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R.I.P. great master.... So long....

Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91

Ennio Morricone, whose haunting, inventive scores expertly accentuated the simmering, dialogue-free tension of the spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone, has died. He was 91.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Ennio Morricone - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ennio Morricone, Oscar-winning Italian film composer, dies aged 91

Morricone’s work helped define the western but he went on to work across all film genres

www.theguardian.com

 

[sublimit]

Oscar winner Ennio Morricone, composer of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "The Mission" and among the most prolific and admired composers in film history, has died. He was 91.

Morricone died early Monday in a Rome clinic, where he was taken shortly after suffering a fall that caused a hip fracture, his lawyer Giorgio Asumma told Italian news agency ANSA.

Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning ‘Hateful Eight’ Composer, Dies at 91

Oscar winner Ennio Morricone, composer of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and “The Mission," has died. He was 91.

variety.com

Farewell to one of the best film composers ever lived. A true legend.

 

[EviLore]

FUUUUUUUCK. Greatest film composer of all time. Rest in peace, legend.

 

[Riastrad]

Ennio belongs in the pantheon of great composers. His talent as a melodist was second to none. RIP.

 

[Aggelos]

J.A. Bayona comments

 

[Tesseract]

 

[lachesis]

Rip... Loved his works. Cinema Paradiso was one of them..

 

[Aggelos]

 

[EviLore]

 

[Tesseract]

 

[Sybrix]

Very sad, bought this a few weeks ago, all tracks are originals from the movies, such immense talent.

 

[EviLore]

 

[Paracelsus]

Probably not his best theme, but the one I like the most.



"If you were to describe Humanity in 2020 with a theme"

RIP.

 

[Jon Neu]

The greatest.



Rest in peace.

 

[Cosmic Smash]

 

[Bryank75]

Damn.... RIP.

 

[GymWolf]

Rip, he really was one of the greats.

 

[DogofWar]

The soundtracks to the Clint Eastwood-western trilogy are among my most listened albums the last few years. Definitely a legend. Rest in peace!

 

[Sybrix]

 

[Birdo]

RIP. One of his lesser-known scores, but still amazing:

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

A true legend.

Thanks for everything, maestro.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I've torrented the Dollars trilogy twice and never got around to it. Now is the time.

 

[DKehoe]

What an incredible body of work. One of the greats. A sad loss but 91 is a good age. I'm grateful to him for everything he accomplished.

 

[jufonuk]

Legend, RIP

 

[sublimit]

His soundtrack for Two Mules for Sister Sara was another great one and a much lesser known work among his Western film work.

 

[jufonuk]

One of the best films ever made so beautifully shot and composed.

 

[sublimit]

One of the best films ever made so beautifully shot and composed.

And some of the most badass quotes in the history of Westerns!
Harmonica: Did you bring a horse for me?
Snaky: [Chuckling] It looks like we're... it looks like we're shy of one horse!
Harmonica: You brought two too many.

 

[teezzy]

R.I.P. sweet prince, you were too grand for this cruel world

 

[etp_1]

 

[TTOOLL]

The definition of legend.

 

[Cravis]

RIP. A legend.

 

[nani17]

An absolute legend of the business. I came across the Danish orchestra videos posted above the other day. One of the lads at work was watching a fist full of dollars. Instantly the music comes into my head.

 

[Mistershine.]

One of my favourite albums:

Hayley Westenra - Paradiso

Listen to Paradiso on TIDAL

tidal.com

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Wow RIP to a legend

It's stunning how many soundtracks he wrote. The man was a genius plain and simple.

 

[DisguiseArrsick]

I saw him in concert in Dublin last year. So many great works by this man, but here are some of my favourites.

 

[Orenji Neko]

A legend, a master. I thank him for such wonderful ,epic and beautiful music that moves the soul and fills the heart and stirs imagination.

2 of my 4 most loved composers are gone, Ennio Morricone and Basil Poledouris. (~_~) Only Williams and Sugiyama remain.

91..so amazing! Though sad I must remember to also be grateful that he was not another legend taken too soon or early. For so long was he here to create many wonders to listen.

Rest in peace.

 

[J-Roderton]

What a master. RIP.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Death is ok and something humans have to accept.

 

[GAMETA]

Great composer, may he rest in peace.

 

[UncleMeat]

RIP to one of the best.

Watching the opening credits with his score to The Hateful Eight at the 70mm Roadshow is a movie experience I will never forget.

 

[Space Runaway]

Damn, I just rewatched Once Upon a Time In America (And Wolf...) this weekend too. Legendary composer. RIP

 

[MrS]

Goodnight sweet prince. Thank you for the banga:

 

[Cosmic Smash]

 

[MacReady13]

My fav film of all time. One of the greatest soundtracks of all time. He was a legend. Tragic that it took so long for the academy to recognize his immense talents as a composer. RIP.

 

[teezzy]

 

[SkylineRKR]

The greatest of all time.

One Academy Award.

One.

Now try to take this show seriously.

 

[LarknThe4th]

Honestly next level talent, by far the best movie composer of all time(he stomps Williams)

"The ecstasy of gold"

And

"Man with the harmonica"

Are timeless classics on the scale of "dance macabre" or "lacrimosa"

RIP you insanely talented man

 

[AlteredForms]

One last time.

 

[Nymphae]

Weird, I'm going through my Jackass movies at the moment, threw on #2 after work, and I totally forgot that the intro opens with Ecstasy of Gold:

 

[Happosai]

R.I.P. great master.... So long....

Ennio Morricone, Prolific Italian Composer for the Movies, Dies at 91

Ennio Morricone, whose haunting, inventive scores expertly accentuated the simmering, dialogue-free tension of the spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone, has died. He was 91.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Ennio Morricone - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ennio Morricone, Oscar-winning Italian film composer, dies aged 91

Morricone’s work helped define the western but he went on to work across all film genres

www.theguardian.com

Well, this sucks. Too many great composers have died in the past decade. R.I.P.