Legendary movie composer Ennio Morricone dies at 91

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Very saddened to hear the news this morning. My favorite and IMHO the greatest movie composer of all time has left us. :(
He leaves behind an incredible number of masterpieces, ranging from the iconic and genre defining western movie scores, to classical music such as in Once Upon A Time in America and The Mission, to eerie and dark scores in The Hateful Eight. Such an amazing and unique musical talent.

The NY Times has a nice piece about him: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/obituaries/ennio-morricone-dead.html

I'll post some of my favorite music by him in the Music, Movies, & TV forum later. Meanwhile I'll leave you with the song that was played in my uncle's funeral – Gabriel's Oboe – one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, IMHO.


RIP, Maestro
 
Tis a shame that he is gone but his music will live on, his music captured my imagination a lot and The Untouchables is one of my favourites but the western themes from The Dollars trilogy are also very highly rated.

Tonight I shall listen to some music of Ennio's in his memory.
 
RIP

My favorite band made a track on one of their western albums in tribute to his style and it's been on repeat for the last hour.

 
...I was saddened to learn about the Maestro's passing earlier in the day. His music will always have a special place in my heart as long as I draw breath. That sounded overly dramatic, but I'm in the moment, so it's okay.

Honestly, I can't pick my personal favourite by him. His incredible, legendary collaborations with Sergio Leone, or his work in Cinema Paradiso, the Mission, Malena...

I've posted this particular YT video in this very site a long time ago, but here we go:



When Quincy Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters and Metallica are willing to appear in the same album for you, you know your music is something truly extraordinary.
 
Morricone put the sauce into the spaghetti western, an whole new branch of the western genre when it burst upon the scenes back in the day.

Not the first, but the ultimate was The Good, Bad and the Ugly. I've probably whistled this tune as much as any other in my life.

The redoubtable Danish National Symphony Orchestra and their audience has a great time with this one.

 
This 1963 (and probably best ever) arrangement of Bernstein's score to The Magnificent Seven may have had some influence on Morricone.

 
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