This year it would have blown 92 candles. It will be a birthday in the name of memory and the memory of his great music. Four months have passed since the death of the great master Ennio Morricone, which took place on 6 July. His music, his soundtracks have accompanied the success of many films by Italian and foreign directors. And the memory of the enormous contribution he made to music is still alive. And then Happy birthday Ennio. We too want to remember this great Italian excellence that has left us.
Happy birthday Ennio, the homage of his Rome
For the teacher Morricone two years ago his city Rome organized a great event. The 90th birthday was celebrated in style. From guided tours to the places where he lived to music, with projections of videos and music by the maestro, film scenes and unpublished films. And today the memory of him continues. In fact, Rome has remained linked to its great teacher. A few days after his death, an extraordinary Municipal Council was convened to commemorate the maestro and to name the Auditorium 'Parco della Musica' after the great composer. And in addition to the naming of the Auditorium also the start of the process for naming him a toponym and to reserve a cultural space within the city for the great composer.
The memory for his birthday of the 500 compositions for cinema
Among the famous Italian films to which Morricone has given his fundamental contribution are those with director Sergio Leone. AND from 1965 "For a fistful of dollars" and then the year after the trilogy of "The good, the bad and the ugly", the spectacular compositions between the classical and experimental style of his music. And again "Once upon a time in the West" which immerses the viewer in an atmosphere out of time.
Ennio Morricone's successes in the films of the Eighties and Nineties
Over the years Morricone's music has become a hallmark of many films. And so with "Once upon a time in America ”and again“ The untouchables ”, up to the moving“ Nuovo cinema paradiso”A succession of notes that express melancholy and nostalgia. Another great success in 1998 "The legend of the pianist on the ocean". And then the most recent with Tarantino's “The hateful eight”, a soundtrack that earned him an Oscar.
International recognition with the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement for the maestro Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone was nominated for an Oscar many times for his music. But he only won it once. But international recognition came on February 25, 2007, after five unsuccessful nominations. It was the year of the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement "For his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music". And he emotionally said to the audience "I believe that this award is for me, not a point of arrival but a starting point. To improve myself in the service of cinema and also in the service of my personal aesthetics on applied music. I dedicate this Oscar to my wife Maria who loves me very much and I love her in the same way and this award is also for her".
And on this day when we remember his birthday we want to imagine that his music may still ring out for a long time. Accompany the new generations in the magic of the stories told.