Majbour

Who, back in 1934, could have suspected that little 6-year-old Ennio, who had just finished off his first piece of music for his parents, would once become ?...the most important composer of today?s time?, according to Warren Beatty (and in all probability many others)? The fact that a jealous Madonna probably told off her boyfriend Warren back then for entitling someone else than herself with such a statement, should hardly have impressed former trumpet player Ennio in any way. Namely Ennio Morricone, who will turn 75 on the 10th of November this year, can refer to far more than 400 pieces of film-music, various pop-classics, numerous pieces of chamber music, several Oscar-, Academy Awards-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-nominations and an endless list of various prizes and awards won over the last 40 years!

But seriously, who did not whistle the theme of Once Upon A Time In The West, after whacking the neighbours ?on-our-lawn-crapping-cat? with a crotch? And let?s face it, who has not used Ennio?s melody to "My Name Is Nobody" as an inspiration to try one of those ?open-hand-slaps? to the ear on your younger buddy (Adam, I am honestly sorry!)? What would rainy Sundays have been like without Ennio?s revolutionary impact on his most celebrated genre and our favourite afternoon-engagement, the Spaghetti Western? Accordingly, Ennio Morricone did not only set music to an endless list of topnotch movie-classics, but above all, he set music to our afternoons and evenings and therefore to an important part of our lives!