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It's another Oscar, and I cry little Lee every year!
Yes, your little Li nominated for the Oscar for the fifth time, and then do not take the film emperor, it is estimated that the "Lady Lee" fan group will have to charter a flight to Los Angeles (fly over and can't find anyone to tear it), or wrap up the advertising page of Variety Magazine to accuse the Oscar judges, "Brokeback Mountain" fans did so
No, even the game of flirting with Xiao Li came out
But there are more people who don't invite Oscars to see. This session alone, there is another old gentleman who is more inconsistent with oscar than Xiao Li - Ennio Morricone, to say that his Oscar blood and tears history, and Xiao Li hugged a headache and cried is not enough
Wait, Mr. Morricone doesn't know English, unless, xiao Li, an Irish descendant with an Italian name, can speak a few italian words
The name Ennio Morricone is quite awkward, Chinese translation is not a standard, look at the various translation names collected by Douban, you know how much trouble
Enio Morricone / Enno Moricone / Anno Moligo / Eni Morricone / Gianio Morricone
Taiwan is generally called Ainio Moricone
Mr. Old's huge Chinese mainlandChinese fan group is called "Morricone Lovers", which is official
But brother wind, I used to call him "old Mo"
What, you ask me what is the relationship between Lao Mo and Taiwanese movies, the relationship is big!
If Lao Mo can finally win the Oscar for Best Soundtrack this time, I even think about the title of the congratulatory message, but this title, people who are familiar with the history of Taiwanese cinema, will smile
The title is "Old Mo's Second Spring"
The dividing line is coming
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Old Mo was born in 1928 and is already ninety years old!
Yes, you may have sniffed something out, and today's article is not an abusive literacy sticker like "100 famous songs of Morricone you must listen to", but a genuine one
Old - Mo - Brain - Residue - Powder - Silk - Paste!!
Not long ago, Lao Mo won the Golden Globe Award for Best Score for Quentin's "Eight Wicked Men", and Quentin received the award on his behalf ("Eight Wicked Men" was also shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Soundtrack)
However, mingming, nearly three years ago, Lao Mo said such a thing in a negative mood, and the news at that time was good and gossipy to write-
In fact, the two have been friends for many years and do not want to
Last year's Italian David Award, the old man also personally presented Quentin to it, you see the old man's figure is better than the fat Kun, the age difference of 35 years old
Then drag Quentin, speaking of old Mo, the sentence used is
"Morricone is the Mozart and Beethoven of this era"
This sentence is very "detoxifying", there is a feeling of "your Oscar level is too low, Grandpa Mo is too lazy to play with you"
I wrote this sentence many years ago —
"If you can't get an Oscar, it doesn't matter to Old Mo at all." But if you don't give him the prize, it's a shame and a loss for the Oscars."
Oh, the old man won the Oscar in 2007, which is the supreme, but also the aftermath of the lifetime achievement award!
As far as the actors are concerned, there are only three who have won the Lifetime Achievement Award and come back to fight for the Oscars, including Henry Fonda, Peter O'Toole and Paul Newman, of which poor Grandpa O'Toole has been nominated eight times, and Newman has also been nominated nine times to win the film emperor once - what is the five times of little plums!
In addition, this year, Lao Mo has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Score six times
But compared with the Hollywood soundtrack emperor John Williams' 50 nominations and five awards, the odds of one in ten, Lao Mo is not so miserable, but I just don't believe it
I began to remember the bitterness -
In 1979, Terrence Malik's Days of Heaven received its first Oscar nomination for Mo
Heaven's Day
The competition that year was not very fierce, but the winner was Alan Parker's famous work "Midnight Express", the soundtrack of this film, Giogi Morod, is a fellow of the old Mo, the leading figure in electronic music, and later more famous works are the Seoul Olympics theme song "Hand in Hand" and the 1990 World Cup theme song "Italian Summer" (the pro who can hum the melody is also too revealing age)
Midnight Express
Instead, the soundtrack of Williams the Great's "Superman", which competed with Lao Mo this time, became an immortal classic
Of course, "Heaven's Day" is even more immortal, its photography has become a textbook-level example, and the music is full of the deep and vigorous beauty of the wild west
Next, Brother Feng, I am ready to complain, in today's words, this 1987 Oscar, what the hell is it!!
