List of compositions by Ennio Morricone explained
| Artist: | Ennio Morricone |
| Studio: | 14 |
| Soundtrack: | 470 |
| Live: | 11 |
| Compilation: | 116 |
| Video: | 4 |
| Tribute: | 18 |
| Singles: | 61 |
This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions.[1] [2] Morricone was considered one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1940s.[3]
He has sold well over 70 million records worldwide,[4] [5] including 6.5 million albums and singles in France,[6] over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea.[7]
In 1971, the composer received his first golden record (disco d'oro) for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy[8] [9] and a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million.[10]
His score for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the top 5 best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with about 10 million copies sold.[11] [12] [13] [14]
His score for The Mission (1986) was also at one point the world's best selling score.[15] [16] Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Le Professionnel (1981) each sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[17]
Filmography
1950s
1960s
1970s
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | Latest CD / Digital Release |
|---|
| 1970 | Violent City | Sergio Sollima | | |
| The Voyeur | Franco Indovina | | |
| Hornets' Nest | Phil Karlson | | |
| I cannibali | Liliana Cavani | | |
| The Red Tent | Mikhail Kalatozov | Composed with Aleksandr Zatsepin | |
| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Elio Petri | | |
| La califfa | Alberto Bevilacqua | | |
| The Most Beautiful Wife | Damiano Damiani | | |
| The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Dario Argento | First collaboration with Argento | |
| Metello | Mauro Bolognini | Nominated - Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score | |
| When Women Had Tails | Pasquale Festa Campanile | | |
| Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It | Salvatore Samperi | | |
| Compañeros | Sergio Corbucci | | Beat Records / BCM9591 / 2021 |
| Two Mules for Sister Sara | Don Siegel | | |
| Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion | Luciano Ercoli | | Beat Records / BCM9613 / 2023 |
| 1971 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | | |
| 1870 | Alfredo Giannetti | | |
| Winged Devils | Duccio Tessari | | |
| Duck, You Sucker! | Sergio Leone | | |
| The Fifth Cord | Luigi Bazzoni | | Quartet Records / QRLP48 / 2024 |
| Cold Eyes of Fear | Enzo G. Castellari | | Beat Records / BCM9600 / 2021 |
| The Decameron | Pier Paolo Pasolini | | |
| Tre nel mille | Franco Indovina | | |
| The Cat o' Nine Tails | Dario Argento | | |
| Incontro | Piero Schivazappa | | |
| The Working Class Goes to Heaven | Elio Petri | | |
| The Burglars | Henri Verneuil | | |
| Short Night of Glass Dolls | Aldo Lado | | |
| The Case is Closed, Forget It | Damiano Damiani | | |
| Maddalena | Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Features "Chi Mai" | Quartet Records / QR468 / 2021 |
| Oceano | Folco Quilici | Documentary film | |
| A Lizard in a Woman's Skin | Lucio Fulci | | |
| Four Flies on Grey Velvet | Dario Argento | | |
| Without Apparent Motive | Philippe Labro | | |
| Sacco & Vanzetti | Giuliano Montaldo | Composed with Joan Baez, Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score | |
| Franco Rubartelli | | |
| 1972 | Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? | Flavio Mogherini | | |
| What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? | Sergio Corbucci | | Beat Records / BCM9607 / 2023 |
| Who Saw Her Die? | Aldo Lado | | |
| What Have You Done to Solange? | Massimo Dallamano | | Quartet Records / QR552 / 2024 |
| D'amore si muore | Carlo Carunchio | | |
| Fiorina la vacca | Vittorio De Sisti | | |
| I figli chiedono perché | Nino Zanchin | | |
| Devil in the Brain | Sergio Sollima | | |
| The Master and Margaret | Aleksandar Petrović | | |
| Chronicles of a Homicide | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| The Canterbury Tales | Pier Paolo Pasolini | | |
| Sonny and Jed | Sergio Corbucci | | |
| Bluebeard | Edward Dmytryk | | |
| Black Belly of the Tarantula | Paolo Cavara | | |
| Plot | Yves Boisset | | |
| Life is Tough, Eh Providence? | Giulio Petroni | | Beat Records / BCM9608 / 2022 |
| La cosa buffa | Aldo Lado | | |
| My Dear Killer | Tonino Valerii | | |
| When Women Lost Their Tales | Pasquale Festa Campanile | Composed with Bruno Nicolai | |
