Ennio Morricone Quotes

#1. Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

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#2. There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

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#3. We live in a modern world, and in contemporary music the central fact is contamination. Not the contamination of disease but the contamination of musical styles. If you find this in me, that is good.

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#4. I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie.

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#5. Music is an experience, not a science.

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#6. I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

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#7. I was offered a free villa in Hollywood, but I said no thank you, I prefer to live in Italy.

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#8. You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.

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#9. It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.

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