Composer Threads The Official Ennio Morricone Thread

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

All politics!

[Taikomochi 1,360]

I definitely believe he said those things, though. Just maybe someone told him after the fact it was not politically wise to have done so.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

4 minutes ago, Taikomochi said:

I definitely believe he said those things, though. Just maybe someone told him after the fact it was not politically wise to have done so.

 

Why press charges though, unless those are empty words too?

[Taikomochi 1,360]

Sounds empty to me but I guess we’ll see

[crocodile 9,352]

This is interesting.

 

Karol

[KK 3,310]

Considering how much that article just blew up, that definitely just sounds like public image control.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,598]

I like the fake Ennio better.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,261]

1 hour ago, davefg said:

So that interview used to slam the Maestro here is rubbish

 

I hope that cretin Disco Stu feels like shit now.

[KK 3,310]

That miserable old curmudgeon! 

[Xander Harris 8,496]

Didn't Tarantino refer to film scoring as 'ghetto'?

[Brundlefly 2,400]

Something is going completely wrong here! What the hell?!

[Mr. Who 1,031]

The original interview where he slammed everything from the Oscars to Tarantino etc seemed very out of character so it's not that surprising that it's fake. The great directors he listed did not include Sergio Leone lol...

[publicist 4,649]

The truth lies somewhere in between. As it usually does.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

Morricone is shutting their butts down!

 

 

[Xander Harris 8,496]

Why would Playboy publish false comments by this guy? Anyone else remember the allegedly fake foreign interview with JW where he griped about Star Wars: Episode One?

[Nick Parker 3,049]

8 minutes ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said:

Why would Playboy publish false comments by this guy? Anyone else remember the allegedly fake foreign interview with JW where he griped about Star Wars: Episode One?

 

That was the context! I was literally just trying to remember that. That was really out of John Williams' character, both behaviorally, and verbally. Stuff where you as a fan say, "John Williams doesn't talk like that...."

[Xander Harris 8,496]

Morricone probably thinks his movies are trash because they are. I mean the last one which he did had a woman being violently assaulted over and over again and a guy sucking another guy's dick. I'm sure he was expecting a bit of a classier western when he agreed to do it.

[Taikomochi 1,360]

Morricone has previously criticized Tarantino.  It's not really out of character.

[Koray Savas 2,255]

All he said is that he didn’t like how violent Django was. 

[Brundlefly 2,400]

42 minutes ago, Taikomochi said:

Morricone has previously criticized Tarantino.  It's not really out of character.

You know, there is a difference between considering someone a cretin and considering the movie of someone as too gruesome.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,598]

I would think Tarantino would be high class compared to stuff like Orca!

[publicist 4,649]

If you only would ask Morricone about 'Orca' you'd probably get an earful, too.

[antovolk 100]

And the publisher is still standing by the interview.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/german-playboy-stands-by-ennio-morricone-story-trashing-tarantino-1160509?__twitter_impression=true

 

[Lady Dimitrescu 10,262]

So why did people react with so much defensive outrage at what Ennio (supposedly) said? Did Quentin's movies help them through their chronic depression or something, and they feel they owe him a life debt?

[Kalman 1]

Yesterday Playboy admitted "mistakes"...:

 

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/playboy-germany-admits-mistakes-ennio-morricone-tarantino-interview-1160699?utm_source=twitter

 

 

 

[Jay 43,908]

Music Box Records just announced La Cage Aux Folles I, II, and III in a new 2CD set

 

https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/6729-la-cage-aux-folles-1-2-3.html

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

The Maestro has composed the music to more than 500 films. Out of these, only a small fraction were for Hollywood films. Do anybody know how many that is? I'm just curious, and I certainly don't consider Hollywood films a sign of superior music.

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

On 12/3/2018 at 6:40 PM, Jay said:

Music Box Records just announced La Cage Aux Folles I, II, and III in a new 2CD set

 

https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/6729-la-cage-aux-folles-1-2-3.html

 

That really looks like a trilogy of weird films. And why is Trump on the cover?

 

Now, if only someone could do a definitive release of The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly...

[Sunshine Reger 3,697]

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[Koray Savas 2,255]

Morricone was scoring 30+ films a year in the 60s and 70s. 

[Chen G. 5,448]

Damn!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

I assume many of these are very short?

[mstrox 7,281]

Films were shorter and much more sparsely spotted back then, yes, but incredible nonetheless. That's less than 12 days per score.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

Well if its just a main title and a few tracks and they're tracked throughout the film a couple of times.

 

 

[Koray Savas 2,255]

I don’t think he ever scores to picture. He could churn out 20 mins and send it off. 

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

He at least always watches the film before starting to write.

[Thor 9,323]

My review of his Oslo concert two days ago (in English):

 

http://celluloidtunes.no/ennio-morricone-in-oslo/

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

Excellent review Thor, thank you!

[Thor 9,323]

Thanks! Did it differ much from the programme you saw in Rotterdam awhile back? I'm curious to know if he's made any changes in the three years he's done this particular tour.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

I don't recall the exact program, but yours is different.

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

Don't you have the programme?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 11,275]

Don't remember.

[Thor 9,323]

Yes, Milan at FSM posted the Rotterdam programme:

 

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ennio-morricone/2017/ahoy-rotterdam-netherlands-6be20e9e.html

 

Seems like it was quite a different set list indeed. 

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

Anybody got this 1998 Sony expansion of Legend of 1900? Is it worth acquiring?

 

[Koray Savas 2,255]

Do you already own the OST?

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

Nope. I'm considering getting this expanded version, despite the awful cover art, since I've found it's available for a good price.

[Koray Savas 2,255]

Then I say go for it!

[publicist 4,649]

It's a great score. The long overture is the pièce de résistance.

[Jurassic Shark 15,566]

It's not my favorite Morricone score, but it's good enough to warrant having it on CD. I'm just wondering whether the additional tracks are any good. I don't need a longer presentation that makes the listening experience less interesting.

[publicist 4,649]

Rule of thumb: there are 5 million Morricone scores, and less than 5 of them need an expanded release. The old Sony cd is more than sufficient.