Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone Grand Officer OMRI
Morricone at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival
Background information
Birth name	Ennio Morricone
Also known as	Maestro, Dan Savio, Leo Nichols
Born	(1928-11-10) 10 November 1928 (age 88) Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Genres	Film music classical absolute music jazz pop rock
Occupation(s)	Composer orchestrator conductor musician producer
Instruments	Trumpet piano
Years active	1946–present
Associated acts	Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta Bruno Nicolai Alessandro Alessandroni Edda Dell'Orso Curro Savoy Susanna Rigacci Mina Yo-Yo Ma Mireille Mathieu Joan Baez Andrea Bocelli Morrissey Roger Waters Sarah Brightman Amii Stewart Paul Anka Milva Gianni Morandi Dalida Catherine Spaak Pet Shop Boys Hayley Westenra and others
Website	enniomorricone.org
Notable instruments
Ennio Morricone's signature

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI (Italian: [ˈɛnnjo morriˈkoːne]; born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player. He composes a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile, experimental and influential composers of all time, working in any medium. Since 1946 Morricone has composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, including all Sergio Leone films since A Fistful of Dollars (including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West), all Giuseppe Tornatore films (since Cinema Paradiso), The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, III and Le Professionnel, John Carpenter's The Thing, The Mission, The Untouchables, Bugsy, In the Line of Fire, Disclosure, Bulworth, Mission to Mars, Ripley's Game and The Hateful Eight.