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Beautiful music from 1960s Italy
Feb. 12th, 2011 02:45 amTime for a brief geek-out break! ^_~
Some of the best film music in existence arguably comes from Italian films from the 1960s. A great chunk of that wonderful film music was composed by the incredible composer Ennio Morricone, mostly known and remembered today for his easily recognized (constantly used in pop culture) music from films like 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly', 'Navajo Joe', and 'Fistful of Dollars'. This less-remembered song by Morricone is from the 1969 Italian film 'Machine Gun McCain' . Music from this time and place was characteristically over-the-top, almost operatic in tone, but somehow--in my humble opinion-- downright gorgeous and infectious as hell. "The Ballad of Hank McCain" is one hell of an earworm!
This cover by Mike Patton and John Zorn is delightful too. I honestly can't decide which I enjoy more. This one is softer... more seductive.
Mike Patton, a daring, talented, versatile vocalist whom I adore, clearly has a huge thing for music from this era. He recently put out an album called "Mondo Cane" which is a fantastic assortment of covers of Italian songs from the 60's with his own personal touch.
Something of a tangent here, but what the heck...
Who ever said that music couldn't be beautiful, powerful, and obnoxious all at once?!? ;)
Some of the best film music in existence arguably comes from Italian films from the 1960s. A great chunk of that wonderful film music was composed by the incredible composer Ennio Morricone, mostly known and remembered today for his easily recognized (constantly used in pop culture) music from films like 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly', 'Navajo Joe', and 'Fistful of Dollars'. This less-remembered song by Morricone is from the 1969 Italian film 'Machine Gun McCain' . Music from this time and place was characteristically over-the-top, almost operatic in tone, but somehow--in my humble opinion-- downright gorgeous and infectious as hell. "The Ballad of Hank McCain" is one hell of an earworm!
This cover by Mike Patton and John Zorn is delightful too. I honestly can't decide which I enjoy more. This one is softer... more seductive.
Mike Patton, a daring, talented, versatile vocalist whom I adore, clearly has a huge thing for music from this era. He recently put out an album called "Mondo Cane" which is a fantastic assortment of covers of Italian songs from the 60's with his own personal touch.
Something of a tangent here, but what the heck...
Who ever said that music couldn't be beautiful, powerful, and obnoxious all at once?!? ;)
