, two trombones and orchestra) 1993
- Vidi aquam (for soprano and small orchestra) 1993
- Elegia per Egisto (a piece for violin dedicated to his fellow-Nuova Consonanza member Egisto Macchi) 1993
- Il silenzio, il gioco, la memoria (for a chorus of children’s voices singing a text by Sergio Miceli) 1994
- Partenope (an opera with a libretto by Guido Barbieri and Sandro Cappelletto) 1996
- Passaggio secondo (for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 20 strings and a vocal recital of a text by Allen Ginsberg) 1996
- Scherzo (for violin and piano) 1996; Ombra di lontana presenza (for viola, string orchestra and magnetic tape) 1997
- Nocturne and Passacaglia (for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano and strings) 1998
- Amen (for 6 choruses of mixed voices) 1998
- Pietre (for double chorus, percussion and cello) 1999
- For the Children Killed by the Mafia (for soprano, baritone, 6 instruments and two voices reciting a text by Luciano Violente) 1999
- Abenddämmerung (for violin, cello, piano and soprano or mezzo-soprano singing a text by Heinrich Heine) 2000
- If This Be a Man (for soprano, violin, strings and vocal recital of a text by Primo Levi) 2001
- Voci dal silenzio (for vocal recital, recorded voice, chorus and orchestra) 2002
- Finale (for two organs) 2002
- Riverberi (for flute, cello and piano) 2004
- Missa Papae Francisci (mass for double chorus, orchestra and organ) 2015
Live albums
- Ennio Morricone live (with Metropole Orchestra) (1987)
- Concerto Premio Nino Rota (1995)
- Ennio Morricone – Live (1995)
- Morricone dirige a Morricone (1998)
- Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia (1999)
- Verona Arena Concerto (2002)
- La leggenda della pianista (2003)
- Focus: Ennio Morricone & Dulce Pontes (2004)
- Voci dal silenzio (2004)
- Morricone Conducts Morricone: The Munich Concert 2004 (2006)
- Note di Pace/Peace Notes: Live at Piazza San Marco, Venice (2008)
- Giorgio Armani presents Musica per il cinema (2CD)(2012)
Studio albums
with Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza
- 1966 “Nuova Consonanza”, LP RCA
- 1967 “The Private Sea of Dreams” (as Il Gruppo), LP RCA Victor
- 1968 “Improvisationen” LP Deutsche Grammophon
- 1970 “The Feed-back” (as The Group), LP RCA
- 1973 “Improvvisazioni a Formazioni Variate” (also known as “Gruppo d’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza”), LP General Music
- 1975 “Nuova Consonanza”, LP Cinevox Records. Reissue 2007 CD Bella Casa
- 1976 “Musica su Schemi”, LP Cramps Records. Reissue 2002: LP Get Back, CD Ampersand
- 1992 “1967–1975”, CD Edition RZ
- 2006 “Azioni”, CD Die Schachtel
- 2010 “Niente”, CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali. Reissue 2012 LP The Omni Recording Corporation/The Roundtable
- 2011 “Eroina”, CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali
with Chico Buarque
- Per un pugno di samba (1970, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
- Sonho de um Carnaval (2000, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
- De sa terra a su xelu (2002, Clara Murtas & Ennio Morricone)
other
- Guardians of the clouds (2007, Carel Kraayenhof & Ennio Morricone)
- Paradiso (2011, Hayley Westenra & Ennio Morricone)
- Morricone.Uncovered (2012, Romina Arena & Ennio Morricone)
- Morricone 60 (2016, Ennio Morricone & Czech National Symphony Orchestra)
Selected compilations
- Morricone: Belmondo (1971)
- Take off: Film Hits (1978)
- Oscar Valdambrini (1982)
- His Greatest Themes (1986)
- Film Music, Vol. 1: The Collection (1987)
- Film Music, Vol. 2 (1988)
- Once Upon a Time in the West: 20 Famous Film Tracks of Ennio Morricone (1989)
- Zijn Grootste Successen (1990)
- Chamber Music (1990)
- The Legendary Italian Westerns (1990)
- Original Film Musik Von Ennio Morricone (1993)
- 93 Movie Sounds (1994)
- Classic Ennio Morricone (1994)
- Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection (1995)
