Ennio Morricone
An Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter, who wrote over 400 scores for cinema and television, including 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'Cinema Paradiso'.
Quotes by Ennio Morricone
Politics divides, but music unites.
My greatest work is the one yet to be composed.
The orchestra is my family, chaotic but loving.
Silence is the canvas on which sound paints.
I learned composition from the streets of Rome, not just books.
A good score lingers like a memory.
Fame is fleeting; the echo of a note lasts forever.
In cinema, sound is the invisible character.
Life's rhythm is unpredictable, like jazz in a waltz.
Why compose? Because silence screams for expression.
The whistle in a score can say more than words.
Happiness is finding the right harmony in chaos.
Awards are nice, but the audience's silence is gold.
Music doesn't lie; it reveals the heart.
Directors dream in images; I dream in sounds.
The past echoes in every new composition.
A joke in music? The wrong note at the right time.
War's horror is best scored in minor keys.
Creation is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration on the keys.
Love is the universal theme, scored in every language.