In Memoriam: Ennio Morricone
- Zenless Popcorn
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 9, 2020
With a heavy heart, I write that composing legend Ennio Morricone has died due to complications after breaking his leg. He was 91.
Morricone, also known as "The Maestro", has worked on the musical scores of over 500 movies including John Carpenter's The Thing, The Hateful Eight, Mission To Mars, Wolf, and of course the unforgettable A Fistful Of Dollars.
Morricone’s focus on one instrument — like the trumpet solo in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, or the oboe, which soared over a lushly reverent backdrop in The Mission — enriched his contributions.
The composer loved the sound of the electric guitar and the Jew’s harp and employed whistles, church bells, whips, coyote howls, chirping birds, ticking clocks, gunshots, and women’s voices to add textures to scores not associated with the typical studio arrangement.
“All kinds of sounds can be useful to convey emotion … it’s music made up of the sound of reality" Ennio Morricone
The entertainment world shines little less as one of its stars goes out, but with a career that spanned over 6 decades, there is a beautifully amazing legacy he has left behind.
ENNIO MORRICONE
10 NOVEMBER 1928 - 6 JULY 2020
REST IN PEACE
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