Also, the closing track is 22 minute drone-y freakout.
― jared, Friday, 4 March 2005 05:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 4 March 2005 05:51 (nineteen years ago) link
also Navajo Joe is pretty rad with the crazy Indian war chants - best heard in that Reese Witherspoon movie Election - weirdly not the exact same chant on the soundtrack i have?
― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Friday, 4 March 2005 06:44 (nineteen years ago) link
all the things from OUATITW are great tho -- the harmonica track and the banjo (is it a banjo? i think so) track. that last one cracks me up, it's awesome.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 4 March 2005 07:05 (nineteen years ago) link
"You know, Jill, you remind me of my mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameda and the finest woman that ever lived. Whoever my father was--for an hour or for a month--he must have been a happy man."
And the last shot of Claudia Cardinale coming out of the ranch with water.
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 4 March 2005 07:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 4 March 2005 09:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― a banana (alanbanana), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I will fight you for this in a spaghetti western style shoot-off
― Some Dadaismus Implied (Dada), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Radulescu, Friday, 4 March 2005 10:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Some Dadaismus Implied (Dada), Friday, 4 March 2005 10:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Radulescu, Friday, 4 March 2005 11:14 (nineteen years ago) link
YES. That would be Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura mentioned above, plus others I don't even know about, no doubt. But I recently found an obscure LP on slsk called The Feedback which was also by these guys and totally has the same strung out mystery vibe as the st above.
I would totally recommend Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna (1971)on Dagored as a good mix up of the great man's more wayward styles (freakout rock, disturbing lounge, soothing Edda dell'Orso vox, all in one package - it's a totally awesome movie too, great psyched-out Fulci movie before he discovered zombies - hippies, drugs, London 1969...). Dagored do the beautiful heavy vinyl gatefold pressings - oh yes, I wish I had them all.
Also Alan Bishop's (from Sun City Girls, massive Morricone freak) two compilations for Dagored, Morricone 2000 (mostly spaghetti) and 2001 (mostly easy, lounge) are also superb primers for the less well known stuff. I've never really heard a bad Morricone album. I could go on about this for hours, so I'll stop now.
― myopic_void (myopic_void), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― JaXoN Hole (JasonD), Saturday, 5 March 2005 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 10 March 2005 11:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Malèna (2000), I Guardiani del Cielo (1999), The Phantom of the Opera (1999), U Turn (1997), Lolita (1996), The Stendhal Syndrome (1996), Vite Strozzate (1996), Sostiene Pereira (1995), The Star Maker (1995), A Pure Formality (1994), Disclosure (1994), La Notte e il Momento (1994), Love Affair (1994), Missus (1994), Wolf (1994), In the Line of Fire (1993), La Scorta (1993), City of Joy (1992), Il Lungo Silenzio (1992), Jona Che Visse Nella Balena (1992), Bugsy (1991), Crossing the Line (1991), Il Principe Del Deserto (1991), La Domenica Specialmente (1991), Piazza Di Spagna (1991), Cacciatore Di Navi (1990), Hamlet (1990), Mio Caro Dottor Gräsler (1990), Stanno Tutti Bene (1990), State of Grace (1990), Tre Colonne In Cronaca (1990), Casualties of War (1989), Gli Angele Del Potere (1989), I Promessi Sposi (1989), The Endless Game (1989), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1989), A Time of Destiny (1988), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Frantic (1987), Gli Indifferenti (1987), Gli Occhiali D'Oro (1987), Mosca Addio (1987), Rampage (1987), The Secret of the Sahara (1987), The Untouchables (1987), La Venexiana (1986), The Mission (1986), Il Pentito (1985), La Cage Aux Folles 3: Elles Se Marient (1985), La Gabbia (1985), Red Sonja (1985), Via Mala (1985), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), A Time to Die (1983), Hundra (1983), La Chiave (1983), Le Marginal (1983), Les Voleurs de la Nuit (1983), Sahara (1983), The Scarlet and the Black (1983), Alzati Spia (1982), Le Ruffian (1982), Marco Polo (1982), The Link (1982), The Thing (1982), Butterfly (1981), La Disubbidienza (1981), La Tragedia di un Uomo Ridicolo (1981), Le Professionnel (1981), Occhio Alla Penna (1981), Il Bandito Dagli Occhi Azzurri (1980), Il Ladrone (1980), Il Pianeta d'Acqua (1980), La Banchiera (1980), La Cage Aux Folles II (1980), Si Salvi Chi Vuole (1980), Stark System (1980), The Island (1980), Un Sacco Bello (1980), Bloodline (1979), Buone Notizie (1979), Dietro Il Processo (1979), I Comme Icare (1979), Il Giocattolo (1979), Il Prato (1979), Invito Allo Sport (1979), Ogro (1979), Professione Figlio (1979), 122 Rue de Provence (1978), Corleone (1978), Così Come Sei (1978), Days of Heaven (1978), La Cage Aux Folles (1978), Le Mani Sporche (1978), L'Immoralità (1978), L'Umanoide (1978), Noi Lazzarone (1978), Viaggio con Anita (1978), Autostop Rosso Sangue (1977), Drammi Gotichi (1977), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Forza Italia! (1977), Holocaust 2000 (1977), Il Gatto (1977), Il Mostro (1977), Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977), Orca (1977), Il Deserto Di Tartari (1976), L'Agnese Va A Morire (1976), L'Eredità Ferramonti (1976), Novecento (1976), Per Amore (1976), René la Canne (1976), San Babila ore 20: Un Delitto Inutile (1976), Una Vita Venduta (1976), ), Divina Creatura (1975), Gente di Rispetto (1975), Il Giustiziere (1975), La Donna Della Domenica (1975), La Smagliatura (1975), , Macchie Solari (1975), Per le Antiche Scale (1975), Peur Sur la Ville (1975), Storie di Vita e Malavita (1975), Un Genio, Due Compari, Un Pollo (1975), Allonsanfan (1974), Il Giro Del Mondo Degli Innamorati Di Peynet (1974), Il Segreto (1974), La Cugina (1974), Leonor (1974), Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Può Sparare (1974), Mose (1974), Sesso in Confessionale (1974), Spasmo (1974), The Antichrist (1974), The Last Days of Mussolini (1974), Trio Infernale (1974), Crescete e Moltiplicatevi (1973), Giordano Bruno (1973), Il Mio Nome È Nessuno (1973), Il Sorriso Del Grande Tentaturo (1973), Le Serpent (1973), Libera Amore Mio (1973), Massacre in Rome (1973), Revolver (1973), Sepolta Viva (1973), Anche Se Volessi Lavorare, Che Faccio? (1972), Barbablú (1972), Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (1972), D'Amore si Muore (1972), I Bambini Ci Chiedone Perché (1972), Il Diavolo nel Cervello (1972), Il Maestro e Margherita (1972), Imputazione Di Omicidio Per Uno Studente (1972), La Banda J&S (1972), La Cosa Buffa (1972), La Proprietà Non È Più Un Furto (1972), La Violenza: Quinto Potere (1972), L'Attentato (1972), Le Due Stagione Della Vita (1972), L'Uomo e la Magia (1972), Quando L'amore È Sensualità (1972), Questa Specie D'amore (1972), Spogliata, Protesta e Uccidi (1972), Un Uomo da Rispettare (1972), Addio Fratello Crudele (1971), Correvo l'Anna di Grazia 1870 (1971), Forza 'G' (1971), Giornata Nera Per L'ariete (1971), Giù la Testa (1971), Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (1971), Il Gatto a Nove Code (1971), Incontro (1971), La Corta Notte Delle Bambole Di Vetro (1971), La Tarantola dal Ventre Nero (1971), Le Casse (1971), L'Istruttoria e Chiusa Dimentichi (1971), Maddalena (1971), Mio Caro Assassino (1971), Oceano (1971), Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio (1971), Sacco and Vanzetti (1971), Senza Movente (1971), The Classe Operaia Va in Paradiso (1971), Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna (1971), Città Violenta (1970), Hornet's Nest (1970), La Califfa (1970), La Moglie Più Bella (1970), La Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene (1970), Quando Le Donne Avevano La Coda (1970), Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), Vamos a Matar Compañeros (1970), Gott Mit Uns (1969), I Cannibali (1969), Il Clan Dei Siciliani (1969), Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto (1969), L'Uccello Dalle Plume Di Cristallo (1969), La Donna Invisibile (1969), La Stagione dei Sensi (1969), L'Assoluto Naturale (1969), Metello (1969), Quemada! (1969), Sai Cosa Faceva Stalin Alle Donne? (1969), Un Esercito Di Cinque Uomini (1969), Una Breve Stagione (1969), Zenabel (1969), Comandamenti per un Gangster (1968), Cuore di Mamma (1968), E Per Tetto Un Cielo Di Stelle (1968), Eat It! (1968), Ecce Homo (1968), Galileo (1968), Gli Intoccabili (1968), Guns for San Sebastian (1968), Il Grande Silenzio (1968), Il Mercenario (1968), La Tenda Rossa (1968), L'Alibi (1968), Metti, Una Sera a Cena (1968), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Scusi Facciamo L'amore (1968), Teorema (1968), Tepepa (1968), Un Bellissimo Novembre (1968), Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna (1968), Vergogna Schifosi (1968), Dalle Ardenne All'inferno (1967), Danger: Diabolik (1967), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Escalation (1967), Faccia a Faccia (1967), Gentleman Grazie Zia (1967), La Resa Dei Conti (1967), L'Harem (1967), Operation Kid Brother (1967), Come Imparai Ad Amare Le Donne (1966), I Crudeli (1966), L'Avventuriero (1966), Matchless (1966), Navajo Joe (1966), Svegliati e Uccide (1966), The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966), The Hills Run Red (1966), Centomila Dollari Per Ringo (1965), For a Few Dollars More (1965), Gli Amante d'Oltre Tomba (1965), I Pugni In Tasca (1965), Il Ritorno di Ringo (1965), Menage All'Italiana (1965), Slalom (1965), The Battle of Algiers (1965), Uccellacci e Uccellini (1965), Un Uomo a Metà (1965), Una Pistola Per Ringo (1965), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), El Greco (1964), I Malamondo (1964), Le Pistole non Discutono (1964), Prima Della Revoluzione (1964), Duello Nel Texas (1963), I Basilischi (1963), Le Monachine (1963)
