His harmonica tunes are in everyone's mind. One of the greatest personalities of Italian art has just passed away. The composer Ennio Morricone died on the night of Sunday to Monday at the age of 91. The world famous artist died in a Roman clinic, where he was hospitalized following a fall that caused a fracture of the femur, according to the Italian press.
Over the course of a career spanning more than half a century, the original Roman has composed hundreds of film scores, notably for his compatriot Sergio Leone ("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "For a handful of dollars ”,“ Once upon a time in America ”…)
The legendary tunes of "Cinema Paradiso" and "Professional"? Him again. Ennio Morricone was also a conductor and, little by little, left the cinema aside from the 2000s to devote time to this other priesthood.
Awarded an Oscar in 2016 for "Les Euit Salopards" by Quentin Tarantino, he obtained his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the same year. In 2017, the composer celebrated his 60-year career on the Bercy stage.
If we remember especially from Ennio Morricone his western music, his universe, which exceeds 500 compositions, could not be more eclectic: the detective film for "The Clan of the Sicilians", the humor with "La Cage aux crazy ”, but also the historical and lyrical with“ Mission ”and the experimental with“ Mission to Mars ”by Brian De Palma.