World famous film composer Ennio Morricone is returning to Greenwich next year as part of a huge world tour to celebrate 60 years in the industry.
The man behind iconic soundtracks such as The Good, the Bad and The Ugly and The Untouchables, has just finished playing to more than 150,000 audience members in 22 European cities – including a show at The 02.
Before kicking off his new tour, which returns to The O2 on February 16, he will conduct a special mass for the Pope in Rome.
He said: “Performing my work live in all these different cities for people of so many different ages and cultural backgrounds is an incredibly gratifying experience. Next year I will celebrate my professional career of 60 Years during which I composed over 600 works”.
“Next year I will perform a whole new program with new highlights, which I am already working on. Of course there will always be the classic pieces from the great Sergio Leone westerns and The Mission.
“But overall the experience will be different this time. I plan to include a suite for example with pieces of music, which I composed for seven different movies which all won Oscars.”
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