Composer Threads The Official Ennio Morricone Thread

[Marian Schedenig 8,892]

8 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Wow! This is fantastic! I never thought I'd hear Kiss sound like this!

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox is always worth hearing.

[Koray Savas 2,254]

On 18/8/2023 at 5:56 PM, Marian Schedenig said:

This is cool:

 

(And here's a "reaction video"/"masterclass" (I think both deserve the quotes) by an opera singer who at least learned about spaghetti westerns and "Ennio Merrycony" in the process)

Thanks for sharing. This is an incredible arrangement. 

[Marian Schedenig 8,892]

13 hours ago, Koray Savas said:

Thanks for sharing. This is an incredible arrangement. 

 

16 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox is always worth hearing.

 

[Koray Savas 2,254]

12 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

 

Indeed. I’ve been in a rabbit hole of their stuff since I watched this video. 

[Bespin 8,674]

Here, the elements are raging; it's a deluge with 120mm of rain expected... a touch of Morricone, as seen by Tarantino!

 

Ennio Morricone - Original Soundtracks 1964-2015: CD 16 "Quentin Tarantino".

 

[GerateWohl 4,972]

17 hours ago, Bespin said:

Here, the elements are raging; it's a deluge with 120mm of rain expected... a touch of Morricone, as seen by Tarantino!

 

Ennio Morricone - Original Soundtracks 1964-2015: CD 16 "Quentin Tarantino".

 

I got that Box, too. But the envelope for CD 11, Visages du Cinéma Italien, contains a wrong disk.

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,887]

16 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

I got that Box, too. But the envelope for CD 11, Visages du Cinéma Italien, contains a wrong disk.

 

Why didn't you file a complaint with the seller?

[GerateWohl 4,972]

31 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Why didn't you file a complaint with the seller?

I did. I requested a replacement. I just wonder, if that might have the same issue. 

[Bespin 8,674]

4 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

I got that Box, too. But the envelope for CD 11, Visages du Cinéma Italien, contains a wrong disk.

 

 

Wrong disc in what sense?

 

Mine has this, do you want me to send you the FLACs of the CD?

[GerateWohl 4,972]

55 minutes ago, Bespin said:

 

Wrong disc in what sense?

 

Mine has this, do you want me to send you the FLACs of the CD?

 

 

It seems to be disk 1 of this 2-CD set:

 

 

[Bespin 8,674]

34 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

 

It seems to be disk 1 of this 2-CD set:

 

 

 

I hope you'll be able to obtain a replacement disc from Universal. I'm sure the CDs in these boxsets are placed manually, so it's just a minor mistake.

[Tom Guernsey 2,609]

Well this sounds like it’ll be bloody marvellous… the earlier violin album is terrific (although I agree with James that the Yo-Yo Ma cello version is even better and one of my favourite composer compilations of all time).

 

http://www.movie-wave.net/morricone-cinema-rarities/

 

Bargain at Presto… https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9527937--morricone-cinema-rarities-for-violin-and-string-orchestra

[Badzeee 112]

On 13/10/2023 at 6:57 PM, Tom Guernsey said:

Well this sounds like it’ll be bloody marvellous… the earlier violin album is terrific (although I agree with James that the Yo-Yo Ma cello version is even better and one of my favourite composer compilations of all time).

 

http://www.movie-wave.net/morricone-cinema-rarities/

 

Bargain at Presto… https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9527937--morricone-cinema-rarities-for-violin-and-string-orchestra

 

It's absolutely beautiful. I've been listening to it all day today!

 

That, and Quartet's new expanded release of the same composer's Bloodline, which is also incredibly enjoyable. Not, perhaps one of Morricone's absolute standouts, but lovely nonetheless. 

[tomsmoviemadness 3,466]

This is nice

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,887]

A Harry Dunne prequel?

[Thor 8,191]

I would have loved to hear what his "deep cuts" were.

[tomsmoviemadness 3,466]

Yeah, same

[Holko 10,086]

http://www.beatrecords.it/shop.asp?lingua=i&idprodotto=CDX1033&uscita=prox

 

55 years ago, the fourth Western movie directed by Sergio Leone, C’ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST, was screened for the first time, and in the plans of the director, should have closed the circle of his engagement with this cinematic genre. Compared to the Dollars Trilogy, the movie marks an important stylistic change; it’s an epic full of allegories, with an immensely powerful script. Considered by many to be Ennio Morricone’s masterpiece, it marks an evolution in his music, which often takes over for the images. Exceptional collaborators such as Edda Dell’Orso, Alessandro Alessandroni and Franco De Gemini are the main actors of this score, the director of which is the Maestro. It is to one of them, Franco De Gemini, whom Beat Records in collaboration with Universal Music Publishing wish to dedicate this 50th anniversary edition, in a guise you’ve never experienced before.

 

An accurate remastering by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler corrected a few formal imprecisions of the wonderful previous editions as well as some minor stereophonic flaws, and now we can finally say we have an album that meets our expectations for such a milestone edition of this score, even correcting some small flaws of the previous edition.

 

But the surprises don’t stop there. Five years after the death of the popular Ferraran harmonica player, the entire recording sessions of the score were discovered, over three hours long, including studio chatter from which we extracted a small recording of Franco’s voice while he is conducting sound tests to find the best sound for his harmonica in a particular scene. We present this gift to you at the end of the album as a memorial to this great harmonica artisan, a sonic cameo as a little witness to his industriousness.

