Tom Jolliffe on the timeless work of the late, great Ennio Morricone… Alongside the visual imagery in a film, the accompanying music has an ability to work in perfect unison to boost the emotional impact of a sequence. Sometimes a score can enhance a scene, or the music overall can take a picture up a […]
R.I.P. Ennio Morricone (1928 – 2020)
We start the week with some very sad news, as legendary Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has passed away aged 91, having suffered complications from a fall. Known as ‘The Maestro’, Morricone worked on over 500 films during his illustrious career and is perhaps best known for his collaborations with fellow Italian and former schoolmate […]
UPDATE: Ennio Morricone denies Quentin Tarantino criticism as Playboy admits inaccuracies in interview
UPDATE: After originally standing by its article, Playboy has now released a statement confirming that Ennio Morricone did not criticise Quentin Tarantino, and that: “based on the information now at our disposal, we must unfortunately assume that the words spoken in the interview have, in part, been reproduced incorrectly. We would like to express our regret […]
Why Ennio Morricone’s Oscar was this year’s most significant win
Sean Wilson assesses the veteran composer’s massively overdue Academy Awards success… So, the Oscars are all done for another year, the speeches have been tossed into the nearest recycling bin and the red carpet has been rolled away. Truth be told, does anybody really care? The Academy Awards, as win any awards ceremony, are utterly […]
Ennio Morricone to score Quentin Tarantino’s next movie
Having bagged an Oscar nomination (his sixth) for his work on The Hateful Eight, legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone has revealed that he’s set to collaborate once again with Quentin Tarantino on the filmmaker’s next offering… whatever that may be. “Tarantino has already told me that there will be a next movie that we are […]
7 badass tracks from Ennio Morricone’s The Hateful Eight score
Sean Wilson breaks down the Oscar nominated score for Quentin Tarantino’s blood-splattered epic… Proud recipient of an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe, Ennio Morricone’s spine-tingling score for Quentin Tarantino’s Western opus The Hateful Eight is rich with a sense of menace and paranoia. Morricone’s first Western soundtrack in over 30 years is also the first commissioned […]
And the winners of the 73rd Golden Globes are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never ceases to surprise and go against the grain. Only a select few categories in film lined up with the predictions of professional analysts, while all of television was completely out of left field. That’s not to say anything here isn’t well deserved. Except for The Martian anyway, which was […]
SDCC: Ennio Morricone to provide an original score for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino and the cast of The Hateful Eight are currently showcasing the upcoming Western in Hall H at the San Diego Comic-Con, and as part of the panel it has been announced that legendary composer Ennio Morricone is set to provide an original score for the film. SEE ALSO: New Comic-Con poster for The […]