Morricone Conducts Morricone

- A genuine première and, over and above that, starring the greatest motion picture composer of the present day: Ennio Morricone - Morricone is well-known to moviegoers - his soundtracks are invariably warmly melodic and superbly suited to the films they grace - Including short film-excerpts from the original movies! - This program is a representative collection of his rich creative output and features a selection of his most famous film music including "Il Buono, il brutto e il cattivo" ("The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"), "C'era una volta il West" ("Once Upon a Time in the West", "Giu la testa" ("A Fistful of Dynamite"), "C'era una volta in America" ("Once Upon a Time in America", "The Mission", "Cinema Paradiso", "The Life and Death of Richard III", "Investigation Of A Citizen Under Suspicion", "The Untouchables" and many more. - Morricone received the Academy Honorary Award in 2007 "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." He has also received 5 Oscar nominations and he has won 3 Grammy Awards, 2 Golden Globes as well as numerous other awards, that are too many to mention. - Ennio Morricone is also known for his extensive concert tours and he is planning to be "on the road" very frequently in the near future.