Ennio Morricone. Il più grande di tutti ricordato da Carpenter, Zimmer, Vangelis, Massive Attack e tanti altri

Come era prevedibile, la morte di Ennio Morricone ha suscitato la commozione non solo dell’Italia ma di tutto il mondo, compresa una folta schiera di artisti internazionali come i Massive Attack e il compositore Hans Zimmer, così come volti nostrani quali Carlo Verdone e il Presidente del Consiglio Giuseppe Conte. A dedicare un messaggio al maestro romano anche chi non hai mai avuto occasione di lavorarci insieme ma che, rivela, avrebbe tanto voluto realizzare quel sogno, ad esempio Vangelis, o ancora i New Order e Anton Corbijn, con quest’ultimo che dice di aver tentato di convincere Morricone a comporre nuove musiche per il suo film, The American, ma di non esserci riuscito (una missione realizzata successivamente invece da Quentin Tarantino per The Hateful Eight).

Di seguito tutti gli omaggi e i messaggi di ricordo.

Addio Ennio – geniale compositore. https://t.co/mbDgF3XdXa

— Massive Attack (@MassiveAttackUK) July 6, 2020

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Oggi Ennio non c'è più. E tutti noi siamo orfani di un sublime compositore conosciuto in tutto il mondo. La sua grandezza deriva da due elementi: il fatto di aver studiato musica contemporanea con Goffredo Petrassi e la sapienza dell'arrangiamento. Un arrangiamento solenne, nostalgico, potente e spesso ironico. Ennio Morricone sarà immortale per il suo talento inarrivabile che lo portava ad esaltare qualsiasi film. Gli vorrò sempre bene, ricordandolo per aver dato grazia e poesia ai miei primi due film. Carlo Verdone

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We lost a truly great composer today. RIP Ennio Morricone. In 2009 I so wanted to use Ennio Morricone’s touch in my film The American that I went to see him to discuss this. I wanted the American to be a kind of western and had meant for it to have ‘Il Americano’ for a title. That is incorrect Italian for The American but it would show you that the protagonist didn’t belong there and it had a nod to the Sergio Leone films that of course were Morricone’s playground so to speak. He kindly invited me to his apartment in Rome where we discussed the idea thru a translator. His English wasn’t great nor was my Italian. But he played some music on the piano that he wanted me to consider. This photo was taken during the wonderful rendition of these songs that he had in a drawer as he said. I wanted original music so the collaboration never came off unfortunately. A few years later Tarantino was more successful. . . #enniomorricone #italy #music_composer #the_mission #thegood_thebad_and_ theugly #onceuponatimeinthewest

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RIP Ennio Morricone. A great talent, collaborator, and friend.

A post shared by John Carpenter (Official) (@johncarpenterofficial) on Jul 6, 2020 at 7:43am PDT

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Ennio. The first note I ever heard of his grabbed hold of me and wouldn’t let me go. I never decided to become a film composer. Ennio and Sergio Leone did that for me, letting me experience their magic. Ennio taught me that the simplest, purest and honest melody is the hardest to write. That it’s not supposed to be easy, that it’s a profound mission we are on that we must take seriously and humbly when we write music. And that our job is to be the director’s best friend and inspire him. A good conductor breathes with the orchestra as one. Whenever you hear his pieces now, you will still hear his breath… you might not see him… but you will always hear him… Ciao, Maestro!

A post shared by Hans Zimmer (@hanszimmer) on Jul 6, 2020 at 9:50am PDT

Ricorderemo sempre, con infinita riconoscenza, il genio artistico del Maestro #EnnioMorricone. Ci ha fatto sognare, emozionare, riflettere, scrivendo note memorabili che rimarranno indelebili nella storia della musica e del cinema pic.twitter.com/SNGmJjfJ2H

— Giuseppe Conte (@GiuseppeConteIT) July 6, 2020

Giù il cappello davanti al maestro.#EnnioMorricone pic.twitter.com/wILMgluz8P

— Luciano Ligabue (@ligabue) July 6, 2020

Perché ha dato disposizione per funerali privati:"per una sola ragione: non voglio disturbare"#EnnioMorricone la grandezza della semplicità pic.twitter.com/9beX2rrRw4

— Massimo (@Misurelli77) July 6, 2020

Viva Ennio Morricone. La musica assoluta.
Un abbraccio infinito. R.I.P.
Zucchero

Viva Ennio Morricone. Music in its most absolute form.
An immense embrace. R.I.P.
Zucchero#EnnioMorricone pic.twitter.com/CG2WPvYeXq

— Zucchero Fornaciari (@ZuccheroSugar) July 6, 2020

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