| This Kind of Love | Alberto Bevilacqua | | |
| The Sicilian Checkmate | Florestano Vancini | | |
| 1973 | Property is No Longer a Theft | Elio Petri | | |
| Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? | Alberto De Martino | Composed with Bruno Nicolai | Beat Records / BCM9608 / 2022 |
| Crescete e moltiplicatevi | Giulio Petroni | | |
| Giordano Bruno | Giuliano Montaldo | | |
| My Name Is Nobody | Tonino Valerii | | Beat Records / BCM9595 / 2021 |
| When Love Is Lust | Vittorio De Sisti | | Decca / 0923382 / 2022 |
| Night Flight from Moscow | Henri Verneuil | | Beat Records / BCM9592 / 2022 |
| Massacre in Rome | George P. Cosmatos | | |
| Revolver | Sergio Sollima | | |
| Woman Buried Alive | Aldo Lado | | |
| The Master Touch | Michele Lupo | | |
| 1974 | Allonsanfàn | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | | |
| The Murri Affair | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| Arabian Nights | Pier Paolo Pasolini | | Quartet Records / QR503 / 2022 |
| Around the World with Peynet's Lovers | Cesare Perfetto | Composed with Alessandro Alessandroni | |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Damiano Damiani | | |
| La cugina | Aldo Lado | | |
| Sarah's Last Man | Maria Virginia Onorato | | Quartet Records / QR510 / 2023 |
| Weak Spot | Peter Fleischmann | | |
| The Secret | Robert Enrico | | Quartet Records / QR514 / 2023 |
| Le trio infernal | Francis Girod | | |
| Autopsy | Armando Crispino | | |
| Almost Human | Umberto Lenzi | | |
| Last Days of Mussolini | Carlo Lizzani | | |
| Spasmo | Umberto Lenzi | | |
| The Antichrist | Alberto De Martino | Composed with Bruno Nicolai | |
| 1975 | Autopsy (1975 film) | Armando Crispino | | |
| Libera, My Love | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| Last Stop on the Night Train | Aldo Lado | | |
| Fear Over the City | Henri Verneuil | | |
| Weak Spot | Peter Fleischmann | | |
| | | Beat Records / BCM9594 / 2023 |
| Léonor | Juan Luis Buñuel | | |
| End of the Game | Maximilian Schell | | |
| The Divine Nymph | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Composed with Cesare Andrea Bixio | |
| Lips of Lurid Blue | Giulio Petroni | | |
| The Flower in His Mouth | Luigi Zampa | | |
| Down the Ancient Stairs | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| The "Human" Factor | Edward Dmytryk | | Quartet Records / QR509 / 2023 |
| Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Pier Paolo Pasolini | | |
| The Sunday Woman | Luigi Comencini | | |
| A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe | Damiano Damiani | | |
| Eye of the Cat | Alberto Bevilacqua | Composed with Clément Janequin | |
| 1976 | San Babila-8 P.M. | Carlo Lizzani | | |
| Todo modo | Elio Petri | | |
| 1900 | Bernardo Bertolucci | | |
| A Sold Life | Aldo Florio | | |
| And Agnes Chose to Die | Giuliano Montaldo | | |
| The Inheritance | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| The Desert of the Tartars | Valerio Zurlini | | |
| Down the Ancient Staircase | Mauro Bolognini | | |
| 1977 | Rene the Cane | Francis Girod | | |
| Hitch-Hike | Pasquale Festa Campanile | | |
| Stato interessante | Sergio Nasca | | |
| John Boorman | | |
| Orca | Michael Anderson | | |
| Holocaust 2000 | Alberto De Martino | | |
| Il prefetto di ferro | Pasquale Squitieri | | |
| Il mostro | Luigi Zampa | | |
| The Cat | Luigi Comencini | | |
| 1978 | L'immoralità | Massimo Pirri | | |
| Christian Gion | | |
| Days of Heaven | Terrence Malick | Composed with Leo Kottke, BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score | |
| Stay As You Are | Alberto Lattuada | | |
| La Cage aux Folles | Édouard Molinaro | | |
| Corleone | Pasquale Squitieri | | |
| Where Are You Going on Holiday? | Mauro Bolognini | Segment: "Sarò tutta per te" | |
| 1979 | A Dangerous Toy | Giuliano Montaldo | | |
| The Humanoid | Aldo Lado | | Quartet Records / QR553 / 2024 |
| Dedicated to the Aegean Sea | Masuo Ikeda | | |
| Lovers and Liars | Mario Monicelli | | |
| Bloodline | Terence Young | | Quartet Records / QR542 / 2023 |
| The Meadow | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | | |
| Venetian Lies | Stefano Rolla | | |
| Ogro | Gillo Pontecorvo | | |
| La Luna | Bernardo Bertolucci | | |
| Buone notizie | Elio Petri | | |
| I as in Icarus | Henri Verneuil | Nominated - César Award for Best Original Music | |
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1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Television films and series
1960s