― Pangolino again, Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino again, Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 March 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino again, Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― charltonido (gareth), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 September 2005 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link
L'Umanoide, a euro-SF flick from 1978, has a synthesizer score (!) which most people really hate. I like it.
Days of Heaven besides being a near-perfect film has a really gorgeous Morricone score. Morricone often rips himself off, and his scores get re-used in different films (most often as temp tracks that make their way into trailers), so it's entirely possible the soundtrack wasn't written for Days.
Navajo Joe has some really intense choir work, imitating Indian chants but sounding completely insane.
Danger: Diabolik of course is a classic, I think the master tapes were lost when Cinecitta was flooded, so the version that's out on CD right now isn't ideal (but the dialogue tracks are hysterical). I put that on when I'm writhing in piles of money with supermodels.
At the radio station I DJ at we did a Morricone/Italian soundtrack show every week for the summer. I don't like doing 'format' shows, but I dropped in for a couple of them when the hosts were on vacation. I think I played Il Grande Silenzio, which is really great.
I think this thread is useless without YSI, so here's a treat:from Escalation - Dies Irae Psichedelicohttp://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0C6JOW1S2HOJ407Q5QLPFPI34X
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Hm. Does this overlap much with the double disc Rhino comp?
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 September 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link
Regardless, the underlying point is OTM — you get a great overview of his work with these two comps (four discs altogether). Then you can pick and choose the actual scores you like the best.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Tracklisting: http://beta.cv.org/2005/08/02/ennio-morricone-crime-and-dissonance/
Background on the project:http://www.billboard.com/bb/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1000999533
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 22 September 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
I ws lucky to get that but i see a copy of 'gli occhi freddi della paura' every now and then in rec shops. that's on dagored so get that. my (and I'm fairly confident in saying this, now) advice: get any of the single soundtracks that are from the late 60s to mid-70s. I'm def on the lookout.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 22 September 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
the red tent - track 01 - tema d'amorehttp://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1IGJOWESLLIFW1776Y8O0HGQUJ
― jared, Thursday, 22 September 2005 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 24 September 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Saturday, 24 September 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 24 September 2005 21:03 (eighteen years ago) link
You said it: http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0CQR9IEF3PKFF2XAQUEL45V1MF. "Uomo Da Rispettare [A Man To Respect]"
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 25 September 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Brakhage (brakhage), Sunday, 25 September 2005 04:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Sunday, 25 September 2005 04:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― antonio navarro, Sunday, 25 September 2005 06:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 08:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pangolino 2, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
perhaps, one of these days, i may even like him as much as francois de roubaix
― terry lennox. (gareth), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pangolino 2, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 29 September 2005 03:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Now do the Human League covering Miami Vice ...
