Chris and Sridhar honor the passing of the legendary composer Ennio Morricone. They discuss the iconic status of his film scores, his gifts as a melodist, his use of non-orchestral instruments, his role in the evolution of Hollywood music, and his passion for chess.
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Ennio Morricone: wikipedia
Watch "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on Netflix
Watch "Cinema Paradiso" on Amazon
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" soundtrack
"Cinema Paradiso" soundtrack
"The Hateful Eight" soundtrack
"The Battle of Algiers" soundtrack
"Django Unchained" soundtrack
Morricone receiving an Honorary Oscar
Morricone wins Best Original Score for "The Hateful Eight"
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" standoff
"Ecstasy of Gold" on theremin & voice
Moog synthesizer
Vladimir Nabokov's index cards
Tom Hanks does a Clint Eastwood impression
Il Gruppo (Morricone's avant-garde composers collective)
Morricone plays trumpet
"If This is a Man": Holocaust memoir by Primo Levi
Primo Levi
"If This is a Man" music by Morricone
Yo-Yo Ma's tribute to Morricone
"Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone" album
Morricone's Paris Review interview about chess
Janos Starker: Cellist, Artist, Teacher
Leonhard Euler: wikipedia
Euler's Speculum Musicum
Tonnetz: wikipedia
What the Heck is Neo-Riemannian Analysis? - video explanation by 12tone
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