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|
| 1960 | Il Lieto Fine | Television film |
| Gente che va e gente che viene |
| 1961 | Enrico '61 | Documentary special |
| Alla scoperta dell'America |
| 1963-64 | Smash | Theme music & 10 episodes | |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Stage productions
Radio productions
- Ventimila leghe sotto i mari (Francesco Ghedini, 1961)
- Tiempe d'ammore (Fausto Cigliano, Achille Millo, 1961)
Advertising campaigns
Since 1984, Ennio Morricone composed original background music to several advertising campaigns. Most of the commercials were directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.[20]
| Year | Title | Producer | Director |
|---|
| 1984 | Motta | Motta | N/A |
| 1989 | Museo delle tradizioni e arti contadine | Mutac | |
| 1990 | Grandmother | |
| Mulino Bianco | Barilla Group |
| Italiana petroli | |
| 1995 | Profumo | |
| 1996 | Pomeriggi al cinema | Pomeriggi al cinema |
| San Pellegrino Calze (starring Antonio Banderas) | San Pellegrino Calze |
| 2001 | Come vorresti che fosse il futuro? | | Andrew Douglas |
| 2002 | Il Cinema | | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| Nissan El Grand | |
| 2003 | Sicily (starring Monica Bellucci) | |
| Sky Cinema (starring John Travolta) | |
| 2008 | Lancia Delta (starring Richard Gere) | | Harald Zwart |
| 2009 | Rose The One / L'Eau The One (starring Scarlett Johansson) | | Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
| Mediaset Premium | | Matteo Pellegrini |
| 2010 | The One Gentleman | | Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
| 2011 | La Bellezza dello Spazio | | Ago Panini |
| 2012 | The One – Sport (starring Adam Senn) | | Mariano Vivanco |
| 2013 | Dolce, the Perfume | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2015 | Dolce Rosa Excelsa (starring Sophia Loren) |
| Non è una crociera qualsiasi | | Daniel Barber | |
Selected films with music by Morricone
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|
| 1963 | Gli imbroglioni | | |
| Prima della rivoluzione | | Songs of Morricone and Gino Paoli |
| 1964 | In ginocchio da te | | |
| 1965 | Non son degno di te | |
| Se non avessi più te | |
| 1966 | Mi vedrai tornare | |
| O.K. Connery | | |
| 1978 | Germany in Autumn | | features Here's to You sung by Joan Baez |
| 1981 | Le Professionnel | | It features Il vento, il grido |
| 1995 | Joseph | | Songs of Ennio Morricone and Marco Frisina |
| 1999 | Election | | music from Navajo Joe |
| 2001 | | Michelle Trudo | |
| 2003-04 | Kill Bill | | Kill Bill Vol. 1 features the main theme from Death Rides a Horse.
Kill Bill Vol.2 features the tracks "L'Arena" (from Il mercenario), "Il Tramonto" (from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly),
"Per Un Pugno di Dollari" (From Per un pugno di dollari),"A Silhouette of Doom" & "The Demise of Barbara" and "The Return of Joe" (from Navajo Joe). |
| 2004 | | | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack features "Here's To You", featuring Joan Baez. |
| 2006 | Jackass Number Two | | It features the song "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. |
| 2007 | Death Proof | Quentin Tarantino | Death Proof soundtrack features the song "Paranoia Prima" from Cat O' Nine Tails soundtrack. |
| Hot Rod | | Hot Rod soundtrack features the song "A Gringo Like Me". |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds | | |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds soundtrack features the tracks "The Verdict (La Condanna)" (from La resa dei conti), "L'incontro Con La Figlia" (from Il ritorno di Ringo), "Il Mercenario (Ripresa)" (from Il mercenario), "Algiers 1 November 1954" (Composed with Gillo Pontecorvo; from La battaglia di Algeri),
"The Surrender (La resa)" (from La resa dei conti), "Mystic and Severe" (from Death Rides a Horse), "Un Amico" (from Revolver), and "Rabbia e Tarantella" (from Allonsanfàn). |
| Couples Retreat | | |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | | Once Upon A Time In America |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | | The Braying Mule, Sister Sara's Theme, Un Monumento, Ancora qui (music only) |
| The Expendables 2 | | The Good, the Bad & the Ugly |
| 2014 | American Sniper | | It features the song "The Funeral" from The Return of Ringo. | |
Classic (absolute) music
Ennio Morricone's classical compositions include over 15 piano concertos, a trumpet concerto, 30 symphonic pieces, choral music, one opera and one mass. His first classical pieces date back to the late forties.
