This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and television productions. Morricone is considered as 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 (disco d'oro) 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 (1986) was also at one point the world's best selling score. Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Le Professionnel (1981) each sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
TV films and series
Il Lieto Fine (Luciano Salce, 1959)
Il Rossetto (Damiano Damiani, 1959) (only conducted)
Il Pappa Reale (Luciano Salce, 1960) Theatre
Alla scoperta dell'America (Sergio Gioradani, 1961)
Lo squarciagola (1966)
Giovanni ed Elviruccia (1969)
The Virginian: Men from Shiloh (various directors, 1970–71) (Title theme)
Nessuno deve sapere (Mario Landi, 1973)
Moses the Lawgiver (Gianfranco de Bosio, 1974) (TV epic)
Drammi gotici (Giorgio Bandini, 1977)
Noi lazzaroni (Giorgio Felloni, 1978)
Il prigioniero (Aldo Lado, 1978)
El Mundial (1978) (Soccer World Cup theme)
Le mani sporche (Elio Petri, 1978)
Orient Express (Claude Barma, 1979)
Dietro il processo (Franco Biancacci, 1979)
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (John Hefin, 1981)(TV series – 9 episodes)
Marco Polo (Giuliano Montaldo, 1982) (TV epic)
Via Mala (Tom Toelle, 1985)
La Piovra (Florestano Vancini, Luigi Perelli, 1985–1999)
Secret of the Sahara (Alberto Negrin, 1987) (TV epic)
I promessi sposi (Salvatore Nocita, 1987) (TV epic)
Gli indifferenti (Mauro Bolognini, 1988)
The Endless Game (Bryan Forbes, 1989)
Gli angeli del potere (Giorgio Albertazzini, 1989)
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (Alberto Negrin, 1990)
Il principe del deserto (Duccio Tessari, 1991)
Piazza di Spagna (Florestano Vancini, 1991)
Cacciatore di nave (Folco Quilici, 1992)
Una storia italiana (Stefano Reali, 1992)
Missus (Alberto Negrin, 1994)
In fondo al cuore (Luigi Perelli, 1997)
Nostromo (Alistair Reid, 1997) (TV epic)
La casa bruciata (Massimo Spano, 1997)
Ultimo 2 - La sfida (Michele Soave, 1999)
I guardiani del cielo (Alberto Negrin, 1999)
Padre Pio - tra cielo e terra (Giulio Base, 2001)
Nana (Alberto Negrin, 2001)
Musashi (Japanese TV series, Mitsunobu Ozaki, 2002)
Perlasca, un Eroe Italiano (Alberto Negrin, 2002)
Il Papa buono (Ricky Tognazzi, 2003)
ICS L'amore ti da' un nome (Alberto Negrin, 2003)
Charlie Chaplin - Les années suisses (2003)
Il cuore nel pozzo (Alberto Negrin, 2005)
Karol, un uomo diventato papa (Giacomo Battiato, 2005)
Cefalonia (Riccardo Milani, 2005)
Lucia (Pasquale Pozzessere, 2005)
Gino Bartali – L'intramontabile (Alberto Negrin, 2005)
Karol, un papa rimasto uomo (Giacomo Battiato, 2006)
La provinciale (Pasquale Pozzessere, 2006)
Giovanni Falcone (Andrea and Antonio Frazzi, 2006)
L'Ultimo dei corleonesi (Alberto Negrin, 2007)
A History of Dollars (Federico Caddeo, 2008)
Résolution 819 (Giacomo Battiato, 2008)
Pane e libertà (Alberto Negrin, 2009)
A Greek Western Tragedy (Federico Caddeo, 2009)
Quatraro Mysteriet (Jeppe Ronde, 2009)
An Indian Named Joe (Federico Caddeo, 2009)
Since 1984, Ennio Morricone composed original background music to several advertising campaigns. Most of the commercials were directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
Ennio Morricone's classical compositions include over 15 piano concertos, 30 symphonic pieces, choral music and one opera. His first classical pieces date back to the late-forties.
