Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

[FreeinChrist]

Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died. He was 91.​

sigh....

Some of his music....

This is really beautiful.

 

[Tom 1]

Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died. He was 91.​

sigh....

Some of his music....

This is really beautiful.

What a cool guy. He had a good innings.

 

[thecolorsblend]

His score for The Untouchables is great.

 

[thecolorsblend]

What a cool guy. He had a good innings.

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[Tom 1]

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A good innings - a good length of life. From cricket.

 

[wing2000]

...one of the most beautiful and moving scores ever written.

 

[cow451]

Ecstacy of Gold. My favorite. Made me switch beers.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Some of his music....

This guy is so iconic...

You can literally Google "cowboy sound" and a version of this theme will be the result. I immediately picture a couple of dueling cowboys and a tumbleweed when I hear it. He's embedded himself in American mythos.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Sad to hear of his passing but what a legacy to leave behind. He’s responsible for some of the most iconic film scores of all time. Movies and the culture they’ve shaped just wouldn’t be the same without him.

 

[MehGuy]

Hmm.. recently watched The Good, The Bad And The Ugly for the first time a few months go. A pretty good film. That opening score is iconic. Didn't know that same guy did other films like The Untouchables. Guess I'll have to look through his music catalog.

Looks like he did Once Upon A Time In America. Probably my favorite work of his. Haunting.. especially considering how sexually violent some of the scenes were. A huge cocktail of emotions with that work.

 

[MehGuy]

Probably a good time to watch this movie again. Well, rest in piece I guess.

 

[Nithavela]

He actually resented being called a spagetti western composer, since his scores for those films made up only 8% of his work.

 

[FreeinChrist]

Yes, he complained about some only recognizing his early work and not mentioning the bulk of his work.

But The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is so incredibly iconic. All you have to hear to know the song is the first 6 notes.

He was also very creative with the music in the spaghetti westerns.

 

[jayem]

One of his best works is the theme from the movie Cinema Paradiso. For violin and orchestra. Which he composed with his son, Andrea. It's quite moving and conveys a feeling of yearning and a sort of sweet sadness. A great piece of film music. With very nice fiddle playing by Chloe Hanslip.

 

[All Englands Skies]

Hmm.. recently watched The Good, The Bad And The Ugly for the first time a few months go. A pretty good film. That opening score is iconic. Didn't know that same guy did other films like The Untouchables. Guess I'll have to look through his music catalog.

Looks like he did Once Upon A Time In America. Probably my favorite work of his. Haunting.. especially considering how sexually violent some of the scenes were. A huge cocktail of emotions with that work.

I always like the soundtracks he did to Orca: The Killer Whale and A Fistful of Dynamite (a different story to the fistful of dollars trilogy and starred James Coburn)

 

[cow451]

I always like the soundtracks he did to Orca: The Killer Whale and A Fistful of Dynamite (a different story to the fistful of dollars trilogy and starred James Coburn)

Who else could make two minutes of bad guys looking back and forth at one another riveting?