Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, born in Rome in 1928, has had an outstanding career in music. Beginning as an orchestrator and conductor, he later found international fame as a composer for film, particularly for Sergio Leone's westerns such as "A Fistful of Dollars", "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", and "A Fistful of Dynamite" (whose score was released on Cinevox Record in 1971). He has worked with a wide range of Italian and international directors such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roman Polanski and many others, contributing to over 450 films. In addition to music for film, he has also composed a wide range of concert works, giving more than 100 concerts in Europe, Asia, the United States, Central America, and South America.   His career has been rich in awards, including a lifetime achievement Oscar, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy and numerous other honors. He also achieved recording success and continued to be active until the end of his life, including working on television series and collaborating with contemporary directors such as Quentin Tarantino.   His record releases for Cinevox Record were numerous, chief among them being "A Fistful of Dynamite", "Metti una sera a cena," "IInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion", and "La cosa buffa."   His influence and contribution to the art of music have been widely recognized throughout the world.