RECORDED on Nov 10, 2003
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that You see (preferably FIRST, as a prelude) ::::PART 1 :
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"The world's most revered film composer"
~ Phil Johnson in 'The Independent on Sunday'
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FINALLY! My goodness, it has taken all these 15 years and three goes …to complete PART 2 of my two-part iMovie document, ‘A BOOTFUL OF LEGS’. In fact, both parts needed three attempts to get them as good as I could get them.
With it’s ACTUAL title a word play on ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ and “bootleg" …it would have been difficult to find online, if you didn’t already know about it.
SO! -It has a more literal title, describing what it actually IS ~ the ENNIO MORRICONE 75th Birthday Concert, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday evening, November 10, 2003.
TRACK LISTING for PART 2 -_-
2:03 ~from Miguel Hermoso's 'LA LUZ PRODIGIOSA': title song 'La Luz Prodigiosa' sung by Dulce Pontes
6:26 ~from Gillo Pontecorvo's 'THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS': "Algeri: 1 novembre 1954'
8:53 ~from Giuliano Montaldo's 'SACCO & VANZETTI': "La Ballata di Sacco e Vanzetti - II Parte"
13:49 ~from Elio Petri's 'INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION': title theme, "Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto"
16:44 ~from Roberto Faenza's 'SOSTIENE PEREIRA' : "A Brisa do Coração" sung by Dulce Pontes
20:11 ~from Elio Petri's 'LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO': title theme, "The Working Class Goes To Heaven"
23:52 ~from Brian De Palma's 'CASUALTIES OF WAR': "Casualties of War Suite'
32:34 ~from Gillo Pontecorvo's 'QUEIMADA': "Abolição"
36:45 ~from Valerio Zurlini's 'IL DESERTO DEI TARTARI': "Il Deserto Come Estasi"
39:30 ~for the 1912 silent film 'THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD III': "Prologue"
42:55 ~from Valerio Zurlini's 'IL DESERTO DEI TARTARI': "Il Deserto Come Poesia Della Fine"
46:07 ~from Roland Joffé's 'THE MISSION': "Gabriel's Oboe"
48:13 "Climb"
51:04 "On Earth As It Is In Heaven"
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ENCORES
55:57 ~from Sergio Leone's UK-titled 'A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE': Main Title, "Giù La Testa"
59:16 ~from Sergio Leone's 'THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY': "The Ecstasy Of Gold"
1:02:31 ~OPENING BARS ONLY to the song "A Rose Among Thorns" based on "Gabriel's Oboe" from 'THE MIS//////~~~end.
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IT WAS WONDERFUL that, on his 75th birthday, the "grande maestro" as Quincy Jones calls Ennio ~ he would be coming to London's Albert Hall, one of the world's premier venues for the performing arts ~ to present a 'Concerto' {{in English, 'Concert'}} of some of his known, well-loved and a tiny few of His lesser-known "pezzi' or pieces.
My brother GORDON said, "Get two of the best seats, and I'll come down." And he brought down from Glasgow his little Panasonic camcorder, an NV-GS5. I did the 'establishing shot', and Gordon shot beautifully ALL of Part 1. I did give Him discreet gestural direction.
HOWEVER ::::Part 2 …was another story!
During the interval, one or more of the emblazored flunkies walkie-talkied-on-down and demanded NO VIDEOING! (What a shame.)
DISCREETLY, Gordon when back in his seat, and just-about to luxuriate in the Vocals …switched the camcorder back On ~ and simply let it 'pick up' what it might.
Part 2 WILL DISAPPOINT MANY, not least me ~ COUGHING! ~{Sorry. Profound apologies.}
NOW, the Quality of this film I made …is not technically 'top-notch' ~ this was the days before HD, let alone 4K, and it's not 16:9.
YouTube was in Twenty-o-Three but a twinkle in its Fathers' eyes! It was recorded on two DV tapes {which, with the pace of technological change, will soon probably become like clay tablets}.
It has been such a long time coming...
Here ~ on the occasion of THE Maestro’s 90th Birthday ~ at last, the completed version appears.
Like any fan of anybody ~ you feel the preciousness of your own video. But this does seem to be a unique document! Even with all the winter coughs [and, alas, mine are closest and in some of the quietist passages]~ even so, apologies aside, many thousands have appreciated greatly Gordon & I’s sharing of our [virtually complete] record of the Special occasion.
Bravo, grande maestro. Bravo!
Ennio Morricone? GENIO Morricone!
{ 'genio' ~ Italian, pronounced jen-yo ...in English ~ 'genius' }
By the way, ALL the iMovies on my channels ' Hugh Hue Carroll ' and ' TheSundayShout ' (on which are records of some of my speeches at Speakers' Corner in London's Hyde Park) ~ all feature little snippets of Music by ENNIO MORRICONE.
We all mourn the passing to Spirit of this Great Master of Music ...on 6th July 2020, aged 91.
HUGH 'HUE' CARROLL
Master of Arts of the Royal College of Art
