for more on the life of this legend i'm joined by dave culture correspondent rick foca hi rick good to see you so any a lot of code he wrote his 1st film over 60 years ago and he's remained a prolific composer right up until his his stead what's sort of the legacy does he leave behind. will i have to see if the melodies i'm sort of interestingly he was classically trained but he had just incredible gift for melody to have this haunting quality they grab your kinch and they listen to memory they enter the collective consciousness he was also very very prolific and starless deeply diverse and interestingly he explored the borgias between oris in music he always knew how to keep his music simple though and interestingly he's known for the westerns gave me 30 of his 500 film and t.v. scores were actually westerns he also wrote for directors roman polanski and john carpenter and clinton turned to you know 5 nominations finally his 1st oscar security age 87 in 2016 well rick stand by for a bit because i want to play a clip of one of his most famous schools from the epic 90 that 1960 it's a g

rick foca joins me now hey rick so ennio morricone wrote his 1st film score over 60 years ago and he remained a prolific composer right until his death what sort of a legacy does he leave behind. well it's the film it's the film music itself his melodies and his creations have the ability to see you to appeal to you immediately to nestle in your brain and to stay there and these militants are. indelibly linked to the films they were over $500.00 television and movie films that he wrote for he had 6 nominations run an oscar finally towards the end of his career in 2016 and a lifetime achievement award in 2007. great stand by before we continue i just want to play a clip of one of his most famous calls that would be from the epic 1966 spaghetti waist and the good the bad and the agony and it starred if you remember clint eastwood let's listen. rick so marconi he revolutionized the sound of music right of can we can safely say that but he also made his mark on modern music. yes he did and i think it's because of his incredible imagination you heard some unusual instruments there there was these this haunting quality he would use strange vocals and cracks and jew's harp and all kinds of unusual instruments and they in fact this imagination found its way into the music of dire straits and using metallica and radiohead. one of his that his biggest fans would be at quentin tarantino tell us a little bit more about that relationship. yeah 1st turn to know borrowed from norah coney and they had kind of a tenuous relationship. turned to minnie many times would you write a complete film score. in 2014 and he said he'd never work with turn to you know again and then finally 2 years later came his oscar for the best music of the best picture of the year music and picture and that was for. it was for the hateful each and hero of the soundtr