{"product_id":"enea-leone_unce-upon-a-time-arrangements-pour-guitare-biovinyl_2025_out","title":"Unce upon a time, arrangements pour guitare (BIOVINYL)","description":"The maestro of spaghetti western music in an unusual guise: new arrangements of hit themes from Morricone's greatest film scores.Born in 1928, Morricone studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and quickly made a name for himself in Italy as a trumpeter in light music orchestras and as a composer and arranger. But it wasn't until the score for the film A Fistful of Dollars (1964) that he gained international attention, and subsequently established his reputation with a whole series of contributions to films that simultaneously brought Clint Eastwood to prominence as a gum-chewing hardball hero. Morricone's scores shaped the mood of Sergio Leone's films: economical, precise, memorable.Enea Leone has selected and arranged themes from the Leone\/Eastwood 'Dollar' trilogy, as well as later Leone classics such as Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America. He has also delved into the composer's later career as a film composer, with themes from Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, My Name Is Nobody, The Mission, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Love Affair and the music he compiled for Tarantino's 2009 epic Inglourious Basterds.After five nominations, Morricone finally received the Film \u0026 TV Music Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2016 for Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight (2015). Although belatedly, the awards recognized Morricone's mastery of drawing the viewer into a scene, capturing a character, emphasizing dialogue, and advancing the director's vision of a film in a way that has captivated millions.While piano versions of Morricone's scores are widely available, his music is eminently suited to the guitar, as Enea Leone proves on this new recording. He has enjoyed a 20-year career as a musician and teacher and has made several highly acclaimed recordings for Brilliant Classics, including the complete Fernando Sor Etudes (94791), which received highly positive reviews from Classics Today: These pieces are both technically rewarding and musically enriching, and Milanese guitarist Enea Leone brings the music to life with his supple playing, fine sense of timbre and consistent yet flexible and accurate rhythmic feel.Ennio Morricone (born 1928) is undoubtedly the most famous, popular and influential film composer of the 20th century. He has written over 400 film scores, which have won numerous international awards, including the Grammy Award.This new recording features guitar arrangements of his most iconic pieces from the films \"Once Upon a Time in the West\", \"A Fistful of Dollars\", \"The Mission\", \"Inglorious Basterds\" and many others.Performed by Enea Leone, pupil of the great Alirio Diaz, who has already recorded works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Appunti), Sor (Complete Guitar Etudes) and Music from Argentina (with bandoneon player Roberto Bongianino) for Brilliant Classics.","brand":"Enea Leone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55312378757464,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/5028421900216.jpg?v=1760402806","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/enea-leone_unce-upon-a-time-arrangements-pour-guitare-biovinyl_2025_out","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}