Sergio Leone Movies

PP ... you have GOT TO SEE that film special on Ennio Morricone ... it will give you a much more interesting idea about these films and the film makers. On top of it, it was done by the director Tornatore, and if you want to see an impressive listing, his is ... insane, and the Ennio special is even more so.

I can't say one of the films is better than the other, but they are definitely special ... even if I think that the music in some of them is even better!

One important side note: Ennio had a special ability that was NOT the norm in creating soundtracks, and there is an example that is MASSIVE in this special. To our knowledge only a few folks that did soundtracks have EVER done so on their own, and not just create jingles as Hollywood has done for decades. One such person was Vangelis, and it is well documented in BLADE RUNNER ... and the other ? Yep ... Ennio Morricone, and the example in the film will leave you breathless. He had decorated one film in a certain way for an important part of the film, and the director who thought himself more important did not like it and Ennio decided to quit. The rest of the film was done and no music could fit ... and the director went back to look at what Ennio had done, and how Ennio had specified ... it works a lot better like this ... and the director stated ... he was right! And the film was adjusted/changed to make room for it.

But you gotta remember that the majority of directors don't even know how to use music in a film! And that the folks that do soundtracks that have a free hand on the work, can only be counted in one hand ... as (in general) the majority of the music used in films is not necessarily a part of the film at all ... there are some excellent examples, and we can look at "PURPLE RAIN" to find out how the music was used ... the music makes the film come alive, and also helps explain the whole story. That is rare and special at the same time, even we might not like Prince ... but there are some film directors, I should say there WERE, that were very good with music in their film and they made room for it ... Bernardo Bertolucci was one of them and Ryuichi Sakamoto had a very wide hand ... and Bernardo was not afraid to apply Vittorio Storaro's colors to it to make it even better!

2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

3. A Fistful of Dollars

Ennio Morricone - Movie Music Maestro

For the Spaghetti - western genre, his peak is: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.