AR Rahman, Farhan Akhtar And Others Pay Tribute To Oscar-Winning Composer Ennio Morricone
Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone passed away at the age of 91. Morricone was known for his work in films like The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Untouchables and The Mission.
Oscar-winning
Italian
composer
Ennio
Morricone
passed
away
at
the
age
of
91.
Morricone
was
known
for
his
work
in
films
like
The
Good,
The
Bad
And
The
Ugly,
The
Untouchables
and
The
Mission.
According
to
hollywoodreporter.com,
Ennio
Morricone
died
in
Rome
following
complications
from
a
fall
last
week,
which
caused
a
hip
fracture.
The
news
of
his
death
was
shared
by
Italian
Health
Minister
Roberto
Speranza,
who
tweeted,
"Adieu
maestro,
and
thank
you
for
the
emotions
you
gave
us."
Following
the
news
of
his
death,
many
Bollywood
celebrities
took
to
social
media
to
pay
tribute
to
the
legendary
Italian
composer.
Remembering
Morricone
on
Monday,
AR
Rahman
tweeted,
"Only
a
composer
like
#EnnioMorricone
could
bring
the
beauty,
culture
and
the
lingering
romance
of
Italy
to
your
senses
in
the
pre-virtual
reality
and
pre-internet
era...
All
we
can
do
is
celebrate
the
master's
work
and
learn."
Farhan
Akhtar
On
Ennio
Morricone
Farhan
Akhtar
also
took
to
his
Twitter
account
and
thanked
the
legendary
composer
for
the
music
he
created.
Farhan
shared
a
track
by
Morricone
and
wrote,
"Sharing
one
of
my
favourites
from
a
very
long
list
of
incredible
film
scores
that
have
made
so
many
movies
memorable.
This
one
is
from
‘The
Mission'."
Randeep
Hooda's
Tweet
Actor
Randeep
Hooda
honoured
him
by
saying,
"He
rides
off
into
the
sunset..
I
bet
it
was
a
great
tune
he
was
humming..
Rest
in
peace
#EnnioMorricone
you've
left
us
some
the
most
iconic
of
music
pieces
for
us
to
whistle
on
to
this
one
is
from
#TheGoodTheBadandTheUgly
enjoy
and
say
a
little
prayer
of
gratitude."
Ennio
Morricone
Composed
For
Over
500
Movies
Ennio
Morricone
scored
music
in
more
than
500
films
in
his
career
which
spanned
more
than
seven
decades.
Known
as
Maestro
in
his
home
town
Rome,
he
received
the
honorary
Oscar
in
2007
and
later
went
on
to
win
another
one
in
2016
for
Quentin
Tarantino's
The
Hateful
Eight.
Earlier,
he
had
also
received
Oscar
nominations
for
Days
of
Heaven,
The
Mission,
The
Untouchables,
Bugsy
and
Malena.