Ennio Morricone

Post by **Deep Sea Isopod** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:04 pm

My fave piece of music evar is Chi Mai.

This is music beyond compare.
When we went on holiday to Rhodes, there was a glass bottom boat trip from Lindos around the bay. The boat sailed between some high cliffs. I was looking through the glass bottom at the awesomeness below...Suddenly the boats pilot played Chi Mai through the speakers. Those cliffs done something to the accoustics that no cathederal ever could.
If heaven existed, it existed right there , right then.

Anyone else have something to say about Morricone!

Post by **Tigger** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:09 pm

When Chi Mai came out (back in the early 80s), I couldn't listen to it without tears starting. Fuck knows what that was all about, although I do get pretty emotional about music. I listened to it so often though, that I'm immune now. I regret doing that. Occasionally I try to rekindle it, but it always fails. I'll try again...

[But you're right, though, DSI

, whatever happens when I try here ...]

Nah. Gone.

Post by **Deep Sea Isopod** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:16 pm

Methinks you need to watch a "live" performance.

Can you just imagine sitting in the audience...........

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNGe7iK1 ... re=related[/youtube]

Post by **The Red Fox** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:18 pm

Deep Sea Isopod wrote:Anyone else have something to say about Morricone!

Yeah, he's a musical genius.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWo__6Xn ... re=related[/youtube]

Post by **Tigger** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:19 pm

I had the record from all the spaghetti westerns and played it endlessly when I was a kid. It was years before I realised it was the same guy. Yes, I'd get a full

there.

Post by **Deep Sea Isopod** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:26 pm

His story with Sergio Leone is amazing, too! They were class mates in school.

Post by **orpheus** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:31 pm

His score for John Carpenter's "The Thing" is wonderful. Very effective. Truly scary movie, and the music has a lot to do with that.

Post by **Xamonas Chegwé** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 1:53 am

The Ecstasy of Gold is awesome. TGTBATU theme is my ringtone (Ecstasy of Gold starts too slowly unfortunately.) EM has such a great knack for matching music and image - if you have seen the film, you cannot hear the music without immediately conjuring the scene.

He rocks!

Post by **klr** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:03 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:The Ecstasy of Gold is awesome. TGTBATU theme is my ringtone (Ecstasy of Gold starts too slowly unfortunately.) EM has such a great knack for matching music and image - if you have seen the film, you cannot hear the music without immediately conjuring the scene.

He rocks!

IIRC, Leone himself wasn't quite sure himself how that scene would go, so he asked Morricone to write something, and then he produced a scene to suit the music ...

To think that the only Oscar he ever won was that honorary one a couple of years ago. Hollywood's way of saying "Sorry old boy ... we fucked up big-time. We should have given you at least half a dozen over the years."