Ennio Morricone liked being given “Maestro” when we spoke to him. After all, the Roman has signed some of the most powerful cinema themes of the 20th century, over a career spanning six decades. He was the last giant of the golden age of music for the 7th art. At the same time, the man had earned a reputation for being badass. An impression immediately confirmed by a dry and precise tirade when we met him for the first time. “I don't want to speak about Sergio Leone. I have already been asked hundreds of questions about it. He was a great artist, I'm still in contact with his family, that's all I can tell you, ” he said in 2014.
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However, the director and the composer are linked for eternity, thanks to a collaboration that resulted in six films: For a handful of dollars (1964), And for a few dollars more (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968),
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