Remember Ennio Morricone? He's DEAD.

And the world loses a true, epic talent. One of the greatest film composers of all time.

Ugh. Such sad news.

His scores for Once Upon a Time in America, Love Affair, John Carpenter's The Thing are brilliant.

He brought class to everything. He even gave Pazuzu a worthy score for Exorcist II.

Morricone composed composed this for one of Leone's spaghetti westerns, but I like how Tarantino used it in Kill Bill.

Sad news. At least he was able to win a competitive Oscar near the end. Wonderful artist.

"Once Upon a Time in America" is probably his most beautiful score.

Such a genius. Fuck 2020

He brought the wild west to Italy and all over the world through his music.

He scored EVERYTHING.

My fave version.

What an odd coincidence. This afternoon, my best friend and I watched 'My Birthday Cake,' a funny short film from 1991, which featured Morricone's 'Ecstasy of Gold' from 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.'

Chi Mai - theme from Le Professionnel.

Love The Untouchables score, so ballsy.

La Cage Aux Folles!

It's always sad to see the young ones called home.

What happened to "DEAD TO ME"?

Standards, please!

I miss standards as much as I miss the genius Ennio Morricone.

Il Maestro.

[quote]What happened to "DEAD TO ME"?

It's been put it in the trash, in the annoying can.

Fuck off OP. You are not worthy of this board.

The Godfather

[quote]Fuck off OP. You are not worthy of this board.

And YOU, so classy, gurl.

His most beautiful theme was The Sicilian Clan.

R20 A masterpiece! Alain Delon acting at its best Morricone was a genius

Classy?

"Classy"??

Go back to your trailer and study a thesaurus.

What a huge loss, the man was a legend.

My favorite: La Califfa

My favorite Morricone theme (Once Upon a Time in the West)

Sad news. One of my favorite film composers. Once Upon a Time in the West, Duck You Suckers, The Mission, The Untouchables, The Good the Bad and the Ugly...what a great legacy he leaves behind.

His score for the rather awful Lolita (1997) is beautiful

He'll never be a piano player in a Western town's saloon.

Touching emotional music. Sad news.

Cinema Paradiso and Malena are my two favorites. He was a genius in creating music that was in perfect harmony with the film.

Those who want to understand the genius of Ennio Morricone must absolutely watch this anthological scene of cinema. His music serves the stage with precision and thoroughness rare in the cinema. The whole film is punctuated with an exceptional pace, like only those who still knew how to make films. Brian di Palma as director (God, i miss him); and an amazing cast. The sets and costumes (Armani), the acting... Well everything is perfect but Morricone was even more perfect. Just listen the music in this scene.

The Mission. What a talent.

"Remember Ennio Morricone?"

Who...??

An ear for creating crisp, stand-out music that elevated film to new heights. And a career to die for.

Too many to mention, but as an Italian giallo addict, I'd have to say those (particularly the 1970's ones) are my favorites.

This was my favorite.

I loved his score for the movie Mission when my youth orchestra played it

That's DREADFUL, R34 - LOL.

He was a genius. RIP.

[quote]Remember Ennio Morricone? He's DEAD.

Then why the fuck do I need to remember him?

What was playing on his record player?

The heartbreaking ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST theme compliments the movie perfectly.

If you're ever feeling bittersweet, this is the music for you.

[quote]The heartbreaking ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST theme compliments the movie perfectly.

Oh, dear.

[quote]If you're ever feeling bittersweet, this is the music for you.

How does bittersweet feel?

I'm disappointed he never collaborated with Fellini -- although Fellini seemed to employ another great composer, the late and great Nino Rota.

Ennio Morricone - La Califfa

Cinema Paradiso - Final - Ending

From one of the latest Popbitch mail issues.

--- Playing the maestro card ---

Famous people can often be quite particular about the way you address them. For example, Lauryn Hill makes it very clear that staff are only ever to call her ‘Ms Hill’. Ben Kingsley is famously pissy if people dare drop the ‘Sir’ from his name (so much so that even his kids, half-jokingly, call him “Sir Dad”).

[bold] But king of them all was Ennio Morricone. Before he sat for an interview, he would have his people send out an email informing the interviewer to address him only as… “Maestro”. [/bold]

How were they supposed to address him? "Mister"? "Ennio"? Maestro is simply a title for a conductor, and Morricone more than earned it.

Some gorgeous work, and a perfect fit

RIP, he was one of the greats.

Here’s my favorite track. It was scary in the movie, but made playing the video game unbearable!

I also love the love theme from ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.

It’s really beautiful and haunting if you know the story.

[quote] died in Rome following complications from a fall last week in which he broke his femur.

American doctors would mark this up to covid.

In addition to what has already been mentioned I always thought this waltz theme for "Fraulein Doktor" by Morricone was quite lovely. Very versatile talent.