Title: Morricone Galore
Henrik Hemlin - March 7, 2007 08:02 PM (GMT)
As you may know, there's a very useful blog out there that has uploaded over 250 Morricone records. Since it shows no sign whatsoever of slowing down, I have to wonder how many of the Maestro's scores made it to LP or CD. All 500 of them, or what?
It was a little disheartening to witness the career retrospective preceding Morricone's speech during the Oscars; a low-key affair which made rather a poor case for Morricone's greatness. Aside from THE MISSION, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA and THE UNTOUCHABLES, I doubt if those Hollywood scores belong in a Morricone Top 100. Not only was there no mention of his crowning achievement, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, but the likes of these were overlooked as well:
GIŁ LA TESTA
LE CASSE
METTI UNA SERA A CENA
MADDALENA
LA DONNA INVISIBILE
LA CALIFFA
DIABOLIK
IL POLIZIOTTO DELLA BRIGATA CRIMINALE
I MALAMONDO
LA MOGLIE PIŁ BELLA
UNA LUCERTOLA CON LA PELLE DI DONNA
IL DIAVOLO NEL CERVELLO
LA COSA BUFFA
REVOLVER
D'AMORE SI MUORE
SACCO E VANZETTI
I GUARDIANI DEL CIELO
L'ALIBI
LE FOTO PROIBITE DI UNA SIGNORA PER BENE
IL GRANDE SILENZIO
CITTĄ VIOLENTA
GIORNATA NERA PER L'ARIETE
L'UCCELLO DALLE PIUME DI CRISTALLO
SPASMO
VERUSCHKA
GIORDANO BRUNO
THE BLUE-EYED BANDIT
NANA
BLOODLINE
SLALOM
LE CLAN DES SICILIENS
etc.
I wish Milva would have been there to sing "D'amore si muore," instead of Ms Dion performing a by-the-numbers Disney ballad (I'm sorry, was that a Morricone composition..?). :P
jeff henry - March 7, 2007 10:13 PM (GMT)
I'd love to have DIABOLIK on cd or vinyl... a damn shame about those master tapes.
Henrik Hemlin - March 7, 2007 10:31 PM (GMT)
Yeah, it's a shame. But at least you can download a really well made 34-track audio rip of the film over at that Morricone blog.
Anthony Thorne - March 8, 2007 10:56 AM (GMT)
Would a hint of a link kill ya? A Google search indicator? A link to another forum that includes a post that provides a link that links to another link? Throw me a frickin' bone, here.
Tim Lucas - March 8, 2007 07:17 PM (GMT)
Try Googling "Morricone blog." It took me pretty much right to the doorstep, and I'm most appreciative.
Henrik Hemlin - March 8, 2007 09:35 PM (GMT)
I tried searching for DIABOLIK over at the Morricone Lover blog, and the link is still there. This particular one's available via a different kind of link, where each track is downloadable separately. However, I see that by now those downloads require some sort of registered membership, but at least it's free.
There's also the "Dedicato a Milva da Ennio Morricone" album from 1972, which is very heavily recommended from me if you haven't heard it.
On a related Euro retro note I have to share this super cute Brigitte Bardot video for "Faite pour dormir." :) Go here:
Easy Dreamer and scroll down to the third post.
Jonathan Barnett - March 9, 2007 08:00 AM (GMT)
"It was a little disheartening to witness the career retrospective preceding Morricone's speech during the Oscars; a low-key affair which made rather a poor case for Morricone's greatness."
It could have been a history of cinema via Morricone. Instead it was a random selection.
Brian Camp - March 9, 2007 06:57 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Jonathan Barnett @ Mar 9 2007, 02:00 AM) |
"It was a little disheartening to witness the career retrospective preceding Morricone's speech during the Oscars; a low-key affair which made rather a poor case for Morricone's greatness."
It could have been a history of cinema via Morricone. Instead it was a random selection. |
Kind of reminds me of the montage created by Richard Schickel when the Academy honored Akira Kurosawa. It was just quick shots of swordsmen and horsemen and archers, making it look like Kurosawa was just an action director.