Ennio Morricone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]) was an Italian composer. He was born on 10 November 1928 in Rome, Italy and died on 6 July 2020 in Rome, Italy. A favourite pupil of [a776673], he also deputized secretly for his trumpeter father in a light music orchestra. He thus developed two distinct sides to his musical personality: one of these led him to embrace serialism and the experimental work of the improvisation group [a146775]; the other gained him a leading role, principally as an arranger, in all types of mass-media popular music, including songs for radio, radio and television plays, and the first successful television variety shows. After many minor cinematic collaborations, Morricone achieved wider recognition with [a=Sergio Leone]'s series of four Westerns. There followed important collaborations with directors such as [a1549141], [a467451], [a3153386], [a4424119], [a4424126], Roland Joffé and [a4424108]. Despite inevitable self-repetitions over a total of more than 400 film scores, his work provides many examples of a highly original fusion of classical and popular idioms. Morricone's non-film works form a large and increasingly widely performed part of his output. Many of them use his technique of ‘micro-cells’, a pseudo-serial approach often incorporating modal and tonal allusions, which, with its extreme reduction of compositional materials, has much in common with his film-music techniques. Among honours, he won the Academy Award in 2016 for his score to [a=Quentin Tarantino]'s The Hateful Eight and has received five Academy Award nominations between 1979 and 2001, a Grammy and a Leone d'oro, and was awarded the Laurea ad Honorem by the University of Cagliari. Between 1991 and 1996 he taught film music at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena.

Released: 2026-04-24

Label: Capitol Records

Country: Worldwide

Tracklist

A1	The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (Main Title) (II Buono, II Cattivo, II Brutto)	2:38
A2	The Sundown (II Tramonto)	1:12
A3	The Strong (II Forte)	2:20
A4	The Desert (II Deserto)	5:15
A5	The Carriage Of The Spirits (La Carrozza Dei Fantasmi)	2:04
A6	Marcia (Marcetta)	2:46
B1	The Story Of A Soldier (La Storia De Un Soldato)	3:50
B2	Marcia Without Hope (Marcetta Senza Speranza)	1:47
B3	The Death Of A Soldier (Morte Di Un Soldato)	3:05
B4	The Ecstasy Of Gold (L'Estasi Dell'oro)	3:20
B5	The Trio - Main Title (II Triello)	4:54