Il Mattino (for voice and piano) 1946
Imitazione (for voice and piano) 1947
Iintimità (for voice and piano) 1947
Barcarola funebre (for piano) 1952
Preludio a una Novella senza titolo (for piano) 1952
Distacco I (for voice and piano) 1953
Distacco II (for voice and piano) 1953
Verrà la morte (for contralto and piano) 1953
Oboe sommerso (for baritone and five instruments) 1953
Musica (for piano and string orchestra) 1954
Sonata (for brass ensemble, piano and timpani) 1954
Variations on a theme by Frescobaldi (for piano) 1955
Cantata (for orchestra and mixed chorus singing a text by Cesare Pavese) 1955
Sestetto (for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola and cello) 1955
Twelve Variations (for oboe d'amore, cello and piano) 1956
Invenzione, canone e ricercare (for piano) 1956
Concerto (for orchestra) 1957
Distanze (for violin, cello and piano) 1958
Requiem per un destino (for mixed chorus and orchestra) 1966
Suoni per Dino (a piece for viola virtuoso Dino Asciolla using 2 magnetic tapes) 1969
Proibito (for 8 trumpets) 1972
Gestazione (for female voice and instruments plus pre-recorded electronic sounds and an ad lib string orchestra) 1980
Totem secondo (for 5 bassoons and 2 contrabassoons) 1981
Second Concerto (for flute, cello and orchestra) 1984–85
Four Studies (for piano) 1984–89
Frammenti di Eros (Cantata for soprano, piano and orchestra to a text by Sergio Miceli) 1985
Cantata per L'Europa (for soprano, two vocal recitals, mixed chorus and orchestra) 1988
Mordenti (for harpsichord) 1988
Epos (for orchestra) 1989
Study (for double-bass) 1989
Reflessi (for cello) 1989–90
Frammenti di giochi (for violin and harp) 1990
Third Concerto (for guitar, marimba and string orchestra) 1990–91
UT (for trumpet, timpani, bass drum and string orchestra) 1991
Una via crucis ('Stations of The Cross' in various vocal and instrumental combinations and in collaboration with Michele Dall'Ongaro and Egisto Macchi) 1991–93
Fourth Concerto (for organ, two trumpets, two trombones and orchestra) 1993
Vidi aquam (for soprano and small orchestra) 1993
Elegia per Egisto (a piece for violin dedicated to his fellow-Nuova Consonanza member Egisto Macchi) 1993
Il silenzio, il gioco, la memoria (for a chorus of children's voices singing a text by Sergio Miceli) 1994
Partenope (an opera with a libretto by Guido Barbieri and Sandro Cappelletto) 1996
Passaggio secondo (for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, 20 strings and a vocal recital of a text by Allen Ginsberg) 1996
Scherzo (for violin and piano) 1996; Ombra di lontana presenza (for viola, string orchestra and magnetic tape) 1997
Nocturne and Passacaglia (for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano and strings) 1998
Amen (for 6 choruses of mixed voices) 1998
Pietre (for double chorus, percussion and cello) 1999
For the Children Killed by the Mafia (for soprano, baritone, 6 instruments and two voices reciting a text by Luciano Violente) 1999
Abenddämmerung (for violin, cello, piano and soprano or mezzo-soprano singing a text by Heinrich Heine) 2000
If This Be a Man (for soprano, violin, strings and vocal recital of a text by Primo Levi) 2001
Voci dal silenzio (for vocal recital, recorded voice, chorus and orchestra) 2002
Finale (for two organs) 2002
Riverberi (for flute, cello and piano) 2004
Ennio Morricone live (with Metropole Orchestra) (1987)
Concerto Premio Nino Rota (1995)
Ennio Morricone – Live (1995)
Morricone dirige a Morricone (1998)
Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia (1999)
Verona Arena Concerto (2002)
La leggenda della pianista (2003)
Focus: Ennio Morricone & Dulce Pontes (2004)
Voci dal silenzio (2004)
Morricone Conducts Morricone: The Munich Concert 2004 (2006)
Note di Pace/Peace Notes: Live at Piazza San Marco, Venice (2008)
Giorgio Armani presents Musica per il cinema (2CD)(2012)
1966 "Nuova Consonanza", LP RCA
