The post Metallica Honor the Late Ennio Morricone, Whose “Ecstasy of Gold” Has Intro’d Their Shows Since 1983 appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Morricone died Monday in Rome after suffering ...

Metallica have been using Italian film composer Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" as their concert intro music since 1983, an ongoing indication of the movie maestro's significant influence on ...

During Metallica's show on Sunday (May 29), lead guitarist Kirk Hammett botched the instrumental introduction to "Nothing Else Matters," the band's 1992 power ballad from "The Black Album." The ...

When Ennio Morricone died in July 2020 at the age of 91, the world of classical music lost a giant. The Italian was one of the most important composers of the 20th Century. His music featured in ...