title: Ennio Morricone
text: Ennio Morricone (November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020) was an Italian classical composer famous for making movie scores. He composed the scores for more than 500 movies and television programs. He is well known for composing the scores to Western movies, particularly Spaghetti Westerns. 
  
  In 2007 he received the Honorary Academy Award for his many great movie scores. In his career, the composer sold over 50 million records worldwide. In 2016, he won an Academy Award for his work on The Hateful Eight.
  
  Morricone was born in Rome. He died at a hospital in Rome on July 6, 2020 from problems caused by a fall, aged 91.
  
  Influences 
  Morricone stated composers like Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Marvin Hamlisch, Alex North, Victor Young and Franz Waxman as influences.
  
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  Academy Award winning composers
  Golden Globe Award winning composers
  Grammy Award winners
  BAFTA Award winners
  1928 births
  2020 deaths
  Accidental deaths from falls
  Movie score composers
  Italian composers
  Italian conductors
  Italian musicians
  Writers from Rome