He did the music for a Joan Baez song about Sacco and Vanzetti,
This composer used a Richard Rive text concluding "It's music that we are going to sing, where the rainbow ends" for his cantata responding to the 9/11 attacks, Voices From Silence. Another piece composed by this man is based on a theme beginning with the notes A-high E-high G-high E, which is played by a solo English horn before being recapitulated more dramatically by a wordless soprano. He did the music for a Joan Baez song about Sacco and Vanzetti, (*) "Here's to You," and depicted a man who gets his instrument broken by some natives in "Gabriel's Oboe." A search for valuable coins in a grave is the backdrop for his piece "The Ecstasy of Gold." This composer's most iconic theme opens with a howling flute oscillating between A and D that is answered by a three-note "wah-wah-wah" response. For 10 points, name this Italian composer of film scores to spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
This composer used a Richard Rive text concluding "It's music that we are going to sing, where the rainbow ends" for his cantata responding to the 9/11 attacks, Voices From Silence.
Ennio Morricone