- Il Mattino (for voice and piano) 1946[21]
- Imitazione (for voice and piano) 1947
- Iintimità (for voice and piano) 1947
- Barcarola funebre (for piano) 1952
- Preludio a una Novella senza titolo (for piano) 1952
- Distacco I (for voice and piano) 1953
- Distacco II (for voice and piano) 1953
- Verrà la morte (for contralto and piano) 1953
- Oboe sommerso (for baritone and five instruments) 1953
- Musica (for piano and string orchestra) 1954
- Sonata (for brass ensemble, piano and timpani) 1954
- Variations on a theme by Frescobaldi (for piano) 1955
- Cantata (for orchestra and mixed chorus singing a text by Cesare Pavese) 1955
- Sestetto (for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola and cello) 1955
- Twelve Variations (for oboe d'amore, cello and piano) 1956
- Invenzione, canone e ricercare (for piano) 1956
- Concerto (for orchestra) 1957
- Distanze (for violin, cello and piano) 1958
- Requiem per un destino (for mixed chorus and orchestra) 1966
- Suoni per Dino (a piece for viola virtuoso Dino Asciolla using 2 magnetic tapes) 1969
- Proibito (for 8 trumpets) 1972
- Gestazione (for female voice and instruments plus pre-recorded electronic sounds and an ad lib string orchestra) 1980
- Totem secondo (for 5 bassoons and 2 contrabassoons) 1981
- Second Concerto (for flute, cello and orchestra) 1984–85
- Four Studies (for piano) 1984–89
- Frammenti di Eros (Cantata for soprano, piano and orchestra to a text by Sergio Miceli) 1985
- Cantata per L'Europa (for soprano, two vocal recitals, mixed chorus and orchestra) 1988
- Mordenti (for harpsichord) 1988
- Epos (for orchestra) 1989
- Study (for double-bass) 1989
- Reflessi (for cello) 1989–90
- Frammenti di giochi (for violin and harp) 1990
- Third Concerto (for guitar, marimba and string orchestra) 1990–91
- UT (for trumpet, timpani, bass drum and string orchestra) dedicated to his friend trumpet player Mauro Maur 1991
- Una via crucis ('Stations of The Cross' in various vocal and instrumental combinations and in collaboration with Michele Dall'Ongaro and Egisto Macchi)
- Fourth Concerto (for organ, two trumpets, two trombones and orchestra) 1993
- Vidi aquam (for soprano and small orchestra) 1993
- Elegia per Egisto (a piece for violin dedicated to his fellow-Nuova Consonanza member Egisto Macchi) 1993
- Il silenzio, il gioco, la memoria (for a chorus of children's voices singing a text by Sergio Miceli) 1994
- Partenope (an opera with a libretto by Guido Barbieri and Sandro Cappelletto) 1996
- Passaggio secondo (for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 20 strings and a vocal recital of a text by Allen Ginsberg) 1996
- Scherzo (for violin and piano) 1996; Ombra di lontana presenza (for viola, string orchestra and magnetic tape) 1997
- Nocturne and Passacaglia (for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano and strings) 1998
- Amen (for 6 choruses of mixed voices) 1998
- Pietre (for double chorus, percussion and cello) 1999
- For the Children Killed by the Mafia (for soprano, baritone, 6 instruments and two voices reciting a text by Luciano Violente) 1999
- Abenddämmerung (for violin, cello, piano and soprano or mezzo-soprano singing a text by Heinrich Heine) 2000
- If This Is a Man (for soprano, violin, strings and vocal recital of a text by Primo Levi) 2001
- Voci dal silenzio (for vocal recital, recorded voice, chorus and orchestra) 2002
- Finale (for two organs) 2002
- Riverberi (for flute, cello and piano) 2004
- Missa Papae Francisci (mass for double chorus, orchestra and organ) 2015
- Per i 40 anni (for mixed ensemble) 2020
Live albums
- Ennio Morricone live (with Metropole Orchestra) (1987)
- Concerto Premio Nino Rota (1995)
- Ennio Morricone – Live (1995)
- Morricone dirige a Morricone (1998)
- Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia (1999)
- Verona Arena Concerto (2002)
- La leggenda della pianista (2003)
- Focus: Ennio Morricone & Dulce Pontes (2004)
- Voci dal silenzio (2004)
- Morricone Conducts Morricone: The Munich Concert 2004 (2006)
- Note di Pace/Peace Notes: Live at Piazza San Marco, Venice (2008)[22]
- Giorgio Armani presents Musica per il cinema (2CD)(2012)
Studio albums
with Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza
- 1966 "Nuova Consonanza", LP RCA
- 1967 "The Private Sea of Dreams" (as Il Gruppo), LP RCA Victor
- 1968 "Improvisationen" LP Deutsche Grammophon
- 1970 "The Feed-back" (as The Group), LP RCA
- 1973 "Improvvisazioni a Formazioni Variate" (also known as "Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza"), LP General Music
- 1975 "Nuova Consonanza", LP Cinevox Records. Reissue 2007 CD Bella Casa
- 1976 "Musica su Schemi", LP Cramps Records. Reissue 2002: LP Get Back, CD Ampersand
- 1992 "1967–1975", CD Edition RZ
- 2006 "Azioni", CD Die Schachtel
