Ennio Morricone
10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor born in Rome, who trained in trumpet and composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He wrote scores for more than four hundred films, including his collaborations with Sergio Leone on A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Roland Joffe's The Mission. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 2007 and a competitive Academy Award for The Hateful Eight in 2016.
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Life events
Son of a professional trumpeter, who gave him his first musical instruction.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCompleted the conservatory's trumpet programme in Rome.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgStudied composition and instrumentation with Petrassi, whose influence he acknowledged throughout his career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple remained married for the rest of his life and had four children.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBegan his long collaboration with the director Sergio Leone, a former schoolmate.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe main theme became one of the most widely recognised pieces of film music.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWritten for Roland Joffe's film, the score included the piece Gabriel's Oboe.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPresented for his contributions to the art of film music.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first competitive Oscar, for Quentin Tarantino's film.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied at the age of 91 following complications from a fall.
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