Maestro - The Ennio Morricone Online Magazine, Issue #12 - December 2016

thTHE MISSION 30 Anniversary
SPAZIO:1999 In the Shade of Gray
LADY S AND MAESTRO MORRICONE Interview with Philippe Aymond
E PER TETTO UN CIELO DI STELLE Artwork
...and more
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Table of Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................................ 3
In breve....... 4
Old News.. 12
Space:1999: In the Shade of Gray............................................................................................ 18
E per tetto un cielo di stelle: Artwork...................... 24
Ennio Morricone’s The Mission: Music of Salvation?........................... 29
Tribute to The Mission: The Concerts ..................................................................................... 39
A Cartoonist Inspired by Morricone: “Lady S”: Music, Maestro!........... 45
The Sixties in Radiocorriere: Part 1: The Radio Broadcasts.................... 54
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Chief editors: Patrick Bouster and Didier Thunus
Front cover design: Valeria Magyar
Front cover inlay: Anne-Catherine Mortiaux
Front cover image: Artwork from CD “Ennio Morricone - 60 Years of Music” by Decca
Records
Back cover: «Ennio» (2016), watercolour by Philippe Aymond (French drawer of graphic
novels), unreleased so far and specially free to use by “Maestro” (size: 34 X 25 cm- 13.50 X
9.84 in)
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P REFACE
We are More than 250!
by Patrick Bouster
Watching the numbers and statistics of the downloaded (and thus probably read) issues of Maestro, since
the foundation in early 2013, is a source of happiness. After the understandable curiosity of the first issue,
of course exceptional after the former fanzine MSV founded by Martin Van Wouw (on paper, in A5 format,
in B & W) the document, before each new issue, reached 150, 175, then 200 downloaders, in a progressive
rise. And each issue continues to be downloaded after the release of the following one.
Now we stand by 250 readers at each release before the next one, with the exception of #11, out in a very
bad period of summer holidays (absent people, many emails stuck in the box…). But it should be more. We
can proudly assume the quality, the variety, and the nice presentation of a demanding magazine. Despite
the unique topic which could appear obsessive, we are dealing with a very famous and praised composer,
an outstanding long career, and a lot still to discover and to comment.
Nevertheless, many don't subscribe, for several reasons. It is written in English (fortunately corrected by
Didier for some contributors): even nowadays, the non-English speaking people (the most numerous in the
world, by the way…) simply can't read it, even though they are passionate. Much people don't know the
existence of the fanzine, or if they do, don't know the content. Other people (or the same) don't believe in
the quality of the magazine, just because it is a fanzine and not an official publication. Furthermore some
are reluctant to subscribe because of the small difficulty for them to register on chimai.com (easier now and
with an added possibility to receive the document via email). The absence of link on the official site and
above all the absence of a Morricone forum don't help.
But in order to count the downloaders we until now don't have another choice. If a more practical and easier
solution will exist, we will adopt it: a link towards another site or permanent downloading platform, like
those for on-line literature and periodicals. Some people, more numerous than our readers, turn around the
Morricone passionate universe: the chimai.com Facebook page has around 350 members, and more
occasional visitors; several forums like the FSM board, the French one on Underscores, many others.
So we can imagine and plan some changes in order to increase the number of readers (and the contributors
in the bargain!): to put some samples of the magazine available somewhere on chimai.com or Facebook; to
contact the passionate people who post specialized contents on Youtube and other sites (a long task); to
keep improving the quality: with time it will be known and renowned, and for that encourage other
contributors; to mention (by someone else than us) the fanzine on Wikipedia and other «reference sites».
The quality indeed will be enjoyed by more people, a lot of discoveries, researches, a rich content never
made, fills our magazine.
For this issue #12, you get an informative and dense document, with articles on The Mission’s 30 years
anniversary, Morricone's influence on a European comics series cartoonist (with an unreleased watercolour
on the last page), Space 1999 analysed, and the sequel of RAI discoveries within the decade 1960, among
other stuff.
For the next issue, we plan other exciting stuff, as well as for the subsequent ones, like the interview of an
old instrumentalist frequently used by Morricone and deeper researches on the decade 1950...
We are lucky, very lucky.
Pleasant reading, and best wishes for the New Year.
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N EWS
by Didier Thunus (D.T.), Patrick Bouster (P.B.), Richard Bechet (R.B.), Milan Zivancevic (M.Z.)
and Nicola Schittone (N.S.)
In breve
Concerts
The “60 Years of Music” tour resumed with the two Paris dates in September, immediately
followed by three dates in October at the Accademia Santa Cecilia, in replacement of the May
dates that had to be postponed. Below is the programme from these Rome concerts.
The rest of the tour, with the dates announced in Maestro #11, is to be continued in November
through March.
Observers express that the Maestro looks tired but is very committed to the direction of the
orchestra, attentive and bounding from his seat. But don’t expect him to show up after the
concert for autographs or handshakes with his fans. He usually hurries to his hotel, which is
thvery understandable for a man of his age. He turned 88 on November 10 .
thOn November 12 , he gave together with Marco Frisina a very special concert in Vatican City,
a "concerto con i poveri e per i poveri" (concert with the poor for the poor), where hundreds of
1homeless people were invited, and whose benefits went to projects in Africa . The concert
opened with a surprise: the song Dio uno di noi with lyrics by Alberto Bevilacqua. Even though
the programme was calling it an "inedit", it can only be a reprise of Milva's song from her album
"Dedicato a Milva da Ennio Morricone" (1972): same title and same author. Another surprise
was the piece Tra cielo e terra from Padre Pio, more expected in the present context, but never
1 Backstage coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6c8X6rVQcQ
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performed in concert – unless it was the adaptation of Il dolore e
l’ira as heard in the “Canto del Dio Nascosto”. The rest of the setlist
was the so-called "Tre adagi" and, naturally, the suite from The
Mission. The two composers were alternating on stage, instead of
having separate programmes, showing that the two men who have
been competitors for many years on religious TV-movies, have
closely collaborated on this charity project. Even if nobody can
compete with The Mission, in this mystical repertoire Monsignore
Frisina is definitely on a par with the Maestro.
N.S., M.Z., D.T.
Upcoming Movies
Aline & Wolf
Ennio Morricone’s name appears to be attached to an upcoming movie called Aline & Wolf by
2director Lajos Koltai , for whom he already scored Sorstalansag (Fateless) in 2005. The
screenplay, written by Tom Vecchio, relates the 1920s scandalous affair between American
writer Thomas Wolfe and married costume designer Aline Bernstein. Helen Hunt would be
playing Aline. It had already been rumoured a few years ago that the two men would collaborate
on the movie Spider Dance, but the project never materialized. It seems there is a mutual
appreciation between the composer and Tornatore’s ex-cinematographer, so this prospect can
be considered very plausible. Together with the already announced A Rose in Winter (no news
on this one in the meantime), this makes for two interesting projects to look forward to, probably
for 2017.
Voyage of Time
Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time, which had been alleged to