- 2010 "Niente", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali. Reissue 2012 LP The Omni Recording Corporation/The Roundtable
- 2011 "Eroina", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali
with Chico Buarque
- Per un pugno di samba (1970, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
- Sonho de um Carnaval (2000, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
- De sa terra a su xelu (2002, Clara Murtas & Ennio Morricone)
other
Selected compilations
- Morricone: Belmondo (1971)
- Take off: Film Hits (1978)
- Oscar Valdambrini (1982)
- His Greatest Themes (1986)
- Film Music, Vol. 1: The Collection (1987)
- Film Music, Vol. 2 (1988)
- Once Upon a Time in the West: 20 Famous Film Tracks of Ennio Morricone (1989)
- Zijn Grootste Successen (1990)
- Chamber Music (1990)
- The Legendary Italian Westerns (1990)
- Original Film Musik Von Ennio Morricone (1993)
- 93 Movie Sounds (1994)
- Classic Ennio Morricone (1994)
- Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection (1995)
- The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music (1995)
- An Ennio Morricone: Dario Argento Trilogy (1995)
- Anthology: Main Titles & Rare Tracks (1995)
- With Love: Music Composed & Conducted By (1995)
- Neapolitan Songs (1995)
- Best of Ennio Morricone (BMG) (1995)
- Love Themes (1995)
- Film Hits (1995)
- Western Movie Themes from Clint Eastwood Movies (1995)
- Film Festival (1995)
- Movie Classics: The Music of Ennio Morricone & Hugo Montenegro (1996)
- TV Film Music (1996)
- Time of Adventure (1996)
- Main Titles, Vol. 1 (1965–1995) (1996)
- Magic World of Ennio Morricone (1996)
- Once Upon a Time in the Cinema (1996)
- Time for Suspense (1996)
- Fear According to Morricone (1997)
- Singles Collection, Vol. 2 (1997)
- Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Disky) (1998)
- Movie Classics (1998)
- Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 2: Western Songs & Ballads (1998)
- Mondo Morricone (1999)
- 1966–1987 (1999)
- Love Themes (1999)
- Main Titles, Vol. 3: 1965–1985 (1999)
- With Love, Vol. 2 (1999)
- The Gangster Collection (1999)
- Morricone 2000 (1999)
- The Thriller Collection (1999)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (Compilation) (1999)
- Selections from Chronicle (1999)
- Genius of Ennio Morricone (2000)
- The Very Best of Ennio Morricone (2000)
- Psycho Morricone (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Soundtracks Collection (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Italian Pops Collection (2001)
- 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Mood Music Collection (2001)
- Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 1 (2002)
- More Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 2 (2002)
- Molto Mondo Morricone, Vol. 3 (2002)
- Morricone in the Scene: Chase Morricone (2002)
- Bizarre Morricone (2002)
- Lounge Morricone (2002)
- Notte Morricone (2002)
- Vivid Sound (2002)
- Signor Morricone Tempo (2002)
- Psichedelico Jazzistico (2004)
- Erotica Morricone: So Sweet So Sensual (2004)
- Casa Della Musica (2004)
- A Celebration of Ennio Morricone's 75th Anniversary (2004)
- Great Melodies of Ennio Morricone (2004)
- Movie Masterpieces (2004)
- Morricone Aromatico (2004)
- Once Upon a Time... The Essential Ennio Morricone (2004)
- Film Music Maestro (2004)
- The Best of Ennio Morricone (Setteottavi) (2005)
- Morricone Happening (2005)
- Most Famous Hits (2005)
- Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro (2005)
- Morricone High (2005)
- Morricone in Love (2005)
- Maestro (2005)
- Crime and Dissonance (2005)
- Itinerary of a Genius (2005)
- Bandes Originales de Film (2005)
- The Library, Vol. 1 (Musiche Composte Per il Cinema) (2005)
- My Favorite Ennio Morricone Music (2005)
- Ennio Morricone Deluxe (2006)
- Il West di Morricone (2006)
- Una Storia Italiana (2006)
- Most Famous Hits: Ennio Morricone – Western Film Music: The Album (2006)
- Gold Collection (2006)
- Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Silva Screen) (2006)
- Morricone Award (2007)
- Morricone: Western (2007)
- Grand Collection (2007)
- World of Ennio Morricone (2007)
- Ennio Morricone (2007)
- The Soundtracks: 75 Themes from 53 Films (2007)
- 50 Movie Theme Hits: Gold Edition, Vol. 2 (2007)
- In Lounge (2007)
- Original Songs (2007)
- Morricone Award (CD + Book) (2007)
- Made In France (2007)
- Un'ora Con Ennio Morricone (2007)
- Edda Dell'Orso performs Ennio Morricone (2 CD) (2008)
- In Lounge, Vol. 2 (2008)
- The Platinum Collection: Original Soundtrack (2008)
- Morricone In The Brain (2009)
- Ennio Morricone Earbook 4 CD (2013)
- Cinema collection – I 30 capolavori della musica da film italiana (2013)
- L'essentiel d'Ennio Morricone (2013)
- The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1 (2013)
- The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 2 (2013)
Remix albums
- Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.1 - 3-LP / CD (2003)
- Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.2 - 3-LP (2 CD) (2004)
- Ennio Morricone Remixes - limited 7
Box sets
- Ennio Morricone Chronicles 1959-1999 (1999, 10 CD Box)
- Io (2003, 4CD Box)
- Ennio Morricone OST (2003, 4CD Box)
- (2004, 3CD Box)
- Ultimate Morricone Collection (2006, 24CD Box)
- The Complete Dollars Trilogy (2008, 4CD Box)
- The Complete Edition (2008, 15CD Box)
DVDs
- Man & His Music (2004)
- Morricone conducts Morricone (2006)
- Arena Concerto (2007)
- (2008)
Tribute albums
- The Big Gundown by John Zorn (1985)
- The Film Music Collection of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman (1990)
- Pearls - Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone by Amii Stewart (1990)
- Cinema Italiano (1991) by Henry Mancini
- Morricone by saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa (1998)
- Trilogy Plays Ennio Morricone by Tristan Schulze, Daisy Joplin and Aleksey Igudesman (1998)
- The Fantastic Movie Story of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman (1999)
- For a Few Guitars More - A Tribute to Morricone's Spaghetti Western Themes by various artists (2002)
- Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone (2002)
- Dear Morricone by violinist Tatsuya Yabe (2003)
- Produced & Arranged by Jeff & Carmen Kidwell. Played by Ron Chiles (2003)
- Roman by erhuist Jia Peng Fang (2003)
- Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone 2 (2003)
- Le Romanze di Morricone by flautist Kaori Fujii (2003)
- Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004)
- My Favourite Ennio Morricone Music presented by Junichiro Koizumi, former prime minister of Japan (2006)
- Di Domenico Plays Morricone (2007)
- We All Love Ennio Morricone by various artists (2007)
Selected songs
| Year | Performer | Song Title | ITA[23] | FRA[24] | NL[25] | UK[26] | USA[27] |
|---|
| 1962 | Milva | Quattro Vestiti | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1962 | Milva | La Tua Stagione | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Gianni Morandi | Go-kart Twist | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Peter Tevis | A Gringo Like Me | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Rita Pavone | Pel di Carota | 52 | – | – | – | – |
| 1964 | Gianni Morandi | Per Una Notte No | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1964 | Paul Anka | Il Tuo compleanno | 28 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Maurizio Graf | Angel Face | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone & La Sua Orchestra | Il Silenzio/Parlami D'Amore Mariu | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone | A Fistful of Dollars | 4 | 62 | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone | A Pistol for Ringo | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Dino | Il Ragazzo di ghiaccio | 26 | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Mina | Se Telefonando | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Dino | Ho messo gli occhi su di te | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Ennio Morricone | For a Few Dollars More | 5 | 16 | – | – | – |
| 1967 | Christy | Run Run | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 1967 | Ennio Morricone | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 45 | – | – | – | – |
| 1968 | Christy | Deep Down | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1968 | Hugo Montenegro | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 1969 | Roy Budd | Hurry To Me | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Ennio Morricone | A Man With Harmonica | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Dalida | Il Clan Dei Siciliana | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Milva | Metti una sera a cena | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | | Io e te | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Ennio Morricone/Joan Baez | The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti (Here's To You) | 4 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Astrud Gilberto | Casse | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | 7 Mladih | Za Šaku Dolara | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Ennio Morricone/Joan Baez | Here's To You | 46 | 2 | 29 | – | – |
