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It has become a sad day but his legacy of fine music will long be remembered & played & analysed forevermore!
R.I.P Maestro & thank you.
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Jul 6, 2020 - 2:08 AM
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MusicMad
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I don't play his music every day but he's rarely far from the playlist ... the last score I heard was on Saturday, one of my favourites: Cosa avete fatto a Solange? (1972) - I've yet to see the film - and we have a large number of others to select and remember him by.
My Italian cousins know of my music tastes and have, at least twice, sent me CD albums, gambling on me not already owning them. Most recently it was the Decca live recordings' album released as 60 Years of Music and I happily added this to our collection.
For nearly 30 years, pre-internet, I owned only a dozen or so of his scores (though had purchased many compilation albums such that I had numerous copies of certain pieces!) but, then on, for a decade or so I bought almost everything I could find of his releases and clearly o'd  . These days, given my widening tastes, I'm not so devoted to his works but I remain grateful that he produced so many great works over such a long career.
On Friday's FSM chat (thank you, Stephen, for hosting), we spoke about his impact on British/Western music listening tastes, the general consensus being that this was phenomenal. Personally I don't think he became a name this side of the Channel/La Manche until the end of the 1960s (notwithstanding some early birds who had grabbed vinyl releases of the iconic western scores) but whether he was a household name here back in 1964/5 or a few years later ... his name is more likely than not to be known today in most households.
To those who have sampled only a small portion of his works, be it the westerns or easy-listening lounge scores, or even the giallos ... keep sampling as there is plenty of choice.
Mitch
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I'm listening to my favourite piece of music of his- Deborahs Theme from OATIA. Bliss.
Rest in piece, Maestro; we'll not see your like again.
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'One of the greatest filmcomposers'?
No, 'the greatest' !!!!
Farewell Maestro
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R.I.P Gran Maestro.
I thank you for all the wonderful music you have given us over so many decades. You have been a great part of my life ever since I first heard your music to 'Once Upon A Time In The West' in the cinema when I was 15 years old. Now, almost 4 decades later your music still touches me more than that of any other composer and I admit to having had tears in my eyes when I heard the sad news and then saw wee clips of Cinema Paradiso, The Mission etc on BBC News this morning. I thought that Hans Zimmer's homage on the BBC to the greatest of them all was fitting and showed his deepest admiration for Ennio and his music.
One of the greatest days of my life was my first Morricone concert at the Barbican in London in March 2001. I jumped out of my seat after the western suite and then noticed that everybody else in the audience followed suit. But the icing on the cake was that I managed to get backstage after the concert and meet Ennio in person. I got a couple of autographs and a photo of Ennio and myself will always be a great reminder of this unforgettable occasion. Sadly I don't speak any Italian, so I couldn't say much to him.
You will never be forgotten!
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wow sorry to read this.
Rest in peace Mr. M
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