Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on November 10th 1928, son of Mario, a trumpet player. Morricone took his diploma in trumpet, composition, instrumentation, band conducting and choral music at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. He is one of the most famous and prolific composers of the twentieth century, in any medium, with about 500 scores to his credit. He composed 20 film scores in 1968 alone! He has also written symphonic and chamber compositions, music for stage and radio broadcasts, popular and folk songs.

He made his debut in the cinema with "The Fascist (Il Federale)" (1961) by Luciano Salce. Yet fame was only to come in 1964 with the sound-track created under the pseudonym Don Savio of "A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari)" by Sergio Leone, the film that started the lucky "spaghetti western" season. In the following works of the Roman film director from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo)" (1966) to "Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era una volta il West") (1968) and up to the gangster saga of "Once Upon a Time in America (C’era una volta in America)" (1984) Morricone continued to give his best results, creating an extremely original style based on a particular use of the human voice, on unusual instrumental combinations, on aggressive rhythms and quasi-experimental sounds. Mixing the most diverse musical languages, from jazz to classical music, from rock to electronic music - he became one of the most coveted and sought after composers by film makers from all over the world.

In Italy he also began to branch out from the "spaghetti" westerns & work with other directors in classics such as "The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri)" (1966) by Gillo Pontecorvo, "One Night at Dinner (Metti una sera a cena)" (1968) by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi & "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)" (1970) by Elio Petri & followed this up with work throughout Europe & the United States.

Age has not slowed Morricone in the least. In fact, the 1980s, '90s, and 2000s saw his commercial success and widespread recognition at an all-time peak working with top directors such as Brian DePalma, Roman Polanski, Mike Nichols, Oliver Stone, and Barry Levinson. Morricone has one countless awards the world over & garnered several Academy Award nominations for "Days of heaven" (1979), "The Mission" (1986), "The Untouchbles" (1988) & "Bugsy".

Mr Bungle have covered 4 Morricone selections over the course of their career on various tours. "Citta Violenta" ("Violent City" U.K, "The Family" U.S) is the title track from the 1970 movie starring Charles Bronson & directed by Sergio Sollima. A soundtrack album was released at the time although it's now hard to Find. Mr Bungle have performed this since 1991. "La Lucertola" ("The Lizard") is taken from the 1971 movie "Una Lucertola Con La Pella Di Donna" ("Lizard in a Woman's Skin") directed by Lucio Fulci. The soundtrack album was reissued in 2000. Mr Bungle performed this on their 95-96 tours in support of Disco Volante. "Metti, Una Sera A Cena" (Love Circle U.S) is the title track from the 1969 movie directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. There are quite a few different versions of the soundtrack available. Mr Bungle performed this on their 99-2000 tours for California. "Muscoli Di Velluto" ("Velvet Muscles") is taken from the 1964 documentary "I Malamondo" ("Funny World") directed by Paola Cavara. The soundtrack album was reissued in 1993. Mr Bungle performed this on their 95-96 tours in support of Disco Volante.