This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone. He composed and arranged scores for more than 400 film and television productions.Movie Music UK, Review Morricone was considered one of the most influential and best-selling film composers since the late 1940s.
He has sold well over 70 million records worldwide, including 6.5 million albums and singles in France, over three million in the United States and more than two million albums in Korea.
In 1971, the composer received his first golden record (disco d'oro) for the sale of 1,000,000 records in Italy and a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million.
His score for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the top 5 best-selling original instrumental scores in the world today, with about 10 million copies sold.
His score for The Mission (1986) was also at one point the world's best selling score. Morricone's music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) and Le Professionnel (1981) each sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
Filmography 1950s Year Title Director Notes 1955 Abandoned Francesco Maselli Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Giovanni FuscoGli Sbandati, 1955, Chi Mai, retrieved 15 December 20131959 La duchessa di Santa Lucia Roberto Bianchi Montero Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Giorgio Fabor Death of a Friend Franco Rossi Conducting onlyScore composed by Mario Nascimbene
1960s Year Title Director Notes Latest CD / Digital Release1960 Run with the Devil Mario Camerini Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Piero Piccioni, Lipstick Damiano Damiani Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Giovanni Fusco L'Avventura Michelangelo Antonioni Le pillole di Ercole Luciano Salce Rejected scoreReplaced by Armando Trovajoli1961 The Fascist Luciano Salce First full score The Last Judgment Vittorio De Sica Arrangements and Conducting onlyScore composed by Alessandro Cicognini,1962 L'italiano ha 50 anni Francomaria Trapani Orchestrations onlyComposed by Gino Peguri, Gli italiani e le vacanze Filippo Walter Ratti Documentary film I motorizzati Camillo Mastrocinque Crazy Desire Luciano Salce Il Sorpasso Dino Risi Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Riz Ortolani Those Two in the Legion Lucio Fulci Arrangements and Conducting onlyScore composed by Luis Bacalov Eighteen in the Sun Camillo Mastrocinque A Girl... and a Million Luciano Salce1963Violenza segreta Giorgio Moser Orchestrations onlyScore composed by Giovanni Fusco Il Successo Dino Risi Beat Records / BCM9615 / 2023 The Lizards Lina Wertmüller Le monachine Luciano Salce El Greco Gunfight at Red Sands Ricardo BlascoMario Caiano First Western film score1964 Una Nuova fonte di energia Daniele G. Luisi Documentary film Malamondo Paolo Cavara CAM Sugar / 2021 I maniaci Lucio Fulci Composed with Carlo Rustichelli I marziani hanno 12 mani Franco CastellanoGiuseppe Moccia In ginocchio da te Ettore Maria Fizzarotti A Fistful of Dollars Sergio Leone Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score Beat Records / CDX1036 / 2024 Bullets Don't Argue Mario Caiano Beat Records / BCM9601 / 2024 Two Escape from Sing Sing Lucio Fulci Quartet Records / QR445 / 2021 Before the Revolution Bernardo Bertolucci Full Hearts and Empty Pockets Camillo Mastrocinque Beat Records / BCM9622 / 2025 1965 A Pistol for Ringo Duccio Tessari Quartet Records / QR550 / 2024 Nightmare Castle Mario Caiano First horror film score Beat Records / BCM9618 / 2024 Agent 077: Mission Bloody Mary Sergio Grieco Title song onlyScore composed by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Highest Pressure Enzo Trapani Composed with Luis Enriquez Bacalov Slalom Luciano Salce Menage all'italiana Franco Indovina Fists in the Pocket Marco Bellocchio Thrilling Carlo LizzaniGian Luigi PolidoroEttore Scola Composed with Bruno Nicolai Non son degno di