Morricone @ 80.

To celebrate, you might revisit Robert C Cumbow's piece on the concert Il Maestro himself conducted early last year.

Morricone is "far and away our greatest living film composer," writes Tim Lucas in a birthday tribute. "I would like to use this occasion to discuss my own lengthy prowl through the Maestro's back catalogue in search of music that, for me, would be capable of rivaling the unforgettable shock of my initial introduction to his work."

Updated.

Congrats in the German papers: Ulrich Amling (Tagesspiegel), Wolfgang Sandner (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) and Peter Zander (Welt).

And here's his site.

Update: Dennis Cozzalio, who, of course, blogs at Sergio Leone and the Infield Rule, sends birthday greetings.

Posted by dwhudson at November 10, 2008 1:33 AM