Italian composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91.

The 91-year-old is believed to have died from complications after a fall that broke his leg.

Morricone wrote more than 400 original film scores – including the ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,’ ‘The Untouchables’ and ‘The Hateful Eight.’

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Morricone began writing music at the age of six and went on to win two Oscars, five Grammy Awards and 16 David Di Donatello Awards – the highest film honour in Italy.

Accepting his 2016 Oscar, the modest composer told the audience: “There is no great music without a great film that inspires it.”

His lawyer Giorgio Assumma said he died in a hospital in Rome early on Monday.