1967 "The Private Sea of Dreams" (as Il Gruppo), LP RCA Victor
1968 "Improvisationen" LP Deutsche Grammophon
1970 "The Feed-back" (as The Group), LP RCA
1973 "Improvvisazioni a Formazioni Variate" (also known as "Gruppo d'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza"), 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
Per un pugno di samba (1970, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
Sonho de um Carnaval (2000, Chico Buarque & Ennio Morricone)
De sa terra a su xelu (2002, Clara Murtas & Ennio Morricone)
Guardians of the clouds (2007, Carel Kraayenhof & Ennio Morricone)
Paradiso (2011, Hayley Westenra & Ennio Morricone)
Morricone.Uncovered (2012, Romina Arena & Ennio Morricone)
Morricone 60 (2016, Ennio Morricone & Czech National Symphony Orchestra)
Morricone: Belmondo (1971)
Take off: Film Hits (1978)
Oscar Valdambrini (1982)
His Greatest Themes (1986)
Film Music, Vol. 1: The Collection (1987)
Film Music, Vol. 2 (1988)
Once Upon a Time in the West: 20 Famous Film Tracks of Ennio Morricone (1989)
Zijn Grootste Successen (1990)
Chamber Music (1990)
The Legendary Italian Westerns (1990)
Original Film Musik Von Ennio Morricone (1993)
93 Movie Sounds (1994)
Classic Ennio Morricone (1994)
Spaghetti Western: The Ennio Morricone Collection (1995)
The Ennio Morricone Anthology: A Fistful of Film Music (1995)
An Ennio Morricone: Dario Argento Trilogy (1995)
Anthology: Main Titles & Rare Tracks (1995)
With Love: Music Composed & Conducted By (1995)
Neapolitan Songs (1995)
Best of Ennio Morricone (BMG) (1995)
Love Themes (1995)
Film Hits (1995)
Western Movie Themes from Clint Eastwood Movies (1995)
Film Festival (1995)
Movie Classics: The Music of Ennio Morricone & Hugo Montenegro (1996)
TV Film Music (1996)
Time of Adventure (1996)
Main Titles, Vol. 1 (1965–1995) (1996)
Magic World of Ennio Morricone (1996)
Once Upon a Time in the Cinema (1996)
Time for Suspense (1996)
Fear According to Morricone (1997)
Singles Collection, Vol. 2 (1997)
Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Disky) (1998)
Movie Classics (1998)
Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 2: Western Songs & Ballads (1998)
Mondo Morricone (1999)
1966–1987 (1999)
Love Themes (1999)
Main Titles, Vol. 3: 1965–1985 (1999)
With Love, Vol. 2 (1999)
The Gangster Collection (1999)
Morricone 2000 (1999)
The Thriller Collection (1999)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Compilation) (1999)
Selections from Chronicle (1999)
Genius of Ennio Morricone (2000)
The Very Best of Ennio Morricone (2000)
Psycho Morricone (2001)
40th Commemoration: Ultimate Soundtracks Collection (2001)
40th Commemoration: Ultimate Italian Pops Collection (2001)
40th Commemoration: Ultimate Mood Music Collection (2001)
Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 1 (2002)
More Mondo Morricone Revisited, Vol. 2 (2002)
Molto Mondo Morricone, Vol. 3 (2002)
Morricone in the Scene: Chase Morricone (2002)
Bizarre Morricone (2002)
Lounge Morricone (2002)
Notte Morricone (2002)
Vivid Sound (2002)
Signor Morricone Tempo (2002)
Psichedelico Jazzistico (2004)
Erotica Morricone: So Sweet So Sensual (2004)
Casa Della Musica (2004)
A Celebration of Ennio Morricone's 75th Anniversary (2004)
Great Melodies of Ennio Morricone (2004)
Movie Masterpieces (2004)
Morricone Aromatico (2004)
Once Upon a Time... The Essential Ennio Morricone (2004)
Film Music Maestro (2004)
The Best of Ennio Morricone (Setteottavi) (2005)
Morricone Happening (2005)
Most Famous Hits (2005)
Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro (2005)
Morricone High (2005)
Morricone in Love (2005)
Maestro (2005)
Crime and Dissonance (2005)
Itinerary of a Genius (2005)
Bandes Originales de Film (2005)
The Library, Vol. 1 (Musiche Composte Per il Cinema) (2005)
My Favorite Ennio Morricone Music (2005)
Ennio Morricone Deluxe (2006)
Il West di Morricone (2006)
