Ennio Morricone mastered the music of spaghetti Westerns — now he’s making his opera debut

The darkly atmospheric ‘Partenope’ reveals another side to the late composer, best known for his melodious film scores ...
Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Few ever heard Ennio Morricone’s avant-garde music. Why it was key to his movies

Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at age 91, was, of course, famed as the outrageously prolific and inventive film composer of such classics as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” one of his more than ...
CNN

The film scores of Ennio Morricone: Five tracks you need to to hear by the late, great composer

Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of more than 500 film scores, has died at the age of 91. The Italian musician leaves behind an extraordinary body of work that includes collaborations with ...
Variety

‘Ennio’ Review: Ennio Morricone, the Maestro of the Movie Soundtrack, Gets the Entrancing Documentary He Deserves

The movie devotes itself to Morricone's music, from the pop songs to the spaghetti Westerns to "The Untouchables" and beyond. But it's also about his impishly self-serious personality. The Morricone ...

Once upon a time... Ennio Morricone & Nino Rota: the symphonic concert at La Seine Musicale in 2027

Paris pays tribute to Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota in 2027! Mark your calendars for January 23rd, 2027, at La Seine Musicale for a special symphonic concert celebrating the iconic music crafted by ...
Los Angeles Times

The Envelope: Ennio Morricone says a hands-off Quentin Tarantino let his ‘Hateful Eight’ music flow

There are just a select few who inarguably belong in the pantheon of great film composers; Ennio Morricone is one. However, just as the film for which he has received his sixth Oscar nomination, ...
The Hindu

Ennio Morricone’s immortal music

“I, Ennio Morricone, am dead.” This was the statement released by Ennio Morricone’s lawyer when the prolific composer departed. An obituary written by the maestro himself, Morricone instructed the ...
CNN

Ennio Morricone: Time for Oscars to settle composer score?

Eighty-seven-year-old maestro Ennio Morricone says it is only when audiences see the pictures on screen entwine with his music that he can finally be excited by what he has created. The legendary ...
Jazz

Ennio Morricone: Fabled Hoard Of 1970s Library Music Reissued

Library music was first produced in the 1920s for use with silent movies. Its golden age came during the 1960s and 1970s, when it provided off-the-shelf (and relatively low priced) incidental music ...
The Financial Times

Ennio Morricone: who was the man behind the film music?

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. When Ennio Morricone died at 91 in 2020, cinema lost one of its greatest craftsmen. For more than half a century, his name ...
Variety

Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning ‘Hateful Eight’ Composer, Dies at 91

Oscar winner Ennio Morricone, composer of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “The Mission” and among the most prolific and admired composers in film history, has died. He was 91. Morricone died ...
CNN

The film scores of Ennio Morricone: Five tracks you need to to hear by the late, great composer

Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of more than 500 film scores, has died at the age of 91. The Italian musician leaves behind an extraordinary body of work that includes collaborations with ...