Celebrating the Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist. Though he wrote music in a wide range of styles, Morricone was perhaps best known for his spaghetti western movie soundtracks.
Ennio Morricone tribute
An Ennio Morricone mural in Kraków, painted by Airtyst. (Photo: Emka57, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsKraków_os._Wandy_mural)
Playlist
Alfred Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare
London Phil Orch/John Mauceri
Ennio Morricone: The Untouchables
Suite
Film Sym Orch/Constantino Martínez-Orts
Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso (Angela Morley)
“Love Theme”
Itzhak Perlman, v; Pittsburgh Sym Orch/John Williams
Ennio Morricone: The Mission
“Gabriel’s Oboe”
Holly Gornik, ob; Orch/Jay Richards
Ennio Morricone: The Hateful Eight
Overture
“Sangue e neve (Blood and Snow)”
Czech National Sym Orch/Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone: Malena
Main Theme
Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Roma Sinfonietta Orch/Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone: The Life and Death of King Richard III
Main Theme
Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone: The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Main Theme
Gilda Buttà, p; Henry Raudales, v; Munich Radio Orch/Morricone
Ennio Morricone: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Main Theme
Gilda Buttà, p; Munich Radio Orch/Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone: Canone Iverso
Suite
Gilda Buttà, p; Henry Raudales, v; Munich Radio Orch/Morricone
Ennio Morricone: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
“The Ecstasy of Gold”
Gemma Bertagnolli, s; Santa Cecilia Cho & Orch/Ennio Morricone