The movie devotes itself to Morricone's music, from the pop songs to the spaghetti Westerns to "The Untouchables" and beyond. But it's also about his impishly self-serious personality. The Morricone ...

Catching one of cinema’s masters is a rare treat; catching two at the same time is practically unheard of. But at London’s famed Abbey Road Studios this week, director Quentin Tarantino joined ...

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 ...

Academy Award-winning composer Ennio Morricone, who left an indelible musical imprint on film genres as varied as "spaghetti westerns" and epic gangster dramas, died on Monday in Rome at the age of 91 ...

A lively, absorbing documentary about the Italian composer whose music is featured in hundreds of movies, from “A Fistful of Dollars” to “Kill Bill.” By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for ...

Tornatore’s decision to plough doggedly through Morricone’s career, from his days as a music student at Rome’s Saint Cecilia Conservatory through a period as a jobbing trumpeter working in clubs and ...

Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t such a drawback. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Naples, Italy Thirty ...