| 1972 | Milva | Mia Madre Si Chiama Francesca | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1972 | Ennio Morricone | Giù la testa | 11 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone | God With Us | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone | My Name Is Nobody | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai | Indagine / La Cosa Buffa | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974 | Mireille Mathieu | J'oublie La Pluie et le Soleil | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975 | Mireille Mathieu | Mon Ami de Toujours | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975 | Ennio Morricone | Tema di Mosè | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| 1976 | Ennio Morricone | Once Upon a Time in the West | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 1977 | I Gladrags | Sunshine / Notturno Per Tre | | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | Ennio Morricone | El Mundial 78 | 23 | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | Ennio Morricone | Come Maddalena (Disco 78) | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | The Bombers | Mexican | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981 | Ennio Morricone | Chi Mai | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 1982 | Pia Zadora | It's Wrong For Me To Love You | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1988 | The Pet Shop Boys/Ennio Morricone | It Couldn't Happen Here | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994 | Gérard Depardieu | To Obliterate The Past | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | Sarah Brightman | Nella Fantasia | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | Andrea Bocelli | Come Un Fiume Tu | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Ennio Morricone & Roger Waters | Lost Boys Calling | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Down Low | Once Upon a Time | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Andrea Bocelli | Un Canto | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001 | Josh Groban | You're Still You/Cinema Paradiso | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004 | Isobel Campbell | Argomenti | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Amii Stewart | Love Song | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 | Céline Dion | I Knew I Loved You | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008 | Tenniscoats/Tape | Come Maddalena | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010 | Coolio | Change | – | – | – | – | – | |
All music composed by Ennio Morricone, lyrics written by various artists.
Other song compositions
1961 – Faccio finta di dormire and Cicciona cha cha by Edoardo Vianello (lyrics by Carlo Rossi)
1962 – Quello che conta by Luigi Tenco (lyrics by Luciano Salce)
1963 – Pel di carota by Rita Pavone (lyrics by Franco Migliacci)
1963 – Nel corso by Gino Paoli (lyrics by Lina Wertmüller)
1963 – Ti ho conosciuto by Rita Pavone
1964 – Lonesome Billy by Peter Tevis
1964 – Domani prendo il primo treno by Paul Anka
1965 – L'amore gira by Rosy
1965 – Penso a te by Catherine Spaak
1965 – Le cose più importanti by Pierfilippi
1965 – Ho messo gli occhi su di te by Dino & Anna Moffo
1965 – Questi vent'anni miei by Catherine Spaak
1966 – Uccellacci e uccellini by Domenico Modugno
1967 – Vai via malinconia by Maysa Matarazzo
1968 – Scirocco by Renato Rascel
1968 – Canzone della libertà by Sergio Endrigo
1968 – Filastrocca vietnamita by Sergio Endrigo
1969 – Una breve stagione by Sergio Endrigo
1971 – Ho visto un film by Gianni Morandi
1989 – Libera l'amore by Zucchero
All songs composed by Ennio Morricone, lyrics written by various artists.
Selected music certifications
| Score/single/album | Sales | Certification date/info |
|---|
| A Fistful of Dollars (1964) | 100,000 (F)[28])
1,500,000 (Italy)[29] | Certification in 1981 |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) | 500,000 (RIAA)
3,000,000 (Worldwide)[30] | 14 August 1968 |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (song) (1968) | 1,000,000 (Worldwide) | Hugo Montenegro version[31] |
| Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) | 800,000 (NL)[32]
1,000,000 (F)[33]
10 million (Worldwide)[34] | Certification in 1992 |
| La Cage aux Folles (1978) | 500,000 (RIAA)[35] | 14 December 1995 |
| Le Professionnel (1981) | 902,900 (F)
3,000,000 (Worldwide) | certification in 2001 |
| The Mission (1986) | 500,000 (RIAA) (US)
50,000 (CDN)
100,000 (UK)
20,000 (Polen)[36]
100,000 (F)
50,000 (ARG)[37] | |
| Guardinas of the Clouds (2006) | 30,000 (NL) | 5 January 1981 |
| Live at Arena – Verona (2006) | 150,000 (I)[38] [39] | Live album |
| Voices of Silence (2007) | 40,000 (I)[40] | track dedicated to 9/11 attacks |
| We All Love Ennio Morricone (2007) | 120,000 (I)[41] [42] | 2008 | |
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.moviemusicuk.us/fatelesscd.htm Movie Music UK, Review
- Web site: Ennio Morricone.org Biography . Enniomorricone.org . 12 December 2011.
- News: Crisafulli . Chuck . Reuters, Italian composer Morricone scores honorary Oscar, Fri Feb 23, 2007 . Reuters . 23 February 2007 . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Giusy . Net1News . 17 November 2012.
- Web site: Il Premio Oscar alla carriera Ennio Morricone il 25 agosto a Rimini . ER Cultura. 17 November 2012.
