Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', 'The Mission' and 'Cinema Paradiso' made him one of the world's most famous and prolific screen composers, has died aged 91. Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' has died at the age of 91He remained 'fully lucid and with great dignity right until the end,' the statement said. They include the so-called 'Dollars Trilogy' - 'A Fistful of Dollars,' 'For a Few Dollars More,' and 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'. In Italy, Morricone developed a close friendship with director Giuseppe Tornatore, whose 'Cinema Paradiso' won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1989. He ghost-composed several film scores before he received his first credit for a feature film for Luciano Salce's 'Il Federale' in 1961.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2020 07:28 UTC