Rhino comp is out of print and Rhino is gutting staff #FML
― the swagona monologues (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I seriously think The Good, The Bad and The Ugly may be the best movie theme ever.
― chap, Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Although embarrassingly I've never seen the actual film.
movie is great -- perfect combo of music/imagery/mood
― tylerw, Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
his Grande Silenzio is worth checking (and widely available on Soulseek) been listening to it all day after seeing the movie recently. snow western!http://g.virbcdn.com/i/resize_575x575/PageImage-350945-1544049-il_grande_silenzio_1.jpg
― Ludo, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a new compilation of vocal tracks out on Ace - too much late era ponderous "pretty girl sings cod-classical" stuff for my taste, but it does include this Amii Stewart track, which is great Yacht Soul imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5rPfk3zg7w
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 4 November 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
Learned recently that there's a Morricone autobiography! I struggle to think of what that might read like, considering he always seems disinterested in his music outside of the musique concrete stuff.
Speaking of, since he loves that stuff so much why doesn't he spend more of his twilight years doing abrasive music - I'm sure dozens of avante garde directors would kill for a soundtrack from him - instead of all these terrible boring collaborations with opera and easy listening divas?
Score for "Hateful Eight" was great, though.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 21 November 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
It flat out blows me away just how many hours of music Morricone has done. The guy is over 500 soundtracks not even including music done outside his film work. That is just an astounding amount of music.
― earlnash, Monday, 21 November 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
So much of his non-soundtrack work is so surprising, too: his secret identity as star songwriter and aranger in the 60's Italian Pop scene; the musique concrete stuff he did with Gruppo; a joint album with Chico Buarque!
Just listened to "Controfase", a weird experimental Morricone album issued as a library recording. I don't know much about that kind of music but it hit the spot.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 21 November 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
the musique concrete stuff he did with Gruppo
I would describe that as (electroacoustic) improv rather than musique concrete, I'm not sure he ever produced musique concrete tbh.
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Monday, 21 November 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
agreed
the Improvisationen record is just breathtaking, so much detail packed into such quiet passages
― sleeve, Monday, 21 November 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
RIP the mighty Alessandro Alessandroni.
― chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link
Very sad. The Cantori Moderni had a lot of jams.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
RIP ;_;
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 March 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
lol missed all this
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/playboy-germany-backtrack-ennio-morricone-quentin-tarantino-1203027132/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
Enniotm
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
before or now?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Before obv.
― ROCK MUSIC (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Dude has open contempt for the majority of his own soundtrack work and has provided scores for plenty of z-grade sexploitation, I don't really see why anyone would care about his opinions on a director.
I mean don't get me wrong, I love his stuff and think the fact that he wishes he could just be known for his electroacoustic stuff is endearing, but I don't think he really cares about cinema much, in the end.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 12:29 (five years ago) link
that he did let slip of what he really thought of QT off the record will be what I choose to remember!
― calzino, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 12:42 (five years ago) link
fwiw he's also already said that, years ago, on the record. Dunno why this occasion went more viral than the last.
https://www.indiewire.com/2013/03/ennio-morricone-says-quentin-tarantino-uses-music-without-coherence-says-he-wont-work-with-him-again-100683/
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
Seems like his reaction has drawn more attention to it than would have otherwise been the case.
― mirostones, Wednesday, 14 November 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
RIP
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-morricone/italian-composer-ennio-morricone-dies-report-idUKKBN2470OM
― octobeard, Monday, 6 July 2020 07:35 (three years ago) link
This is officially the worst fucking year of all-time. RIP :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjYLNIjugk
― Sabre of Paradise (trevor phillips), Monday, 6 July 2020 09:50 (three years ago) link
RIP the Maestro. I've almost certainly listened to more hours of his music than any other music in history and, in fact, right this minute I'm actually waiting delivery of another of his soundtracks.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 6 July 2020 11:10 (three years ago) link
I have an amazing Gruppo box - two CDs and a DVD and a nice booklet, packed in a handmade 12" x 12" wooden box (cause there were vinyl LPs in the super ultra deluxe edition). Might need to pull it off the shelf today.
Saw him conduct at Radio City Music Hall about 12-13 years ago, too. A lot of cheese, but when they did "The Ecstasy of Gold" it ruled.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 July 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
RIP, so many hours listened to and it just hasn't felt like enough.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 July 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
It's almost a full time job listening to Morricone!
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 6 July 2020 11:35 (three years ago) link
Wow. If there is anything positive to say about this, he lived a long life and was almost inconceivably productive. I got to see him conduct at Radio City Music Hall, too, which iirc was apparently his first ever (and only?) appearance in the U.S..
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 July 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
I think he did more, but obviously not many. He was supposed to do a concert at Barclays Center in 2014, which I probably would've attended even though it's the worst f-ing venue for this sort of thing, but that got cancelled and I don't believe it was ever re-scheduled.
Anyway, Morricone and Bernard Herrmann were the two greatest film composers of all-time, IMHO.