- The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music (1995)
- An Ennio Morricone: Dario Argento Trilogy (1995)
- Anthology: Main Titles & Rare Tracks (1995)
- With Love: Music Composed & Conducted By (1995)
- Neapolitan Songs (1995)
- Best of Ennio Morricone (BMG) (1995)
- Love Themes (1995)
- Film Hits (1995)
- Western Movie Themes from Clint Eastwood Movies (1995)
- Film Festival (1995)
- Movie Classics: The Music of Ennio Morricone & Hugo Montenegro (1996)
- TV Film Music (1996)
- Time of Adventure (1996)
- Main Titles, Vol. 1 (1965–1995) (1996)
- Magic World of Ennio Morricone (1996)
- Once Upon a Time in the Cinema (1996)
- Time for Suspense (1996)
- Fear According to Morricone (1997)
- Singles Collection, Vol. 2 (1997)
- Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Disky) (1998)
- Movie Classics (1998)
- Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 2: Western Songs & Ballads (1998)
- Mondo Morricone (1999)
- 1966–1987 (1999)
- Love Themes (1999)
- Main Titles, Vol. 3: 1965–1985 (1999)
- With Love, Vol. 2 (1999)
- The Gangster Collection (1999)
- Morricone 2000 (1999)
- The Thriller Collection (1999)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (Compilation) (1999)
- Selections from Chronicle (1999)
- Genius of Ennio Morricone (2000)
- The Very Best of Ennio Morricone (2000)
- Psycho Morricone (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Soundtracks Collection (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Italian Pops Collection (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Mood Music Collection (2001)
- Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 1 (2002)
- More Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 2 (2002)
- Molto Mondo Morricone, Vol. 3 (2002)
- Morricone in the Scene: Chase Morricone (2002)
- Bizarre Morricone (2002)
- Lounge Morricone (2002)
- Notte Morricone (2002)
- Vivid Sound (2002)
- Signor Morricone Tempo (2002)
- Psichedelico Jazzistico (2004)
- Erotica Morricone: So Sweet So Sensual (2004)
- Casa Della Musica (2004)
- A Celebration of Ennio Morricone’s 75th Anniversary (2004)
- Great Melodies of Ennio Morricone (2004)
- Movie Masterpieces (2004)
- Morricone Aromatico (2004)
- Once Upon a Time… The Essential Ennio Morricone (2004)
- Film Music Maestro (2004)
- The Best of Ennio Morricone (Setteottavi) (2005)
- Morricone Happening (2005)
- Most Famous Hits (2005)
- Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro (2005)
- Morricone High (2005)
- Morricone in Love (2005)
- Maestro (2005)
- Crime and Dissonance (2005)
- Itinerary of a Genius (2005)
- Bandes Originales de Film (2005)
- The Library, Vol. 1 (Musiche Composte Per il Cinema) (2005)
- My Favorite Ennio Morricone Music (2005)
- Ennio Morricone Deluxe (2006)
- Il West di Morricone (2006)
- Una Storia Italiana (2006)
- Most Famous Hits: Ennio Morricone – Western Film Music: The Album (2006)
- Gold Collection (2006)
- Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Silva Screen) (2006)
- Morricone Award (2007)
- Morricone: Western (2007)
- Grand Collection (2007)
- World of Ennio Morricone (2007)
- Ennio Morricone (2007)
- The Soundtracks: 75 Themes from 53 Films (2007)
- 50 Movie Theme Hits: Gold Edition, Vol. 2 (2007)
- In Lounge (2007)
- Original Songs (2007)
- Morricone Award (CD + Book) (2007)
- Made In France (2007)
- Un’ora Con Ennio Morricone (2007)
- Edda Dell’Orso performs Ennio Morricone (2 CD) (2008)
- In Lounge, Vol. 2 (2008)
- The Platinum Collection: Original Soundtrack (2008)
- Morricone In The Brain (2009)
- Ennio Morricone Earbook 4 CD (2013)
- Cinema collection – I 30 capolavori della musica da film italiana (2013)
- L’essentiel d’Ennio Morricone (2013)
- The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1 (2013)
- The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 2 (2013)
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