You may have heard him on “Picture Perfect” last Friday, on WWFM – The Classical Network, whistling the distinctive main title music for “A Fistful of Dollars.” Alessandro Alessandroni, whose talent, as a guitarist, mandolinist, sitarist, accordionist, pianist, and, yes, whistler, graced over 70 film scores, died on Sunday at the age of 92. Among his recent credits: “The Lego Movie.” He essentially whistled Ennio Morricone to international fame.

Learn more about Alessandroni here:

http://exclaim.ca/film/article/r_i_p_italian_soundtrack_great_alessandro_alessandroni

R.I.P.