[Ado]

Seeing he just won a life achiever award, alot of people dont realise how influential he has been to Hollywood in making or breaking films with his composing.

Besides practically giving the Spaghetti Westerns an identity with his soundtracks working with Sergio Leoni,
(the Good the Bad the ugly is legendary), I think one of my favourite soundtracks Ennio has done was 1982's John Carpenters "The Thing".

What was your most memorable?

[cenutrio]

The mission

[finboy]

Originally Posted by cenutrio 

The mission

The man's work is unbelievable. I mean terrific. Iconic. I wish they would have had an interpreter last night -- it's the only part of the show (other that JT and Randy) that I really cared about.

[finboy]

Originally Posted by Ado 

I think one of my favourite soundtracks Ennio has done was 1982's John Carpenters "The Thing".

The weird thing is he did a full soundtrack for The Thing and Carpenter replaced most of it with his synthesizer crap. Morricone is on the record as not really appreciating that -- but yeah, what's there is inspired.

[Dakar²]

Once Upon a Time in the West

[KeyLimePi]

I know I should say Cinema Paridiso, but I gotta go with The Good, The Bad and They Ugly.

(Fixed your tag. Glenn)

[Eriamjh]

Would the original Morricone "The Thing" soundtrack be found on the 'net? The Thing is one of my favorite movies and the pulsing music really set the tone.

Aren't they remaking it?

[monkeybrain]

I was under the impression Morricone was impersonating Carpenter's signature synthesiser sound, and that Carpenter didn't do any of the music. From IMDB:

This is the first of John Carpenter's films which he did not score himself. The film's original choice of composer was Jerry Goldsmith, but he passed and Ennio Morricone composed a very low-key Carpenter-like score filled with brooding, menacing bass chords.

[Dakar²]

Originally Posted by KeyLimePi 

I know I should say Cinema Paridiso, but I gotta go with [i]The Good, The Bad and They Ugly[/i.

The Ecstasy of Gold, baby.

[Ado]

I have the soundtrack to The Thing and its very Morricone...
I cant see where Carpenter would have touched it?
Carpenter is a good appreciator of talent.


Let me throw out Georgio Morroder as well. Another great soundtrack composer who uses real and synth.
(did the theme to topgun incase some need a memory jog)

[crabsandbeer]

The music from Cinema Paradiso always makes me tear up.

[finboy]

Originally Posted by monkeybrain 

I was under the impression Morricone was impersonating Carpenter's signature synthesiser sound, and that Carpenter didn't do any of the music. From IMDB:

Nope, I've read it the other way around. Maybe in Film Score magazine a few years ago, I don't remember where. Morricone was definitely not impressed with the final score, and I'm not sure how much Carpenter based what he did on Morricone's stuff.

The only thing I can find is a comment at Amazon, but it's as valid as an IMDB post I guess:

"Ennio Morricone made a few disgruntled comments about Carpenter's use of his score in The Thing. Mainly he was disappointed that Carpenter, after publicly stating he wanted a European sound to the music, simply used the music that sounded most like his own compositions. Further insult was added when Carpenter created several cues to mix in with Morricone's (even as a youngster I could clearly recognize Carpenter's work when I heard it in the film on its opening weekend).
Despite that, like the soundtrack for Dawn of the Dead, this soundtrack release contains all the music Morricone composed for the film and none of Carpenter's work. How well some of the tracks would have fit into the film, and where, is anybody's guess.

Morricone's score is, in the end, a superb effort that captures the tone and mood of the film beautifully and achieves the same level of excellence as Goldmsith's score for Alien and Williams's score for Jaws. An essential soundtrack in any library."

So I guess the confusion stems from the difference between the ACTUAL movie soundtrack (on the DVD, for example) and the ISSUED movie soundtrack, available for purchase separately. They don't often coincide, but this one diverges widely.