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Ennio Morricone is an Italian composer and arguably the most famous film composer of the 20th century. Morricone has scored several hundred films, but is most commonly identified with the soundtracks he created for director Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, A Fist Full of Dollars and Once Upon a Time in America.
Morricone began studying music at Rome's Conservatory of Santa Cecilia at the age of 12. He supported himself by playing trumpet in jazz bands and working for Italy's national radio station. He began scoring films in the 1960s, and while his work with Leone is among his most well-known, he has collaborated with a myriad of directors including Pedro Almodovar, Brian DePalma, Roman Polanski, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone and Barry Levinson.
He was honored with an Honorary Academy Award for career achievement in 2007.
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- Born: November 10, 1928
- Origin: Rome, Italy
- Received an Honorary Academy Award for career achievement in 2007
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The Best of Ennio Morricone: Original Soundtrack Collection - $24.95
The great Italian film composer Ennio Morricone first came on the scene with soundracks for Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns," including A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Though his career has been primarily in Ital...
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Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone - $18.97
Ennio Morricone is well-known to moviegoers. His soundtracks for The Mission, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Cinema Paradiso, and others are invariably warmly melodic and superbly su...
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Very Best of Ennio Morricone - $16.98
Four the first time all of Morricone's most famous themes are gathered together on one compilation. From the early days of 'A Fistfull Of Dollars' and 'The Good The Bad And The Ugly' through 'The Mission' and 'Chi Mai' to the movie blockbus...
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Morricone Conducts Morricone - $24.99
For cinephiles and soundtrack collectors everywhere, Morricone Conducts Morricone is a DVD to cherish for a lifetime. Recorded in Munich, Germany on October 20, 2004, this no-frills 100-minute concert performance offers no bonus feat...
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