Composer
Ennio Morricone
Born 10 November 1928 · Rome, Italy — died 6 July 2020
Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) was an Italian composer who wrote more than 400 film and television scores. He is best known for his inventive music for Sergio Leone's Westerns, which reshaped how film music could sound. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers.
Key films
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Began his landmark collaboration with Sergio Leone and introduced his distinctive Western sound.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)On Cinespective
Its main theme became one of the most recognisable pieces of film music ever written.
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)On Cinespective
Leone's epic Western, with a score that is central to its operatic mood.
The Mission (1986)
A celebrated, genre-crossing score blending orchestral, choral and indigenous-inspired elements.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Late-career score that won him his first competitive Academy Award.
Key awards
- 1995 Golden Lion Honorary Award, Venice Film Festival
- 2007 Academy Honorary Award
- 2016 Golden Globe for Best Original Score (The Hateful Eight)
- 2016 Academy Award for Best Original Score (The Hateful Eight)
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 363
- 1961The FascistComposer
- 1962Crazy DesireComposer
- 1962I motorizzatiComposer
- 1962La cuccagnaComposer
- 1962Eighteen in the SunComposer
- 1963The BasilisksComposer
- 1963Il successoComposer
- 1963Gunfight at Red SandsComposer
- 1963Everything is MusicComposer
- 1963The Little NunsComposer
- 1964A Fistful of DollarsComposer
- 1964Before the RevolutionComposer
- 1964So In LoveComposer
- 1964The ManiacsComposer
- 1964Two Escape from Sing SingComposer
- 1964Bullets Don't ArgueComposer
- 1964The Twelve-Handed Men of MarsComposer
- 1965For a Few Dollars MoreComposer
- 1965Fists in the PocketComposer
- 1965The Return of RingoComposer
- 1965Nightmare CastleComposer
- 1965A Pistol for RingoComposer
- 1965Snow JobComposer
- 1965Don't Ever Leave MeComposer
- 1965I'm Not Worthy of YouComposer
- 1965ThrillingComposer
- 1965High PressureComposer
- 1965Menage Italian StyleComposer
- 1966The Good, the Bad and the UglyComposer
- 1966The Battle of AlgiersComposer
- 1966The Hawks and the SparrowsComposer
- 1966Navajo JoeComposer
- 1966Fort Yuma GoldComposer
- 1966The Hills Run RedComposer
- 1966Seven Guns for the MacGregorsComposer
- 1966Almost a ManComposer
- 1966Wake Up and DieComposer
- 1966How I Learned to Love WomenComposer
- 1966You'll See Me ReturningComposer
- 1967Death Rides a HorseComposer
- 1967The Big GundownComposer
- 1967Face to FaceComposer
- 1967Guns for San SebastianComposer
- 1967The WitchesComposer
- 1967The HellbendersComposer
- 1967Grand SlamComposer
- 1967Operation Kid BrotherComposer
- 1967China Is NearComposer
- 1967Garden of DelightsComposer
- 1967Long Days of VengeanceComposer
- 1967The HaremComposer
- 1967MatchlessComposer
- 1967Up the MacGregorsComposer
- 1967Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza · as SelfActor
- 1968Once Upon a Time in the WestComposer
- 1968The Great SilenceComposer
- 1968TheoremComposer
- 1968Danger: DiabolikComposer
- 1968The MercenaryComposer
- 1968A Quiet Place in the CountryComposer
- 1968PartnerComposer
- 1968GalileoComposer
- 1968A Sky Full of Stars for a RoofComposer
- 1968Come Play With MeComposer
- 1968Listen, Let's Make LoveComposer
- 1968Notes for a Film in IndiaComposer
