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Published 07:50 06 Jul 2020 GMT
Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone has passed away at the age of 91.
The Italian composer - affectionately known as "The Maestro" - sadly died in Rome last week following complications from a fall, The Hollywood Reporter states.
Morricone has composed scores for over 400 movies and television shows, and is widely regarded as one of cinema's greatest ever composers.
He is perhaps best known for his work on acclaimed Spaghetti Westerns, such as Once Upon A Time In The West, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.
In 2007, Morricone received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music," handed to him by Western legend Clint Eastward.
The highly respected composer finally won his first and long-overdue competitive Oscar for his work on Quentin Tarantino's 2015 movie, The Hateful Eight.
In addition, Morricone received Oscar nominations for his work on Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Malena (2000).
Per NME, Sergio Leone - director of The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly - once said of Morricone's work:
"The music is indispensable, because my films could practically be silent movies, the dialogue counts for relatively little, and so the music underlines actions and feelings more than the dialogue. I’ve had him write the music before shooting, really as a part of the screenplay itself."
Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and fans at this tragic time...
