The Sound of Ennio Morricone

The Sound of Ennio Morricone

Music from the films "Play Me the Song of Death", "Cinema Paradiso", "Two Magnificent Scoundrels", "For a Fistful of Dollars", "The Mission", "My Name is Nobody", "The Hateful Eight", "Once Upon a Time in America", "The Untouchables" and many more.

A handful of notes and endless suspense: when Charles Bronson played a few notes on the harmonica in the legendary western " Play Me the Song of Death", this musical motif alone created high tension. It was composed by Ennio Morricone (1928-2020): His 1968 soundtrack would have been enough to make him immortal. However, this was just one of over 500 scores that Morricone wrote. With his music, the Italian maestro added the brilliant finishing touches to countless classic films, including " For a Fistful of Dollars", "Two Glorious Scoundrels"," My Name is Nobody", "Cinema Paradiso", "Once Upon a Time in America" and "The Untouchables".

In 2007, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for this great life's work. In 2016, he went one better: at the age of 87, he won the Oscar for the music to Quentin Tarantino's western "The Hateful Eight". All of these grandiose, monumental works and unforgettable melodies can be experienced at the gala film concert "The Sound of Ennio Morricone" - in a particularly impressive way with a large orchestra, choir and vocal soloists. The full versatility of the Italian composer becomes clear: he enriched love scenes with his music just as congenially as duels in Italian westerns. Morricone used many instruments that are rarely heard in soundtracks. They are all played live at this film concert: Pan flute, jew's harp, ocarina - and of course harmonica.

Instrumentation:

Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Alma Naidu, vocals
Alexander Mazza, moderation
Chuhei Iwasaki, conductor