morricone

Ah well, I'll try not to hold that against Ennio.

RIP Ennio Morricone.

Modern Cinema wouldn't be the same without you.

And - in what is perhaps my favourite bit of trivia - indie-dancefloor-powerhouse BLUE MONDAY wouldn't be the same, either... (@peterhook) pic.twitter.com/SJ2pIDRWq6

— Shipy McShipface (@OllieShip) July 6, 2020

Back in the 70s, in Creem, I think, Dave Marsh mentioned Broooce's cinematic, operatic, maybe (did he also say?)spaghetti western tendencies, and that seemed right, although arrgh, "Jungleland" etc--but usually pretty good (though I stopped listening in the 80s).

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7014-ennio-morricone-s-radical-romanticism

I like it

Italy has put Ennio Morricone on a new limited edition €5 coin!! #maestro pic.twitter.com/WIvQcaViIn

— C. Lavender (@clavendr) July 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6jF0aK5b90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXwJcc1u-I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNKPUuxaLRE

Stop posting sacco & vanzetti itt ffs

Can we use this s&d/rip thread as a raririties thread? Here he is in raymond scott mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bUUQXXHis

The visuals are also intense.

Interesting. Reminds me of the "American Magus" piece by John Zorn from "Songs from the Hermetic Theater". Not surprised that Zorn would've been familiar with this.

xp That's awesome, probably the synthiest thing I've heard from him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0381tAAxWfA

Dipping into the bottomless well this morning I discovered L'Immoralità (1978), which was reissued on CAM earlier this year. Variations on a beautiful melancholy chord sequence that reminds me of Paddy McAloon's I Trawl the Megahertz

L’Ummanoide is the synthiest thing I know by him

Obviously I have not heard everything, and probably couldn't if I tried, and certainly could not have remembered, but I honestly thing "The Untouchable" is one of his most memorable scores.

lol, "Untouchables." Anyway, anyone know anything about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjJ4KCcIjsw

No but funny timing for the bump I’ve been all morricone for the last few days

Just got delivery of 4 CDs (99 pence each!) of Morricone soundtracks.

Metti, Una Sera a Cena (1968) (which I've heard before and is very good in a loungey/easy listening vein.)
Giordano Bruno (1973) (one of his soundtracks for period dramas, so I imagine this will be him at his stateliest.)
Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (1972) (comedy western, which is fine as long the comedy isn't overdone.)
La Vita A Volte È Molto Dura Vero Provvidenza? (1972) (another comedy western, like the previous soundtrack there's not a lot of variety in track titles which makes me think there will be a LOT of variations on a theme - but it only cost 99p, so what the hell.)

I still dream of a Complete Morricone box set, can't see it ever happening though

Jesus, you'd need an articulated lorry to deliver that.

Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (1972) (comedy western, which is fine as long the comedy isn't overdone.)