About Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone is a name that requires little introduction. Over his 60-year career the Italian composer has written some of the most memorable film scores in history. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Cinema Paridiso. The Untouchables. All Morricone �" name a famous movie and this genius has probably had something to do with the musical score!
He’s won the Academy Honorary Award, been nominated for five Oscars, and has a slew of Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Grammys sitting on his mantelpiece. And at 86 years old he’s still going strong. Morricone brings his remarkable catalogue to London in 2016 for a celebration of his life in music �" and here at Gigantic we’ve got Ennio Morricone tickets available for this incredible show. Needless to say they won’t be around for long to ensure your place at this Ennio Morricone tour date, book today.
A chance to see a true musical legend doesn’t come around very often, especially one 60 years in the making. Born in Rome, Italy, the classically trained Morricone moved into film during the 1950s and never looked back. However it wasn’t until the '60s - when he began composing scores for his former schoolmate turned director Sergio Leone - that he gained the attention of the masses. Leone’s 1964 spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars, was the perfect platform for Morricone’s mastery of sound.
The pair would go on to define the genre, teaming up on several masterpieces including A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly �" both starring Clint Eastwood �" and Once Upon a Time in the West, with Morricone’s score selling in excess of 10 million copies worldwide to date.
Morricone has continued his relationship with Hollywood, scoring Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Django Unchained, and Brian de Palma’s The Untouchables and Casualties of War. Tarantino’s upcoming movie The Hateful Eight, due for release in early 2016, sees Morricone back on familiar ground �" scoring a western. But it’s live on stage where Morricone is perhaps best appreciated, conducting a large orchestra as they bring to life music that despite being incredibly familiar to us has never lost any of its ability to stir emotion.
To see Morricone in action at London’s O2 Arena on February 16 2016 all you have to do is book your Ennio Morricone concert tickets at Gigantic now!
