Ennio Morricone quotes

Ennio Morricone was an Italian composer and conductor, famously known for his iconic film scores. His music enriched hundreds of movies, including classics like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "Cinema Paradiso". He is remembered as one of the greatest and most influential film composers in history. Here are 17 of his quotes:

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds. (Ennio Morricone)

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

Ennio Morricone

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

Ennio Morricone

I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition.

Ennio Morricone

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.

Ennio Morricone

The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to budgetary constraints, this is where we have the problem.

Ennio Morricone

My more risky or avant garde music is not that well known to a wider audience, but I wish it was.

Ennio Morricone

Music needs room to breathe.

Ennio Morricone

It could have been extremely boring to write musical scores for only westerns of horror films. It was really exciting for me to work in all these various genres.

Ennio Morricone

There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.

Ennio Morricone

I often use the same harmonies as pop music because the complexity of what I do is elsewhere. (Ennio Morricone)

I like composing music, but I love being with my family.

Ennio Morricone

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.

Ennio Morricone

They're all my children... every score I've done.

Ennio Morricone

Everyone has to die. I'm not particularly scared about it. What really frightens me is that if I go before my wife, I will leave her alone, and vice versa. The ideal would be to die together.

Ennio Morricone

I always think that when something is currently very trendy, it's already very old.

Ennio Morricone

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

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

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Occupation: Italian Composer
Born: November 10, 1928
Died: July 6, 2020
Quotes count: 17

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