...there's clearly a dearth of action films worth watching in theaters this summer but here's a joint that's worth going back and taking a peep at...a couple of years ago, I recall having that happen to me while I was on a trip and had a couple of hours of free time so I shot over to a matinee to see Kill Bill...here's a review I wrote that got killed that starts like this......Following an ab...
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I have a huge thing for broken beat music. It is this joyous mix of house and R&B vibes, but with a real hip-hop/drum& bass soul and lots of jazz and world music undertones. One of the masters of the genre is Domu, Dominic Stanton, also known by his old D&B alias as Sonar Circle. I could go on and on but he is an excellent producer, and extremely popular remixer. So here is a remix of Ennio Mor...
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For Director Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Spaghetti Western "Navajo Joe (Original Main title)" Morricone used the high pitched death cry of an Indian for the opening. Matched together with an evil driving rhythm and a piano underneath, the song then breaks into the chant: "NAVAJO JOE-NAVAJO JOEEEE!!" As the woman chants "Navajo Joe", she gives an almost otherworldly spin on the sounds. This is one of...
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Charles Bronson is a fox! And dubs a mean harmonica!Well, summer is officially over for me. School's starting and although I am really excited, the first days of school as an elementary art teacher can be likened to a Spaghetti Western (the best movie of all time!) without the less-than-stellar dubbing & bloody vengeance. Some of the territory is uncharted ( Kindergarteners) and some of it is w...
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This is going to be a multi-part tribute to one of my favorite film composers: Ennio Morricone. In it I describe the sounds and styles of music from the many film scores Morricone created. I hope you enjoy it! Ennio Morricone is a legend in the film world. He has scored hundreds of films and his work with the master director Sergio Leone is one of the most acclaimed partnerships in cinema histo...
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DISC TWOViolins play a serious steady rhythm as tinny organ notes float in while flutes play a soft melody. With a sing-songy style we hear the whistles of the main character Sean Mallory (James Coburn). This is "Duck You Sucker Main Title". The playful whistles turn into an Irish accented male voice singing "Sean Sean Sean...". Singer Edda Del'Orso's beautiful voice then brings in a lovely sou...
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"Robodog"from the film The Humanoid (1975) begins with computer like chirping, then different toned blips join in creating an array of robotic high pitched sounds. Very futuristic and strange but also playful. A very quick theme. "Cavallina A Cavallo" from the film Dedicated to the Aegean Sea (1979) starts with a woman laughing in a playful, funny way. The harpischord, funny chimes and strings ...
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The late Henry Fonda stars in this comedic spaghetti western about an aging gunman and his biggest fan, a mysterious drifter named Nobody (Terrence Hill). The film has a wonderful spirit and charm. It could be called a "slapstick spaghetti western" following the tradition of Hill's They Call Me Trinity films. Hill and Fonda make a quirky, entertaining team and Tonino Valerii's precise, imaginat...
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Whacked-out psychedelic '60s soundtrack just right for Mario Bava's high camp comic book side show.Has to be heard and seen to be believed how good/bad it is.A childhood favorite reduced to pure mindlessness, and that's high praise indeed!
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This reminds me, when Tom Guido and I started the Fuzz Club at Morty's in North Beach in '89, cops showed up one nite because they thought it was named for them!As heard here, they also come uninvited to the nightclub in Danger: Diabolik. Twisted psych-lounge from the '68 Mario Bava flick.
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it's interesting how the hang em high soundtrack compares to the two morricone ones. there are some striking similarities, and i think it is the oldest of the three movies. at least its the oldest print of the three records (1968). cool beans. copied them to computer yesterday! Aaaaahhaaaahhhaaaahhhaaaaaah, Wah wah wah!
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Digitmovies is proud to present the complete original motion picture score, for the first time in full stereo, composed by Ennio Morricone for the 1968 cult movie ESCALATION, directed by Roberto Faenza and starring Claudine Auger, Lino Capolicchio and Gabriele Ferzetti. Morricone invented fresh ideas and new sounds never used in film before. The experiments included overlaying sound effects pro...
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All i can say, that listening to this 10 years ago...lounge couldnt get any cooler than this!from amazon: Metti Una Sera a Cena features organ with 60s drumwork and wordless female backing voices. Imagine the thrill of being in some studio in Italy 1969 when this music was being made. Ennio Morricone transcended cool.
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Last night, myself and 20,000 other film and music freaks had the rare opportunity to see Ennio Morricone perform for the first and possibly last time in the United States. Even if you don't know his name, you know his music. The score from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "A Firstful of Dollars", and "For A Few Dollars More" defined the way the West sounds. Morricone also composed the sou...
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Found a great CD at the weekend in the bargin section of my favourite music shop (Criminal Records - Tunbridge Wells). Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Sounds, two CD's with the complete soundtracks from A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More and Once Upon A Time In The West. As A Judgement has a very, very nasty guitar sound in the first half of the track and I love the way the melody is m...
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