Happy birthday, Ennio Morricone, gone but never forgotten.

The composer of an estimated 500 film and television scores – perhaps the most prolific film composer of all time – Morricone died last year at the age of 91.

Grazie, Maestro. You are greatly missed.

Morricone celebrates his 90th birthday with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and music from “The Mission”

“Once Upon a Time in the West”

Vintage Morricone: “Two Mules for Sister Sara”

A personal favorite

Another, not to be confused with the oft-reissued “Il Gatto a Nove Code” – a completely different animal! Is that a mandolin and a muted trombone? Morricone always provided his own orchestrations.

Conducting “Cinema Paradiso”

Andrea Morricone conducts his father’s Concerto for Orchestra:

Another concert work: “Esercizi for 10 Strings”

Ricercare per pianoforte (thanks to Paul Moon)

Easily his greatest hit

“The Ecstasy of Gold.” I think I need to watch this movie NOW!!

Far and away the best thing about “The Hateful Eight” (for which he received his only competitive Oscar)

Morricone conducts “The Untouchables”