List of compositions by Ennio Morricone
This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions. Morricone was considered one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1940s.
He has sold well over 70 million records worldwide, including 6.5 million albums and singles in France, over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea.
In 1971, the composer received his first golden record for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy and a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million.
His score for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the top 5 best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with about 10 million copies sold.
His score for The Mission was also at one point the world's best selling score. Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Le Professionnel each sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
Filmography
1970s
Stage productions
Il Lieto fine Il Pappa Reale Non approfondire La Chasse aux corbeaux RascelinariaRadio productions
Ventimila leghe sotto i mari- ''Tiempe d'ammore''
Advertising campaigns
Since 1984, Ennio Morricone composed original background music to several advertising campaigns. Most of the commercials were directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.| Year | Title | Producer | Director |
| 1984 | Motta | Motta | N/A |
| 1989 | Museo delle tradizioni e arti contadine | Mutac | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1990 | Grandmother | Chef Boyardee | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1990 | Mulino Bianco | Barilla Group | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1990 | Italiana petroli | Anonima Petroli Italiana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1995 | Profumo | Dolce & Gabbana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1996 | Pomeriggi al cinema | Pomeriggi al cinema | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1996 | San Pellegrino Calze | San Pellegrino Calze | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2001 | Come vorresti che fosse il futuro? | Telecom Italia | Andrew Douglas |
| 2002 | Il Cinema | Dolce & Gabbana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2002 | Nissan El Grand | Nissan | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2003 | Sicily | Dolce & Gabbana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2003 | Sky Cinema | Sky Cinema | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2008 | Lancia Delta | Lancia | Harald Zwart |
| 2009 | Rose The One / L'Eau The One | Dolce & Gabbana | Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
| 2009 | Mediaset Premium | Mediaset Premium | Matteo Pellegrini |
| 2010 | The One Gentleman | Dolce & Gabbana | Jean-Baptiste Mondino |
| 2011 | La Bellezza dello Spazio | Lancia | Ago Panini |
| 2012 | The One – Sport | Dolce & Gabbana | Mariano Vivanco |
| 2013 | Dolce, the Perfume | Dolce & Gabbana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2015 | Dolce Rosa Excelsa | Dolce & Gabbana | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2015 | Non è una crociera qualsiasi | MSC Crociere | Daniel Barber |
Classical (absolute) music
Ennio Morricone's classical compositions include over 15 piano concertos, a trumpet concerto, 30 symphonic pieces, choral music, one opera and one mass. His first classical pieces date back to the late forties. Il Mattino 1946Imitazione 1947Iintimità 1947Barcarola funebre 1952Preludio a una Novella senza titolo 1952Distacco I 1953Distacco II 1953Verrà la morte 1953Oboe sommerso 1953Musica 1954Sonata 1954Variations on a theme by Frescobaldi 1955Cantata 1955Sestetto 1955Twelve Variations 1956Invenzione, canone e ricercare 1956Concerto 1957Distanze 1958Requiem per un destino 1966Suoni per Dino 1969Proibito 1972Gestazione 1980Totem secondo 1981Second Concerto 1984–85Four Studies 1984–89Frammenti di Eros 1985Cantata per L'Europa 1988Mordenti 1988Epos 1989Study 1989Reflessi 1989–90Frammenti di giochi 1990Third Concerto 1990–91UT dedicated to his friend trumpet player Mauro Maur 1991Una via crucis Fourth Concerto 1993Vidi aquam 1993Elegia per Egisto 1993Il silenzio, il gioco, la memoria 1994Partenope 1996Passaggio secondo 1996Scherzo 1996; Ombra di lontana presenza 1997Nocturne and Passacaglia 1998Amen 1998Pietre 1999For the Children Killed by the Mafia 1999Abenddämmerung 2000If This Is a Man 2001Voci dal silenzio 2002Finale 2002Riverberi 2004Missa Papae Francisci 2015Per i 40 anni 2020Live albums
Ennio Morricone live Concerto Premio Nino Rota Ennio Morricone – Live Morricone dirige a Morricone Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia Verona Arena Concerto La leggenda della pianista Focus: Ennio Morricone & Dulce Pontes Voci dal silenzio Morricone Conducts Morricone: The Munich Concert 2004 Note di Pace/Peace Notes: Live at Piazza San Marco, Venice- ''Giorgio Armani presents Musica per il cinema''
Studio albums
with Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza
- 1966 "Nuova Consonanza", LP RCA
- 1967 "The Private Sea of Dreams", LP RCA Victor
- 1968 "Improvisationen" LP Deutsche Grammophon
- 1970 "The Feed-back", LP RCA
- 1973 "Improvvisazioni a Formazioni Variate", LP General Music
- 1975 "Nuova Consonanza", LP Cinevox Records. Reissue 2007 CD Bella Casa
