List of cover versions and samples of Ennio Morricone compositions
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This is a selected list of music artists who have covered or sampled one or more songs which were composed by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Over the past 7 decades, Ennio Morricone has composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. He composes a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile, experimental and influential composers of all time, working in any medium.[1]
Many albums have been created in dedication to the composer. Ennio Morricone is considered as one of the most sampled artists of all time.[2] Hundreds of hip-hop backing tracks contain audio sampled from Morricone's compositions for Westerns, the Italian subgenre of thrillers, known as giallo, television series, as well as Hollywood films.[3][4]