ENNIO MORRICONE - The Lost Interview

In the summer of 1979, I was extremely fortunate to speak at length with Ennio Morricone at his home just outside Rome. My purpose was to record an interview for a National Public Radio program as well as obtaining credit toward my independent study in film at American University. The spirited conversation lasted over three hours and I was invited back a short time later to observe the Maestro producing a film score for Gillo Pontecorvo. The experience of meeting my musical hero and his gracious family remains one of the most cherished memories of my life. A few months passed and while still at school in Rome, I learned that the NPR program for which I had conducted this and other interviews was suddenly pulled off the air. However, the show was restructured and eventually returned to radio a year or so later. But my tapes, which remained unedited and unaired disappeared, apparently discarded or lost in the interim. Miraculously - after thirty years - the last half-hour of the Morricone interview was recently uncovered - albeit in delicate condition. Since I never had the opportunity to properly thank this most august and magnificent artist, I offer this unedited testament to his boundless energy and love of music, his fierce intelligence, his genuine warmth and generosity with my sincerest and lifelong gratitude. Though a cliche, "better late than never" truly applies here. This is the first 5-minutes of the surviving half an hour. The music layered underneath (the only alteration I made to the raw tape) is from his exquisite score to the film L'Umanoide, released just before our meeting. Vogliate gradire i miei ringraziamenti più profondi, caro Maestro. The rest of the "lost" interview can be heard at:
http://www.nedboyle.com/NedBoyle.com/Conversation_with_Ennio_Morricone.html

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[22himmel1]

hes alien basta



[Inkspell1997]

Thank you VERY much!!

[slaskemann]

Extraordinary! The man behind all "spaghetti" music. And also the spaghetti-hit "The ecstasy for gold", which is Metallicas opening song!,. A man of honor for his work to alternative classic music for ages!

[VidBrats]

I always admired the maestro and had wished I could've seen him perform in concert. "Estasi dell'Oro" and the entire score from the film "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" was truly inspired. Thanks for sharing this interview with us.

[ISB]

Thanks so much for the upload and the interview you did. I was lucky enough to see him live in concert here in Belgrade, Serbia on 14. II 2009. Funny you've mentioned Gillo Pontecorvo - it is a Morricone composition from his film "Queimada" ("Burn") that came the highlight of the long evening for me in the form of the "Abolisson".