- 1976 "Musica su Schemi", LP Cramps Records. Reissue 2002: LP Get Back, CD Ampersand
- 1992 "1967–1975", CD Edition RZ
- 2006 "Azioni", CD Die Schachtel
- 2010 "Niente", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali. Reissue 2012 LP The Omni Recording Corporation/The Roundtable
- 2011 "Eroina", CD Cometa Edizioni Musicali
with [Mauro Maur]
La Tromba Classica Contemporanea In the Line of Fire- ''Mauro Maur e i suoi Solisti''
with Chico Buarque
Per un pugno di samba Sonho de um Carnaval- ''De sa terra a su xelu''
other
- Focus Guardians of the clouds Paradiso Morricone.Uncovered
- ''Morricone 60''
Selected compilations
Morricone: Belmondo Take off: Film Hits Oscar Valdambrini His Greatest Themes Film Music, Vol. 1: The Collection Film Music, Vol. 2 Once Upon a Time in the West: 20 Famous Film Tracks of Ennio Morricone Zijn Grootste Successen Chamber Music The Legendary Italian Westerns Original Film Musik Von Ennio Morricone 93 Movie Sounds Classic Ennio Morricone Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music An Ennio Morricone: Dario Argento Trilogy Anthology: Main Titles & Rare Tracks With Love: Music Composed & Conducted By Neapolitan Songs Best of Ennio Morricone Love Themes Film Hits Western Movie Themes from Clint Eastwood Movies Film Festival Movie Classics: The Music of Ennio Morricone & Hugo Montenegro TV Film Music Time of Adventure Main Titles, Vol. 1 Magic World of Ennio Morricone Once Upon a Time in the Cinema Time for Suspense Fear According to Morricone Singles Collection, Vol. 2 Film Music by Ennio Morricone Movie Classics Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 2: Western Songs & Ballads Mondo Morricone 1966–1987 Love Themes Main Titles, Vol. 3: 1965–1985 With Love, Vol. 2 The Gangster Collection Morricone 2000 The Thriller Collection Once Upon a Time in the West Selections from Chronicle Genius of Ennio Morricone The Very Best of Ennio Morricone Psycho Morricone 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Soundtracks Collection 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Italian Pops Collection 40th Commemoration: Ultimate Mood Music Collection Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 1 More Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 2 Molto Mondo Morricone, Vol. 3 Morricone in the Scene: Chase Morricone Bizarre Morricone Lounge Morricone Notte Morricone Vivid Sound Signor Morricone Tempo Psichedelico Jazzistico Erotica Morricone: So Sweet So Sensual Casa Della Musica A Celebration of Ennio Morricone's 75th Anniversary Great Melodies of Ennio Morricone Movie Masterpieces Morricone Aromatico Once Upon a Time... The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Maestro The Best of Ennio Morricone Morricone Happening Most Famous Hits Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro Morricone High Morricone in Love Maestro Crime and Dissonance Itinerary of a Genius Bandes Originales de Film The Library, Vol. 1 My Favorite Ennio Morricone Music Ennio Morricone Deluxe Il West di Morricone Una Storia Italiana Most Famous Hits: Ennio Morricone – Western Film Music: The Album Gold Collection Film Music by Ennio Morricone Morricone Award Morricone: Western Grand Collection World of Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone The Soundtracks: 75 Themes from 53 Films 50 Movie Theme Hits: Gold Edition, Vol. 2 In Lounge Original Songs Morricone Award Made In France Un'ora Con Ennio Morricone Edda Dell'Orso performs Ennio Morricone In Lounge, Vol. 2 The Platinum Collection: Original Soundtrack Morricone In The Brain Ennio Morricone Earbook 4 CD Cinema collection – I 30 capolavori della musica da film italiana L'essentiel d'Ennio Morricone The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1- ''The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 2''
Remix albums
Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.1 – 3-LP / CD Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.2 – 3-LP- ''Ennio Morricone Remixes – limited 7''
Box sets
Ennio Morricone Chronicles 1959-1999 Io Ennio Morricone OST Mondo Morricone: The Trilogy Ultimate Morricone Collection The Complete Dollars Trilogy- ''The Complete Edition''
DVDs
Man & His Music Morricone conducts Morricone Arena Concerto- ''Peace Notes: Live in Venice''
Tribute albums
The Big Gundown by John Zorn The Film Music Collection of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman Pearls – Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone by Amii Stewart Cinema Italiano by Henry ManciniMorricone by saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa Trilogy Plays Ennio Morricone by Tristan Schulze, Daisy Joplin and Aleksey Igudesman The Fantastic Movie Story of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman For a Few Guitars More – A Tribute to Morricone's Spaghetti Western Themes by various artists Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone Dear Morricone by violinist Tatsuya Yabe Ennio Morricone: Tribute for Piano Produced & Arranged by Jeff & Carmen Kidwell. Played by Ron Chiles Roman by erhuist Jia Peng Fang Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone 2 Le Romanze di Morricone by flautist Kaori Fujii Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone My Favourite Ennio Morricone Music presented by Junichiro Koizumi, former prime minister of Japan Di Domenico Plays Morricone We All Love Ennio Morricone by various artistsSelected songs
