Biography
Ennio Morricone is one of the most successful and revolutionary film composers of all time. ∙ Between 1961 and 2016, Morricone composed roughly 500 scores and classical pieces—practically one a month. ∙ While studying music at Rome’s Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, starting at age 12, he played trumpet in jazz bands to support himself. ∙ He became famous for his scores to Sergio Leone’s “Spaghetti Westerns” A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dolla...Read more