Ennio Morricone: age, wife, children, cause of death, soundtracks, films

Ennio Morricone was the greatest Italian composer most appreciated in the world, a real sacred monster of international music, whose name will forever remain written in big letters in the history of the big screen with its unforgettable soundtracks. Let’s get to know him better.

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Who was Ennio Morricone?

Ennio Morricone was not just any character, he was the Italian composer written with capital letters, a man whose career was dedicated to music and cinema. His name will remain forever written in the history of the big screen with its unique, exciting, eternal and unforgettable soundtracks. The death of Ennio Morricone has left an unbridgeable void not only in Italy but in the whole world.

When was he born?

Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on November 10 1928.

Age

Died in Rome on 6 July 2020, the great composer had 91 years old.

Wife

Maria Travia is Morricone’s wife. Married in 1956, the woman has always been by her husband’s side, to the point that the husband has dedicated to her the Oscar Prize to the career, conferred on February 25, 2007. These are his words:

I want to thank all those who have wanted this award for me strongly and have deeply felt to grant it to me. Really… I dedicate this Oscar to my wife Maria who loves me very much… and I love her in the same way: this award is also for her.

Sons

From the marriage of Ennio and Maria they are born four children: Marco, Alessandra, Andrea (musician), Giovanni (director and screenwriter).

Cause death

He died at dawn on 6 July 2020 at the age of 91 at the Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, where he had been hospitalized following the fracture of the femur, the consequence of a bad fall that took place inside his Roman house.

The funeral and tomb of Ennio Morricone

The funeral was celebrated privately in the hospital chapel, as desired by himself. It currently rests in the tomb of a relative in Laurentino Cemetery. The friend and lawyer Giorgio Assumma explained the reasons as follows:

The funeral will be held privately in respect of the feeling of humility that has always inspired his existence … the master has kept full lucidity and great dignity until the end. He greeted his beloved wife Maria, who accompanied him with dedication in every moment of his human and professional life and was by his side to the last breath, he thanked his children and grandchildren for the love and care they gave him donated.

Rai films and television programs

• People who go, people who come, broadcast on October 19, 1960;
• Tempi d’amore, directed by Lino Procacci – broadcast on Tuesday 30 May 1961;
• Piccolo concerto, directed by Enzo Trapani – broadcast on November 22, 1961;
• War zone, directed by Mario Landi – broadcast on 25 February 1962;
• Smash, directed by Enzo Trapani – broadcast on January 12, 1964;
• With anger and with love, directed by Alfredo Angeli (1997);
• Paolo Borsellino – The 57 days, directed by Alberto Negrin (2012);
• Giovanni Falcone – The man who challenged the Cosa Nostra, directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi (2006);
• Official theme of the World Cup held in Argentina in 1978.

Five curiosities about Ennio Morricone

• The auditorium of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Rome is dedicated to him Tor Vergata;
• The Edge, guitarist of U2, stated that Morricone is his favorite artist and song Magnificent of the album No Line on the Horizon it is dedicated to him;
• he was a Roma fan;
• an asteroid was dedicated to him, 152188 Morricone;
• he was a schoolmate of Sergio Leone in the third grade.

Soundtracks by Ennio Morricone

The complete list of soundtracks composed by Ennio Morricone for cinema and television is endless. In fact, there are hundreds of timeless musical tracks composed by him since 1960, the year of his debut in the world of cinema, for which he directs the songs for the film. Death of a friend, directed by Franco Rossi. Since then it has been a crescendo of unforgettable music, destined to remain timeless in the annals of memories. Below the music most famous by him composed for the big screen, in strict chronological order:

• 1962 – The federal, directed by Luciano Salce;
• 1962 – The mad desire, directed by Luciano Salce;
• 1963 – The basilisks, directed by Lina Wertmüller;

• 1964 – For a bunch of dollars, directed by Sergio Leone; Kneeling by you, directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti;
• 1965 – A gun for Ringo, directed by Duccio Tessari; For a Few Dollars More, directed by Sergio Leone;
• 1966 Birds and birds, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini; The battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo; The good, the bad and the ugly, directed by Sergio Leone;
• 1967 – 7 women for the MacGregors, directed by Franco Giraldi;
• 1968 – Diabolik, directed by Mario Bava; Once Upon a Time in the West, directed by Sergio Leone; A beautiful November, directed by Mauro Bolognini;
• 1969 – The nun of Monza, directed by Eriprando Visconti; Ecce Homo – The survivors, directed by Bruno Gaburro; The Untouchables, directed by Giuliano Montaldo; The clan of Sicilians (Le Clan des Siciliens), directed by Henri Verneuil.

