Who is responsible for countless soundtracks that shaped the world of cinema, from the 1960s to the "Eight Hate", died after a severe fall • 91-year-old was dead
Anio Moricone wins Oscar, 2016
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Renowned Italian composer Oscar winner Anio Moricone passed away Monday.
91-year-old Moricone died in a hospital in Italy after being hospitalized with a hip bone fracture following a severe fall, sites abroad report.
Moricona has written music for more than 500 films and TV series, including some 30 westerns, and is considered one of the most prolific film composers of all time.
Among Moricone's well-known works can be found the unforgettable pleasures of the films "The Bad and the Ugly," "The Mission," "The Unbiased," There were Times in America, "" The Thing, "and of course," Cinema Paradiso. "
In 2007, he was first awarded the Academy Award for his contribution to film. In 2015, he won the award again for the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino's film The Eight Hate.
In 2018, his name came to the headlines after the German edition of Playboy quoted the composer as director Quentin Tarantino (for whom, as he said, he composed the Oscar-winning soundtrack for the film "The Eight Hated") "retarded" and "trash can" and called his films "garbage." The magazine later admitted that his words were taken out of context.