Morricone: Once Upon a Time, Arrangements for Guitar

Featuring

Enea Leone
Ennio Morricone

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Performer Biography

Enea Leone, the guitarist on this album, studied with notable figures like Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and the Musik-Akademie in Basle, earning Diplomas of Merit.

Composer Biography

Ennio Morricone, the composer of the music on this album, developed two distinct styles for his 'applied' music (soundtracks) and 'absolute' or classical music.

Composition History

Morricone first gained widespread recognition in 1964 with his score for Sergio Leone's film A Fistful of Dollars, which, along with two sequels, launched the 'spaghetti western' genre.

Critical Reception

Morricone's piece 'Chi mai', originally from the film Maddalena, gained such acclaim when used in the BBC series The Life and Times of David Lloyd George that it reached second place on the UK Singles Chart.

Composer Biography

Ennio Morricone received a Film & TV Music Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and an Oscar for Best Original Score in 2016 for Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight.

Compositional Technique

The main theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly features the unmistakable howl of the coyote, musically rendered by rapid oscillation between two notes a fourth apart.