I love his work - turns out he is on tour but only european dates as yet.
He had this to say about contemporary film composers in the UK Guardian:
Ennio Morricone: good film scores have been replaced by the bad and the ugly
Too many films are blighted by lacklustre music, with directors failing to grasp the potential of a great score to enhance the viewing experience, one of cinema’s most revered composers has said.
Ennio Morricone, 88, criticised the use of “amateur” composers or synthesised sounds, rather than real instruments, in what he called a misguided attempt to cut costs.
While acknowledging the many directors who understood the emotional power of music – with Hans Zimmer (Gladiator) and John Williams (Schindler’s List) among the industry’s most brilliant composers – he said: “The standard of composition for film has deteriorated. I have suffered a lot in watching many films because of that.
“There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music,” he added. “They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.”
It is just sooo tempting to spend the $5K for a comprehensive orchestral sample library and not hire live musicians. There is a noticeable difference though.
Another of my favorite contemporary composers - Bear McCreary - always records with a live orchestra and his work sounds amazing. Love his stuff - he grew up in Bellingham.
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