You
may be familiar with the work of Ennio Morricone (b. 1928) – a legend in film
music history. Though prolific in a variety of genres, he gained fame from his
work in collaboration with director Sergio Leone. This partnership resulted in
well-known Spaghetti Westerns including A
Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few
Dollars More (1965), The Good, The
Bad, and The Ugly (1966), Once Upon a
Time in The West (1968), and A
Fistful of Dynamite (1971). Morricone’s Western score influenced the way
audiences expect Western films to sound. Credited with hundreds of scores,
Morricone has several modern films you may be familiar with as well: The Hateful Eight (2015), Inglorious Basterds (2009), and Django Unchained (2012) are just a few.
What’s
your favorite Morricone score?
