Ennio Morricone is 80 years old today, and I can’t think of a better tribute than to listen some of his music. This is from one of his later scores, from Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena, and whatever you think of the film, it is a gorgeous piece of music. And, as a bonus, you get to look at pictures of Monica Belucci, set to the music by Sulculac. Enjoy!
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Hi! Rick,
I must admit “outloud” that I am not familiar with Ennio Morricone, who(m) turns 80 years old today,
but, his music from Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malena sounds really beautiful and very is very soothing.
Thanks, for sharing this one with us Rick, on Ennio Morricone’s Birthday today.
Tks,
dcd
dcd,
Morricone is still writing movie scores at 80. IMDB lists 3 in various stages of production. I am glad you liked the music from “Malena.”
For me, it starts with The Good The Bad and ends with The Mission. It would be totally worth it to buy a CD of this guy’s greatest hits, if such a thing exists. I’m sure it does.
Daniel, I love “The Good” as well, but everybody knows it. I thought I’d put up one that not everybody would be familiar with.
Rick, there are many greatest hits for Mr. Morricone. I know because I own them all!
What a talented man. I hear he may be doing the score for Tarantino’s INGLORIOUS BASTERDS.
It may just be rumor but man that’s exciting! I love his work on films like MALENA, but I would give anything to hear another crazy sounding score like GOOD BAD AND UGLY or NAVAJO JOE……..
Joe, that’s impressive. I don’t collect movie music, but maybe I should. I certainly do like Mr. Morricone’s and his countryman Nino Rota, who helped make Fellini’s movies so distinctive.
Wow, 80 years old. The Mission has to be my favourite. One of the best scores I have ever heard.
Jorn, thanks for stopping by. The score by “The Mission” is fabulous, all right.
Rick, I entered a very long post at Alexander’s site, so I won’t repeat it again, as I am pompous enough. LOL!!! But I’ll still say this:
Morricone is the third greatest film composer of all-time behind Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner and ahead of Erich Woldfgang Korngold, John Williams, Alfred Newman, Miklos Rosza, Franz Waxman, Nino Rota, John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith and Alex North.
His greatest scores?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
CINEMA PARADISO
UPON UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
LEGEND OF 1900
MALENA
THE MISSION
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
DAYS OF HEAVEN
FATELESS
He has written magisterial scores for Visconti, Zeffirelli, Lattuada, Argento, Taviani, Bellochio, Bertlucci, Leone, Pasolini, Fuller, Carpenter, DePalma and Oliver Stone among others. He is typically Italian in his ceaseless felicity of melody and his ravishing lines. Perhaps his little-known score for the undeservedly maligned LEGEND OF 1900 yields his most definitive sweeping melody, infectious and impossible to forget. He should have won the Oscar a number of times, but most recently lost for that wonderful score for MALENA that you feature here to John Corigliano’s equally ravishing work on THE RED VIOLIN. In a comprehensive music score polling conducted two years ago for my e mail network, 34 strong cast ballots of their 25 greatest scores of all-time, and Morricone place four in the Top 50 including a #3 placement for ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA. The #1 finisher of that poll was Rosza’s BEN-HUR.
I applaud Rick Olson for his wonderful tribute to one of the all-time greats. (who still may have some surprises left for us in his old-age)
Thanks, Sam. I hope Morricone writes many more scores to come. A great tribute of yours here, and over at Alexander’s place.