Retrace the incredible career of composer Ennio Morricone with a Top 10 of his legendary movie soundtracks, including Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.
10. The Legend of 1900 (1998), by Giuseppe Tornatore
A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
9. Days of Heaven (1978), by Terrence Malick
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
8. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), by Elio Petri
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
7. For a Fistful of Dollars (1964), by Sergio Leone
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
6. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), by Sergio Leone
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
5. The Hateful Eight (2015), by Quentin Tarantino
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.
4. The Mission (1986), by Roland Joffé
Eighteenth-century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.
3. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966), by Sergio Leone
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
2. Once Upon a Time in America (1984), by Sergio Leone
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
1. Cinema Paradiso (1988), Giuseppe Tornatore
A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
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From Oscar®-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso), Ennio celebrates the life and legacy of the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who passed away on 6 July 2020. Through interviews with directors, screenwriters, musicians, songwriters, critics and collaborators, Tornatore’s documentary retraces the life and works of the cinema’s most popular and prolific 20th century composer - who wrote over 500 scores for film & television and sold over 70 million records - from his cinema debut with Sergio Leone, to winning an Academy Award for The Hateful Eight in 2016.