Hans Zimmer leads tributes to fellow composer Ennio Morricone
hollywood.comHans Zimmer has paid tribute to his fellow movie score composer Ennio Morricone, who has died at the age of 91.Morricone, who penned the scores to more than 500 films, including many of Sergio Leone‘s seminal spaghetti westerns like The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, passed away during the early hours of the morning on Monday (July 6, 2020) after being hospitalized with a fractured femur last week, his lawyer Giorgio Assumma confirmed in a statement to The Guardian.Assumma said his client, “died at dawn on 6 July in Rome with the comfort of faith.
He preserved until the final moment full lucidity and great dignity.”Paying tribute to his fellow composer on BBC Breakfast, Zimmer said he was “devastated” by the Italian musician’s death as he had.
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