Ennio Morricone has died (1928-2020)

[vandermolen]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53305397

Sad news. I bought a double album of his film scores whilst on holiday in Italy last summer.

[relm1]

Sad news indeed.  He had a very good run and was working to the end.  He was a very gifted composer and tune-smith having scored over 400 films.  RIP dear Maestro. 

[vandermolen]

Sad news indeed.  He had a very good run and was working to the end.  He was a very gifted composer and tune-smith having scored over 400 films.  RIP dear Maestro. 

I agree. I thought that you would be sad to hear this news.

I heard this CD playing in a palace I was visiting in Italy last year and was impressed with much of the music:

[Mirror Image]

Sad news, indeed. He was one of my favorite film music composers. A remarkable gift he had for sure. RIP, Maestro Morricone.

[Symphonic Addict]

This great film composer has passed at age 91 due to complications from a fall he suffered in recent days. He composed around 500 soundtracks making him one of the most reputable film composers. Rest in peace.

[Daverz]

He wrote so many film scores.  I still only know (very) well the scores for The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West and The Mission -- I have not made a serious attempt to explore more of his huge ouvre -- but had he only done those he'd still be a giant in film score history.

[SimonNZ]

Looking down his filmography I'm surprised I never realized it was his work in The Battle Of Algiers.

Also that its his work on the soundtrack of The Thing. I'd just assumed John Carpenter provided the music himself.

[SimonNZ]

From the Guardian, mostly less familiar pieces:

Ennio Morricone: 10 of his greatest compositions
From idiosyncratic Italian pop to experimental funk and moments from his classic westerns, here are some of the maestro's most striking moments

there was also a link to this:

Pros score all-time classics

"Ennio Morricone's original music for Roland Joffe's 1986 film "The Mission" landed on top of a Variety poll of 40 active composers who were asked to name their top three original movie scores of all time in order of preference. The survey, conducted with the help of the good folks at ASCAP and BMI, used a point system that rewarded the first choice with three points, the second with two, etc., and offered a telling view of the pecking order of the great composers past and present and what it takes to achieve a state of sonic transcendence."[...]

[pjme]

Morricone's classical compositions include piano works, a few symphonic pieces, chamber music, choral works, songs, cantatas, one opera and a mass. His first classical pieces date back to the late forties.
http://www.enniomorricone.org/the-music/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Ennio_Morricone#Classic_(absolute)_music.

https://www.youtube.com/v/A1Ue9YE9vnQ

https://www.youtube.com/v/FIFppaSUYTY

Second Concerto (for flute, cello and orchestra) 1984–85
Fourth Concerto (for organ, two trumpets, two trombones and orchestra) 1993
(and no, he did not write 15 piano concertos).

https://www.youtube.com/v/jECzxt6gngk

[relm1]

Morricone's classical compositions include piano works, a few symphonic pieces, chamber music, choral works, songs, cantatas, one opera and a mass. His first classical pieces date back to the late forties.
http://www.enniomorricone.org/the-music/
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Ennio_Morricone#Classic_(absolute)_music.

https://www.youtube.com/v/A1Ue9YE9vnQ

https://www.youtube.com/v/FIFppaSUYTY

Second Concerto (for flute, cello and orchestra) 1984–85
Fourth Concerto (for organ, two trumpets, two trombones and orchestra) 1993
(and no, he did not write 15 piano concertos).

https://www.youtube.com/v/jECzxt6gngk

Fascinating.  So much to explore.  His gift to us will continue long after he's gone.

[vandermolen]

I didn't realise that there was an existing Moriccone thread when I posted about his death - sorry about that.
Anyway, I was just listening to a short tribute about him on the radio and I didn't know that he'd been a composer of avant garde concert music in his youth and, more recently, had a Mass performed at the Vatican. On a more prosaic note my favourite track on the album I bought recently is for 'The Thing':
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=meU2gAU7Xss

[BeoQuartet]

RIP Ennio Morricone. We lost a true musical giant. A small tribute to his beautiful music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFytJk-Fw4A

[AlberichUndHagen]

This is very sad news indeed. He composed magnificent soundtracks to many of my favorite films and is definitely one of my favorite film composers. A few years back when he toured Finland, I considered trying to get tickets with a friend of mine.