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Metallica’s James Hetfield pays tribute to Ennio Morricone, “part of the Metallica family”

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Metallica‘s James Hetfield has paid tribute to Ennio Morricone, the legendary film composer whose death at the age of 91 was announced earlier today (July 6).Morricone, who scored over 500 films, most famously Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, died last week following complications from a fall.One of his best-known compositions ‘The Ecstasy Of Gold’, from the soundtrack to The Good The Bad And The Ugly, has been used by Metallica as their intro music since 1983.Writing on Metallica’s Instagram, Hetfield said: “The day we first played ‘The Ecstasy of Gold’ as our new intro in 1983 it was magic!

It has become apart [sic] of our blood flow, deep breathing, fist bumping, prayers and band huddle pre-show ritual ever since.

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