Seventies

• 1970 – Investigation of a citizen above suspicion, directed by Elio Petri; The bird with the crystal plumage, directed by Dario Argento;
  Metello, directed by Mauro Bolognini; The most beautiful wife, directed by Damiano Damiani;
• 1971 The nine-tailed cat, directed by Dario Argento; Down the head, directed by Sergio Leone; 4 gray velvet flies, directed by Dario Argento;
• 1972 – Magdalene, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz; The Canterbury Tales, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini;
• 1973 – Buried alive, directed by Aldo Lado; My name is Nobody, directed by Tonino Valeri;
• 1974 Allonsanfàn, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani; The antichrist, directed by Alberto De Martino;

• 1975 – The Human factor, directed by Edward Dmytryk; Salò or the 120 days of Sodom, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini;
• 1976 – Twentieth century, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci; The desert of the Tartars, directed by Valerio Zurlini;
• 1977 – The killer whale, directed by Michael Anderson; Holocaust 2000, directed by Alberto De Martino;
• 1978 – The vice, directed by Édouard Molinaro;
• 1979 – The toy, directed by Giuliano Montaldo; The moon, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

The eighties

• 1980 – A lot beautiful, directed by Carlo Verdone; the thief, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile;
• 1981 – White, red and Verdone, directed by Carlo Verdone; The tragedy of a ridiculous man, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci;
• 1982 – Marco Polo (TV drama), directed by Giuliano Montaldo;
• 1983 – The key, directed by Tinto Brass;
• 1984 – Once upon a time in America, directed by Sergio Leone;
• 1985 – The repentant, directed by Pasquale Squitieri;
• 1986 – The octopus 2 (TV series), directed by Florestano Vancini; Mission, directed by Roland Joffé;
• 1987 – The Untouchables – The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma;
• 1988 – Frantic, directed by Roman Polański; New Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 1989 – The betrothed (TV drama), directed by Salvatore Nocita.

The nineties

• 1990 – Tie me up! (¡Átame!), directed by Pedro Almodóvar; Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
• 1991 – Bugsy, directed by Barry Levinson;
• 1992 – City of Joy, directed by Roland Joffé;
• 1993 – Jona who lived in the whale, directed by Roberto Faenza;
• 1994 – A pure formality, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 1995 – The man of the stars, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 1996 – Stendhal’s syndrome, directed by Dario Argento; Throttled screw, directed by Ricky Tognazzi; Plebeian nymph, directed by Lina Wertmüller;
• 1997 – Marianna Ucria, directed by Roberto Faenza;
  Lolita, directed by Adrian Lyne;
• 1998 – The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 1999 – Last – The challenge (TV miniseries), directed by Michele Soavi.

The 2000s with the soundtracks of Ennio Morricone

• 2000 – Malèna, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 2001 – Aida of the trees, directed by Guido Manuli;
• 2002 – Ripley’s game, directed by Liliana Cavani;
• 2003 – Maria Goretti (TV film), directed by Giulio Base;
• 2004 – Guardians of the clouds, directed by Luciano Odorisio;
• 2005 – Karol – A man who became pope (TV miniseries), directed by Giacomo Battiato;
• 2006 – The unknown, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;

• 2007 – All the women in my life, directed by Simona Izzo; The Demons of St. Petersburg, directed by Giuliano Montaldo;
• 2008 – Resolution 819, directed by Giacomo Battiato;
• 2009 – Baarìa, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore;
• 2010 – Filumena Marturano (teleteatro), directed by Massimo Ranieri and Franza Di Rosa;
• 2011 – Like a dolphin (TV miniseries), directed by Stefano Reali;
• 2012 – Paolo Borsellino – The 57 days (TV film), directed by Alberto Negrin;
• 2013 – The best offer, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
• 2015 – The Hateful Eight, directed by Quentin Tarantino;
• 2016 – Correspondence, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, The sun is dark, directed by Giuseppe Papasso

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