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Ennio Morricone

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I was born in 1928, so in 1943, 1944, we had the war in Rome. There were a lot of hardships, a lack of food, many shortages. So when I worked with the Americans, the English, and the Canadians soon after the war, when I played with them, they paid me with food. That will give you an idea how widespread poverty was at that time. - Ennio Morricone
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Music needs room to breathe. - Ennio Morricone
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I dislike cats. I like horses, some monkeys, and sweet dogs that aren't too aggressive. I used to have a wonderful, big cat, and one day I came into the kitchen and it was on the table, ruining all the food we were about to eat. I was so annoyed that I took it to a friend's house in the country. - Ennio Morricone
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I want people to know about all the kinds of music that I write. Some believe I just write film scores, which is not true. - Ennio Morricone
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Some movies work really well with music from Bach or Mahler that existed long before the film, so music has its own autonomy. - Ennio Morricone
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I have to see a definitive cut of the film before I even start thinking about the music, I tell the director what my feelings are and what I would like to do. He accepts what I say or discusses it or destroys it. Eventually, we have to find a compromise. - Ennio Morricone
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I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition. - Ennio Morricone
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I like composing music, but I love being with my family. - Ennio Morricone
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I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy. - Ennio Morricone
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I like to feel and understand people's contentment with what I've done. - Ennio Morricone
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I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie. - Ennio Morricone
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I really like conducting my music in concerts because I'm convinced it's not just for films; it has its own life. It can live far away from the images of the movie. - Ennio Morricone
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My favourite type of pizza is a Napoletana: tomatoes, mozzarella, and very few anchovies. It must have a thin base. - Ennio Morricone
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If you scroll through all the movies I've worked on, you can understand how I was a specialist in westerns, love stories, political movies, action thrillers, horror movies, and so on. So in other words, I'm no specialist, because I've done everything. I'm a specialist in music. - Ennio Morricone
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They're all my children... every score I've done. - Ennio Morricone
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I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds. - Ennio Morricone
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Everyone has to die. I'm not particularly scared about it. What really frightens me is that if I go before my wife, I will leave her alone, and vice versa. The ideal would be to die together. - Ennio Morricone
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Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry. - Ennio Morricone
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