This year, Lao Mo's score for "The Mission" was unexpectedly lost to a French saxophone music film "'Round Midnight"! This soundtrack was originally an amateur background, and then ate this film for a lifetime, and there was no film achievement
Midnight Melody
Old Mo is having a vendetta against midnight!
At that year's Oscars, Mo's opponent was also the fledgling James Horner (what a burning "Alien 2" soundtrack), but unfortunately, at this year's Oscars, we can only see Master Horner in the memorial short film
The soundtrack of "The Church" is precisely a sacred song that can be used to send mourning, and listening to this song, it seems that you can hear the heartbeat of the heavens and the earth, solemn and broad
Much like Xiao Zhengzel's feeling of listening to "Two Springs reflecting the moon", that is, this is music that needs to be listened to on his knees
Yo-Yo Ma's cello version is more low and charming
The 1986 British Viking edition of The Church OST, one of my most cherished soundtracks
When the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, I worked at the local TV station where the epicenter was most affected, and that day the helicopter aerial photographed the disaster, in addition to a piece of ruins, there was also a lot of straw smoke (it was when the farm was busy), we made a feature film using this shot, I first recommended the soundtrack of "Church", but at the last moment of the review, it was replaced by a more hopeful "Best Future" (at that time, there was no copyright awareness, guilt)
The reason is that this song is too poignant, and with the lens of devastation and "smoke everywhere", it is too sad and heart-wrenching
Well, the song "The Church" must be listened to in death, but don't listen to it too much
Keep spitting --
It's the second year of The Church, 1988! That is, in 1987, that was the invincible year of Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor"!
That year, Emperor Williams, along with Mo Lao, plus George Fenton, a British scorer whom I personally prefer, did not defeat Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Sze Cong
This old Mo's work is "The Untouchables", full of American 1920s atmosphere music, male hormones bursting
However, Bertolucci is an old friend of old Mo, the classic "1900" is the soundtrack written by Old Mo, the following is the 2013 two old friends in the same frame photo, Bertolucci has been in a wheelchair, old Mo is bigger than him...
Then, in 1992, Bugsy lost to Disney royal soundtrackist Alan Manken's Beauty and the Beast, which was more convincing
In 2001, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" was nominated again, and the old man lost to Tan Dun of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" this time (Chinese also won the Oscar for best score twice, and was bumped by the old man)
Next, it will be
Very personal, very extreme, very incomplete
"Wind Brother Private Room Favorite Old Mo Soundtrack List"
NO.1《教会》The Mission
This soundtrack is also a HIFI audition disc, is the flute at the beginning ethereal but not ethereal? Does the vocal chorus have a "sense of knot"? They are the key to measuring good sound. Similarly, its DVD was also a test disc used by brother to determine the sound field of the home theater
It's just a pity that the classic "Church" has not yet come out of Blu-ray (which one transferred to CC, thank you very much)
Oh yes, the actors in this movie are also incredibly strong
Jeremy Irons, who later won the Oscar, the uncle is still very diligent, and this year's "Batman v Superman" and "Skyscraper" will have him
Robert De Niro and "Toby Sheriff" Aidan Quinn, who was young enough to pinch out the water
NO.2 "The Woman of Carif" La Califfa
Lao Mo has a high output and does not refuse to come to the directors of all countries in the world, from world-class directors to ordinary small TV films, they are taken seriously. It's just a pity that there is no information to show that there are Chinese directors and Lao Mo who have cooperated (the sunglasses king is not original), the old man is simply a reasonable fee and cost-effective to the skyline, but now it is hot enough to casually invite international big-name Chinese movies, "please move" Lao Mo?
The 1970 Italian film The Woman in Carif, with the exception of a cast by Princess Sissi, Romi Schneider, has no gimmicks, and a DVD release many years ago has no impact at all
But the middle piece of music called "Dinner" is a god's work! From the era of MP3 players to today's smart phones, in my music library, this song is not replaced
Can you feel a sense of quiet, but layer after layer of flow to the rise? I don't know the plot at all, but I feel like I've seen this movie countless times
NO.3 Cinema Paradiso
First of all, I don't like the soundtrack of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" and "The Pianist of the Sea", personal preference, please do not spray more
"Cinema Paradiso" is one of the enlightenment films of many Chinese film fans, how much do I really love?
