What is music? Where does it start? What's its purpose? Does it still make sense to study music today? The stories and reflections of Morricone in conversation with his disciple and confidant, also composer Alessandro de Rosa, revolve around these issues. Within Looking for that sound, life and work come together in a kind of score that allows us to contextualize and understand some of the great paradoxes and contradictions of our time. Conversing with Morricone invites us to reflect on the past, the present and the future of music, to address in a close manner issues such as the crisis of the cultured music of the 20th century, the arrival of radio and television, the development of the industry cinematographic and discographic, and the uses and customs of the consumer society. No less fascinating is the chronicle of his encounters with personalities such as Sergio Leone, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Fellini, Scola, Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, Brian de Palma or Oliver Stone. He also gives us a tour of his extracinematographic production; or what he himself defines as "absolute music". This book shows us an accessible and revealing Morricone, whose work and existence are surprisingly intertwined with the mysteries of life, identity and doubts that still make us question our own reality.