Nonsense!

Morricone has said he plays piano badly. In fact, his instrument was the trumpet, like his father before him. In an interview he said how exhausting the trumpet was, and that he always wanted to compose.

He had in fact started to compose at the age of 6, and continues in his late 70s to write directly onto a full score.

That record owner in Arizona who favoured Goldsmith had ~ like many fans of film music ~ simply not heard very much Morricone.

Once you hear enough, the realisation dawns that you are listening to a peerless exponent: his inventiveness and range vastly transcend the likes of Williams and even Goldsmith.