In the spring of 2014, the Beijing International Film Festival released the news that this film was going to be screened, I asked my friends to queue up to buy tickets (at that time, there was no online ticket purchase), flew to Beijing on Friday night, stayed at the capital airport in the early morning, transferred to Xiaoxitian in the morning subway, unexpectedly saw "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" in the morning, and watched "Paradise Cinema" in the afternoon.
After the screening, the good friend asked me how I felt, and I said "die without regrets" and went to catch the plane home
See the ticket, the hall of the museum invincible emperor throne. Watching the film together is a small partner who has chatted about "Paradise Cinema" for many years on the online movie forum
After watching the movie, my state is like this
"Cinema Paradiso" is, of course, my old Mo entry soundtrack
Every time it is only taken out in the spring of March and April, when the earth recovers, I suddenly feel the beauty of life
The so-called "positive energy" music, but so
Listen to violin master Perlman's version, included in his Bilboard crossover chart for more than 100 weeks, "Perlman's Film Sound"
The record was written by Williams the Great, and the emperor and the old Mo, two mountains in the soundtrack world today, met magically
"Cinema Paradiso" was placed in the finale of this record, which shows the status of the jianghu
Over the years, I've painstakingly (and crucially banknotes) collected the following three versions of Cinema Paradiso soundtracks
This is the American version of the film when it was introduced to the United States by Miramax in 1989
This is the first edition of Japan in 1990, and there is also an article in which Japanese people went to Italy to interview Lao Mo, which is really heartfelt
This is a new Japanese edition from EMI in 1999, due to technological progress, the disc surface is very delicately printed, and the inner page is made of very high-quality Monken paper, and the design is simple and elegant
In addition, the "Cinema Paradiso" OST also has 23 Italian and Japanese versions (how much neon people love this film) and European versions, slowly shopping
NO.4 New Paradise Scout L'uomo delle stelle
"Cinema Paradiso" in Taiwan is called "Starlight Accompanies My Heart", the last two parts of the Tornatore Time and Space Trilogy, "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" is called "True Love Accompanies Me", "The Pianist on the Sea" is called "Sound and Light Accompany Me To Fly", and the whole "Accompany Me" series
And "Paradise Cinema" is called "New Paradise" in Hong Kong, and this 1995 film is called "New Paradise Scout"
This is one of The Most Overlooked Films of Tornatore, and the film tells the story of a slightly sad swindler "Scout" with the movie. Old Mo is simply tornadore's royal composer, and almost all the films are scored by Old Mo
The soundtrack of "New Paradise Scout", with a fresh and refreshing basil flavor, and the Sea Breeze blowing in Sicily, in my mind, is no worse than "Paradise Cinema", but unfortunately there is no link to listen to
NO.5 Leone's "Trilogy of The Past"
The famous Italian director Leone's "Trilogy of The Past", the most famous of course, is 1984's "Once Upon a Time in America"
"Once Upon a Time in America" is a classic, but it was really disliked that year, not only was the box office not good, but the Oscars were zero nominations, fortunately, the Golden Globe Awards gave Lao Mo a nomination for best soundtrack that year
Of course, the soundtrack of "Once Upon a Time in America" goes without saying, this is the last collaboration between Lao Mo and his bad compatriot Leone, and it is also the most successful one (they have worked together a total of nine times)
At the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival, the news that I was going to screen a 4K restored version of "Once Upon a Time in America" was the biggest reason why I finally made up my mind to go to Shanghai
That night was completely intoxicating, and the theme song belonging to Deborah had been haunting my mind for a long time
The Sunglasses King is also the loyal meal of Lao Mo and Leone, and before the end of his "Generation Grandmaster", the group portrait of the martial arts master pulls open in front of the camera, and the melody of "Once Upon a Time in America" sounds, as if it is a tribute to the highest standard
The Sunglasses King used two old Mo songs in "A Generation of Grandmasters"
Another song, La Donna Romantica, is used in a scene where Gong Er confesses to Ip Man, with needles hidden in the cotton and the slightest button
La Donna Romantica is from the 1966 Italian film "Teach Me How to Fall in Love with Him", which has never produced audio-visual productions, but in 2006, it was released with an original sound, and the reason was because of Lao Mo's reputation, otherwise it would have been forgotten long ago
