Background
Ethnicity:
His family originally came from Arpino, near Frosinone.
Ennio Morricone was born on November 10, 1928, in Rome, the son of Libera and Mario Morricone.
Ethnicity:
His family originally came from Arpino, near Frosinone.
Ennio Morricone was born on November 10, 1928, in Rome, the son of Libera and Mario Morricone.
Morricone formally entered the conservatory in 1940 at the age of 12, enrolling in a four-year harmony program. According to various reports, he completed it in either two years or six months (date approximate). He studied the trumpet, composition, choral music, and choral direction under Goffredo Petrassi, who deeply influenced him and to whom Morricone has dedicated concert pieces.
Morricone voiced over 400 films by working with many Italian and international companies. Among his best-known films are The Battle of Algiers, Sacco and Vanzetti, Cinema Paradiso, The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean, Malena, The Untouchables, Once in America, Mission, U-Turn. He often worked in Rome with the Symphony Orchestra, and has given many concerts in Italy and abroad.
La Cage aux Folles
On 13 October 1956, he married Maria Travia, whom he had met in 1950 and had his first son, Marco, in 1957. They have three sons and a daughter, in order of birth: Marco (1957), Alessandra (1961), the conductor and film composer Andrea (Andrew) (1964), and Giovanni Morricone (1966), a filmmaker,[10] who lives in New York City.