Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

  • Ennio Morricone - TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 13: Italian composer Ennio Morricone of Italy conducts at the Medal Plaza on Day 3 of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2006 in Turin, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02:  Composer Ennio Morricone (R) and his wife Maria Travia attend the Opening Ceremony and Baaria Red Carpet at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2009 in Venice, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02:  Composer Ennio Morricone attends the Opening Ceremony and Baaria Red Carpet at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2009 in Venice, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02:  Composer Ennio Morricone and guest attend the Opening Ceremony and Baaria Red Carpet at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2009 in Venice, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian music composer Ennio Morricone (R) and his wife arrive for the screening of 'Baaria' at the Venice film festival on September 2, 2009. Baaria by Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore kicks off the 66th Mostra Internationale d'Arte Cinematografica, the Venice film festival.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian music composer Ennio Morricone (R) and his wife arrive for the opening ceremony of the 66th Venice film festival on September 2, 2009.
  • Ennio Morricone - VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02:  Composer Ennio Morricone, Margaret Made, director Giuseppe Tornatore and Francesco Scianna attend the 'Baaria' Photocall at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2009 in Venice, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 02:  (Left to Right) Composer Ennio Morricone, actress Margareth Made with director Giuseppe Tornatore attend the 'Baaria' photocall at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2009 in Venice, Italy.
  • Ennio Morricone - Chilean president Michelle Bachelet awards Italian composer Ennio Morricone with the Merit Order Pablo Neruda Order, at the presidential palace La Moneda in Santiago, on March 19, 2008. Morricone will offer concerts tonight and tomorrow in the Chilean capital.
  • Ennio Morricone - Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is kissed on the hand by Italian composer Ennio Morricone at the presidential palace La Moneda in Santiago, on March 19, 2008. Morricone will offer concerts tonight and tomorrow in the Chilean capital.
  • Ennio Morricone - Chilean president Michelle Bachelet awards Italian composer Ennio Morricone with the Merit Order Pablo Neruda Order, at the presidential palace La Moneda in Santiago, on March 19, 2008. Morricone will offer concerts tonight and tomorrow in the Chilean capital.
  • Ennio Morricone - Chilean president Michelle Bachelet poses with Italian composer Ennio Morricone after awarding him with the Merit Order Pablo Neruda Order, at the presidential palace La Moneda in Santiago, on March 19, 2008. Morricone will offer concerts tonight and tomorrow in the Chilean capital.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian composer Ennio Morricone performs during an open air concert in Santiago on March 19, 2008. Morricone received Wednesday the Pablo Neruda Order to Artistic and Cultural Merit from Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Morricone's music for movies has received multiple Oscar nominations, and in 2007 he was awarded for the whole of his work.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian composer Ennio Morricone performs during an open air concert in Santiago on March 19, 2008. Morricone received Wednesday the Pablo Neruda Order to Artistic and Cultural Merit from Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Morricone's music for movies has received multiple Oscar nominations, and in 2007 he was awarded for the whole of his work.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian composer Ennio Morricone performs during an open air concert in Santiago on March 19, 2008. Morricone received Wednesday the Pablo Neruda Order to Artistic and Cultural Merit from Chilean President Michelle Bachelet. Morricone's music for movies has received multiple Oscar nominations, and in 2007 he was awarded for the whole of his work.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian conductor Ennio Morricone directs the concert "life without drugs" at Auditorium of Conciliazione in Rome, 21 November 2007. The event is organized by the Colombian embassy to sensibilized the public opinion about the problem and against the use of cocaine.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian conductor Ennio Morricone directs the orchestra for the piece "life without drugs" at the Auditorium of Conciliazione in Rome, 21 November 2007. The concert is organized by the Colombian embassy to Italy in a bid to raise public awareness on the problems linked to the use of the drug cocaine.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian conductor Ennio Morricone directs the orchestra for the piece "life without drugs" at the Auditorium of Conciliazione in Rome, 21 November 2007. The concert is organized by the Colombian embassy to Italy in a bid to raise public awareness on the problems linked to the use of the drug cocaine.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian conductor Ennio Morricone directs the orchestra for the piece "life without drugs" at the Auditorium of Conciliazione in Rome, 21 November 2007. The concert is organized by the Colombian embassy to Italy in a bid to raise public awareness on the problems linked to the use of the drug cocaine.
  • Ennio Morricone - Italian conductor Ennio Morricone (C Down) directs the orchestra for the piece "life without drugs" at the Auditorium of Conciliazione in Rome, 21 November 2007. The concert is organized by the Colombian embassy to Italy in a bid to raise public awareness on the problems linked to the use of the drug cocaine.
Ennio Morricone is probably the most famous film composer of the 20th century. He is also one of the most prolific composers working in any medium. No exact figure is available, but he's scored several hundred films over the past several decades, perhaps as many as 500. While these have been in almost every imaginable musical style (and for almost every imaginable kind of movie), he is most ...more


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