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I just heard a nice piece of music on the radio, and wanted to know who played it. It turned out it was from the movie "For a Fistful of Dollars" starring Clint Eastwood. Enrico Morricone was the name, or so the presentor said.
Now, I've been searching Google for some information, and all I get are pages referring to Mr. Enrico Morricone, but nothing about him. I want to read his biography, I want to know what made him create such beautiful, mysterious music, but the thing is there is not much published about him on internet.
I have never experienced lack of information when searching Google, so something must be wrong, and what is wrong is his name. He is Ennio Morricone, not Enrico Morricone. Type "Ennio Morricone" in Google, and you are bombarded with information. That's more like it!
Mr. Morricone was born in Rome, Italy, on October 10th, 1928, the oldest of five children. He studied at the Conservatory of St. Cecilia. He married, got children and continued composing. Show the man a little bit of respect and read his astonishing biography. He composed music for more than 400 movies. Most people think of spaghetti westerns when they hear his name, but only a small portion of his "movies" were westerns; 30 one source says.
Visit the official site, http://www.enniomorricone.com/, for a discography as well as some information about his work. Unfortunately, all information is in Italian. http://morricone.coolfreepages.com/ has a lot of information in English. The filmography is amazing.
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