Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning composer of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” and several high profile Spaghetti Westerns, has passed away at the age of 91.

Over his six decades as a film composer, Morricone is best remembered for shaping the sound of the Spaghetti Western genre thanks to his legendary work on the films in Sergio Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy,” which include “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964), “For a Few Dollars More” (1965), and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (1966).

Throughout his esteemed career, Morricone collaborated with the likes of Terrence Malick (“Days of Heaven”), John Carpenter (“The Thing”), Roman Polanski (“Frantic”), William Friedkin (“Rampage”), Brian De Palma (“The Untouchables”), and Mike Nichols (“Wolf”), among others.

“Kill Bill,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained” all feature Morricone compositions, while the composer wrote an original song entitled “Ancora Qui” for the latter.

Wright proceeded to share a handful of his favorite Morricone compositions, from “The Ecstasy of Gold” off the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” soundtrack to “Almost Dead” from “A Fistful of Dollars” and the End Title music from “The Untouchables.” Other tributes were posted from Oscar winner Asif Kapadia, actor Antonio Banderas, and dozens of film critics and journalists.

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