From ‘Spaghetti Western’ Scores to the Opera Stage

Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t ...

Ennio Morricone mastered the music of spaghetti Westerns — now he’s making his opera debut

The darkly atmospheric ‘Partenope’ reveals another side to the late composer, best known for his melodious film scores ...
Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Few ever heard Ennio Morricone’s avant-garde music. Why it was key to his movies

Ennio Morricone, who died Monday at age 91, was, of course, famed as the outrageously prolific and inventive film composer of such classics as “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” one of his more than ...
CNN

The film scores of Ennio Morricone: Five tracks you need to to hear by the late, great composer

Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of more than 500 film scores, has died at the age of 91. The Italian musician leaves behind an extraordinary body of work that includes collaborations with ...

'Partenope,' Ennio Morricone’s long-neglected opera, emerges to enchant Naples

At long last, vindication is at hand for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was as capable of breathing life ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ennio Morricone music has starring role in Tarantino film

NEW YORK (AP) — All Ennio Morricone asked of Quentin Tarantino, after committing to score his new Western, “The Hateful Eight,” was that the director feature his music prominently and give it the ...
Arizona Daily Star

The film scores of Ennio Morricone: 5 tracks to listen to by the late, great composer

Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of more than 500 film scores, has died at the age of 91. The Italian musician leaves behind an extraordinary body of work that includes collaborations with ...
Rolling Stone

First Posthumous Ennio Morricone Collection Will Feature Seven Unreleased Tracks

A new posthumous Ennio Morricone collection, Morricone Segreto, featuring seven previously unreleased tracks, will be released November 6th via CAM Sugar/Decca Records, Variety reports. The collection ...
Los Angeles Times

The Envelope: Ennio Morricone says a hands-off Quentin Tarantino let his ‘Hateful Eight’ music flow

There are just a select few who inarguably belong in the pantheon of great film composers; Ennio Morricone is one. However, just as the film for which he has received his sixth Oscar nomination, ...
Variety

‘Ennio’ Review: Ennio Morricone, the Maestro of the Movie Soundtrack, Gets the Entrancing Documentary He Deserves

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 ...
CNN

Ennio Morricone: Time for Oscars to settle composer score?

Eighty-seven-year-old maestro Ennio Morricone says it is only when audiences see the pictures on screen entwine with his music that he can finally be excited by what he has created. The legendary ...