― save the robot (save the robot), Thursday, 29 September 2005 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 29 September 2005 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link
It's called "Crime And Dissonance", it's a double CD mostly (?) from 1969-74, it's compiled by Alan Bishop, and it just came in to my radio station today. I now know what I'm going to be listening to for the rest of the week. WOW.
From Ipecac's website:
The songs:
Disc 1
1. Giorno Di Notte Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna) 1971 2. Astratto 3 (From the film Veruschka [Poesia Di Una Donna]) 1971 3. Corsa Sui Tetti Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film L’Uccello Con Le Piume Di Cristallo) 1969 4. Ric Happening Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Metti Una, Sera A Cena) 1969 5. Memento (From the film L’Istruttoria E’ Chiusa: Dimentichi) 1971 6. Ricreazione Divertita Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (From the film Cuore Di Mamma) 1969 7. Studio Di Colore Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (From the film L’Assoluto Naturale) 1970 8. Forza G (Quella Donna) Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (From the film Forza G) 1972 9. Placcaggio Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (From the film Il Gatto A Nove Code) 1971 10. Seguita Performed by Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. (From the film Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura) 1971 11. Postludio Alla Terza Moglie Conducted by Franco Tamponi (From the film Barbablu’) 1972 12. L’Uccello Con Le Piume Di Cristallo (Titoli) Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film L’Uccello Con Le Piume Di Cristallo) 1969 13. Il Buio Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film L’Anticristo) 1974 14. Rapimento In Campo Aperto Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film La Moglie Piu’ Bella) 1970 15. Le Fotografie (From the film Veruschka [Poesia Di Una Donna]) 1971 16. Spiriti Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Una Lucertola, Con La Pelle Di Donna) 1971 17. Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Cuore Di Mamma) 1969 18. Astrazione Con Ritmo (From the film Il Serpente) 1973
Disc 2
1. Trafelato (From the film Giornata Nera Per L’Ariete) 1971 2. Sensi (From the film Un Bellissimo Novembre) 1969 3. Gli Intoccabili (Titoli) Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Gli Intoccabili) 1968 4. Fondate Paure Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Una Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna) 1971 5. L’Attentato (alternate version 1) Conducted by Nicola Samale. (From the film L’Attentato) 1972 6. Fumeria D’Oppio Conducted by Franco Tamponi (From the film La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie) 1981 7. 1970 Conducted by Bruno Nicolai. (From the film Il Gatto A Nove Code) 1971 8. Esplicitamente Sospeso (From the film Il Serpente) 1973 9. Sequenza 10 (From the film Sesso In Confessionale) 1974 10. Paura E Aggressione (short version) (From the film Giornata Nera Per L’Ariete) 1971 11. Folle Folle Performed by Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. (From the film Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura) 1971 12. Un Uomo Da Rispettare (Titoli) Conducted by Nicola Samale. (From the film Un Uomo Da Rispettare) 1973
― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link
Was listening to these last night - excellent, especially those flutes - but his facility in handling the shriek and then go to melody is mind-boggling.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 December 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
in Death Rides A Horse, right? Yeah I wonder who that player is.
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, tbf they could have been improvised, and Morricone would have known a few people around that scene who could play that range on request.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
If I had to guess I would say improvised; the core of musicians he had around him in that era came largely from a 60s free music/new music ensemble iirc?
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Monday, 3 December 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah he played trumpet Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza with Rzewski (and a couple of other composers that did some ok things). I have the LP somewhere.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 3 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
The 90 secs of Come Una Sentenza. The guitars are spiky, truly menacing.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 10:53 (eleven years ago) link
The whole "Maddalena" soundtrack is staggering. "La Cosa Buffa" also. Harpsichords for days.
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah he has so many great baroque pop-psych tracks. That style tends to lend itself well to compilations, which is convenient.
― my other pug is a stillsuit (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Back on a Morricone kick at the moment. I think my tastes differ from a lot of other Morricone nuts. For instance, I don't like the loungey stuff he did in the early 70s all that much, I find that wordless sort of scatting that Edda Dell'Orso does on a lot of that material both silly and intensely annoying. Some of the giallo scores can be samey and I don't remember liking the work he did for Argento, tho I haven't listened to it in a while. Couple of good giallo scores are "La Tarantola dal Ventre Nero" and "Mio Caro Assassino" - there are more of course and there ARE good loungey scores! And I don't care what any Morricone snob says, the western scores are generally great.
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
I mostly agree with you insofar as I prefer my lounge/psych morricone a la carte, in compilation form. His avant/giallo style as well. The best albums qua albums come from his western, crime/suspense, drama, SFF, and romantic modes IMO.
― try a little crowleymass (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
Love this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmc4vhaI8-I
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
I was just listening to that! The vocal version of "A Fistful of Dollars" is pure Scott Walker.
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 February 2013 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
Death Rides A Horse (Da Uomo A Uomo) (every Amon Duul II fan should hear this main title with its stomping strumming fury and flutes of madness)
And every Residents fan should hear the track "Mistico e severo" from the same soundtrack
― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 February 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.jpc.de/image/w600/front/0/5013929371309.jpg
http://thequietus.com/articles/11406-ennio-morricone-in-colour-review
― millmeister, Saturday, 16 February 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
Ah I see that album has music from "Anche Se Volessi Lavorare, Che Faccio?", I love that soundtrack. The film itself looks stupid mind you.
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Friday, 1 March 2013 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
And I don't care what any Morricone snob says, the western scores are generally great.
Biggest problem w/Crime and Dissonance is that it seems to play up to this anti-Western attitude. otoh it is great and tries to keep a distinctive mood which a track like Death Rides A Horse might disrupt (too much of a tune! but those are abrasive flutes too!) but it shouldn't be forgotten the same guy made it.
His tastes for the avant-garde AND corny tunes AND 'lounge' AND his incredible ability to achieve the effects of all three - while somehow keeping it balanced and frankly listenable at all, never mind addictive - is the thing. Would be great to see a comp that encapsulates all tendencies and worked as a record. Bet one of the throaway, cheaper ones do it...
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Also how good would this guy be as a starting point for a history of 20th century music? Amazed someone somewhere has not attempted this yet.
Everything apart from hip-hop is in there although so many of his tracks have this 'sample' like attitude, not sure it sticks though.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't heard his score for Bulworth, but he may address hip-hop there...
― multi instru mentat list (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 3 March 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
The 'suite' I'm hearing wasn't good enough for the soundtrack album
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 March 2013 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
Robert Hampson has said that Be Here Now from A Gilded Eternity was influenced by the gunfight at the end of The Good, The Bad & the Ugly. Not sure if that's more to do with Leone or whatever s/trk is on that scene.
― Stevolende, Monday, 4 March 2013 07:09 (eleven years ago) link
Still overdosing on Morricone at the moment. Couple of recent finds are "Oceano" and "Trel Nel Mille", two scores that fit together somehow because they're sort of minimalist with a lot of acoustic instruments and folk elements but like folk music from some unknown country (I love that sort of thing).
― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 11:56 (eleven years ago) link
Greatly enjoyed Nostromo yesterday, a later Morricone gem.
― multi instru mentat list (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't know Morricone did sound collage/musique concrete-ish stuff too. Awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2b-H0wVpnc
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 13 February 2015 00:43 (nine years ago) link
He did just about everything. So many incredible surprises and innovations tucked away in his scores. I've been starting to think he is the most encyclopedic composer. (Been listening to shot tons of morricone the last couple weeks as it happens)
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Xposts lol I have now heard Oceano myself it is amaaazing avant exotica
He gave an interview in one of the papers as he stopped over to do one of his classical gigs. A bit sad really.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 13 February 2015 12:23 (nine years ago) link
"Sacco and Vanzetti" is musically so good but, sweet Jesus, Joan Baez, talk about nails down a blackboard, her voice is possibly my least favourite sound in the history of music.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
There should be threads no one should be allowed to revive for fear of scaring the shit out of everyone.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
Oops, yes, should have realized!
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:33 (four years ago) link
One time someone suggested that before bumping the Old Dogs thread one should bump the Note: Old Dogs Are OK thread
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 00:51 (four years ago) link
oh shit i was so scared that morricone had died i peed my pants haha false alarm sheesh zomg
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 01:18 (four years ago) link