- 1968EscalationComposer
- 1968A Fine PairComposer
- 1968Bandits in RomeComposer
- 1968Commandments for a GangsterComposer
- 1969The Sicilian ClanComposer
- 1969Burn!Composer
- 1969The Red TentComposer
- 1969The 5-Man ArmyComposer
- 1969TepepaComposer
- 1969Machine Gun McCainComposer
- 1969The Year of the CannibalsComposer
- 1969Love CircleComposer
- 1969That Splendid NovemberComposer
- 1969H2SComposer
- 1969The BetrayalComposer
- 1969Unknown WomanComposer
- 1969What Did Stalin Do to Women?Composer
- 1969He and SheComposer
- 1969AlibiComposer
- 1969The Magnificent Tony CarreraComposer
- 1970Investigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionComposer
- 1970The Bird with the Crystal PlumageComposer
- 1970Two Mules for Sister SaraComposer
- 1970CompañerosComposer
- 1970Violent CityComposer
- 1970The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above SuspicionComposer
- 1970The Most Beautiful WifeComposer
- 1970Hornets' NestComposer
- 1970When Women Had TailsComposer
- 1970Lady CaliphComposer
- 1970The Fifth Day of PeaceComposer
- 1970MetelloComposer
- 1970Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast ItComposer
- 1970The VoyeurComposer
- 1971Duck, You SuckerComposer
- 1971The Cat o' Nine TailsComposer
- 1971Four Flies on Grey VelvetComposer
- 1971The Working Class Goes to HeavenComposer
- 1971The Working Class Goes to Heaven · as Operaio (uncredited)Actor
- 1971The DecameronComposer
- 1971Sacco & VanzettiComposer
- 1971A Lizard in a Woman's SkinComposer
- 1971The BurglarsComposer
- 1971Short Night of Glass DollsComposer
- 1971The Black Belly of the TarantulaComposer
- 1971The Fifth CordComposer
- 1971Without Apparent MotiveComposer
- 1971The Case Is Closed, Forget ItComposer
- 1971'Tis Pity She's a WhoreComposer
- 1971The AutomobileComposer
- 1971Tre donne - La sciantosaComposer
- 1971RomanceComposer
- 1972The Canterbury TalesComposer
- 1972What Have You Done to Solange?Composer
- 1972Who Saw Her Die?Composer
- 1972BluebeardComposer
- 1972My Dear KillerComposer
- 1972The AssassinationComposer
- 1972The Master and MargaritaComposer
- 1972The Master TouchComposer
- 1972Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?Composer
- 1972Sonny and JedComposer
- 1972Chronicle of a HomicideComposer
- 1972Fiorina the CowComposer
- 1972Devil in the BrainComposer
- 19721870Composer
- 1972A Noose Is Waiting for You TrinityComposer
- 1972La cosa buffaComposer
- 1972Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?Composer
- 1972The Sicilian CheckmateComposer
- 1972Winged DevilsComposer
- 1972This Kind of LoveComposer
- 1973My Name Is NobodyComposer
- 1973Property Is No Longer a TheftComposer
- 1973RevolverComposer
- 1973Giordano BrunoComposer
- 1973The SerpentComposer
- 1973Massacre in RomeComposer
- 1973Here We Go Again, Eh Providence?Composer
- 1973Woman Buried AliveComposer
- 1973Increase and MultiplyComposer
- 1974Arabian NightsComposer
- 1974Almost HumanComposer
- 1974The AntichristComposer
- 1974SpasmoComposer
- 1974AllonsanfanComposer
- 1974The SecretComposer
- 1974The Infernal TrioComposer
- 1974The CousinComposer
- 1974The Murri AffairComposer
- 1974The TempterComposer
- 1975The Night CallerComposer
- 1975A Genius, Two Friends, and an IdiotComposer
- 1975Late Night TrainsComposer
- 1975The Sunday WomanComposer
- 1975AutopsyComposer
- 1975LeonorComposer
- 1975End of the GameComposer
- 1975The Human FactorComposer
- 1975Weak SpotComposer
- 1975The Divine NymphComposer
- 1975The Flower in His MouthComposer
