Ennio Morricone is a music composer and orchestrator, among many other titles like the one of conductor or trumpet player.
In his long career, he has written songs pertaining to many genres, from classical or jazz to pop, lounge or even funk.
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His main occupation was, however, the one of writing music for motion pictures or television series, having written for more than 500 titles. Having entered the conservatory in 1940, when he was only 12, he enrolled in a four-year harmony program, where he studied the trumpet, choral music and music composition in general.
He is one of the most musically educated film writers in history and now we are proud to have piano sheets for his songs.
He started his career in 1965, when he was part of a jazz band and he also arranged pop songs for an Italian radio service.
He changed his first jobs fast, but throughout his career, he remained a fan of pop music, composing for acts like Gianni Morandi, Edoardo Vianello, Jimmy Fontana, Rita Pavone, Gino Paoli, Rosy Armen, Demis Roussos, just to name a few. Among successful songs that Morricone worked at we remember 'Ogni Volta', performed by Paul Anka, selling over 3 million copies worldwide.
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His talent was remarked and further used to create 'Se telefonando', performed by Mina, or later, when he co-wrote with 'Pet Shop Boys' for a song called 'It Couldn’t Happen Here'.
His piano sheets are hard to find, but we hope to provide you with quality material to help you better your piano skills.
He graduated in 1954 and he started working as a ghost writer for films, writing and arranging music in the name of already big composers. In 1956 he conducted 'Morte Di Un Amico' by Mario Nascimbene and he also made music for 'Il Lieto Fine' by Luciano Salce.
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Because his real film debut started in 1961, with Luciano Salce’s 'Il Federale'. He started to collaborate with Luciano Salce for a while then moved on to greater things.
He achieved success with music for all genres, writing for movies like the westerns 'Dollars Trilogy', 'A Pistol for Ringo', 'The Big Gundown', 'Once Upon a Time in the West', 'My Name is Nobody' etc. and also 'Days of Heaven', 'The Mission', 'The Untouchables', 'Cinema Paradiso', 'Bugsy' or for TV shows like 'The Sopranos', 'The Simpsons' and the more recent films 'Django Unchained' and 'Inglourious Basterds'.
He is one of the greatest music film composers of all time and he will surely be remembered in this industry. Enjoy his sheet music!
Biography
Famous Italian composer, arranger and conductor Ennio Morricone was born in Rome in 1928. He has been familiar with the music since the very childhood: Ennio’s father was a trumpeter, and young Morricone decided to follow in his footsteps. At the age of nine Ennio entered the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, where he got the priceless experience and knowledge that allowed him to develop his talent and to fulfil the incredible potential. Years of the Second World War had a huge influence on Morricone, and all his anxieties and recollections became a part of his creativity. The musician wrote the soundtracks for the films, and many of them were chosen because of the war theme, which was close to Ennio.
When Morricone was sixteen he played in Alberto Flamini’s group, and there is no doubt that such an important experience played a great role in the arrenger’s development. After that Ennio worked in a theatre: he began as a musician, but later he started working as a composer. For many people Morricone’s name is first of all associated with the music from their favorite movies. Indeed, the composer got the world recognition due to the numerous soundtracks. All together Ennio created music for more than 400 movies and TV series, which had been filmed not only in Morricone’s motherland, but also in Germany, USA, France, Spain and Russia.
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The composer was given various awards for his genius creations, and in 1987 Ennio got two awards in a row for the music for “The Untouchables”: the Golden Globe Award and the Grammy Award. During the whole career of cinema composer Morricone was nominated for Grammy for five times, and such attention form the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is absolutely deserved. The musical experts noted the highest level of soundtracks for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Le Professionnel, Il Decameron and many other movies. However the very word “soundtrack” is not really appropriate here. Morricone creates music that completes this or that film or TV series, but it can easily live by itself. Of course, Ennio wrote not only soundtracks, but also the chamber instrumental music, and in the middle of the eighties he went on tour in Europe while conducting the orchestra by himself.
Undoubtedly, Ennio Morricone is one of the most talented and brightest musicians of the twentieth century, and his creativity is versatile and delicate. His arrangements include elements of jazz, classics, folk and even rock and roll, but all his compositions are always worked out perfectly, they do not have any unnecessary details. It is quite difficult and probably senseless to talk about the genius composer’s music – one must listen to it and feel it.
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