| Year | Performer | Song title | ITA | FRA | NL | UK | USA |
| 1962 | Milva | Quattro Vestiti | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1962 | Milva | La Tua Stagione | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Gianni Morandi | Go-kart Twist | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Peter Tevis | A Gringo Like Me | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1963 | Rita Pavone | Pel di Carota | 52 | – | – | – | – |
| 1964 | Gianni Morandi | Per Una Notte No | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1964 | Paul Anka | Il Tuo compleanno | 28 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Maurizio Graf | Angel Face | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone & La Sua Orchestra | Il Silenzio/Parlami D'Amore Mariù | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone | A Fistful of Dollars | 4 | 62 | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Ennio Morricone | A Pistol for Ringo | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| 1965 | Dino | Il Ragazzo di ghiaccio | 26 | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Mina | Se Telefonando | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Dino | Ho messo gli occhi su di te | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1966 | Ennio Morricone | For a Few Dollars More | 5 | 16 | – | – | – |
| 1967 | Christy | Run Run | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 1967 | Ennio Morricone | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | 45 | – | – | – | – |
| 1968 | Christy | Deep Down | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1968 | Hugo Montenegro | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 1969 | Roy Budd | Hurry To Me | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Ennio Morricone | A Man With Harmonica | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Dalida | Il Clan Dei Siciliana | 29 | – | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Milva | Metti una sera a cena | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Massimo Ranieri | Io e te | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Ennio Morricone/Joan Baez | The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti | 4 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Astrud Gilberto | Casse | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | 7 Mladih | Za Šaku Dolara | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1971 | Ennio Morricone/Joan Baez | Here's To You | 46 | 2 | 29 | – | – |
| 1972 | Milva | Mia Madre Si Chiama Francesca | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1972 | Ennio Morricone | Giù la testa | 11 | 6 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone | God With Us | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone | My Name Is Nobody | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1973 | Ennio Morricone & Bruno Nicolai | Indagine / La Cosa Buffa | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1974 | Mireille Mathieu | J'oublie La Pluie et le Soleil | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975 | Mireille Mathieu | Mon Ami de Toujours | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1975 | Ennio Morricone | Tema di Mosè | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| 1976 | Ennio Morricone | Once Upon a Time in the West | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 1977 | I Gladrags | Sunshine / Notturno Per Tre | – | – | – | – | |
| 1978 | Ennio Morricone | El Mundial 78 | 23 | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | Ennio Morricone | Come Maddalena | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | The Bombers | Mexican | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1981 | Ennio Morricone | Chi mai | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| 1982 | Pia Zadora | It's Wrong For Me To Love You | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1988 | The Pet Shop Boys/Ennio Morricone | It Couldn't Happen Here | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1994 | Gérard Depardieu | To Obliterate The Past | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | Sarah Brightman | Nella fantasia | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | Andrea Bocelli | Come Un Fiume Tu | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Ennio Morricone & Roger Waters | Lost Boys Calling | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Down Low | Once Upon a Time | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Andrea Bocelli | Un Canto | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001 | Josh Groban | You're Still You/Cinema Paradiso | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2004 | Isobel Campbell | Argomenti | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Amii Stewart | Love Song | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 | Céline Dion | I Knew I Loved You | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2008 | Tenniscoats/Tape | Come Maddalena | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2010 | Coolio | Change | – | – | – | – | – |
All music composed by Ennio Morricone, lyrics written by various artists.