The main theme of "Once Upon a Time in the West" in 1968 is the opposite of the temperament of its wild Chinese title, "100,000 Miles of Wild Sand", which is light and beautiful and far-reaching, but has had a huge impact on the soundtrack of later generations
Giù la testa, often called Revolution Freak, is much less famous of the three, but I like the OST cover it as crazy as the movie
NO.6 Leone's "Dart Trilogy"
Also at the 2015 Shanghai International Film Festival, a 4K restoration screening of Leone's other film, Per un pugno di dollari, was also in the spotlight, but the hall was not full that day
I really like the flexible trumpet in the soundtrack of "Red Dead Redemption", and the trumpet is actually the earliest major that Lao Mo studied. It is with the soundtrack of Lao Mo that Italian Westerns have a very different recognition and flavor from American Westerns. This film is Lao Mo's famous work, and its significance is extraordinary
The "Darts" series was filmed for three years, and 1965's "Per qualche dollaro in più" (Twilight Double Dart), the whistle was added to the film's soundtrack, which was simply a major innovation
1966 'Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo ' ' Il Buono , Il Cattivo , was the best known of his Western Italian film scores
Old Mo, Leone and Clint Eastwood are the three core characters of the "Dart Trilogy", the three are also one year younger, the oldest Mo is the oldest, but Leone was depressed after "Once Upon a Time in America" and died at the age of 60
In 2007, when the old Mona Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded, it was the old cowboy who came to present the award, and the old brothers met each other, which made people sigh incomparably
In addition, the soundtracks such as "Lolita", "Youguo Station", "Fire Line Sniper" and so on, are also good to me
Lao Mo's soundtrack is too much, adding up to more than four hundred movies and TV series, if you really want to "how to pretend to know Lao Mo in the shortest time", I recommend three selections
The first is a Blu-ray disc, which has been published in Taiwan for Chinese, including the master's peace concert in Venice on September 11, 2007, which is divided into five parts, and the soundtrack selection selected by Lao Mo himself, plus his own conducting, is very precious
In 2009, Lao Mo performed once in the Great Hall of the People, but unfortunately I could not go to Beijing at that time, and now that the master is nearly ninety years old, it is almost impossible to perform again, so it is a pity
Fortunately, listening to Master Records can be an eternal thing
The second is a 2010 set of double CD selections, including as many as 49 classic soundtracks, which is the most complete selection of Lao Mo on the market
The third album is called "Yo-Yo Ma's Film", which contains the works of Lao Mo performed by the famous Chinese cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the arrangement is very sophisticated, such as the composition of The Film Score of Tornadore and Leone
This CD is selling very well all over the world, there are also Chinese mainland versions introduced by Shanghai Audio-Visual, the genuine version was less than 30 yuan when I bought it, and now the price has risen to 40 to 60 yuan
In addition, it is recommended Chinese the only book about Lao Mo in the world, "Moricone - A Magical Moment in 50 Years" published in The Summer of Taiwan, which is very comprehensive. Mainland fans will have a Chinese self-made materials (books), but unfortunately it is not an official publication, and it is very difficult to get
Again friendly recommend a "Morricone lover" Chinese website, which can be called the most complete information in the universe, all movies are not many, is the world's most comprehensive old Mo fan station, not one!
Compared to this, my post is simply superficial, so if it goes wrong, I hope to include more
This time Oscar, Old Mo's opponents are:
Supporting Role Zeus – John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Thomas Newman's "Bridge of Spies", he has been nominated a total of 13 times this time, the first 12 times have not won the award, and he sits on the cold bench than Lao Mo to see if he will win more sympathy votes than Lao Mo
Johannson, an Icelander who plays a variety of world music and electronic music, works "Border Killer", very young (for the soundtrack), nominated for the second time, I don't know if the Oscars will "push the new"
The coen brothers' royal patron, but the first nominee Carter Bourville, for Carol
Anyway, the hope of old Mo winning the prize is much smaller than that of Xiao Li
Finally, I wish the Oscars night, your little Li and my old Mo, can not regret
Let's say goodbye in Italian
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