Ennio Morricone dead: Legendary film composer dies aged 91

Composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91.

The Oscar-winning Italian, best known for his hugely influential score to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in 1966, is reported to have died after a fall.

Across the course of a career that changed the face of music in film, Morricone scored more than 500 films.

His most renowned work came alongside Sergio Leone, who pioneered the genre of Spaghetti Westerns with films such as A Fistful of Dollars and Once Upon A Time in the West.

[PositunesMusic]

Ennio will stay in our hearts and inspire us forever. RIP, Legend.

[rogerkincaid]

I've lost count on both how many of his compositions I heard and how much I spent on listening to them.

Thank you, Maestro.

[madsvestergaard]

A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mercenary, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Great Silence, The Sicilian Clan, Duck, You Sucker!, My Name is Nobody, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, The Thing, Once Upon a Time in America, The Mission, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, Bugsy, Malèna and The Hateful Eight.

Just a few of the many masterpieces by this great legend. RIP Morricone and thank you for all the beautiful music.

[leehenry]

His music in Sergio Leone movies is legendary!

[elvis]

RIP Maestro, what music you gave us, thank you Ennio.

[henry]

R.i.p Maestro...grazie di tutto...per sempre nei ns cuori...legend...😪🇮🇹

[Villag]

He is an immortal legend. The music of the soul ... that's what I called his music. Thank you, Maestro <3 Rest in peace.

[Evan_Makeba]

Literally spiked my phone in anger. I long for ANY good news right now. Rest in peace, Ennio.

[francescoretondo]

Ciao maestro! Grazie di averci regalato la bellezza, e di averci resi un po' più umani.

[stephaniewhite]

This musical maestro & his unique 1970s soundtracks where singers voices were used as both instruments and effects remain groundbreaking even today. He is a legend.

[TheMescalero]

Rest in peace maestro Ennio Morricone, your music never dies, its eternity !!!

[AuroraBorealis]

Ennio is brillant! Thank you so much for so beautiful songs. RIP!

[atb]

RIP Ennio, you have left an indelible mark on this world with your music. This a sad day...

[sleuthentertainment]

The echoes of his whistles will resound inside of our hearts forever. By, genius
Favorite song: the end of Cinema Paradiso

[gigig.]

Grazie Maestro per il tuo lavoro e la tua immensa umiltà . RIP

[NOKMANtube]

I wonder why he has only won an Oscar once in his life, even though he has made music for countless Hollywood movies. RIP

[hedgehog]

R.I.P. Maestro! Hope you'll meet there Sergio and you again will work together for God...Thank you Ennio. Your music will forever remain in our hearts

[Mauriziospag]

- TIME ON TIME Ennio Morricone -
Those who live with love and sentiment take the illustrious art by the hand.
Composing is an opportunity not to die, not to grow and expand behind a glass of nostalgia.
Ennio Morricone, the master of kissing notes, son of worker music and strong emotions
has fallen on the white angelic score.
I can't tell you which was the most beautiful soundtrack;
each note, one after the other, were sublime caresses, were forms of sweetness to the heart,
they were silent and penetrating like solitude, they were extensions of the nature of prairies in sight,
they were perfect executions to exchange a sign of peace.
Now let our tears flow which are not for his music,
but for the cordiality and the polite way in which he granted his memory in us.
His illustrious music will age and revive according to the human miracle ...
depending on a New Cinema Paradiso animated and loved by the plots of life.
To Ennio Morricone, the master of kissing notes on the longest day of kisses.
( di Maurizio Spagna©2020 )
©Rock&Poesia è di Maurizio Spagna -
(Scrittore freelance, autore TV, media IDEE e photo)
"© ROCKABOLARIONman's"- ©2020

[nedpolk]

The way I see it, there's just two kinds of people in this world, those who paint pictures with music & those who dig it. I dig.
Two of my favorites:
From "Once Upon a Time in the West" Ennio Morricone featuring Edda Dell'Orso
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The most poignant scene of sinner & saint & forgiveness in "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"
"Father Ramirez"
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[antigov]

Cant help but label someone as a Jesuit when I hear they're home town in Rome and they reached some level of success !!