Rome honours Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone

Rome honours Oscar-winning soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone
Copyright Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse
Copyright Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse
By Daniel Bellamy with AP
Share this articleComments
Share this articleClose Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below:Copy to clipboardCopied

The City Council voted to rename one of its concert halls after Morricone as his soundtrack to the film Once Upon A Time in America was played.

ADVERTISEMENT

Rome has honoured the Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, who died earlier this month in the city at 91.

On Friday the City Council voted to rename one of its concert halls after him.

As the council met, the Orchestra of St Cecilia played Morricone's soundtrack to the film "Once Upon A Time in America."

His son Andrea directed the orchestra as it played.

Morricone won a lifetime achievement Academy Award in 2007 as well as an Oscar in 2016 for the score he wrote for American director Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight".

Rome's Music Park Auditorium will now be called the Ennio Morricone Auditorium.

His memorable soundtracks included the one for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which was directed by his former school classmate, Sergio Leone.

Share this articleComments

You might also like

Italy's Mario Draghi calls for radical change in Europe

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warns Middle East 'on edge of regional war'

Watch: Search continues over Italian power plant explosion