Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Cinema Paradiso made him one of the world's most famous and prolific screen composers, has died
Morricone used unconventional instruments such as the Jew's harp, amplified harmonica, mariachi trumpets, cor anglais and the ocarina – an ancient Chinese instrument shaped like an egg.
The music was accompanied by real sounds such as whistling, cracking of whips, gunshots and sounds inspired by wild animals including coyotes. He always tried to shake off the association with the Spaghetti Westerns, reminding people, particularly outside Italy, that he had a very creative and productive life before and after the films he made with Leone."It's a strait-jacket. I just don't understand how, after all the films I have done, people keep thinking about. People are stuck back in time, 30 years ago," the Maestro, as he was known in Italy, told Reuters in 2007.
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