Quentin Tarantino revealed during a panel today at Comic-Con in San Diego that Ennio Morricone is currently composing the music for the director’s upcoming western The Hateful Eight. The film stars Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Demian Bichir, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, Dana Gourrier and Zoe Bell. The movie […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ennio Morricone’
Ennio Morricone to Score Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’
Posted: July 11, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, Quentino Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
Giuseppe Tornatore to Helm Ennio Morricone Documentary
Posted: May 22, 2015 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone, Giuseppe Tornatore
Deadline is reporting that director Giuseppe Tornatore is teaming up with Mandragora Group (Beyond The Hills) and Piano B Produzioni for a documentary based on the life and work of legendary film composer Ennio Morricone. The movie is is said to feature interviews and a narrative piece alongside, which will “highlight a side of Morricone that has never been […]
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Summer Rental’ and ‘Critical Condition’ Scores Released
Posted: August 26, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Silvestri, Critical Condition, Ennio Morricone, score, Sonny & Jed, Soundtrack, Summer Rental, The Genius
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for two 80s comedies from Paramount Pictures, including 1985’s Summer Rental directed by Carl Reiner (The Man With Two Brains) and starring John Candy, Richard Crenna and Rip Thorn, as well as 1987’s Critical Condition directed by Michael Apted (The World Is Noe Enough, Nell) and […]
Ennio Morricone to Receive Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
Posted: June 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Ennio Morricone, Pharrell Williams, Walk of Fame
The Walk of Fame Selection Committee announced today that Ennio Morricone is among the 30 honorees to receive a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in 2015. He was selected to receive a star for his live performances on stage. The Italian composer who is known for such scores as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, […]
Ennio Morricone U.S. Concerts Canceled
Posted: May 19, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone
Variety is reporting that Ennio Morricone‘s concerts in Los Angeles and New York that were set to take place on June 13 & 15, 2014 due to the composer’s “serious health issues”. The events were originally set for this past March, but were postponed due to a back injury as reported earlier this year. The […]
Ennio Morricone L.A. and New York Concerts Postponed Until June
Posted: March 12, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone
It was announced today that Ennio Morricone‘s first-ever live performance in Los Angeles that was set for March 20 has been postponed until June 15, 2014 due to a back injury that is preventing the Academy Award-winning composer from traveling overseas. Morricone’s first concert in New York in 7 years that was set to take […]
Ennio Morricone to Score Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘The Correspondence’
Posted: March 7, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Ennio Morricone, Giuseppe Tornatore, The Correspondence
Ennio Morricone is set to reunite with director Giuseppe Tornatore on the director’s upcoming romantic drama The Correspondence. The movie centers on the love affair between a professor and a younger woman working in the same field. No casting deals have been announced yet, but a well-known male actor is reportedly in talks for the […]
Ennio Morricone in Conversation with Quentin Tarantino
Posted: February 28, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music EventsTags: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino
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 […]
Cliff Eidelman’s ‘Delirious’ Score Released
Posted: February 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: A Time of Destiny, Cliff Eidelman, Delirious, Ennio Morricone, score, Soundtrack
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1991 comedy Delirious directed by Tom Mankiewicz and starring John Candy and Mariel Hemingway. The album features the complete original score from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) production composed and conducted by Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, He’s Just Not That Into You, One True Thing). The limited soundtrack edition […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (January 3, 2014)
Posted: January 3, 2014 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Beyond Outrage, Ennio Morricone, Juan Navazo, Keiichi Suzuki, Open Grave, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, The Best Offer
The only wide release this weekend is the found-footage horror spin-off Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones directed by Christopher Landon and starring Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Noemi Gonzalez, David Saucedo, Gloria Sandoval, Richard Cabral, Carlos Pratts and Juan Vasquez. As the previous films in the Paranormal Activity series, the movie doesn’t […]