RSS SubscribeJust stumbled on this great idea for composing music from classic films – cut and paste fashion. This grows on you.
What do you think?
Alice
The music video for my song ‘Alice’, an electronic piece of which 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film ‘Alice In Wonderland’. Download the full song in 128kbps MP3 format here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Pogo/_/Alice
Here’s the latest posts on the blogosphere about my favourite film composer, Ennio Morricone.
Ennio Morricone News
YO-YO MA – Plays ENNIO MORRICONE
YO-YO MA – Plays ENNIO MORRICONE Genre: Classical/Soundtrack 320 Kbp/s Personnel: YO-YO MA, Cello Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra GILDA BUTTA, Piano conducted by ENNIO MORRICONE Tracks. THE MISSION 01.- GABRIEL’S OBOE 02.- THE FALLS …
Ennio Morricone: Peace Notes – Live in Venice
Ennio Morricone’s recent concert tour came briefly to New York early in 2007. The DVD-CD set Ennio Morricone Peace Notes Live in Venice records two later performances at the Piazza San Marco in Venice on September 9 and 10, 2007. …
‘Cinema Paradiso’ – Ennio Morricone, 1988
Ennio Morricone is a legend, full stop. His music can be heard in the “Spaghetti Westerns” of Sergio Leone, in Once Upon A Time in America (one of my favourite movies), The Untouchables, Bertolucci’s Novecento, Sean Penn’s State of …
Ennio Morricone – Magic and Ecstasy
Song Ennio Morricone Magic and Ecstasy.
Ennio Morricone – L’istruttoria e Chiusa: Dimentichi (1971)
Although it’s light years away from the kind of Morricone stuff I usually post, The Case is Closed, Forget It! (as it’s also known) is still worthwhile for those who want a more challenging listen. This soundtrack is experimental and …
This haunting piece of music by Ennio Morricone comes from Sergio Leone’s landmark 1984 gangster film starring Robert De Niro and features on our release The Essential Ennio Morricone (SILCD1165).
Top 10 Films of 1968: #2: Once Upon a Time in the West
Ennio Morricone’s haunting score punctuates the epic themes with grandeur. One of the best westerns ever, and by gosh it was made by an Italian. * * *. Top 10 List: Introduction. # 10: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. # 9: Romeo and Juliet …
Time Magazine put together this nice photo essay a while ago about the highlights of famous composer Ennio Morricone´s career. If you haven´t heard of Ennio Morricone before I´m sure you´ll recognise his music at least. …
Seems like he’s still at the top of his film composing career. Good for him!
Alan
Is it a bad thing to expose the masses to Classical music via film?
As a composer and music teacher I encourage people to listen carefully to soundtrack music. It so often simply washes over some people. Take it away, and the film collapses!
Can Classical music (in its widest sense) be over used? To the point of cliche?
You know the kind of thing: “The Ride of the Valkyries” in “Apocalypse Now”!
TV commercials constantly bombard us with half-remembered tunes that we remember from music lessons at school: “Carnival of the Animals” and “Danse Macabre”, for example.
Is this a good thing?
I’ve just read a very interesting article by David Ng on this exact subject. Makes for an interesting debate, methinks!
Here’s the link: When Classical music masterpieces become soundtrack cliches
Alan
