Comments on: Will Tarantino Snag Morricone for ‘Inglorious Bastards’?

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:03:14 +0000

Glad somone threw in the hat for Elfman. I’m queasy about putting him up the greats….but since we’re opening up the club, I nominate Carter Burwell.

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:42:43 +0000

Herrmann all the way for me, followed by Williams, Morricone, Barry, Goldsmith, Horner (when he’s on) and (gulp) Elfman.

By: Matthew Lucas

Matthew Lucas — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:20:57 +0000

Morricone is definitely up there, but for me it’s Williams all the way. Goldsmith is a strong contender as well.

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:49:14 +0000

Maybe it’s my undying love for all things Miyazaki, but while I don’t know if I’d put his stuff over Morricone’s, I think that Joe Hisaishi should at least be in the conversation of the greatest of all times. Does such an exceptional job on every film of creating a magical, lush musical atmosphere.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:40:17 +0000

Yep, loves me some Morricone.

By: Dorothy Porker

Dorothy Porker — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:36:50 +0000

I’m quivering at the thought. Morricone is, in my humble opinion, the greatest film composer…ever.

By: Sam Juliano

Sam Juliano — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:45:48 +0000

Christian, I entered this same diatribe at Alexander’s site last week and BARRY was includes with those (you can still see it there under CCC’s Morricone thread.) My failing to remember to list Barry’s name here was completely accidental. Sorry about that, I agree he’s a titan.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:11:48 +0000

Ha…appropriate call Christian.

By: christian

christian — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:52:16 +0000

And one John Barry.

By: Sam Juliano

Sam Juliano — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:24:18 +0000

Only Bernard Herrmann and Max Steiner would rank over Morricone as film composers in my humble opinion. After that would be Williams, Newman, Korgold, Waxman and Rota in no partcular order.

By: Jeff McM

Jeff McM — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:21:10 +0000

Of course, back in the Pulp Fiction days QT was just a fast-talking screewriter who had made one above-average crime movie and didn’t have as big of a music budget.

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:10:56 +0000

According to the Variety column, he asked Morricone to do one for Pulp Fiction but was turned down.

Interesting.

I say just forget about Cannes 2009 and wait for Morricone. I never believed that promise anyway.

By: Matthew Lucas

Matthew Lucas — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:12:23 +0000

I would love to see this happen.

It’s not the first time he used an original score, Robert Rodriguez composed a score of sorts for KILL BILL: VOL. 2, just so Tarantino could have the experience.

He may use a mixture of both, but if he wants this to be a true throwback, he may want to let Morricone take over completely.

By: joel

joel — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:44:56 +0000

Isn’t this the first time Tarantino has ever used an original score created for the film? I think it is. I wonder how he would deal with that, considering his soundtracks are so well-known and respected for his ability to marry image to music?

I guess my point is I wonder how much it might change his creative process if he hasn’t even heard the recorded score before he’s done shooting the film?

By: jeffmcm

jeffmcm — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:33:56 +0000

Sounds like Tarantino needs to adopt a Leone tactic and just let Morricone start writing material now, before the movie has started shooting (right?) and let it shake it in an organic way.

By: Alexander Coleman

Alexander Coleman — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:02:55 +0000

This would be wonderful… I hope this works out!