On March 18, legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone will appear at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater for a discussion of his far-ranging career. Academy Award-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino will be moderating the conversation. Morricone whose credits include such classic as The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West and The Mission, as well as numerous films directed by Brian De Palma, Warren Beatty and Giuseppe Tornatore will make a rare visit to Los Angeles, where he will also be conducting his first-ever L.A. live performance with a 200-member orchestra and choir performing a selection of his works at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on March 20. Tarantino has used Morricone’s music in several of his films, beginning with 2003’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and continuing with Inglourious Basterds. For the director’s latest film Django Unchained, the composer wrote the original song Ancora Qui. To buy tickets for the event, visit LACMA’s website.
Ennio Morricone in Conversation with Quentin Tarantino
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino
Why Tarantino… considering that he has stated many times how much he hates film composers and film music. Granted, he has used some of Morricone’s Music in Tracked Positions in several of his films: But he Hates Film Music and Film Composers. Instead…. Morricone should be interviewed by Jon Burlingame. Or, someone like Jon who is Brilliant, Engaging, Elegant, Refined, and a True Lover of Film Music and Film Composers!
He hates it? As far as I know he doesn’t thinks it necessary since ‘There already are so many great compositions out there, so there’s no need to compose something new for a film.’ But he doesn’t hate it.
He actually wanted Morricone to score Inglourious Basterds, but Morricone had a full schedule so that didn’t work out.