Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning film composer, died at the age of 91, his lawyer told CNN Monday.<br />He died at dawn in a Rome hospital after falling and breaking his leg, his lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, said.<br />Morricone is best known internationally as the composer behind the instantly recognizable melodies from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."<br />The Italian composer was famous for the tension-filled scores of spaghetti Westerns.<br />He won an Academy Award for his soundtrack for Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" in 2016, after five previous nominations.