- 1975Down the Ancient StairsComposer
- 1975Libera, My LoveComposer
- 1975Lips of Lurid BlueComposer
- 19761900Composer
- 1976One Way or AnotherComposer
- 1976The Desert of the TartarsComposer
- 1976San Babila-8 P.M.Composer
- 1976The InheritanceComposer
- 1977Exorcist II: The HereticComposer
- 1977OrcaComposer
- 1977Hitch HikeComposer
- 1977Holocaust 2000Composer
- 1977The CatComposer
- 1977I Am the LawComposer
- 1977The MonsterComposer
- 1977Rene the CaneComposer
- 1978Days of HeavenComposer
- 1978La Cage aux FollesComposer
- 1978Where Are You Going on Holiday?Composer
- 1978Stay as You AreComposer
- 1978L'immoralitàComposer
- 1978Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media LunaComposer
- 1978CorleoneComposer
- 1979I... for IcarusComposer
- 1979LunaComposer
- 1979BloodlineComposer
- 1979Operation OgreComposer
- 1979A Dangerous ToyComposer
- 1979Good NewsComposer
- 1979Lovers and LiarsComposer
- 1979The MeadowComposer
- 1980La Cage aux Folles IIComposer
- 1980The IslandComposer
- 1980The Lady BankerComposer
- 1980WindowsComposer
- 1980The Good ThiefComposer
- 1980The Blue-Eyed BanditComposer
- 1980Men or Not MenComposer
- 1981Bianco, rosso e VerdoneComposer
- 1981The ProfessionalComposer
- 1981Buddy Goes WestComposer
- 1981Tragedy of a Ridiculous ManComposer
- 1981Lady of the CameliasComposer
- 1981So FineComposer
- 1981Venetian LiesComposer
- 1982The ThingComposer
- 1982White DogComposer
- 1982ButterflyComposer
- 1982Blood LinkComposer
- 1982A Time to DieComposer
- 1983The KeyComposer
- 1983The OutsiderComposer
- 1983The RuffianComposer
- 1983The Scarlet and the BlackComposer
- 1983SaharaComposer
- 1983HundraComposer
- 1983NanaComposer
- 1983CopkillerComposer
- 1983Treasure of the Four CrownsComposer
- 1983PelotaComposer
- 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaComposer
- 1984Thieves After DarkComposer
- 1984Who Was Edgar Allan?Composer
- 1984Die FörsterbubenComposer
- 1985Red SonjaComposer
- 1985La Cage aux Folles 3Composer
- 1985The TrapComposer
- 1985The RepenterComposer
- 1986The MissionComposer
- 1986The Venetian WomanComposer
- 1986C.A.T. SquadComposer
- 1987The UntouchablesComposer
- 1987RampageComposer
- 1987The Gold Rimmed GlassesComposer
- 1987Farewell MoscowComposer
- 1987ControlComposer
- 1988Cinema ParadisoComposer
- 1988FranticComposer
- 1988A Time of DestinyComposer
- 1988C.A.T. Squad: Python WolfComposer
- 1989Casualties of WarComposer
- 1989Fat Man and Little BoyComposer
- 1989Time to KillComposer
- 198912 Directors for 12 CitiesComposer
- 1989The Endless GameComposer
- 1990Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!Composer
- 1990HamletComposer
- 1990State of GraceComposer
- 1990Everybody's Fine · as ConductorActor
- 1990Everybody's FineComposer
- 1990The Palermo ConnectionComposer
- 1990The Big ManComposer
- 1990Tre colonne in cronacaComposer
- 1990The BachelorComposer
- 1991BugsyComposer
- 1991Husbands and LoversComposer
- 1991MoneyComposer
- 1992City of JoyComposer
- 1992Beyond JusticeComposer
- 1992Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth · as SelfActor
- 1993In the Line of FireComposer
- 1993Look to the SkyComposer
- 1993AbrahamComposer
- 1993The EscortComposer
- 1993The Long SilenceComposer
- 1994DisclosureComposer
- 1994WolfComposer
- 1994A Pure FormalityComposer
- 1994Love AffairComposer
- 1994JacobComposer
- 1994Genesis: The Creation and the FloodComposer
- 1995JosephComposer
- 1995The Star MakerComposer
- 1995Pereira DeclaresComposer
- 1995Who Killed Pasolini?Composer
