. Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), that Final DUEL, taken from ’Once upon a time in the West’, 1968

Begin 101 Westerns like ’Once Upon a Time in the West’, ’A Fistful of Dollars’ and ’The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ are not only cinematically brilliant, they will also be remembered by the innovative music that Ennio Morricone wrote for them. He was an Italian, composer, orchestrator, conductor and trumpeter who composed and orchestrated the music for about 500 films and television series. He also composed a hundred pop songs (for Mireille Mathieu, Milva and Mina, among others) and some 150 classical compositions such as an opera, a dozen violin and piano concertos and chamber music. He was also the winner of an Oscar for best original music, which he received in 2016 at the age of 87. That made him the second oldest winner of an Oscar ever. Morricone’s influence can be heard in several musical genres. His music was also ’snouted’ by contemporary artists such as Jay-Z, Coolio and The Orb. Speaking about his profession in a 2015 interview,