Ennio Morricone Review – A Rapturous Farewell to the Maestro

Ennio Morricone at the O2 Arena, London. Photograph: Neil Lupin

At 90, the film composer is finally retiring from live performance – but his capacity for evoking emotion with devastating simplicity endures.

Having soundtracked more than 500 films, and worked with great directors from Leone and Bertolucci to Almodóvar and Tarantino, Ennio Morricone is among the most prolific and influential movie composers of all time. He is now 90 and this 60 Years of Music tour, accompanied by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus, definitively brings the curtain down on a staggering career.

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