 

The CD comes in a jewel case with a richly-illustrated, 24-page booklet featuring liner notes by Daniele De Gemini, along with 4 collector’s plasticized cards, all gathered in a hard box external case.

 

Limited to only 500 copies, it’s a meeting with cinema and music history that can’t be missed.

 

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

EDIT: nevermind, not interesting, just annoying

[Jurassic Shark 12,887]

I can't believe they still haven't done a new master from the newly discovered tapes!

[Holko 10,086]

Yeah I looked into it and this seems to be just a straight reissue of a 2018 release I didn't know about where most of it still sounds like ass. I can't believe these people have the audacity to say they fixed stereo field issues when the voice and orchestra are all wandering around the middle left right in the first goddamn track. Those "expectations" must be pretty low.

23 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

I can't believe they still haven't done a new master from the newly discovered tapes!

Would 3 hours have been enough to record the entire score? What was the methodology in those days? Maybe those are just the harmonica sessions. But I guess I'm thinking of the scores we know where every final take assembly has an hour of rehearsals/takes behind it, whereas here many of these "cues" are just those different takes/variations of the same music?

[Jurassic Shark 12,887]

22 minutes ago, Holko said:

Would 3 hours have been enough to record the entire score? What was the methodology in those days? Maybe those are just the harmonica sessions.

 

I read a comment from the producers when this remastering was initially released, and they didn't used the newly discovered tapes because the audio work had already been done. 

[Holko 10,086]

And so now for a reissue, they... still didn't use them, or at least don't indicate it.

[Richard Penna 4,089]

Perhaps they listened to the new source and the quality improvement wasn't large enough to justify rebuilding it all over again. They're pretty much damned whatever they do - either not taking advantage of a new source or releasing the score for the 50th time and confusing everyone.

 

I've got Quartet's recent Good/Bad/Ugly set though and it sounds miles better than previous editions. The set I have of Once sounds pretty good really - maybe it will never sound notably better.

[Holko 10,086]

35 minutes ago, Richard Penna said:

Perhaps they listened to the new source and the quality improvement wasn't large enough to justify rebuilding it all over again.

Then wouldn't it be more professional to say that?

 

And I will never believe that anything can't sound any better until Mike and/or Chris say so.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,472]

I wish Quartet remaster that score, it's one of the best Morricone score and there The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is such a perfect set

[Tom Guernsey 2,609]

Does anyone have any suggestions on reordering Quartet's release of La Califfa to something approximating film order? I assume the first 14 tracks replicate the OST programme with the finale oddly programmed halfway through as it appears at the end of the first side on the LP it seems. There's an earlier expanded release that puts the finale at the end, suggesting the music is more closely matched to the film. Of course if it's one of those Ennio scores where he wrote stuff in advance and the ordering isn't that crucial, I'll just enjoy it as it is, but figured I may as well ask...

[Andy 5,068]

Now available on Blu Ray

 

 

Cover Art is by Dial of Destiny artist Tony Stella. 

[Jay 39,162]

Quartet released three Morricones recently

 

https://quartetrecords.com/product/una-pistola-per-ringo-il-ritorno-di-ringo-2-cd/

https://quartetrecords.com/product/the-humanoid-lumanoide/

https://quartetrecords.com/product/cosa-avete-fatto-a-solange/

 

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,887]

On 01/06/2024 at 9:16 PM, Andy said:

Now available on Blu Ray

 

 

Cover Art is by Dial of Destiny artist Tony Stella. 

 

Quality art for quality productions.

[Andy 5,068]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Quartet released three Morricones recently

 

https://quartetrecords.com/product/una-pistola-per-ringo-il-ritorno-di-ringo-2-cd/

https://quartetrecords.com/product/the-humanoid-lumanoide/

https://quartetrecords.com/product/cosa-avete-fatto-a-solange/

 

 

I ordered Humanoid. Not because I adore the score, but because I’m an unabashed fan of the so bad it’s good movie.  It is a train wreck inside a dumpster fire and I love it.  Morricone’s music fits Star Wars action horribly, so in other words it’s perfect for this!

[Thor 8,191]

UNA PISTOLA is trademark spaghetti western stuff. Good, but not essential if you have others in the same style. THE HUMANOID I was never able to get into. COSA AVETE I remember owning when I started my massive Morricone walkthrough a few years ago. Great theme, but the rest didn't do much for me, I remember.

[29944 26]

I found this in the GEMA repertoire and am not sure what it means. I know Travia is a lyricist, but I listened to the album and didn't hear any lyrics. Being that she is credited as a composer here, I would assume she wrote music for the film, but I wanted to ask here to make sure I'm not missing anything.

[JWScores 36]

7 hours ago, 29944 said:

I found this in the GEMA repertoire and am not sure what it means. I know Travia is a lyricist, but I listened to the album and didn't hear any lyrics. Being that she is credited as a composer here, I would assume she wrote music for the film, but I wanted to ask here to make sure I'm not missing anything.

 

Maria Travia is Morricone's wife, and the partner of a lifetime. She collaborated with him by writing the lyrics to a number of his scores (e.g. the Latin text for The Mission). And quite often, Morricone asked her opinions about his cues before submitting them to the directors. As far as I know, she doesn't have a musical education, so the reasons for crediting her as co-composer might have been extra-musical.