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Jun 30, 2022 - 4:43 PM
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dogplant
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Oops, meant to add my comment to this thread, not the other one I resurrected. Anyone interested in this film should check out Henry Stanny’s powerful review here: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=146105&forumID=1&archive=0 I was lucky to catch this film as a BAFTA screening. I’ll paraphrase my gushing response, which I breathlessly relayed to Henry after the event: I think this is the most powerful film I have seen about film music. It is a Technicolor widescreen view of a staggering career. It was fascinating how Tornatore connected so many pieces of the Morricone puzzle, with such joy, featuring so many films and voices. I was especially impressed with how he devoted time to Ennio’s formative pop period, which is something I’ve struggled to reconcile in the way that resonated through Morricone’s more romantic, symphonic, and experimental orchestral music. And I was fascinated to see in the main interview filmed in Ennio’s home studio how Morricone could constantly recall the intricacies of every tune he created, often a cappella, like it was part of his DNA. A magnificent hymn to the maestro. Amazing.
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Jun 30, 2022 - 11:16 PM
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Leo Nicols
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Oops, meant to add my comment to this thread, not the other one I resurrected. Anyone interested in this film should check out Henry Stanny’s powerful review here: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=146105&forumID=1&archive=0 I was lucky to catch this film as a BAFTA screening. I’ll paraphrase my gushing response, which I breathlessly relayed to Henry after the event: I think this is the most powerful film I have seen about film music. It is a Technicolor widescreen view of a staggering career. It was fascinating how Tornatore connected so many pieces of the Morricone puzzle, with such joy, featuring so many films and voices. I was especially impressed with how he devoted time to Ennio’s formative pop period, which is something I’ve struggled to reconcile in the way that resonated through Morricone’s more romantic, symphonic, and experimental orchestral music. And I was fascinated to see in the main interview filmed in Ennio’s home studio how Morricone could constantly recall the intricacies of every tune he created, often a cappella, like it was part of his DNA. A magnificent hymn to the maestro. Amazing. Henry, Thank you for that brilliant review ! I wish I'd seen it at the cinema.
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Still haven't watched any, yet.
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Jul 24, 2022 - 1:02 AM
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Leo Nicols
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Just watched THE HATEFUL 8 again..The score is fantastic. Again and again I’ve seen people say that Morricone was given the Oscar for this score unreservedly, presumably as a sop for having been unjustly ignored over many years. (The latest iteration of this even said the score was 80% taken from The Heretic and The Thing!) But surely that’s what the honorary Oscar was for... In reality the score for H8 was brilliant, fitting the film like a snowy and threatening glove. Mrs TG, in general a very critical, not to say reluctant, listener of film music, calls the main theme just about her favourite instrumental music ever. I can’t praise QT enough for his part in bringing this music into being, even if he does slip in (from memory) brief extracts of four tracks from the two extant films above. I think there were fifty minutes of original music written by The Maestro for The Hateful Eight, and winning the Academy Award was surprising ONLY because so many equally-deserving Morricone scores had been overlooked in past decades. TG, I completely agree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTwWp6VMNGs
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I finally watched this. It’s moving, insightful and entertaining in equal measure. Even as a long time (very big) fan of Morricone, I learned so much. His recollection of small details and description of how and why he came up with some of his most famous music was absolutely fascinating. He was normally so closed in interviews, so to see him open up to the extent he did was wonderful to see. And his sense of humour! I’ve never seen some of the films whose music I’ve listened to a thousand times. That scene from Allonsanfan, suddenly I appreciate that brilliant music even more. This is by far the best film music-related documentary there’s ever been. I wish it was even longer!
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I finally watched this. It’s moving, insightful and entertaining in equal measure. Even as a long time (very big) fan of Morricone, I learned so much. His recollection of small details and description of how and why he came up with some of his most famous music was absolutely fascinating. He was normally so closed in interviews, so to see him open up to the extent he did was wonderful to see. And his sense of humour! I’ve never seen some of the films whose music I’ve listened to a thousand times. That scene from Allonsanfan, suddenly I appreciate that brilliant music even more. This is by far the best film music-related documentary there’s ever been. I wish it was even longer! i totally agree james! i am still very touched and fascinated at the same time by what a humble person morricon was and what a genius! this is a wonderful and very impressive documentary, a great piece of art about one of the greatest composers who ever lived!
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