Once upon a time in America - Yo Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone

[educadorist]

Ennio Morricone=GENIO

[a5703089]

Enjoy your life !!

[DBATAVIA23]

SI ....yo-yo Ma..un grande...! ENNIO MORRICONE ..UN GENIO DEL "900"....IL COMPOSITORE CHE TI FA SOGNARE ......IL PIU GRANDE !!!!!!!! GRAZIE  ENNIO !!

[yboss3]

Ennio Morricone, a legendary composer and Yo-Yo Ma, a virtuoso cellist. Every time I hear Morricone's music or Yo-Yo Ma's playing, I get chills. They are truly the best and together make a perfect team.

[22himmel1]

i love ennio

[vlkless]

Alguien tendra partituras de ennio morricone, para piano, porfis!!!

Me pueden escribir?¿

[anticliche321]

I watched Lolita.. the most disgusting movie on the planet because Ennio composed the music

[sinavali]

@anticliche321 YEAH:)

[stepenwolf7]

Heart stopping, a true joy

[BasementBeginnings]

3:00 to 3:30. Oh my.

[shkopala]

Best version!

[rufus99999]

 A +

[gshm1970]

absolutely celestial...

[IvEtH1908]

lo maximo!!!!

[avatarnarutochuck]

The only composers that could get me at this level of emotion (0:02-3:27) were Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams and Elmer Bernstein. And of course, Ennio Morricone.

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

4 brilliant composers. but what about bernard herrmann?

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Sure Bernard Herrmann was an outstanding and brilliant composer. But I still hadn't heard him create a piece of music that has the same sorrowful and enchanting melody as Deborah's Theme.

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

hm..maybe you're right, herrmanns music is dark and therefore a perfect match for pictures like psycho or vertigo.

but when it comes to a simpe and beautiful melody, morricones work is unparalleled. right now, another composers name comes to my mind - thomas newman. have a look at his compositions for "shawshank redemption" or "american beauty" - they are breathtaking.

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Well, like father like son I guess.

What comes to my mind when it comes to simple and really hauntingly beautiful melodies were Elmer Bernstein's "To Kill A Mockingbird" & "Far From Heaven"; Jerry Goldsmith's "The Sand Pebbles" & "A Patch of Blue"; and John Williams' "Schindler's List". Not so bombastic and grand, but simple, haunting and ethereal in it's beauty. Just like Deborah's Theme.

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

a great list. when I hear perlmans violin solo from schindlers list, I can't even move. to kill a mockingbird is the only album I don't know (yet). I think it's the quiet moments when the real talent of a composer shows. thats why I admire morricone so much - "cinema paradiso", "the mission" or "the untouchables" - thats pure genius. another one of my favourites: goldsmith's "chinatown"

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Chinatown was also one of my favorites. At the the hands of a master, a trumpet and the piano can be very haunting. I also like Morricone's music from "Malena". 

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Btw, I also forgot to add John Williams' "Memoirs of a Geisha", especially "Sayuri's theme" to the list, which incidentally also had the involvement of Itzhak Perlman as well as Yo Yo Ma.

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

the main theme from malena is beautiful! thats a great thing about this cd - it contains some of morricones finest pieces, rearranged for chello by the maestro himself. also some of the less well known pieces, like "Dinner" and "Nocturne" (I put them on youtube, too)

another cooperation between williams and yo yo ma: 7 years in tibet - some passages move me to tears every time I hear them.

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Oh definitely. Though I read and heard some rumour that John copied some passages from Randy Edelman's score to "Dragonheart" and placed it in his score to "Seven Years In Tibet". How true that rumour was I've never confirmed.

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

and of course: the music morricone composed for some italian westerns...but I guess I don't even have to mention that... :-)

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 No need to mention those; Morricone is the master at that field. :-)

[lonnegan4]

@avatarnarutochuck

a bernstein album that really deserves to be mentioned here: the age of innocence. the music + scorsese's picture...one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in the theatre. just bought the cd yesterday :-)

[avatarnarutochuck]

@lonnegan4 Oh wow. That's definitely a must have. It's hauntingly beautiful and the strings are simply gorgeous...

[Inthebigmango]

Does anybody hear someone's breathing around 4: 27 onwards...? Yo-yo ma?

[arizonastrip73]

Along with John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, and so many other composers for the cinema, Ennio Morricone, il maestro!

[giordyfrosinone]

who play piano ? Mitic Gilda Buttà ?

[11CGOD11]

Its underrated because its a mess. Visually spectacular with an amazing score, but its too long and nobody knows what the second half is about because its been edited to death.

[togleres]

yo-yo ma = greatness!!!

[grigorian1218]

I saw this movie for the first time last week and i fell in love with the music the actors just everything about this movie was amazing i just wish it would have been appreciated more especially Ennio Morricone's music....its just sad how people arent reccognized for real talent anymore

[sealed54]

@grigorian1218 you are so right... watch all ennio morricone movies... all on youtube ... they are all excellent.

[lodhidinesty]

One of the greatest movies I have ever seen.

[MrTigoti]

I think I can hear someone(maybe Yo Yo Ma)'s breathing during the drastic part of the music

[compalena]

Sergio Leone was under-appreciated for both "Once Upon a Time in the West" and "Once Upon a Time in America" (both criticized by US audiences and critics upon their first release). Now both are considered unraveled cinema classics. Both are graced by Morricone's scores.

