Today’s song of the day comes to us from the soundtrack of Terrence Malick’s 1978 film, Days of Heaven. Composed by Ennio Morricone, this is The Return:
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Today’s song of the day is the main theme from the 1986 best picture nominee, The Mission. As with all of the songs of the day that I’ve featured this month, this was composed by the great Ennio Morricone.
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Today’s song of the day comes from the score of the haunting 1972 giallo film, What Have You Done to Solange? From Ennio Morricone, it’s So Alone.
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Since I reviewed The Untouchables yesterday, it only seems fit that it’s main title theme should be today’s song of the day. From Ennio Morricone, it’s The Strength of the Righteous!
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Today’s song of the day comes from Ennio Morricone’s score for the 1968 spaghetti western, The Great Silence. Directed by Sergio Corbucci and featuring Jean-Louis Trintigant as a mute bounty hunter and Klaus Kinski as a savage outlaw, The Great Silence is one the darkest of the Italian westerns and Morricone’s elegiac score compliments the mood perfectly.
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Today, we continue our tribute to Ennio Morricone with Come Un Madrigale, which he composed for Dario Arengto’s 1971 giallo, Four Flies on Grey Velvet! Morricone scored Argento’s first three films and his atmospheric music was as important to their success as Goblin would be to the success of later Argento films like Suspiria and Deep Red.
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Continuing our little tribute to Ennio Morricone, today’s song of the day comes the 1976’s Italian thriller, Hitch-Hike. This is not one of Morricone’s better-known scores but it’s still one of my favorites. The film’s pretty good, too. Franco Nero vs. David Hess with a score by Ennio Morricone? How couldn’t that be a classic?
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Today, I arrived home to the sad news that Ennio Morricone, the world’s greatest composer, had passed away at the age of 91. Morricone was responsible for so many classic film scores that it’s hard to know where to begin. I imagine I’ll be sharing a lot of his music over the next couple of days. Some of it will be familiar and hopefully, some of it will inspire our readers to seek out some of his lesser known scores.
For now, I’d like to share one of my favorite Morricone compositions. This is Deborah’s Theme from Sergio Leone’s 1984 gangster epic, Once Upon A Time In America.
One hundred and eleven years ago today, Albert R. Broccoli was born in New Your City.
Broccoli would eventually enter the film business, going from working as an assistant director with Howard Hughes to eventually become a very successful and highly respected film producer. Today, Broccoli is best-known for producing the James Bond films. Though Broccoli passed away in 1996, his daughter, Barbara, has continued to co-produce the films in the years since his death. In short, if not for Albert Broccoli, James Bond probably never would have become a film icon and that would have been a tragedy.
In honor of his birthday, we present to you a song of the day! In the clip below, The BBC Concert Orchestra performs Monty Norman’s iconic James Bond theme music.
Enjoy!
Earlier today, COVID-19 claimed the life of singer-songwriter Adam Schlesinger. Schlesinger was only 52 years old.
Adam Schlesinger may be best known for his work with Fountains of Wayne but he also wrote and produced songs for several films. He was Oscar nominated for writing the title song to That Thing You Do, one of the best rock and roll films of the 90s. The song was not only catchy but it was also the epitome of everything that was great about pop music. With this song, Schlesinger and the film paid tribute to every single band that has ever had a one-hit wonder.
In tribute to Adam Schlesinger, here’s That Thing You Do:
