Ennio Morricone

 

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Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on 10. 11. 1928. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres, from absolute music, which he has always produced, to applied music, working as orchestrator as well as conductor in the recording field, and then as a composer for theatre, radio and cinema. In 1946 Ennio received his trumpet diploma and in 1947 he was engaged as composer for theatre music. In 1953 he made his first arrangement for a series of evening radio shows. In 1954 he received his diploma in Composition at the Conservatory under the guidance of Goffredo Petrassi. In 1958 he obtained a job at RAI (Italian Television) as music assistant, but he resigned on the first day of work

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Ennio Morricone

Born 1928-11-10 (96 years ago) in Rome, Italy.

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Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Polar Music Prize 2010
David di Donatello for Best Music (Baarìa) 2010 David di Donatello Awards 2010 Baarìa
David di Donatello for Best Music (The Unknown Woman) 2007 David di Donatello Awards 2007 La Sconosciuta
Academy Honorary Award 79th Academy Awards 2006
David di Donatello for Best Music (Canone inverso) 2000 David di Donatello Awards 2000 Canone inverso
David di Donatello for Best Music (The Legend of 1900) 1999 David di Donatello Awards 1999 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (The Legend of 1900) 57th Golden Globe Awards 1999 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Golden Lion 1995
David di Donatello for Best Music (Look to the Sky) 1993 David di Donatello Awards 1993 Look to the Sky
David di Donatello for Best Music (Everybody's Fine) 1991 David di Donatello Awards 1991 Everybody's Fine
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Satellite Award for Best Original Score (Malèna) 5th Golden Satellite Awards 2001 Malèna
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Malèna) 58th Golden Globe Awards 2000 Malèna
Satellite Award for Best Original Score (The Legend of 1900) 4th Golden Satellite Awards 2000 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (The Legend of 1900) 57th Golden Globe Awards 1999 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Bugsy) 49th Golden Globe Awards 1991 Bugsy
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Casualties of War) 47th Golden Globe Awards 1989 Uppgörelsen
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (The Untouchables) 45th Golden Globe Awards 1987 De omutbara
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (The Mission) 44th Golden Globe Awards 1986 The Mission
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (Once Upon a Time in America) 42nd Golden Globe Awards 1984 Once Upon a Time in America
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (It's Wrong For Me To Love You) 39th Golden Globe Awards 1981 It's Wrong For Me To Love You
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Maria Travia(Gifta: 1956-10-13–) 1956-10-13 Gifta
Children

Marco Morricone, Alessandra Morricone, Giovanni Morricone, Andrea Morricone

Parents

Libera Morricone, Mario Morricone

Siblings

Adriana Morricone, Aldo Morricone, Maria Morricone, Franco Morricone

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Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on 10.11.1928. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres, from absolute music, which he has always produced, to applied music, working as orchestrator as well as conductor in the recording field, and then as a composer for theatre, radio and cinema.

In 1946 Ennio received his trumpet diploma and in 1947 he was engaged as composer for theatre music.

In 1953 he made his first arrangement for a series of evening radio shows.

In 1954 he received his diploma in Composition at the Conservatory under the guidance of Goffredo Petrassi.

In 1958 he obtained a job at RAI (Italian Television) as music assistant, but he resigned on the first day of work. 

His career as film music composer started in 1961 with the film "Il Federaleâ? directed by Luciano Salce, but he became famous worldwide with Sergio Leone's westerns: A Fistful Of Dollars (1964),For A Few Dollars More(1965), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966), Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)and A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971). 

In 1965 Morricone entered the group of improvisation "Nuova Consonanzaâ?; 

in 1984, he and other composers founded the I.R.TE.M. (Institute Of Research For Musical Theatre) in Rome. 

Since 1960, Morricone has scored over 400 films working with many Italian and international directors (among whom Sergio Leone, Gillo Pontecorvo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuliano Montaldo, Lina Wertmuller, Giuseppe Tornatore, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, Warren Beatty, Adrian Lyne, Oliver Stone, Margarethe Von Trotta, Henry Verneuil, Pedro Almodovar and Roland Joffè). His most famous films include: The Battle Of Algiers; Sacco and Vanzetti; Cinema Paradiso; The Legend Of 1900, Malena; The Untouchables, Once Upon A Time In America; The Mission and U-Turn. His absolute music production includes over 100 pieces composed since 1946 to this day. Here are some titles: Concerto per orchestra 1 (1957); Frammenti di Eros (1985); Rag in Frantumi (1986); Cantata per L'Europa (1988); UT, per tromba, archi e percussioni (1991); Ombra di Lontana Presenza (1997); Voci dal Silenzio (2002); Sicilo ed altri Frammenti (2006); Vuoto di Anima Piena (2008). 

Ennio Morricone has conducted many orchestras worldwide, including the Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy for many symphonic seasons. He also conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Theatre, the Rome Opera House Orchestra, the Budapest Opera House Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacionales de España (ONE), the National Brazilian Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Munich Rundfunk, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Spanish Television.

Morricone often works with the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra for many concerts both in Italy and abroad as well as for the recordings of film scores. 

On 2nd February 2007 Maestro Morricone and the Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra held an important concert at the United Nations General Assembly Hall to celebrate the UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon taking office. 

In his long career, Ennio Morricone has received many awards other than the Golden Lion and the Honorary Oscar, among which 8 Nastri D'argento, 5 Baftas, 5 Oscar Nominations, 7 David Di Donatello, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award and 1 European Film Award. In the 2009 the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, has signed a decree appointing  M° Ennio Morricone to the rank of Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor. 

In the recording field, Morricone has received 27 Golden Records, 7 Platinum Records, 3 Golden Plates and the "Critica discograficaâ? award for the music of the film "Il Pratoâ?. The soundtrack from the film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly has been included in the list of inductees for the Grammy Hall of Fame 2009. 

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