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Donald Macleod finds Morricone nominated for multiple Academy Awards, but after a series of losses the composer gives up hope of ever winning one.

Ennio Morricone is cited as one of the most experimental and influential composers of all time, undoubtedly recognised as one of the world鈥檚 greatest ever composers of music for film. A legendary figure who over the course of his career won numerous awards, and accolades, his innovative sound worlds helped to define what film music could be for multiple genres of cinema. Morricone鈥檚 music extended far beyond the desert landscapes of spaghetti westerns, not just to other genres on the silver screen, but also into the worlds of pop music, and into the concert hall 鈥� where his study and composition of avant-garde music gave him the techniques to experiment within his scores for film as well. Over the course of this week, following on the heels of the 2024 Academy Awards, Donald Macleod explores the incredible career of Ennio Morricone, a composer who quite astoundingly wrote over 500 scores for film and television, as well as over 100 classical works.

In Friday鈥檚 episode, Donald finds Morricone lauded for his music, and nominated for multiple Academy Awards, but after a series of losses the composer gives up hope of ever winning one. Morricone also begins touring his music, selling out concerts across the world. Donald also explores the circumstances which led to Morricone meeting the Pope, and discovers music Morricone wrote 鈥渁gainst racism, in memory of every massacre in human history鈥�

Cinema Paradiso
Studio orchestra
Ennio Morricone, conductor

Miserere & Gabriel鈥檚 Oboe from The Mission
Barnet Schools Choir, London Voices
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Ennio Morricone, David Bedford (conductors)

Theme from The Untouchables
Studio orchestra
Ennio Morricone, conductor

Voci dal silenzio (Excerpt)
Studio orchestra

Theme from Il Mercenario
Studio orchestra

Volti e fantasmi from La Migliore Offerta
Anna De Martini, Edda Dell'Orso, Paola Ronchetti, Raffaela Siniscalchi, Roberta Frighi, vocals
Alexander Zoltan, Glass Harmonica
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Ennio Morricone, conductor

L鈥橴ltima Diligenza di Red Rock from the Hateful Eight
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague
Ennio Morricone, conductor

On Earth as it is in Heaven from The Mission
Orchestra and Chorus of dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Ennio Morricone, conductor

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