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Ennio Morricone
Italian
Composer
Born:
Nov 10
,
1928
Before
Director
Me
Music
Write
You
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Claudio Monteverdi
Gian Carlo Menotti
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There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.
Ennio Morricone
Me
Win
Every
Would
Course
Years
Up
Theft
Oscar
Two
It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.
Ennio Morricone
Good
Had
Pieces
Arrangement
Existing
Very
Used
I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.
Ennio Morricone
You
Free
Thank You
Live
Said
Italy
Offered
Thank
Prefer
Hollywood
Villa
I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie.
Ennio Morricone
Good
You
Animal
Ugly
Realistic
Way
Say
Bad
Main
Also
Became
Sound
Sounds
Coyote
Movie
Psychological
Theme
Used
I dislike cats. I like horses, some monkeys, and sweet dogs that aren't too aggressive. I used to have a wonderful, big cat, and one day I came into the kitchen and it was on the table, ruining all the food we were about to eat. I was so annoyed that I took it to a friend's house in the country.
Ennio Morricone
Food
Day
Cats
Wonderful
Country
Big
Sweet
Aggressive
Too
Took
Ruining
One Day
Table
Eat
Some
About
Kitchen
Horses
Cat
Like
Annoyed
House
Dogs
Came
Were
Friend
Dislike
Used
Monkeys
My favourite type of pizza is a Napoletana: tomatoes, mozzarella, and very few anchovies. It must have a thin base.
Ennio Morricone
Few
Type
Must
Favourite
Very
Pizza
Base
Tomatoes
Thin
I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition.
Ennio Morricone
Music
History
You
Musicians
Made
Please
Possible
Compose
Composition
Studied
Names
Know
Also
Understand
Audience
Any
Listen
Pop
Pop Music
Large
Large Audience
Whole
Largest
Applied
It could have been extremely boring to write musical scores for only westerns of horror films. It was really exciting for me to work in all these various genres.
Ennio Morricone
Work
Me
Films
Musical
Extremely
Boring
Horror
Horror Films
Only
Various
Could
Write
Exciting
Genres
Been
Scores
Westerns
Really
If you scroll through all the movies I've worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies, and so on. So in other words, I'm no specialist, because I've done everything. I'm a specialist in music.
Ennio Morricone
Love
Music
You
Words
Political
Action
Other
Everything
Horror
Horror Movies
Thrillers
Through
Because
Understand
How
Westerns
Done
Love Stories
In Other Words
Stories
Movies
Scroll
Worked
Specialist
There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.
Ennio Morricone
Success
Music
Good
Fear
Will
Think
Possible
Good Music
Critics
Some
Directors
Because
Audience
Score
Very
Worked
Who
Film
Actually
The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to budgetary constraints, this is where we have the problem.
Ennio Morricone
Respect
Director
Surrender
Problem
Power
Musical
Must
Constraints
Come
Budgetary
Score
Where
I like to feel and understand people's contentment with what I've done.
Ennio Morricone
People
Contentment
Feel
Like
Understand
Done
I never watch the dailies. What I usually do is have a look at the rough or final cut, and I just get something from the story. Sometimes I start composing even before the director has shot anything. The dailies don't help me at all.
Ennio Morricone
Me
Director
Sometimes
Before
Final
Final Cut
Composing
Something
Never
Look
Get
Just
Anything
Story
Cut
Shot
Help
Even
Rough
Start
Watch
I like composing music, but I love being with my family.
Ennio Morricone
Love
Music
Family
Composing
Like
Being
I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie.
Ennio Morricone
Life
Music
Own
Live
Films
Like
Because
Concerts
Conducting
Just
Movie
Far
Far Away
Really
Convinced
Away
Images
Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy.
Ennio Morricone
Work
Music
Long
Before
Own
Bach
Some
Mahler
Well
Existed
Autonomy
Movies
Really
Film
In music, what is very important is temporality of space and length, based on the breathing space the director gives the music within the film, by separating the music from various elements of reality, like noises, dialogues... That's how you treat music properly, but it doesn't always happen this way. Music is often blamed, but it's not its fault.
Ennio Morricone
Music
You
Director
Reality
Treat
Fault
Space
Important
Way
Properly
Various
Gives
Blamed
Like
Noises
Within
Always
How
Very
Often
Happen
Length
Breathing
Separating
Elements
Film
Based
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