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RIP Ennio Morricone
posted by tmdb53400018STAFFMOD on July 6, 2020 at 5:56 AM
Prolific film composer Ennio Morricone has died at age 91. CNN is saying it was due to complications from a recent fall. Morricone scored hundreds of films, including for The Thing and the iconic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Although he had once criticized writer-director Quentin Tarantino's use of music, Morricone would compose the score for Tarantino's 2015 film The Hateful Eight.
What a contribution to cinema this man made. May he rest in peace....
Reply by tmdb53400018
on July 6, 2020 at 6:25 AM
Here is the theme to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- arguably, Morricone's most famous one.
Reply by tmdb82469342
on July 6, 2020 at 10:38 AM
Very sad news.
https://youtu.be/rKFpaCMRWgU
Rest In Peace
Reply by bratface
on July 6, 2020 at 5:30 PM
I prefer this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oag1Dfa1e_E
Morricone conducting his masterpiece!
I forgot to add 'Once Upon a Time in America':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuyYc0gINbU
Reply by genplant29
on July 6, 2020 at 9:33 PM
Definitely was a superb musical craftsman.
RIP.
FYI: Whenever I remember to tune in, I very much enjoy National Public Radio's (NPR's) excellent weekend afternoons 1-hour show The Score. Music of Ennio Morricone has been featured in a number of episodes. I highly recommend that show for anyone who's a fan of great film scores. Here's the link, for more info (and the two most recent broadcasts). The show's broadcast pretty much everywhere nationwide, on NPR stations; just tune in to your local classical music station.
Reply by wonder2wonder
on July 6, 2020 at 10:16 PM
Addio Maestro, questo grande genio musicale. Grazie per i tuoi magnifici opere. Oggi tutta l'Italia piange la perdita di un grande figlio. Ci mancherai moltissimo. Addio. R.I.P.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on July 6, 2020 at 10:45 PM
This is a piece by Morricone that sticks with me to this very day -- "Paranoia Prima," which I first heard in Tarantino's Death Proof . It makes me nervous just to hear it.
Reply by bratface
on July 7, 2020 at 6:37 PM
Open all of the videos at the same time, then come back here & tell us what you hear?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/movies/ennio-morricone-film-scores.html
Reply by znexyish
on July 7, 2020 at 9:35 PM
Heres a wide variety of his work
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/06/ennio-morricone-10-of-his-greatest-compositions