“Ennio will teach me all the time,” Springsteen said of the film, which competed at the Venice Film Festival in 2021 and was seen in theaters in Paris this week after it was released in Italy, and added that as a teenager, he was in a hurry. to purchase a recording of the soundtrack directed by Morricone for the film The Good, the Bad and the Boiling, directed by Sergio Leone, and this is the first time he has purchased a score for a film.
Ennio, shot over five years and based on over 70 interviews, discusses the masterpieces created by this collaboration between Leone and Morricone, but does not focus on the legendary duet, as the composer’s work is limited including the great director. up to six movies from over 500 pieces of music, make for the big screen.
When Leone offered Morricone to work on the film “Festival of Dollars”, which he was preparing to direct, the musician realized that he had known the director since they had been sitting on the same school bench.
In the documentary, Morricone recounted from his home that Sergio Leone had an extensive discussion with him about the score for the film “before the cameras rolled”.
In an archived interview, Leone quoted actor Robert De Niro who once admitted to him, “I’m into music because it helps me.” footage from the filming of Once Upon a Time in America.
American singer and musician Joan Baez recounted how Morricone told her there was something missing from the Sacco & Vanzetti soundtrack and showed her the melody of the song “Here’s to You”, which she played for the film and passed on from generation to generation. per generation. .
However, Morricone’s recognition was delayed when she first received an honorary Oscar in 2007 before she was finally awarded in 2016 at the age of eighty -seven for the soundtrack of The Hateful Eight directed by Quentin Tarantino, a fan of the popular tune. or “Ecstasy of Gold”. from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Corricone said the score for the film The Sicilian Clan was the hardest to compose, while the score for The Mission, which he initially declined when watching the film because he did not know what to add to the scenes of the indigenous population massacre , soon .only two months.
The documentary includes testimonials from several filmmakers. Oliver Stone, for example, recounted how Morricone got angry when he asked her to take inspiration from the famous Tom and Jerry cartoon for the music of The Turnaround.
The Italian composer also rebuked Tarantino, comparing him to Mozart and Beethoven. Morricone believes we should wait 200 years for such a comparison.
Terrence Malick remembers a recording session in the studio that separated him from Morricone, where there was a pile of glass. They simultaneously played chess from afar, and the composer, who had learned the chessboard behind Gabe, defeated the director.
Morricone often moves in the Enyo documentary, such as when he mentions growing up with his peers at the conservatory who saw his business as commercial in nature.
She also regrets that she was able to work with Stanley Kubrick on A Clockwork Orange because Leonie wanted it to be just for her.
He remembers months with “embarrassment”, because in the beginning he was a simple trumpet player (like his father), who dreamed of great music of a heavy caliber. He made sure to use this type of music, like Bach or Stravinsky’s music, in his soundtracks, even for Western films.
Source: Al-Akhbar
