The world lost a legend as Ennio Morricone passed away on July 6 at the age of 91 in his beloved Rome.
Widely considered the greatest film composer ever to have written for the cinema, Morricone’s career was spotlighted on the July 10 edition of Duck, You Sucker!
Morricone scored more than 500 films during his lifetime. He wrote music for films done by such legendary directors as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergio Leone, Gillo Pontecorvo, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Terrance Malick, John Carpenter, Brian De Palm, Quentin Tarantino and many others, as well as for many low-budget productions.
His work spans widely different forms, from sweeping melodramatic scores to avant-garde experimentation. Regardless of the style, il maestro’s sound was always instantly recognizable and his influence is beyond measure.