Ennio Morricone died at 91

**Flinn** · July 06, 2020, 08:16 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/o...cone-dead.html

Originally Posted by incipit of the linked article

Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer whose atmospheric scores for spaghetti westerns and some 500 films by a Who’s Who of international directors made him one of the world’s most versatile and influential creators of music for the modern cinema, died on Monday in Rome. He was 91.

His death was confirmed by his lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, who said that Mr. Morricone had been admitted to the hospital last week after falling and fracturing his femur.

To many cineastes, Maestro Morricone (pronounced more-ah-CONE-ay) was a unique talent,crafting melodic accompaniments to comedies, thrillers and historical dramas by Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Terrence Malick, Roland Joffé, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Mike Nichols, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino and other filmmakers.
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For an Italian like me, he was a sort of a hero, someone who brought our creative talent everywhere in the world, who fought against the prejudice in many forms, who produced a LOT of great music

You'll be missed, Maestro

**Prodromos** · July 06, 2020, 11:42 AM

A great loss

**Halie Satanus** · July 06, 2020, 04:45 PM

The man knew how to do epic.

**Knight of Heaven** · July 06, 2020, 06:07 PM

What a crappy year 2020 has been.

Now this.

He will be always immortal trough his fantastic music as far im concerned.

**Morticia Iunia Bruti** · July 06, 2020, 11:49 PM

Great componist.

**Flinn** · July 07, 2020, 03:10 AM

tnx everybody for the kind comments and for sharing such great music

as for me.. it was not just the music, which was great per se, but the fact that when you couple it with the visuals it is intended to go together, it becomes epic

just a perfect example!

also, as the metal-head I am, I cannot but post this Metallica's video

**Pinarius** · July 08, 2020, 05:45 AM

**DaVinci** · July 08, 2020, 01:21 PM

Morricone, a best film music maker of all times.

**Roma_Victrix** · July 09, 2020, 10:41 AM

RIP to a legend. Morricone was undeniably ahead of his time when composing those unique scores for Sergio Leone's western flicks starring Clint Eastwood, but Morricone transcended that role to produce a truly remarkable variety of compositions. I'm just glad he was still working until recently doing what he loved, and had collaborated with Quentin Tarantino.

@FLINN: Funny that you mention Metallica, because I've seen them once in concert in California back in 2003 I think, and they opened their entire set by playing the graveyard scene of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on giant monitors on stage before playing "Battery" from Master of Puppets. It was beautiful.

**Knight of Heaven** · July 12, 2020, 03:28 PM

@FLINN: Funny that you mention Metallica, because I've seen them once in concert in California back in 2003 I think, and they opened their entire set by playing the graveyard scene of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on giant monitors on stage before playing "Battery" from Master of Puppets. It was beautiful.

Yep i seen Metallica twice ( 2008, and 2010), in my life, they always open their concerts with Morricone Ecstasy of Gold, it was, is, their signature intro on live shows.

On both shows they followed that intro with Creeping Death from Ride the Lightning.