Editing Ennio Morricone (section)

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[[File:Foto Mauro Maur e Maestro Ennio Morricone.jpg|Ennio Morricone while recording a soundtrack with his favorite trumpet player and friend [[Mauro Maur]] – Forum Studios in Rome|thumb|upright=1.20|left]]Subsequent to the success of the ''Dollars trilogy'', Morricone also composed the scores for ''Once Upon a Time in the West'' (1968) and Leone's last credited western film ''[[A Fistful of Dynamite]]'' (1971),<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 December 2014|title=Morricone regrets Eastwood rejection|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30517594|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> as well as the score for ''[[My Name Is Nobody]]'' (1973).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilcox|first=Felicity|title=Vale Ennio Morricone: a master composer with breathtaking musical range|url=http://theconversation.com/vale-ennio-morricone-a-master-composer-with-breathtaking-musical-range-142082|access-date=7 July 2020|website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]|date=7 July 2020}}</ref>

Morricone's score for ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West (soundtrack)|Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' is one of the best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with as many as 10&nbsp;million copies sold, including one million copies in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/greniers/emission.php?arch=1&d_id=355000237&e_id=35 |title=Radio France |publisher=Sites.radiofrance.fr |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185545/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/greniers/emission.php?arch=1&d_id=355000237&e_id=35 |archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref> and more than 800,000 copies in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioveronica.nl/index.php?page=album_top_1000_content/de_beste_soundtracks_aller_tijden |title=Radio Veronica |publisher=Radioveronica.nl |access-date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216152451/http://www.radioveronica.nl/index.php?page=album_top_1000_content%2Fde_beste_soundtracks_aller_tijden |archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.futurelegendrecords.com/#/that-instrumental-vibe/4545526880 That Instrumental Vibe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208024623/http://www.futurelegendrecords.com/ |date=8 February 2011 }}, Future Legend Records, Retrieved 15 February 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.bookjunkiesjournal.com/soundtracks.html Soundtracks&nbsp;... a whole universe of music to discover] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228141657/http://www.bookjunkiesjournal.com/soundtracks.html |date=28 December 2012 }} by Annarita Guarnieri, ''Book Junkies Journal'', retrieved 22 January 2013</ref>

The collaboration with Leone is considered one of the exemplary [[List of noted film director and composer collaborations|collaborations between a director and a composer]]. Morricone's last score for Leone was for his last film, the gangster drama ''[[Once Upon a Time in America]]'' (1984). Leone died on 30 April 1989 of a heart attack at the age of 60. Before his death in 1989, Leone was part-way through planning a film on the [[Siege of Leningrad]], set during World War II. By 1989, Leone had been able to acquire {{USD}}100&nbsp;million in financing from independent backers for the war epic. He had convinced Morricone to compose the film score. The project was cancelled when Leone died two days before he was to officially sign on for the film.

In early 2003, Italian filmmaker [[Giuseppe Tornatore]] announced he would direct a film called ''Leningrad''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3204 |title=Tornatore wants Kidman for Leningrad Oscar-winning Italian director to make World War II movie about Nazi attack of Russia |access-date=10 January 2009 | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311015636/http://tandemnews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=3204 |archive-date=11 March 2007 }}</ref> The film has yet to go into production and Morricone was cagey as to details on account of Tornatore's superstitious nature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/ennio-morricone-discusses-85th-anniversary-before-moscow-concert/489297.html |title=Aliide Naylor, Ennio Morricone Discusses 85th Anniversary Before Moscow Concert |work=The Moscow Times |date=11 November 2013 |access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>