### Clue: Sociobiologist, b.'28 cut above solid figure for composer, b. '28 (9)
### Answer: MORRICONE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: composer, b. '28
Ennio MORRICONE, film composer 
 Desmond **MORRI**[s]="Sociobiologist" with the last letter "cut"; plus **CONE**="solid figure"