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Jul 6, 2020 - 1:29 PM
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Just heard  the circumstances are deeply shattering - Ennio had good-health like Legrand the fall was too much, this again is so disturbing my deepest respects too his loving family.
Always known listening too Ugly as the crest of the trilogy & without any doubt too my ears the greatest western or spaghetti music of all-time for the orchestral obscurities that's masterful that is overwhelming & fully-heartfelt, that score has a very high-ceiling & prestige the choir parts that's heard were used too the most devastating or graceful effect more than any other western, Ugly won't be surpassed when you had renowned guys of westerns who were greats, Steiner, Newman, Bernstein, Tiomkin Etc.. or spags Gori, Ferrio, De Masi, Cipirani Etc..
Morricone was rounded in all genres, but I feel he revelled social-dramas & westerns most. Sister Sara I rate near the top of EM westerns-crest its quite the opposite too Navajo Joe - TGTB&TU most of EM spags, yes, you get the mule themes but accompanied by his ex stringed orchestra & that enchanting choir is so beautiful-gentle kinda like Guns for San Sebastian choir but that does vary-out in-tempos its not as thoughtful or the orchestral materials as the whole Sara has.
There's so many top materials that the maestro gave too cinema-fans, Once Upon A Time In America or The West is right-up there for me, so is Come What May, Cinema Paradiso, The Mission & The Brief Season those are very compassionate film-pieces.
I don't know if Morricone is the #1 composer in history that is now a possibility with his prolific studio-nature that can't be denied, in my ears for westerns he is #1. I thank Mr Morricone from the bottom of my heart for his supreme artistry & total loyalty too his home-land.
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Jul 6, 2020 - 1:51 PM
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Morricone
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It is hard to describe to anyone, particularly my fellow Americans, all that Ennio Morricone was. He was so intense, cerebral, enigmatic and yet so passionate. Even though his IMDB 520 listings are a bit exaggerated because of inaccuracies on there, if you consider ALL his compositions for concert hall, recordings, radio, etc.it would total WAY over that number. If Ennio had any other passion for anything besides music, like Stanley Kubrick, it was chess. He even considered doing that professionally at one point. And with that mathematical mind, that could have made him a chess master, he brought those infinite possibilities to his music.
He started composing when he was a child. He followed his father’s profession, learning to play trumpet but then entered the conservatory at 12 years old. There any music not seriously classical was looked down upon, so he kept his gigs (playing and arranging for big bands) a secret. He got through the conservatory in record time, being the genius that he was, and yet always treasured his time there with a number of mentors like Goffredo Petrassi. His arranging, and some composing, for bands led him to recording contracts and arranging for over a hundred Italian Pop Stars including some recognizable here in th USA like Paul Anka, Mario Lanza, Helen Merrill and Chet Baker.
When he finally started composing for film he hooked up with conductor Bruno Nicolai (who was also a composer) and began a number of years of composing 20+ scores a year with Bruno conducting. Morricone, along with Bernard Herrmann, was for a long time militantly extolling the idea you are not a composer if you didn’t do your own orchestrations. This means writing out the parts for every instrument in the orchestra which he did all his life. He also believed writing with an instrument, like a piano or guitar, influences your writing so he did his composing at a table with just paper and pencil.
In my almost 50 years of collecting him, way more than 1000 LPs and CDs, the ONLY criticism I ever heard was about his atonal music (which I could relate to because when I was young whenever I bought a score from him that was atonal I was disappointed). But I soon found out no two atonal scores by him were alike. They all had different colors or even tone and the score may even include a number of melodic pieces. THE THING, ECCE HOMO, RAMPAGE, LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN and THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN have little to do with each other but you can hear they are relating different moods despite being atonal in nature. So Ennio kept in mind from the vast array of films he scored there were a limitless ways he could approach them and he would cut himself off from none of them.
You can appreciate Morricone from any musical angle imaginable: symphonic, jazz, lyrical, rock, chamber, pop, you name it. He has that wide of range and the depth to make them all meaningful. As an aside I am always amazed that those who only like his “melodic” music haven’t heard even a third of that category. That is due to 2 reasons. The first justifiably is finding some scores is cost prohibitive. This goes for over $250 on Ebay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4SUY2Ugsw
But the other reason is that they are Italian scores and there is where all should open their ears. Here are a few that could be easily be obtained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYPSIcnMyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yf6RCi9g8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqpobnOiKU
As to accolades Morricone’s 5 Oscar nominations and one win is superseded by being one of only 3 composers to get a lifetime achievement Oscar. On top of that an unprecedented 13 minute tribute on the Oscar show itself was historic:
https://vimeo.com/42194439
Add to that 9 golden Globe nominations winning 3 of them, 6 Baftas (British Oscar)winning ALL of them and 15 Donatello nominations (Italian Oscars) with 10 wins. And the only film composer to be invited to play at the United Nations AND theVatican.
My love and dedication to getting Morricone heard extends to 3 concerts I’ve put together which consisted of 20-30 pieces, most from obscure films. Performers have included cellist Circe Diaz Gamero (who played for Morricone) and flautist Sara Andon and producer Bruce Kimmel (who did Ennio Morricone CDs of their own). And thanks to singer Robert Yacko for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rew4DbSiZsY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0q6oU-l-m7nrJDCsOXeWteE449Yr1OFNmfi-8JIEhQcpyO6DvYHl3_TJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw67FQbdkGg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1O-NvnO7rngHg2DcyP3dKc76j9DBaZNPhMh98b2H8mKLYMEJ-nya_7Xtg
I often relate that great composers don’t just have careers, they make their lives into musical journeys. For Ennio Morricone he made his into an odyssey.
