Artist Playlists
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Evoking adventure and grandeur, Italian composer Ennio Morricone crafted some of film's most memorable and breathtakingly thrilling scores. “Gabriel's Oboe”, from The Mission, finds beauty within the storm via one of the 20th century's most majestic solo melodies, while his music for Quentin Tarantino's 2015 movie The Hateful Eight relies on slow-burn percussion and ominous low winds to conjure a chilling, treacherous landscape. Of course, no Morricone roundup would be complete without the brilliant whistles and surf guitars of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. - Ennio Morricone's name instantly conjures the sound of sweeping western landscapes and languid, balanced melodies; carnavalesque pop songs (“Uccellacci e uccellini—Titoli di testa”) and soulful mod melodies (“Punto e basta—Titoli di testa”) might not be the first thing you think of. And Morricone's evocative gifts were always more than equal to the task of setting nerves on edge, as with the ominous “Overture” from Quentin Tarantino's 2015 film The Hateful Eight.
- Ennio Morricone: “These are the classical composers who have had an influence on my musical career, including works by Bach, Mahler and Stravinsky”
- No one would dare argue against the assertion that Ennio Morricone's film scores cast an immeasurable shadow on the music of cinema (and beyond). The ethereal horror of his synth-laced music for The Thing can be heard in Badalamenti's iconic theme from Twin Peaks and Goblin's dread-inducing Suspiria, while Morricone's spacious, adventurous Western themes have certainly infiltrated Scott Walker (“The Seventh Seal”) and Labradford (“S”).