Tribute 71: Ennio Morricone

Welcome to another Cinema Sounds & Secrets Tribute Episode! This week, Janet, John, (and Pen) dive into the life and career of an incredible composer who wrote his first compositions when he was just six years old! A five-time Oscar nominee and a two-time winner, its none other then the ledgendary Ennio Morricone! Born in Rome, Italy on November 10th, 1928,  his father, a trumpet player himself taught Ennio to read music and how to play many instruments. It was in his childhood he met his future collaborator and ledgendary director and pioneer of the Spagetti Western, Sergio Leone. During the 50s and early 60s, Morriconne composed songs for Italian and international jazz and pop stars, selling millions of copies of his music worldwide, eventually finding his way composing music for film, with his breakout film being released in 1964, Fistful of Dollars. Morricone would go on to score countless of films in the western genre and beyond, composing more than 400 across his entire career. The last notable project he worked on was with another iconic director, Quentin Tarantino, for the film, The Hateful Eight. Some of Ennio Morricone's most notable scores include, Fistfull of Dollars (1964), The Good The Bad And The Ugly (1966), Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), Untouchables (1987), and The Hateful Eight (2015).

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