Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, (born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player, writing in a wide range of musical styles.
Since 1961, Morricone has composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works.
His score to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966) is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, including all Sergio Leone films (since "A Fistful of Dollars"), all Giuseppe Tornatore films (since "Cinema ParadisoThe Battle of Algiers", Dario Argento's "Animal Trilogy1900Days of Heaven", several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy "La Cage aux Folles III" and "Le Professionnel", as well as "The ThingThe MissionThe UntouchablesMission to MarsBugsyDisclosureIn the Line of FireBulworthRipley's Game" and "The Hateful Eight".
After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, he became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 started ghost writing for film and theatre.
Throughout his career, he has composed music for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Milva, Zucchero and Andrea Bocelli.
From 1960 to 1975, Morricone gained international fame for composing music for Westerns and—with an estimated 10 million copies sold—"Once Upon a Time in the West" is one of the best-selling scores worldwide.
From 1966 to 1980, he was a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives, and in 1969 he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio.
From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific American directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino.
In 1977, he composed the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
He continued to compose music for European productions, such as "Marco PoloLa piovraNostromoFateless" and "En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait".
Morricone's music has been reused in television series, including "The Simpsons" and "The Sopranos", and in many films, including "Inglourious Basterds" and "Django Unchained".
He also scored seven Westerns for Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari's "Ringo" duology and Sergio Sollima's
"The Big Gundown" and "Face to Face".
Morricone worked extensively for other film genres with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Roman Polanski and Henri Verneuil.
His acclaimed soundtrack for "The Mission" (1986) was certified gold in the United States.
The album "Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone" stayed 105 weeks on the "Billboard" Top Classical Albums.
Morricone's best-known compositions include "The Ecstasy of GoldSe TelefonandoMan with a HarmonicaHere's to You", the UK No. 2 single "Chi MaiGabriel's Oboe" and "E Più Ti Penso".
In 1971, he received a "Targa d'Oro" for worldwide sales of 22 million, and by 2016 Morricone had sold over 70 million records worldwide.
In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music."
He has been nominated for a further six Oscars.
In 2016, Morricone received his first competitive Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino's film "The Hateful Eight", at the time becoming the oldest person ever to win a competitive Oscar.
His other achievements include three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award and the Polar Music Prize in 2010.
Morricone has influenced many artists from film scoring to other styles and genres, including Hans Zimmer, Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, and Radiohead.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Amedeo Escobar
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Henri Verdun
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Tarcisio Fusco
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He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.
Bert Grund
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Thomas Morse
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Compañeros
Compañeros (Spanish: "Vamos a matar, compañeros", lit.
"Let's Go and Kill, Companions") is a 1970 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci.
The film stars Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance and Fernando Rey.
The soundtrack for the film was written by Ennio Morricone, and the orchestra was conducted by Bruno Nicolai.
"Compañeros" is one of Corbucci's best-known westerns, as well as one of the best-known spaghetti westerns altogether.
The film has been compared to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", as it intertwines the paths of several characters in the middle of a conflict, but takes place during the Mexican Revolution instead of the American Civil War.
Due to the setting and Nero's and Milián's characters, it is similar also to Corbucci's earlier Zapata Western, "The Mercenary", which was released two years earlier.
Alejandro Ulloa was the cinematographer for both films.
"Compañeros" is the only film in which the two stars of Italian genre films, Franco Nero and Tomás Milián, acted together.
Nero later complained that Corbucci concentrated too much on Milian, and refused to act in
"Long Live Your Death" if Corbucci was to direct it.
Walter Ulfig
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Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.

Question: Where was the composer of film Compañeros born?
Answer: Roman