Andrea Morricone is one of Italy's most prominent composers. He began his musical studies under the guidance of his father, the  composer Ennio Morricone,  Life Achievement  Academy Awarded in 2007. Since this initial academic collaboration Andrea has grown as a composer establishing a global presence in film and concert music.
Andrea received a Baccalaureate and Master's degrees in composition from Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia, where he studied under Franco Donatoni, Ada Gentile, Ivan Fedele and Azio Corghi. He was also awarded a diploma in conducting as a student of Bruno Aprea; Orchestras he has conducted include the Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Milan’s Guido Cantelli Orchestra, Bulgaria’s Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, Hungary’s Budapest Opera Orchestra and Chorus,Spain’s Bilbao Symphony and Orchestra, and The Czech National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) Rep. Ceca, Youth Symphonic Orchestra Simon Bolivar (Venezuela)

Exceptional moments in Andrea's career include: conducting Yo-Yo Ma and the USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra, winning the Globo D'Oro in 2005 awarded by the Assocation of International Press and composing the love theme to Giuseppe Tornatore’s Academy Award Winning film Cinema Paradiso for which Andrea won England’s BAFTA Award. 

His film soundtracks include the Oscar-nominated and 2003 Sundance Festival winning documentary Capturing the Friedmans and Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights, as well as Here on Earth, Due Amici , Raul, Funny Money, The Inquiry, and the documentaries Brando and  Huxley on Huxley.
Andrea works in Rome and Los Angeles and recently moved into his latest production suite at the world famous Village Recorder in West Los Angeles.