Morricone, Ennio

It was the satirical westerns of Sergio Leone, however, that brought Morricone to prominence. These comprise the “Dollars” trilogy, starring Clint Eastwood: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1967), as well as the epic, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). All are highly stylised and sophisticated homages to the American Western, combining cynical brutality with knowing humour. From the start, Morricone threw out the...