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Mar 27, 2017 - 12:15 AM
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Laurent78
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Indeed very sad news. Sandro was such a fantastic musician with manifold talents. Besides the guitar, keyboard, flute & sitar player, the choir leader, the well-known whistler, I'd also like to remember his unique mandola playing in so many Morricone and Nicolai soundtracks. As a deserved homage, I will a.o. play my two favourite Morricone whistled tracks where Alessandroni reached perfection: Nuddu from UN BELLISSIMO NOVEMBRE and Tramonto from ANCHE SE VOLESSI LAVORARE, CHE FACCIO?
As a composer, I don't know all his scores by far but am fond of his varied and colourful contribution to IL GIRO DEL MONDO DEGLI INNAMORATI DI PEYNET featuring outstanding tracks such as the Sirtaki dei Colonnelli and I pattinori di Bruegel.
He will be missed. Bill, since you attended several of his concerts and admired him a lot, I guess you must be very sad today.
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Yes, just checked and sadly its true.
Lovely man, interviewed him and then was lucky enough to spend 3 days with Alex and his wife in Castelfranco as he rehearsed for his Leone/morricone concert. Which i wrote about in Msv. I even had to carry the original fender in its case from hotel to concert hall.
He was very fit and only last year there was discussion about him doing another concert.
Phenomenal talent, could pick up and play almost any instrument.
Didnt just play on Morricone scores, provided services for De Masi and all the other italian maestros.
Back in the busy 60s, they were recording 7 days a week and even on occasion he had slept outside the recording studio in a camper van! As others have said he was a wonderful maestro in his own right who was rather under-used but produced some great scores as good as any of the other maestros, El Puro and Tresette etc.
Goodbye Alex, rip. Thank you for the whistling, the irreplaceable contribution to Ennios scores, and for a magical few days in castelfranco.
At one time, clips of this concert were on you tube, so you can all see what i mean. His performing was unbelievable.
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Imdb lists 52 films. But think he did a lot more uncredited work than he ever had time to register with the Siae.
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