Ennio Morricone, composer and conductor, who was responsible for many film scores that have become cult classics, died Monday, July 6. He was 91 years old.

the Music of Ennio Morricone, His biography, The tributes Of the hundreds of movies The family of Ennio Morricone

The composer and conductor of world-known Ennio Morricone died in the night from Sunday to Monday, July 6, 2020 . He had been hospitalized a few days ago after a fall and broken femur. He was 91 years old. "Ennio Morricone, I'm dead" : this is the title of the obituaries of Ennio Morricone... written by Ennio Morricone and published in the Italian press : "Ennio Morricone is dead. Here's how I announced it to all my friends who have always been close to me and also to those who are a bit far, and I greet you with great affection. Impossible to name them all (...) there is only one reason that prompts me to greet everyone in this way and to ask for a funeral in the most strict intimacy : I don't want to disturb you (...) profound, deep and intense to my children, Marco, Alessandra, Andrea, Giovanni, my daughter-in-law Monica, and grandchildren Francesca, Valentina, Francesco, and Luca. I hope they understand how much I love them. Finally and especially, Maria. I renewed the extraordinary love that has united us and that I regret giving up. To her, the most painful of goodbyes."

The composer leaves behind his loved ones, but also a huge career. For his acolyte, Sergio Leone, Ennio Morricone has composed some of his finest music, including those westerns, It was a time in the West, the Good, the bad and the Ugly, For a fistful of dollars "The untouchables". More recently, he has also written the music for Kill Bill, Django Unchained, Mission or The professional. Since the announcement of the death of Ennio Morricone in the Italian press, on social networks, thousands or anonymous personalities pay homage to the "Maestro" as he liked to called.

Ennio Morricone, a music legend

a Famous composer and conductor, the Italian Ennio Morricone became famous for his many film soundtracks. Creator of about 500 compositions since the 1960s, he had become an influential figure of world cinema. Thanks to his collaboration with his friend director Sergio Leone, he composed the famous themes of westerns, It was a time in the West, the Good, the bad and the Ugly, For a fistful of dollars "The untouchables". More recently, he has also written the music for Kill Bill, Django Unchained, Mission or The professional. Between Italy, France and the United States, Ennio Morricone has worked alongside great directors such as Dario Argento, Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino.

Oscar, concerts... His biography

Born November 10, 1928, he is a graduate of the national Academy of Saint Cecilia of Rome, and has studied the trumpet and conducting. Turned to the classical music, he begins, however, his career in component arrangements for radio broadcasts, and then the first music film from 1961. He also wrote chamber music and works for orchestra. Widely recognized for its musical work, the maestro has received an academy award of honor in 2007. He also received a Grammy Award, Golden Globes, Ribbons of silver and a golden Lion. Italy awarded him the Medaglia di prima Classe di Benemerito dell'arte e della Cultura, and he became a chevalier of the Legion of honor in France. On February 26, 2016, Ennio Morricone had got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame before receiving three days later the Oscar for the best film music for the soundtrack of the film The Eight Bastards of Quentin Tarantino.

The tributes after the death of Ennio Morricone

The death of Ennio Morricone occurred in the night of Sunday 5 July Monday 6 July. The composer, catholic, "has passed away at the dawn of 6 July, with the consolation of the faith," said a press release of Giorgio Assumed, the lawyer and friend of the family, quoted by the Italian media. Ennio Morricone died in the clinic in Rome where he was hospitalized due to a fall which caused a fracture of the femur. He was 91 years old. As soon as the announcement of his death, on social networks, the tributes numbered in the thousands. The Spanish head of government Pedro Sanchez pointed out on Twitter that Ennio Morricone was the author of "more than 500 film soundtracks, including some, such as Cinema Paradiso, is considered authentic masterpieces". "We will remember forever, and with infinite gratitude to the artistic genius of the maestro Ennio Morricone. He made us dream, we had moved and thought provoking, writing notes unforgettable that will remain forever in the history of cinema and music," responded on Twitter to his Italian counterpart, Giuseppe Conte.

"Ennio Morricone the emperor of the music in the film, a harmonica, rhythms, melodies, instruments that are unexpected, the trills, the 3 notes that are easy to remember, the lavishness of its scores," has responded on Twitter Gilles Jacob, former director of the festival of cinema of Cannes. "There are people who have the ability to make the world a better place because they know how to create beauty," commented for his part the Italian actress Monica Bellucci.

compositions for hundreds of movies

With more than 500 compositions for the cinema, Ennio Morricone will go down as one of the most prolific artists of the 7th art Here is a selection of feature films for which he has worked, imposing its style and her paw :

There was a time in the West once upon a time in America 1900 For a fistful of dollars And for a few dollars more My name is nobody The Sicilian Clan The Good, the bad and the Ugly My name is nobody The Professional Mercenary, the Great Silence of The Colorado Navajo Joe Fear on the city Mission Death was at the rendezvous, The Snake, The Eight Guys The Untouchables, The Thing, The Harvest of the Skies The Battle of Algiers I called Malabar Who are the wife and children of Ennio Morricone ? Date Of Update: 09 July 2020, 03:57