Often cited as a key creator of the Spaghetti Western soundscape, Ennio Morricone is doubtlessly one of the most prolific and versatile composers in the history of cinema. With nearly 400 screen ...

“At first, I thought making music for the cinema was humiliating,” the late film composer Ennio Morricone once said. “By writing, I got my revenge.” That comeuppance came in the form of an Oscar for ...

Last week, the legendary Italian film composer Ennio Morricone died, leaving behind a remarkably deep catalog of work that spans multiple eras of filmmaking. Like John Williams or Hans Zimmer, he was ...

Today's Beautiful Music is a moving favorite -- Ennio Morricone's Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso. This performance is from the 2018 Opus Klassik awards in Berlin. Two superstar soloists -- violinist ...

Gunfights in the desert. Whispered prayers in a cathedral. A boy’s wide-eyed wonder at the movies. This week on Reel Music, experience the Oscar-winning legend who scored them all - Ennio Morricone.

ROME — Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and often haunting soundtracks for such ...

When composer Ennio Morricone, well into his 80s, lets loose on the “coyote howl” theme he wrote for “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and sings the howling part — in a fully committed a capella attack ...