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Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer born on November 10, 1928, in Rome, Italy. He passed away on July 6, 2020, also in Rome. A favorite pupil of his father, a trumpeter in a light music orchestra, Morricone developed two distinct sides to his musical personality. One side embraced serialism and experimental work in an improvisation group, while the other led him to a prominent role as an arranger in various forms of mass-media popular music, including songs for radio and television plays, as well as early television variety shows. Morricone gained wider recognition through his collaborations with director Sergio Leone on a series of four Westerns. He went on to work with notable directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Roland Joffé. Despite some self-repetitions across his extensive body of work, which includes over 400 film scores, his compositions often showcase a unique fusion of classical and popular idioms. In addition to his film scores, Morricone's non-film works have become an increasingly significant part of his output, featuring his technique of ‘micro-cells,’ which shares similarities with his film music techniques. Among his honors, he won the Academy Award in 2016 for his score for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and received five Academy Award nominations between 1979 and 2001, a Grammy, and a Leone d'oro. He was also awarded the Laurea

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