Oscar-winning Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died aged 91.
Morricone’s creative career spanned 500 scores over 50 years working with Giuseppe Tornatore, Barry Levinson, Quentin Tarantino and of course, Sergio Leone with whom he defined the western with unforgetable soundtracks.
His first Oscar for best original score only came in 2016 when he was 88 for Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, he was presented with an honorary Oscar in 2009 when the academy assumed his retirement from the industry