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Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy provides new contextualized perspectives on Ennio Morricone’s position as a radical composer working at the cutting edge of music within the frame work of his cinematic compositions. The Italian composer has reached world fame as the creator of some 500 film scores and hundreds more arrangements for commercial recordings; however, Sciannameo argues that Morricone’s legacy must include his concert works, a catalogued list of more than 100 titles. By analyzing the composer’s formative years as a music practitioner and his transition into the world of composing for the screen, Franco Sciannameo reconsiders the best of Morricone’s popular compositions and reveals the challenging concert works which have been an intimate expression of Morricone’s lifelong creative season. Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone explores Morricone’s legacy, its nature, and its eventual impact on posterity.

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Working from numerous primary sources, some previously unavailable in English, Franco Sciannameo strikes the perfect balance of musical analysis, biographical data, and social and historical contextualization to shed new light on this prolific and influential composer. Stepping back from the usual discourse on music for the western, Sciannameo looks at the big picture Ennio Morricone as a multi-faceted composer who just happens to work in film. The reader will understand much of what has made this composer who he is, from his early conservatory training, through the musical upheavals of the mid-twentieth century, his absolute music, the commercial success of his pop-music arrangements, and his work in television, film, and live performances. Fame and Legacy: Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone is an enjoyable read for the musician and non-musician alike.--Charles Leinberger, University of Texas at El Paso

Working from numerous primary sources, some previously unavailable in English, Franco Sciannameo strikes the perfect balance of musical analysis, biographical data, and social and historical contextualization to shed new light on this prolific and influential composer. Stepping back from the usual discourse on music for the western, Sciannameo looks at the big picture Ennio Morricone as a multi-faceted composer who just happens to work in film. The reader will understand much of what has made this composer who he is, from his early conservatory training, through the musical upheavals of the mid-twentieth century, his absolute music, the commercial success of his pop-music arrangements, and his work in television, film, and live performances. Fame and Legacy: Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone is an enjoyable read for the musician and non-musician alike.--Charles Leinberger, University of Texas at El Paso Franco Sciannameo's authoritative new book, Fame and Legacy: Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone, offers a meticulously chronicled investigation of the work, life, and enduring legacy of one of the most influential film composers of all time. Through nuanced discussions that weave together evidence from Italian language sources (printed in English for the first time) and the author's own conversations with the composer, Sciannameo reconstructs a sophisticated media history surrounding Morricone and his various collaborators, one that casts a kaleidoscopic light on the complex relationship between art music, popular music, and film music.--Juan Chattah, Frost School of Music, University of Miami

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Franco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music in the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University.

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