Ennio Morricone discography

Ennio Morricone discography

Ennio Morricone at the 66th Venice Film Festival, September 2009
Releases
↙Studio albums 4
↙Live albums 11
↙Compilation albums 102
↙Singles 61
↙Video albums 4
↙Soundtracks 506
↙Tribute and cover albums 18

This is a discography of film score composer and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and television productions.[1][2] Morricone is considered as one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1950s.[3] He has sold well over 50 million records worldwide,[4][5] including 6,5 million albums and singles in France,[6] over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea.[7] 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 5 to 10 million copies sold.[8][9][10]

His score for The Mission was also at one point the world's best selling score.[11][12] Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Le Professionnel (1981) each sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[13]

Contents

Soundtrack filmography

1950s

1959

1960s

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

TV films & series

Selected films with songs by Morricone

Year Film Director Notes
1963 Gli imbroglioni Lucio Fulci
Prima della rivoluzione Bernardo Bertolucci Songs of Morricone and Gino Paoli
1964 In ginocchio da te Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
1965 Non son degno di te Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
Se non avessi più te Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
1966 Mi vedrai tornare Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
O.K. Connery Alberto de Martino
1978 Germany in Autumn Alexander Kluge features Here's to you sung by Joan Baez
1981 Le Professionnel Georges Lautner It features Il vento, il grido
1995 Joseph Roger Young Songs of Ennio Morricone and Marco Frisina
1999 Election Alexander Payne music from Navajo Joe
2001 Cowboys Don't Kiss In Public Michelle Trudo
2003
2004		 Kill Bill Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill Vol.1 soundtrack features the main theme from Death Rides a Horse.
Kill Bill Vol.2 soundtrack features the tracks "L'Arena" (from Il mercenario), "Il Tramonto" (from Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo), "Per Un Pugno di Dollari" (From Per un pugno di dollari), "A Silhouette of Doom" & "The Demise of Barbara" and "The Return of Joe" (from Navajo Joe).
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Wes Anderson The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack features "Here's To You", featuring Joan Baez.
2006 Jackass Number Two Jeff Tremaine It features the song "The Ecstasy of Gold" from Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.
2007 Death Proof Quentin Tarantino Death Proof soundtrack features the song "Paranoia Prima" from Cat O' Nine Tails soundtrack.
Hot Rod Akiva Schaffer Hot Rod soundtrack features the song "A Gringo Like Me".
2008 Seven Pounds Gabriele Muccino
2009 Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds soundtrack features the tracks "The Verdict (La Condanna)" (from La resa dei conti), "L’incontro Con La Figlia" (from Il ritorno di Ringo), "Il Mercenario (Ripresa)" (from Il mercenario), "Algiers 1 November 1954" (Composed with Gillo Pontecorvo; from La battaglia di Algeri), "The Surrender (La resa)" (from La resa dei conti), "Mystic and Severe" (from Death Rides a Horse), "Un Amico" (from Revolver), and "Rabbia e Tarantella" (from Allonsanfàn).
Couples Retreat Peter Billingsley

Classic (absolute) music

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.

Live albums

Collaboration albums

Selected compilations

Remix albums

Box sets

DVDs

Tribute albums

Selected songs

Year Performer Song Title ITA[18] FRA[18] NL[18] UK[19] USA[20]
1962 Milva Quattro Vestiti - - - - -
1962 Milva La Tuga 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 Mariu - - - - -
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 & The Ugly 45 - - - -
1968 Christy Deep Down - - - - -
1968 Hugo Montenegro The Good, The Bad & 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 Ranieri, Massimo 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 Gladrags, I Sunshine / Notturno Per Tre - - - -
1978 Ennio Morricone El Mundial 78 23 - - - -
1978 Ennio Morricone Come Maddalena (Disco 78) - - - - -
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 Boy 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.

Other song compositions

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 Wertmuller)
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.

Selected Music Certifications

Score/single/album Sales Certification date/info
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) 100,000 (F)[21] Certification in 1981
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (1966) 500,000 (RIAA) 08/14/1968
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (song) (1968) 1,000,000 (Worldwide) Hugo Montenegro version[22]
A Man With Harmonica (1969) 1,260,000 (F) Original single version[23]
Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) 800,000 (NL)[24]
1,000,000 (F)[25][26]
10 million(Worldwide)[27]		 Certification in 1992
Here's To You (1971) 790,000 (F) Original single version[28]
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) 477,000 (F) Original single version[29]
God With Us (1973) 378,000 (F) Original single version[30]
La Cage aux Folles (1978) 500,000 (RIAA)[31] 12/14/1995
Le Professionnel (1981) 902,900 (F)[21]
3,000,000(Worldwide)[13]		 certification in 2001
The Mission (1986) 500,000 (RIAA) (US)
50,000 (CDN)
100,000 (UK)
20,000 (Polen)[32]
100,000(F)[21]
50,000 (CAPIF)[33]
Chi Mai (1981) 505,000 (BPI)(UK)
911,000(F)[34]		 single
Guardinas of the Clouds (2006) 30,000 (NL) 5 January 1981
Live at Arena – Verona (2006) 150,000 (I)[35][36] Live album
Voices of Silence (2007) 40,000 (I)[37] track edicated to 9/11 attacks
We All Love Ennio Morricone (2007) 120,000 (I)[38][39] 2008

Ennio Morricone sold over 6,5 million singles and scores in France only.[6] In 1971, the composer received his first golden record (disco d'oro) for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy[40][41] and a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million.[42]

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