Since 1946 Morricone composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, including all Sergio Leone films since A Fistful of Dollars (including For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America), all Giuseppe Tornatore films (since Cinema Paradiso), The Battle of Algiers, the Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, III and Le Professionnel, The Thing, The Mission, The Untouchables, Mission to Mars, Bugsy, Disclosure, In the Line of Fire, Bulworth, Ripley's Game and The Hateful Eight.
After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, he became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 started ghost writing for film and theatre. Throughout his career, he composed music for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Milva, Zucchero and Andrea Bocelli. From 1960 to 1975, Morricone gained international fame for composing music for westerns. His score to 1966's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. With an estimated 10 million copies sold, Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the best-selling scores worldwide. He also scored seven westerns for Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari's Ringo duology and Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown and Face to Face. Morricone worked extensively for other film genres with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Roman Polanski and Henri Verneuil. His acclaimed soundtrack for The Mission (1986) was certified gold in the United States. The album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.
Morricone's best-known compositions include "The Ecstasy of Gold", "Se Telefonando", "Man with a Harmonica", "Here's to You", the UK No. 2 single "Chi Mai", "Gabriel's Oboe" and "E Più Ti Penso". He functioned during the period 1966–1980 as a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives. In 1969, he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio. From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific American directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty and Quentin Tarantino. In 1977, he composed the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He continued to compose music for European productions, such as Marco Polo, La Piovra, Nostromo, Fateless, Karol and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait. Morricone's music has been reused in television series, including The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and in many films, including Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained.
As of 2013, Ennio Morricone has sold over 70 million records worldwide. In 1971, he received a "Targa d'Oro" for the worldwide sales of 22 million.[8] In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." He has been nominated for a further six Oscars. In 2016, Morricone received his first Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight (2015), becoming the oldest person ever to win an Oscar. His other achievements include three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. He died in his home city of Rome, Italy in 2020 at the age of 91, leaving a grand legacy behind him.
Stardust
Ennio Morricone Lyrics
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Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody
Haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale
Tells his fairytale
Of paradise, where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain.
The lyrics to Stardust by Ennio Morricone reflect the feeling of longing and nostalgia for a past love. The singer describes the magic of twilight time, when the purple dusk steals across the meadows of their heart, and the little stars remind them of the distance between them and their loved one. The lyrics then shift to the singer's memories of their past love and the melody that still haunts their reverie.
The chorus highlights the theme of love's transience: "Love is now the stardust of yesterday / The music of the years gone by." The singer acknowledges that their love has passed, but finds consolation in the stardust of a song - the memory of their love's refrain. The second verse further emphasizes the nostalgia for lost love, showing the singer's longing for days gone by, when each kiss was an inspiration. The nightingale's fairy tale of paradise becomes a metaphor for the unreachable past.
Stardust is a song by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish that has been covered by many artists, including Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Ennio Morricone's version, with lyrics in English by Mitchell Parish, was used in the soundtrack of the movie "Once Upon a Time in America". The song has endured as a classic of the American Songbook and continues to be popular to this day.
Line by Line Meaning
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
The end of the day is approaching and the sky is turning purple.
Steals across the meadows of my heart
It feels like the beauty of the sky is creeping into my heart.
High up in the sky the little stars climb
The stars are appearing in the sky and they are small and far away.
Always reminding me that we're apart
Seeing the stars always reminds me that we are not together.
You wander down the lane and far away
You have gone away and are no longer close to me.
Leaving me a song that will not die
You left me with a song that will always stay with me.
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
Our love is gone, but the memory of it remains like stardust.
The music of the years gone by.
The song reminds me of the past and how things used to be.
Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
I think about how I spend my time.
The lonely nights
I feel lonely at night.
Dreaming of a song
I often dream about the song that you left me.
The melody
The tune is beautiful and stays with me.
Haunts my reverie
It is always on my mind and thoughts.
And I am once again with you
The song brings me back to the time when we were together.
When our love was new
It reminds me of when our love was fresh and new.
And each kiss an inspiration
Every kiss felt like a source of inspiration.
But that was long ago
Those times are far behind us.
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
The only thing that brings me comfort now is the memory of the song.
Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
I think about you when I am outside and the stars are shining.
You are in my arms
In my daydreams, I am holding you close.
The nightingale
The bird sings a beautiful song.
Tells his fairytale
It feels like the bird is telling a magical story.
Of paradise, where roses grew
The story feels like it takes place in a perfect and beautiful world.
Though I dream in vain
Even though my dreams will not come true,
In my heart it will remain
My love and the memory of it will stay with me.
My stardust melody
The song is my only source of comfort.
The memory of love's refrain.
The song reminds me of the love and happiness that we shared.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CHRISTOPHER GENTRY, JOHN HUTCHINSON DEAN, MATTHEW EVERITT, SIMON IAN WHITE, STUART BLACK
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IM J
yes!! been searching for this song