[MaxQuestar]

The American (i.e. "butchered") release of the movie stacked the cards against its being rightly acclaimed as a masterpiece. I viewed the complete version for the first time only a month ago. I'm hooked! The dialogue, acting, locales and music are a masterful blend. Leone said of it, "It's not a realistic film, not historical...It's a fable. I force myself to make fables for adults." Well said and well done!

[amer8juneidi]

ohhh................ MAGIC

[ab17075]

Es un genio para transmitir emociones¡¡¡

[redamafiozo]

MAGIC

[Videshi2001]

5:44 is a HORRIBLE time for the sound to skip. =)

[kippod88]

I just downloaded this album and this "skipping" happens

too many times!! It is a shame since this is such a beautifully

compiled album!!!

[tsarnikolas2]

Pure genius!!

[sassyblue4]

Wow..said with tears in my eyes..

[SlushPile]

A beautiful rendition! I'd love to be able to play as well as yo yo ma does. I agree it's an underrated film.

[jduff59]

BRILLIANT RENDERING of Morricone's gem - I can feel the emotion of the artist here clearly. A difficult and challenging undertaking, well done, Maestro!

[torquio]

Ennio Morricone... what a genius. I hate him intensely for making me feel so much when listening to this song. But I will be eternally grateful to him for allowing me to discover emotions I thought I buried deep under the sands of time in my heart. Thank you Ennio.

[benitoparra]

Wow, i couldn't say it better but it's the same with me. Ennio Morricone is the greatest composers of all times, he doesn't makes music, but "feelings". Every piece bring me feelings to my heart.

[kyleclef]

@torquio by how dramatic and poetic that comment is, i can see how emotional this music gets you. its inspiring and touching. :)

[rumijalal]

this piece of music has a warmth about it ,

its soothingly beautiful.

the music changes like life .... different emotions each time.....

if u understand what im trying to say give me a thumbs up

[craig260691]

Once upon a time in America is so under rated and doesnt get the attention it deserves and the crap gangster films like Scarface do.

[lonnegan4]

I couldn't agree more

[lampmaster3000]

@lonnegan4

I disagree... Scarface was better than Once Upon a Time In America, but I do agree that it is underrated.

[lonnegan4]

@lampmaster3000

on the other hand, you can't really compare the two pictures, they're totally different.

the comparison between once upon... and the godfather would be much easier, they are both very romantic and have the same rhytm.

[lampmaster3000]

@lonnegan4

sadly, only the 1st godfather is romantic and special. the other two are amazing as well, but they didnt have that same feeling anymore.

[lonnegan4]

@lampmaster3000

that's true. but it was almost impossible for coppola to keep the level - godfather 1 is nothing less than a perfect picture.

[Pushtrak]

People, in general, are low attention spanned fools.

[craig260691]

Thats true

[BreakerdeGodot]

@craig260691 Well... Scarface isn't crap, but yeah, this is by far my favorite gangster film (sorry Godfather).

[Haseeb6600]

@craig260691 you cant compare al pacino with Robert de niro

[craig260691]

@Haseeb6600

i wasnt comparing the two, they both awesome, i just dont think scarface is as good as its made out to be.

[RaidersRock]

moved me to tears

[xaninocas]

O génio humano não tem limites. Como diria Descartes, se Deus existe isto é a prova dessa existência.

Sérgio Leone e Ennio Morricone serão dois dos seus filhos dilectos.

[minicaja]

me pongo de pie

[JEMNNET]

So Beautiful !!!!!!!!!

[popiter]

no hay palabras para expresar esto

[popiter]

la mejor pieza musical que he visto, experimentado, saboreado y sentido en toda mi vida.Por favor, pido a la humanidad entera que escuche a estos dos genios de la música y del sentimiento humano.Esto me ha hecho llorar de la emoción

[kinjite3g]

It was extraordiniary i enjoy listening to this masterpiece.

[Domina55555]

Merveille de la musique lorsqu'elle est une élévation pour l'âme! Que Dieu soit béni pour ces génies de la musique qui nous font vibrer à tant de beauté!

[yuehchopin]

我哭了！

[stefbarone]

Beautiful!!

I did an electric version of it, and played it live to Elizabeth McGovern, who impersonated Deborah in the movie.

Your version is very moving, delicate, expressive, Im sure it'd impress maestro Morricone himself.

Well done :0)

[mkrzynecki]

Yo-Yo Ma really knows how to play the violin.

[DMk3nn3dy]

it's a cello!

[mkrzynecki]

ahh! my bad. sorry.

[soyesthatsall]

are you kidding me why does everyone spam this comment? big whoop cello vrs violin.... but spam 7 times :( over the top im sure this person is young like 15 at the most so get over it

[mkrzynecki]

well, that's just a small mistake of mine.i'm just a human being after all.

[brainwasher9876]

it's a cello...though its ok, that's how you learn:)

[andresdipo]

hermoso Gracias

[feribarbi]

this is one of the best (song or performance)on YOUTUBE ,,i dont know just listen and U'll learn ........thanks yoyo ma god blesssssss the gypsys....

[yoyoloveT]

You're simply GREAT!! (T_T)