A soundtrack will be released for the French historical drama En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît. The album features the film’s original music composed by Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, The Intouchables, The Hateful Eight). The soundtrack will be released on October 30, 2015 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît is directed by Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel) and stars August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner and Alice Isaaz. The movie is set during World War II and follows a German who has fled Nazism and is looking for his boy who has been taken away by a village schoolteacher.
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Ennio Morricone to Score Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’
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 written and directed by Tarantino is set on a wintry Wyoming landscape as a storm overtakes a stagecoach on a mountainside stopover.
Giuseppe Tornatore to Helm Ennio Morricone Documentary
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 revealed, including key moments, anecdotes, and situations which have been essential steps of the artistic and personal path that Morricone’s life has taken.” Morricone and Tornatore have collaborated on such features as Cinema Paradiso, Malena, Baaria, The Best Offer and The Legend of 1900, for which the composer won a Golden Globe Award, as well as the upcoming The Correspondence starring Jeremy Irons & Olga Kurylenko.
Alan Silvestri’s ‘Summer Rental’ and ‘Critical Condition’ Scores Released
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 starring Richard Pryor. Both scores are written and conducted by Academy Award-nominated composer Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers, Cast Away). To pre-order the limited edition CD and to check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
Ennio Morricone to Receive Star on Hollywood’s 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, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Untouchables and The Mission will be one of roughly a dozen film composers receiving the honor. Previous honorees include Elmer Bernstein, Alfred Newman, Bill Conti, Maurice Jarre, Henry Mancini, Max Steiner, Victor Young, Les Baxter, Ernest Gold, Alan Menken, Randy Newman and Hans Zimmer.
Ennio Morricone U.S. Concerts Canceled
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 concert at LA Live’s NOKIA Center would have marked Morricone’s first-ever live performance in Los Angeles. The composer of such films as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables and Cinema Paradiso has previously only performed in the U.S. once at a 2007 New York event. Also canceled is another concert that was set to take place on June 18 in Mexico City.
Ennio Morricone L.A. and New York Concerts Postponed Until June
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 place at Barclays Center’s Cushman and Wakefield Theatre in Brooklyn on March 23 has been rescheduled to June 13. Tickets to the original performance will be honored at the rescheduled performance and full refund will be issued to ticket buyers who are unable to attend the rescheduled show through the original point of purchase through May 1. It is expected that the Academy-presented conversation between Morricone and Quentin Tarantino that was set for next Tuesday, March 18 will also be canceled or postponed.
Ennio Morricone to Score Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘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 leading role. Arturo Paglia and Isabella Cocuzza (The Best Offer) are producing the Paco Cinematografica and Warner Bros Italy production. Morricone’s and Tornatore’s previous collaborations include such films as Cinema Paradiso, Malena, The Legend of 1900, Baaria and last year’s The Best Offer.
Ennio Morricone in Conversation with 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 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.
Cliff Eidelman’s ‘Delirious’ Score Released
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 is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio clips.