Una Storia Italiana (2006)
Most Famous Hits: Ennio Morricone – Western Film Music: The Album (2006)
Gold Collection (2006)
Film Music by Ennio Morricone (Silva Screen) (2006)
Morricone Award (2007)
Morricone: Western (2007)
Grand Collection (2007)
World of Ennio Morricone (2007)
Ennio Morricone (2007)
The Soundtracks: 75 Themes from 53 Films (2007)
50 Movie Theme Hits: Gold Edition, Vol. 2 (2007)
In Lounge (2007)
Original Songs (2007)
Morricone Award (CD + Book) (2007)
Made In France (2007)
Un'ora Con Ennio Morricone (2007)
Edda Dell'Orso performs Ennio Morricone (2 CD) (2008)
In Lounge, Vol. 2 (2008)
The Platinum Collection: Original Soundtrack (2008)
Morricone In The Brain (2009)
Ennio Morricone Earbook 4 CD (2013)
Cinema collection – I 30 capolavori della musica da film italiana (2013)
L'essentiel d'Ennio Morricone (2013)
The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1 (2013)
The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 2 (2013)
Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.1 - 3-LP / CD (2003)
Ennio Morricone Remixes Vol.2 - 3-LP (2 CD) (2004)
Ennio Morricone Remixes - limited 7
Ennio Morricone Chronicles 1959-1999 (1999, 10 CD Box)
Io (2003, 4CD Box)
Ennio Morricone OST (2003, 4CD Box)
Mondo Morricone: The Trilogy (2004, 3CD Box)
Ultimate Morricone Collection (Box Set) (2006)
The Complete Dollars Trilogy (2008)
The Complete Edition (15CD Box) (2008)
Man & His Music (2004)
Morricone conducts Morricone (2006)
Arena Concerto (2007)
Peace Notes: Live in Venice (2008)
The Big Gundown by John Zorn (1985)
The Film Music Collection of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman (1990)
Pearls - Amii Stewart Sings Ennio Morricone by Amii Stewart (1990)
Cinema Italiano (1991) by Henry Mancini
Morricone by saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa (1998)
Trilogy Plays Ennio Morricone by Tristan Schulze, Daisy Joplin and Aleksey Igudesman (1998)
The Fantastic Movie Story of Ennio Morricone by pianist Richard Clayderman (1999)
For a Few Guitars More - A Tribute to Morricone's Spaghetti Western Themes by various artists (2002)
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone (2002)
Dear Morricone by violinist Tatsuya Yabe (2003)
Ennio Morricone: Tribute for Piano Produced & Arranged by Jeff & Carmen Kidwell. Played by Ron Chiles (2003)
Roman by erhuist Jia Peng Fang (2003)
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Play Morricone 2 (2003)
Le Romanze di Morricone by flautist Kaori Fujii (2003)
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2004)
My Favourite Ennio Morricone Music presented by Junichiro Koizumi, former prime minister of Japan (2006)
Di Domenico Plays Morricone (2007)
We All Love Ennio Morricone by various artists (2007)
All music composed by Ennio Morricone, lyrics written by various artists.
1961 –
Faccio finta di dormire and
Cicciona cha cha by Edoardo Vianello (lyrics by Carlo Rossi)
1962 –
Quello che conta per Luigi Tenco (lyrics by Luciano Salce)
1963 –
Pel di carota per Rita Pavone (lyrics by Franco Migliacci)
1963 –
Nel corso per Gino Paoli (lyrics by Lina Wertmüller)
1963 –
Ti ho conosciuto by Rita Pavone
1964 –
Lonesome Billy by Peter Tevis
1964 –
Domani prendo il primo treno by Paul Anka
1965 –
L'amore gira by Rosy
1965 –
Penso a te per Catherine Spaak
1965 –
Le cose più importanti by Pierfilippi
1965 –
Ho messo gli occhi su di te by Dino & Anna Moffo
1965 –
Questi vent'anni miei by Catherine Spaak
1966 –
Uccellacci e uccellini by Domenico Modugno
1967 –
Vai via malinconia by Maysa Matarazzo
1968 –
Scirocco by Renato Rascel
1968 –
Canzone della libertà by Sergio Endrigo
1968 –
Filastrocca vietnamita by Sergio Endrigo
1969 –
Una breve stagione by Sergio Endrigo
1971 –
Ho visto un film by Gianni Morandi
1989 –
Libera l'amore by Zucchero
All songs composed by Ennio Morricone, lyrics written by various artists.
