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Jan 27, 2016 - 9:07 AM
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Milan NS
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Hi Juanki, I wouldn't call it a review, as I've just skipped through the pages; as soon as I got inside the Arena, I went straight for the merch stand, I was like a kid in a toy store; in fact my fingers were still so numb from the outside cold that I kept apologizing to those girls for not being able to properly hand them the money (foreigner here, not sure how to say it, I mean the paper bills, I kept dropping them).
In other circumstances, I might've payed more attention to the book and even buy it, but my primary mission was the luxurious programme book, and when I saw that live DVD, I couldn't have been more happier. So after those two items, the book didn't really fully catch my attention... It's written from Ennio's point of view "I wrote this, then I wrote that", so whether he really sat down and wrote it or he had a long interview with someone and then it got transcribed for the book, not sure, but it might be interesting. Anyhow, I'll wait for Henry's review after he orders it and then will decide! 
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that the programme book also contains a long Q&A session with Morricone conducted by Sir Christopher Frayling in Dublin during the two concerts Ennio gave there in july of 2013. Sir Christopher also wrote a foreword for the programme.
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It looks like a book of this sort was so overdue.
So much of the unanswered questions and details and fleshing out of facts were only ever in Morricone's head.
I always worried that whoever got the opportunity to write it and have access to Ennio - and inevitably someone would - would waste it.
Too many of these type of books are aimed at people who know nothing about him and be just the same old stuff for knowledgeable fans. Equally the subjects themselves - without a very good co-writer or hands on editor - are sometimes the worst people to write it as their judgment on what people want and whats interesting isnt always the best.
But reading that text it doesnt look bad. Some interesting stuff.
For instance, we knew he played in a band during the war as a boy to help the family income, performing for troops. But here he adds details about playing a set at one hotel, packing up and then crossing the road to another hotel and doing another set for a different lot of American soldiers. New colour and stuff like this is golddust.
Hard to tell on just a few pages but even if its not the ultimate book its yet another piece in the Ennio jigsaw towards the big picture.
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Remember that most "autobiographies" even though they are presented as such, very rarely are, in the true sense. Behind the scenes either a writer sub-edits the rough text or paraphrases the copy or an editor trims it, tidies it up, corrects stuff, and makes it fit. Even more so when its translated from one language to another.
Somewhere in the book's credits will be a "thanks" to such a person or persons.
All told though Roy its looks decent. With, more importantly, new information previously not known.
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With so little available in English about EM(not forgetting of course the wonderful MFTM issue 45 special EM edition, with contributions from many on this board!) it's great to finally have something like this available. Really looking forward to reading this, so thanks for sharing. Cheers!
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With so little available in English about EM(not forgetting of course the wonderful MFTM issue 45 special EM edition, with contributions from many on this board!) it's great to finally have something like this available. Really looking forward to reading this, so thanks for sharing. Cheers!
why thank you silversounds!
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