Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what’s been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the world that didn’t register some kind of tribute to [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Welcome to Monday Morricone Madness!!! We know its been a while but don’t worry as we’re back with a bang!! With more Morricone features being planned in light of Quentin Tarantino’s patronage to the Maestro on his new film ‘Inglorious Basterds’, there’s no better time to discover the magical world of Ennio Morricone! [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968) Hands up who likes Austin Powers? Well, I know I do! Not the wretched sequels of course, but the first film in the series, which was an incredibly smart and rather heartfelt parody of a period of filmmaking stretching from the mid to late 60s. With the Cold War approaching its 20th [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968) There are certain films that have endings so unique, distinctive and downright unexpected that these endings often become the most famous thing about the films themselves. Think Planet of the Apes. Think The Wicker Man. Think Don’t Look Now. The last 5 or 10 minutes of [...]
(Not) Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) There are two kinds of 100 Greatest Ever-type film lists, aren’t there? First of all, there are the ones voted for by the general public. These generally appear in magazines like Total Film or are broadcast in whopping 3 to 4 hour specials on [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Anyone fancy playing a quick game of Going for Gold (semi-legendary UK quiz show in which contestants had to guess the identity of someone or something from a brief spoken description) as a “fun” way to introduce this week’s Morricone scored motion picture? [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982) When Aneet and myself challenged each other to name our Top 5 favourite film composers recently(that’s the sort of crazy shit we get up to), rather interestingly, other than the legendary Ennio Morricone, subject of our regular Monday salutes, the only “scorer” we picked in common [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970) Ennio Morricone is most famous for his work with Sergio Leone. Si? The films of Dario Argento are most closely associated with the music of Italian prog-rock monsters, Goblin. No? However, if we set aside these widely known and universally acclaimed creative partnerships for a moment, [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
A Fistful of Dynamite (Sergio Leone, 1971) Of all the many directors Ennio Morricone collaborated with and whose films he contributed his astounding talents to, without doubt the one his music is most synonymous with is Sergio Leone. Widely and rightfully acknowledged as one of the most imaginitive and influential film directors of all time, [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Exorcist II: The Heretic (John Boorman, 1977) I am somewhat notorious in certain circles for preferring Exorcist II: The Heretic to the original Exorcist. The first film, in fact, is a film I downright dislike, so as far as I’m concerned anyway, it wouldn’t be too hard for any sequel to [...]