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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Ennio Morricone is imo better than John Williams. He's not just the guy who did Westerns either. He scored the Untouchables, once upon a time in America, the thing, and his final works were with Tarantino for Django and hateful 8. Lots of his music in the kill Bill soundtrack as well. Hell even Metallica uses his song "the ecstasy of gold" to start all their concerts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The score for "The Mission" is another absolutely cracking one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I think the score for Cinema Paradiso is probably also up there among the best.

I believe that Tarantino wanted Morricone's music for very long, and used existing musics for Django and other movies, but he finally managed to have original scores for Hateful 8 (which won the Oscar).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Wow, an even greater titan in the industry. That's just so much awesome.