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When I have to score a film, I watch the movie first and then start thinking about it. And from that moment on, it is as if I were pregnant. I then have to deliver the child, so from that moment on, I think always about the music - even when I go to the grocery store, I think about it.

~Ennio Morricone

Topics: About Always Child Deliver Even Film First Go Grocery Grocery Store Moment Movie Music Pregnant Score Start Store Then Think Thinking Watch Were I Think

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

~Ennio Morricone

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

~Ennio Morricone

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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

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It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.

~Ennio Morricone

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

~Ennio Morricone

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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

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

~Ennio Morricone

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I dislike cats. I like horses, some monkeys, and sweet dogs that aren't too aggressive. I used to have a wonderful, big cat, and one day I came into the kitchen and it was on the table, ruining all the food we were about to eat. I was so annoyed that I took it to a friend's house in the country.

~Ennio Morricone

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My favourite type of pizza is a Napoletana: tomatoes, mozzarella, and very few anchovies. It must have a thin base.

~Ennio Morricone

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Composer

Born: November 10th, 1928

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