Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Ennio Morricone


Ennio Morricone is cited as one of the most experimental and
influential composers of all time, undoubtedly recognised as one
of the world’s greatest ever composers of music for film. A
legendary figure who over the course of his career won numerous
awards, and accolades, his innovative soundworlds helped to
define what film music could be for multiple genres of cinema.
Morricone’s music extended far beyond the desert landscapes of
Spaghetti Westerns, not just to other genres on the Silver
Screen, but also into the worlds of pop music, and into the
concert hall – where his study and composition of avant garde
music gave him the techniques to experiment within his scores for
film as well. Over the course of this week, following on the
heels of the 2024 Academy Awards, Donald Macleod explores the
incredible career of Ennio Morricone, a composer who quite
astoundingly wrote over 500 scores for film and television, as
well as over 100 classical works.


Music Featured:


Invenzione The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The
Ugly Party Prohibito from I malamondo Musica per undici violini
Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi: O sole mio (arr.
Morricone) Edoardo Nicolardi and Ernesto de Curtis: Voce e’notte
(arr. Morricone) Concerto for Orchestra Scambio di prigionieri
from A Fistful of Dollars The Man with the Harmonica from Once
Upon a Time in the West Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty (arr.
Enrico Morricone) The Trio (extended version) from The Good the
Bad and the Ugly Titles & A Fistful of Dollars (version 2)
from A Fistful of Dollars Sixty Seconds to What? & Main Theme
from For a Few Dollars More Requiem per un destino (Excerpt) Main
Title from The Good the Bad and the Ugly Opening credits from
Uccellacci e uccellini Addio a Pier Paolo Passolini Ostia from
Pasolini, un delitto Italiano Birth of a City & Finale from
Once Upon a Time in the West Suoni per Dino Delirio Secondo from
Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna La Lucertola from Una Lucertola
con la Pelle Di Donna Silenzio nel caos from The Bird with the
Crystal Plumage Four Flies on Velvet (take 6) from Four Flies on
Grey Velvet Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
Cockeye’s Song & Once upon a time in America – theme from
Sergio Leone Suite Theme from Rampage La classe operaia va in
paradiso from The Working Class Goes to Heaven or Lulu the Tool
Fire from Days of Heaven Humanity (Part 2) from The Thing Four
studies (Nos 1 & 2) Bugsy Cinema Paradiso Miserere &
Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission Theme from The Untouchables Voci
dal silenzio (Excerpt) Theme from Il Mercenario Volti e fantasmi
from La Migliore Offerta ’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock from the
Hateful Eight On Earth as it is in Heaven from The Mission


Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC
Audio Wales and West


For full track listings, including artist and recording details,
and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after
broadcast) head to the series page for Ennio Morricone
(1928-2020) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wyr0


And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve
featured on Composer of the Week here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z