- 1995The Night and the MomentComposer
- 1995Ennio Morricone · as SelfActor
- 1995Rome, November 12, 1994Composer
- 1996The Stendhal SyndromeComposer
- 1996La lupaComposer
- 1996The NymphComposer
- 1996Strangled LivesComposer
- 1996We Free KingsComposer
- 1997LolitaComposer
- 1997U TurnComposer
- 1997DavidComposer
- 1997SolomonComposer
- 1997Cartoni animatiComposer
- 1998The Legend of 1900Composer
- 1998BulworthComposer
- 1998The Phantom of the OperaComposer
- 1998Tower of the First BornComposer
- 1999EstherComposer
- 2000MalenaComposer
- 2000Mission to MarsComposer
- 2000VatelComposer
- 2000Making LoveComposer
- 2000Padre Pio: Between Heaven and EarthComposer
- 2001Aida of the TreesComposer
- 2001Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema · as Self - MusicianActor
- 2001Tales Of The Cat · as SelfActor
- 2001In the Company of Compañeros · as SelfActor
- 2002Ripley's GameComposer
- 2002Black AngelComposer
- 2002Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick · as SelfActor
- 2003The Good PopeComposer
- 2003The End of a MysteryComposer
- 2003Maria GorettiComposer
- 2003Ennio Morricone: Arena concerto · as SelfActor
- 200472 MetersComposer
- 2004Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers · as SelfActor
- 2004Mario Bava: Operazione paura · as SelfActor
- 2005Karol: A Man Who Became PopeComposer
- 2005FatelessComposer
- 2005CefaloniaComposer
- 2005Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker · as SelfActor
- 2005E ridendo l'ucciseComposer
- 2005The Spaghetti West · as SelfActor
- 2005Danger: Diabolik - From Fumetti to Film · as SelfActor
- 2006The Unknown WomanComposer
- 2006Karol: The Pope, The ManComposer
- 2006A CrimeComposer
- 2006Morricone Conducts Morricone · as Self - ConductorActor
- 2006Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things · as SelfActor
- 2006Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds · as SelfActor
- 2007Ennio Morricone: Peace Notes - Live in Venice · as SelfActor
- 2007Men of CorleoneComposer
- 2007Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms · as SelfActor
- 2008The Demons of St. PetersburgComposer
- 2008Il falso bugiardo · as SelfActor
- 2009BaariaComposer
- 2009Pane e libertàComposer
- 2009Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema ParadisoActor
- 2010Memories of Anne FrankComposer
- 2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo · as SelfActor
- 2010Ennio Morricone: Music in His Blood · as Self - IntervieweeActor
- 2012Giuliano Montaldo - Quattro volte vent'anni · as SelfActor
- 2013The Best OfferComposer
- 2013Ennio Morricone dirige l'OSNActor
- 2014Ennio Morricone et les cinéastes · as SelfActor
- 2014Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima · as SelfActor
- 2015The Hateful EightComposer
- 2015Come What MayComposer
- 2016CorrespondenceComposer
- 2016Morricone & Tarantino at Abbey Road Studios · as SelfActor
- 2018Sad Hill Unearthed · as Self - Film Composer (1966)Actor
- 2018Sergio Leone, une Amérique de légende · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2018The Legal DeathActor
- 2021We Are Cinema · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Ennio · as SelfActor
- 2022Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America · as SelfActor
- 2022Piano CinémaComposer
- 2022Concerto commemorativo del Maestro Ennio MorriconeComposer
- 2022Concerto commemorativo del Maestro Ennio MorriconeActor
- 2025Guys' Night in The ThingComposer
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.