te Ettore Maria Fizzarotti Se non avessi più te Idoli controluce Enzo Battaglia Beat Records / BCM9622 / 2025 The Return of Ringo Duccio Tessari Quartet Records / QR550 / 2024For a Few Dollars More Sergio Leone 1966 Seven Guns for the MacGregors Franco Giraldi Wake Up and Die Carlo Lizzani GDM / CD CLUB 7117 / 2012 The Hawks and the Sparrows Pier Paolo Pasolini Nominated – Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score El Greco Luciano Salce Quartet Records / QR604 / 2025 Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut Manfred R. Köhler Composed with Bruno Nicolai Beat Records / BCM9615 / 2023 The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo Composed with Pontecorvo Quartet Records / QR193 / 2015 The Hills Run Red Carlo Lizzani Quartet Records / QRSCE007 / 2010 The Bible: In the Beginning John Huston First American film Uncredited;Composed with Toshiro Mayuzumi Almost a Man Vittorio De Seta How I Learned to Love Women Luciano Salce GDM / 4406 / 2016 For a Few Extra Dollars Giorgio Ferroni Composed with Gianni Ferrio Florence: Days of Destruction Franco Zeffirelli Documentary film Navajo Joe Sergio Corbucci Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 10 No. 14 / 2007 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Sergio Leone Quartet Records / QR436 / 2021 1967 The Hellbenders Sergio Corbucci The Witches Luchino ViscontiMauro BologniniPier Paolo PasoliniFranco RossiVittorio De Sica Composed with Piero Piccioni The Big Gundown Sergio Sollima Beat Records / BCM9603 / 2022 O.K. Connery Alberto De Martino Composed with Bruno Nicolai Matchless Alberto Lattuada Composed with Gino Marinuzzi Jr. Death Rides a Horse Giulio Petroni Beat Records / BCM9589 / 2021 The Rover Terence Young Her Harem Marco Ferreri The Girl and the General Pasquale Festa Campanile China is Near Marco Bellocchio Grand Slam Giuliano Montaldo Face to Face Sergio Sollima Arabella Mauro Bolognini Quartet Records / QR578 / 2025 Garden of Delights Silvano Agosti Dirty Heroes Alberto de Martino Composed with Bruno Nicolai1968 Danger: Diabolik Mario Bava Escalation Roberto Faenza Come Play with Me Salvatore Samperi A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof Giulio Petroni Guns for San Sebastian Henri Verneuil Composed with Laurie Johnson Comandamenti per un gangster Alfio Caltabiano Run, Man, Run Sergio Sollima Composed with Bruno Nicolai Theorem Pier Paolo Pasolini Partner Bernardo Bertolucci Galileo Liliana Cavani A Quiet Place in the Country Elio Petri Quartet Records / QR579 / 2025 A Fine Pair Francesco Maselli Bandits in Rome Alberto De Martino Composed with Bruno Nicolai Quartet Records / QR441 / 2021 The Great Silence Sergio Corbucci The Mercenary Sergio Corbucci Composed with Bruno Nicolai Beat Records / BCM9610 / 2023 Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone Nominated – Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score 1969 Fräulein Doktor Alberto Lattuada Vergogna, schifosi Mauro Severino Quartet Records / QR462 / 2021 Cuore di mamma Salvatore Samperi Quartet Records / QR575 / 2025 Alibi Vittorio GassmanAdolfo CeliLuciano Lucignani The Lady of Monza Eriprando Visconti Eat It Francesco Casaretti Machine Gun McCain Giuliano Montaldo Quartet Records / QR603 / 2025 Metti, una sera a cena Giuseppe Patroni Griffi Silver Ribbon Award for Best Score That Splendid November Mauro Bolognini Tepepa Giulio Petroni Beat Records / PTS001 / 2026 Listen, Let's Make Love Vittorio Caprioli Ecce Homo Bruno Gaburro The Invisible Woman Paolo Spinola Beat Records / BCM9612 / 2023 What Did Stalin Do to Women? Maurizio Liverani H2S Roberto Faenza L'assoluto naturale Mauro Bolognini The Five Man Army Don Taylor Season of the Senses Massimo Franciosa A Brief Season Renato Castellani Unknown Woman Luigi Comencini The Sicilian Clan Henri Verneuil Burn! Gillo Pontecorvo Quartet Records / QR594 / 2025 The Red Tent Mikhail Kalatozov
1970s