WTI Magazine #15    2014 Jan, 31
Author : Simone doc Bracci      Translation by:

Some characters belong straight to the history of cinema. Ennio Morricone is one of them, indeed, he is the worldwide symbol of our prestige. In barely a century and a half of business, the seventh art has given to history several internationally high-profile artists in various decades: Italy, has always done its part and time after time we improved our record, except recently slowing down almost to a stop. Now we're ready to restart.

In this context, the excellence of Made in Italy has been preserved through time by the illustrious names that have marked our way up to the twenty-first century, and probably much further. Fundamental part of the film is the accompanying music, the closing credits music, the music that elevates the movie to a work of art, albeit popular, and then viewed with a certain snobbery.

The certainty is that in the digital era, a great teacher and composer like Ennio Morricone is celebrated in the cradle of cinema, right through his works with musical notes: a few days ago during the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Morricone has received from the hands of his son Andrew the Grammy Trustees Award 2014, granted by the Grammy organization to those who have made throughout their career a significant contribution in the music business.

A long journey, crowned by this prestigious and deserved award that establishes once again and legitimize his place in the Hall of Immortals, in Hollywood as well as in the "old" Europe. Musically speaking his landing in the U.S., specifically in Los Angeles, will happen next March, when the Roman composer, author of the wonderful music of masterpieces as (among others) Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" and Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", comes to town for a highly awaited concert.

The date is March 20 at the Nokia Theatre, the day Morricone will be joined by an ensemble of 200 musicians and singers, for a show that includes the performance of the movie soundtracks and of the concert pieces written by him throughout the years. His most famous music played and performed in a single evening, ideal meeting point between Italy and the United States of America. That sacred moment when the movie merges with the music, in a universal message of three-colored Italian pride.