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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
Oops, yes, should have realized!
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 13:33 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link