― birdistheword, Monday, 6 July 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nqRwX5ixc
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 July 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer who wrote ‘ah-ee-ah-ee-ah’ theme of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,’ dies at 91 https://t.co/2A2UzG1eyZ— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 6, 2020
― If you choose too long a name, your new display name will be truncated in (Left), Monday, 6 July 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
The Jimmy Saville theme of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 6 July 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
Oh man this hurts even though it's not a major surprise. Greatest film composer of all time. As iconic as his western soundtracks are, his scores in all genres from roughly 1968 through 74 are virtually inexhaustible wells of ideal music (see, e.g., Maddalena, Veruschka, La Donna Invisible, Metti Una Sera a Cena, La Cosa Buffa, Giù la Testa, etc, etc.)
I've got the title theme of Veruschka on repeat rn; it sums up his greatness pretty well: gorgeous chord progression; hauntingly catchy melody; sensual wordless vocals from Edda Dell'Orso; lightly funky psychedelic production (see 00:42 for the gentlest, wooziest beat drop) and lush harpsichord-laden arrangement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81dgyeIlJI
― J. Sam, Monday, 6 July 2020 13:41 (three years ago) link
Hell of a run!
For a short while I was collecting some of his scores but in the long run I largely stuck with anthologies (the Mondo Morricone set especially). Still, one of my favorite scores is a relatively obscure one I found in a discount bin, Che C'Entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione (wistful, spacious, comical, melancholy).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Monday, 6 July 2020 13:52 (three years ago) link
An absolute giant.
― pomenitul, Monday, 6 July 2020 13:56 (three years ago) link
Just listening to some of the music from "Four Flies on Grey Velvet" which has some guy screaming wordless gibberish over some random sloppy jamming and seems to be Morricone's approximation (and impression) of rock music - wicked sense of humour he had.
― The Fields o' Fat Henry (Tom D.), Monday, 6 July 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
Come for the king, don't miss. And ask shorter questions:
Donald Fagen interviews Ennio Morricone (Premiere mag, 1989) pic.twitter.com/jJaEYkQEe9— Kurt Loder (@kurt_loder) August 1, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 July 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
RIP to a true genius
my fave is the Gruppo Nuova material but "Il Gatto" is a favorite OST.
The Crime And Dissonance 2xCD on Ipecac is a pretty essential overview of the weirder stuff
― sleeve, Monday, 6 July 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
what can you fucking say manprobably the most protean composer who ever livedfrom the maddest noise improv to the most propulsive and catchy psych-rock to the pocket universe of the westerns to the most heart-easing bel canto
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Monday, 6 July 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
RIP, OPXX
The ThingTwo Mules for Sister SaraExorcist II: The HereticDeath Rides a HorseOceanoA Fistful of DollarsCopkillerAd Ogni CostoIl PratoMy Name Is NobodySlalomNostromoInvestigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionI Magi RandagiChi L'Ha Vista MorireRed SonjaOnce Upon a Time in the WestWhite Dog'Tis Pity She's A WhoreSahara
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
Available on Bandcamp
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
a great comp but for any first time dabblers just be aware this is a very narrow cross-section of the morricone cosmos
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
complied by Alan Bishop iirc?
once i got to a certain breadth of morricone it to some extent made scg redundant for me, i mean i still love them but
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
RIP to the Maestro! It's amazing how many great soundtracks he composed for forgettable films. He scored 23 films in 1968 alone!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Ennio_Morricone
― \\\\\\\\0||||0//////// (Matt #2), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Most English-speakers have never heard Ennio Morricone's extraordinary 1966 Italian pop song 'Se Telefonando.'I URGE YOU TO LISTEN. He has you surrounded before you even realise it, & then you're soaring into its 8(!) key changes. One of the best, most dramatic pop songs ever pic.twitter.com/wnzc9RPoYH— Colin Walsh (@Clnwlsh) July 6, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 July 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
Lol
Morricone bringing the Oscars to a screeching halt to give his acceptance speech in Italian with a halting Eastwood live translation is the last and perhaps only time that I have enjoyed that ceremony. https://t.co/Vzoak6HJn6— 💜💜🇺🇸ƈօɛɖ ռǟӄɛɖ ƈɨռɛքɦɨʟɨǟ🇺🇸💜💜 (@NickPinkerton) July 6, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 6 July 2020 15:50 (three years ago) link
He must have missed Satyajit Ray satelliting in from his sickbed.
― Lipstick O.G. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:54 (three years ago) link
xpost yeah the songs-only Canto Morricone 4CD box (bear family) is well worth pirating
― gnarled and turbid sinuses (Jon not Jon), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
Morricone was a genius, but not enough of one to get me to listen to Italian pop.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 6 July 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
I still dream of a Complete Morricone box set, can't see it ever happening though
― help me I am in hull (Matt #2), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 15:09 (two weeks ago) link
Jesus, you'd need an articulated lorry to deliver that.
― man in suit and red tie raising his fist (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 15:14 (two weeks ago) link
Che C'entriamo Noi Con La Rivoluzione? (1972) (comedy western, which is fine as long the comedy isn't overdone.)
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 17:28 (two weeks ago) link