Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Most of us are too busy enjoying the actions of Tuco, Angel Eyes, and Blondie to really listen to the serious piece of music that Ennio Morricone wrote for Sergio Leone's classic film. Listen, watch & enjoy now the Danish National Symphony Orchestra performing this theme. Edited February 2 by Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 3 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said: Most of us are too busy enjoying the actions of Tuco, Angel Eyes, and Blondie to really listen to the serious piece of music that Ennio Morricone wrote for Sergio Leone's classic film. Listen, watch & enjoy now to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra performing this theme. Awesome!! Ennio Morricone was a musical genius! Did you know he was a trumpet player? That’s a great rendition by the Danish Orchestra! Edited February 2 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Every time I watch that - and I've seen it dozens of times - I have this little fantasy of that brunette girl in the maroon dress doing speed dating. "What do I do for a living? I'm a member of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. What instrument do I play? I go wah wah. Sometimes I whistle." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 It never gets old seeing it and listening to it. It's amazing the amount of work that goes into a theme such as this and the talent needed to make a soundtrack song for a movie that is largely underappreciated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 It's amazing how much the music can make or break a movie. One class I had the instructor played the same scene with several different scores. Same scene could be tense, dramatic, comic, or romantic depending on the music. Even just changing the key might be enough. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) There's also a not so serious side on occasion, too. Then again, they are British and the Brits are known to be a mite off at times. Edited February 2 by Smuteye John SASS#24774 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I liked the guy hanging around...Adds a nice touch.... Texas Lizard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 15 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: It's amazing how much the music can make or break a movie. One class I had the instructor played the same scene with several different scores. Same scene could be tense, dramatic, comic, or romantic depending on the music. Even just changing the key might be enough. Look what changing the key can do to something like the Imperial March. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Human voices without words, people whistling, wooden blocks, and chimes, oboes, all manner of stringed instruments, wood winds, percussion, brass, harmonicas, and everything musical but a canary......and it is most famous as the theme for a spaghetti western. Life is sometimes startlingly wonderful in strange ways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Check out the Wa Wa ladies earrings at around 4:38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Another serious piece of music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 2/3/2023 at 1:46 AM, Sedalia Dave said: Look what changing the key can do to something like the Imperial March. On 2/3/2023 at 1:46 AM, Sedalia Dave said: Look what changing the key can do to something like the Imperial March. Now all I see is a bunch of storm troopers skipping and prancing.... LL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 Everything PinkFloyd did was great! My collection includes it all! Speaking of Pink Floyd............................. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Ennio Morricone has a lot more in his musical library that the Good The Bad and the Ugly. He was a modern day musical genius, very talented man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 43 minutes ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said: Everything PinkFloyd did was great! My collection includes it all! Speaking of Pink Floyd............................. Thank you for that. One of my favorite songs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacramento Johnson #6873 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 A goodly number of finest composers of the later half of the 18th century and all of the 19th century worked in Opera and Symphonic music. I wondered where these quality composers all went in the 20th century, because the vast majority of that kind of music produced in the 20th century was not on the same level in my opinion. I now think those quality composers were writing Movie sound tracks and American Musical theater in the 20th century. That Morricone selection PD posted is over 50 years old, and is now recognized as a truely fine Symphonic work in its own right. I hope we will see more re-evaulation of such music and hear more in the classical music halls. I recently picked up a number of CDs from the Vienna Phil and the Berlin Phil, where they recently invited John Williams to ascend their podium and conduct pieces from his movie scores. It really felt like they were thrilled and honored to have him there, like Brahms or Richard Strauss, to conduct his own music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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