Biography
Ennio Morricone (born
November 10,
1928,
Rome) is an
Italian composer, especially noted for his
film scores. He has composed the scores of more than 500 films and TV series. Although only 30 of these are for
Western films, it is for this work which he is best known. Morricone's sparse style of composition for the genre is particularly exemplified by the soundtracks of the classic
spaghetti westerns,
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (
Sergio...