- Web site: EM single sales in France . Infodisc.fr . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082230/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php . 5 November 2013.
- Web site: Korea Herald, Ennio Morricone comes to Korea, May 12, 2009 . ko . Koreaherald.co.kr . 30 March 2010 . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Biografia, EM . Cinema.ilsole24ore.com . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Artiste_Ventes en France . Infodisc.fr . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082230/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php . 5 November 2013.
- Web site: Archived copy . 31 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722043535/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7314.pdf . 22 July 2011 . dead .
- Web site: Future Legend Records . 12 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110208024623/http://www.futurelegendrecords.com/ . 8 February 2011 .
- Web site: De Weekkrant. 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Cult Cinema, 2005 . 10 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080414220127/http://www.aapa.nl/Cult_Cinema.html . 14 April 2008 . dead .
- Web site: Reviews . chokingonpopcorn, October 23rd, 2003 . Chokingonpopcorn.com . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Morricone biography . Onlineseats.com . 25 February 2007 . 12 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111124000932/http://www.onlineseats.com/ennio-morricone-tickets/index.asp . 24 November 2011 . dead .
- Web site: Morricone is 80, Limburger.nl, November 2008, 10th . Limburger.nl . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214003525/http://www.limburger.nl/article/20081110/ERISEREENJARIG01/138962896/1121/erisereenjarig01 . 14 February 2012.
- Web site: Ennio Morricone, music story . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090519090921/http://www.music-story.com/function/lightwindow/function_PDF_Imprimer.php?fiche=688&type=1 . 19 May 2009.
- http://www.chimai.com/index.cfm?module=MOV&id=1825724 Gli Sbandati, 1955, Chi Mai, retrieved 15 December 2013
- Web site: Chimai.com. Chimai.com. 12 December 2011.
- http://www.chimai.com/index.cfm?module=FMG&mode=TYP Ennio Morricone, Filmography by Project Type: Commercial
- Web site: A Biographical Note by Sergio Miceli . Enniomorricone.en.funpic.de . 12 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205121703/http://enniomorricone.en.funpic.de/bio.php?lang=en . 5 December 2008 . live .
- Web site: Ennio Morricone – Peace Notes: Live In Venice . Jr.com . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Hit Parade Italia – Top Annuali Single . Hitparadeitalia.it . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste . Infodisc.fr . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614035645/http://www.infodisc.fr/Artistes.php . 14 June 2012.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Ennio Morricone – Once Upon A Time In The West / Il était une fois dans l'ouest . dutchcharts.nl . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Archived copy . 22 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012195559/http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php . 12 October 2008.
- Web site: Gold & Platinum – August 14, 2008 . RIAA . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS . 26 June 2007.
- https://archive.today/20130112013435/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-443.htm Charts in France
- Web site: La méthode d'Ennio Morricone . PANORAMIQUE . 15 May 2016.
- Web site: Ennio Morricone sued as guitarist's daughter seeks a few euros more. The Guardian. 10 May 2013 . 21 July 2016.
- Web site: Spaceagepop . Spaceagepop . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Radio Veronica . Radioveronica.nl . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120216152451/http://www.radioveronica.nl/index.php?page=album_top_1000_content%2Fde_beste_soundtracks_aller_tijden . 16 February 2012.
- Web site: Radio France . Sites.radiofrance.fr . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185545/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/greniers/emission.php?arch=1&d_id=355000237&e_id=35 . 7 October 2011 .
- Web site: Fistful of Paste, Once Upon a Time . Fistfulofpasta.com . 12 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403190921/http://fistfulofpasta.com/index.php?go=reviews%2Fonceuponss . 3 April 2016 . dead .
- Web site: RIAA La Cage aux Folles . Riaa.com . 12 December 2011.
- http://www.zpav.pl/plyty.asp?page=platynowe&lang=en Związek Producentów Audio-Video :: Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry
- Web site: Representando a la Industria Argentina de la Música . CAPIF . 14 February 1995 . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20110531184324/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=ennio&album=&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP . 31 May 2011.
- Web site: Music classical modern, September 12, 2008 . Stupidand.wordpress.com . 12 September 2008 . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Self distribuzione . Self.it . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: Voix de Silence . Sites.radiofrance.fr . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185545/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/greniers/emission.php?arch=1&d_id=355000237&e_id=35 . 7 October 2011 .
- Web site: marioluzzattofegiz.it, Classifica di vendita Italia 2007 . Corriere della Sera . Italian . 24 December 2009 . 12 December 2011.
- Web site: We all love EM, platinum . Enniomorricone.it . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111215182141/http://enniomorricone.it/uk/news.php . 15 December 2011.