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Well said, Henry. We knew this day would come eventually but I thought he would make it to 100. I’ve loved his music for 43 years and, with Don Trunick’s tutorship I’ve managed to acquire most of the Maestro’s vinyl and CD output and have never tired of listening to them (even as I eventually became fans of other composers as well). I’m heartbroken at the moment but know the music will live on forever and continue to bring much joy to the world.
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It is hard to describe to anyone, particularly my fellow Americans, all that Ennio Morricone was. He was so intense, cerebral, enigmatic and yet so passionate. Even though his IMDB 520 listings are a bit exaggerated because of inaccuracies on there, if you consider ALL his compositions for concert hall, recordings, radio, etc.it would total WAY over that number. If Ennio had any other passion for anything besides music, like Stanley Kubrick, it was chess. He even considered doing that professionally at one point. And with that mathematical mind, that could have made him a chess master, he brought those infinite possibilities to his music.
He started composing when he was a child. He followed his father’s profession, learning to play trumpet but then entered the conservatory at 12 years old. There any music not seriously classical was looked down upon, so he kept his gigs (playing and arranging for big bands) a secret. He got through the conservatory in record time, being the genius that he was, and yet always treasured his time there with a number of mentors like Goffredo Petrassi. His arranging, and some composing, for bands led him to recording contracts and arranging for over a hundred Italian Pop Stars including some recognizable here in th USA like Paul Anka, Mario Lanza, Helen Merrill and Chet Baker.
When he finally started composing for film he hooked up with conductor Bruno Nicolai (who was also a composer) and began a number of years of composing 20+ scores a year with Bruno conducting. Morricone, along with Bernard Herrmann, was for a long time militantly extolling the idea you are not a composer if you didn’t do your own orchestrations. This means writing out the parts for every instrument in the orchestra which he did all his life. He also believed writing with an instrument, like a piano or guitar, influences your writing so he did his composing at a table with just paper and pencil.
In my almost 50 years of collecting him, way more than 1000 LPs and CDs, the ONLY criticism I ever heard was about his atonal music (which I could relate to because when I was young whenever I bought a score from him that was atonal I was disappointed). But I soon found out no two atonal scores by him were alike. They all had different colors or even tone and the score may even include a number of melodic pieces. THE THING, ECCE HOMO, RAMPAGE, LAST STOP ON THE NIGHT TRAIN and THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN have little to do with each other but you can hear they are relating different moods despite being atonal in nature. So Ennio kept in mind from the vast array of films he scored there were a limitless ways he could approach them and he would cut himself off from none of them.
You can appreciate Morricone from any musical way imaginable: symphonic, jazz, lyrical, rock, chamber, pop, you name it. He has that wide of range and the depth to make them all meaningful. In fact I am always amazed that those who only like his “melodic” music haven’t a third of that category. That is due to 2 reasons. The first justifiably is finding some scores is cost prohibitive. This goes for over $250 on Ebay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4SUY2Ugsw
But the other reason is that they are Italian scores and there is where all should open their ears. Here are a few that could be easily be obtained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYPSIcnMyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yf6RCi9g8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqpobnOiKU
As to accolades Morricone’s 5 Oscar nominations and one win is superseded by being one of only 3 composers to get a lifetime achievement Oscar. On top of that an unprecedented 13 minute tribute on the Oscar show itself was historic:
https://vimeo.com/42194439
Add to that 9 golden Globe nominations winning 3 of them, 6 Baftas (British Oscar)winning ALL of them and 15 Donatello nominations (Italian Oscars) with 10 wins. And the only film composer to be invited to play at the United Nations AND theVatican.
My love and dedication to getting Morricone heard extends to 3 concerts I’ve put together which consisted of 20-30 pieces, most from obscure films. Performers have included cellist Circe Diaz Gamero (who played for Morricone) and flautist Sara Andon and producer Bruce Kimmel (who did Ennio Morricone CDs of their own). And thanks to singer Robert Yacko for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rew4DbSiZsY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0q6oU-l-m7nrJDCsOXeWteE449Yr1OFNmfi-8JIEhQcpyO6DvYHl3_TJY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw67FQbdkGg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1O-NvnO7rngHg2DcyP3dKc76j9DBaZNPhMh98b2H8mKLYMEJ-nya_7Xtg
I often relate that great composers don’t just have careers, they make their lives into musical journeys. For Ennio Morricone he made his into an odyssey.
chapeau and thank you very much for your beautiful statement, morricone.
i totally agree with all you´re saying.
this is a very sad day and i can´t stop crying...
mille grazie, grande maestro morricone!
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Nice piece, Henry.
Hey Roy, Gary. Tough times for us all.
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Just echoing to the accolades here. He was the Ennio Morricone of Ennio Morricones. It was such a great moment when he finally won a competitive Oscar. Boy, was that a long time coming. Cinema Paradiso, Good/Bad/Ugly, and both Once Upon A Times should've gotten nods. But what matters is the music, and what a bounty he left behind.
Sad he's gone, but also happy that he was blessed with 91 active years including a remarkable career that he made seem effortless. We should all be so fortunate.
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