Maurice Jarre Monday
I’ve just heard that Maurice Jarre has passed away. As a mark of respect for the film composer extraordinaire (and dad of Jean Michel) we’re going to roll forward our weekly tribute to Ennio Morricone til tomorrow. Born in Lyon, France in 1924, Jarre would gain international fame, legendary status, [...]
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 [...]