A three-hour retrospective co-hosted by Brian Carpenter and Alessandro De Rosa on the work of iconic composer Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer best known for his work on over 400 film scores, as well as over 100 classical works. His scores are considered some of the most influential and timeless in the history of film. In 2007 he received the Honorary Academy Award and was nominated for a further six Oscars before winning in 2016 for The Hateful Eight.

Alessandro De Rosa is a composer and co-author of the book "Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words" with Ennio, an in-depth conversation recently translated into English and published in 2019. De Rosa is a composer who undertook composition following Morricone's advice. He studied with Boris Porena in Rome and then graduated from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Netherlands. He currently works as a freelance musician and collaborates with the RAI and the RSI.

Commentary by author Sir Christopher Frayling, writer/director Quentin Tarantino, and British conductor Charles Hazlewood with audio selections used by permission from the BBC2.

Ennio Morricone & Joan Baez, "Here's to You", Sacco e Vanzetti (1971)

Ennio Morricone, "Cinema Paradiso", Cinema Paradiso (1989)

"Falls", The Mission (1986)

"Gabriel's Oboe", The Mission (1986)

"River", The Mission (1986)

"On Earth As It Is In Heaven", The Mission (1986)

"The Golden Door", Secret of the Sahara (1987)

"The Mountain", Secret of the Sahara (1987)

"Suono Per Dino", Chamber Music (1988)

Gruppo D'Improvisazione Nuova Consonanza, "The Feed-Back", The Feed-Back (1970)

Ennio Morricone, "Ninna Nanna per Adulteri", Cuore di mamma (1969)

"Magic and Ecstasy", Exorcist II: The Heretic

"Rapimento in Campo Aperto", La Maglie Piu Bella (1970)

A three-hour retrospective co-hosted by Brian Carpenter and Alessandro De Rosa on the work of iconic composer Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer best known for his work on over 400 film scores, as well as over 100 classical works. His scores are considered some of the most influential and timeless in the history of film. In 2007 he received the Honorary Academy Award and was nominated for a further six Oscars before winning in 2016 for The Hateful Eight.

Alessandro De Rosa is a composer and co-author of the book "Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words" with Ennio, an in-depth conversation recently translated into English and published in 2019. De Rosa is a composer who undertook composition following Morricone's advice. He studied with Boris Porena in Rome and then graduated from the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, Netherlands. He currently works as a freelance musician and collaborates with the RAI and the RSI.

Commentary by author Sir Christopher Frayling, writer/director Quentin Tarantino, and British conductor Charles Hazlewood with audio selections used by permission from the BBC2.

"Citta Violenta", Citta Violenta (1970)

"Duck, You Sucker", Duck, You Sucker (1972)

"Tramonto", L'Assoluto Naturale (1972)

"Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo", The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

"The Ecstasy of Gold", The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

Dmitri Tiomkin, "Deguello", Rio Bravo (1959)

Ennio Morricone, "Fistful of Dollars Theme". Fistful of Dollars (1964)

Peter Tevis, "Pastures of Plenty" (1963)

Ennio Morricone, "Per un pugno di dollari (Titoli)", Fistful of Dollars (1964)

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion", Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

"L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock", The Hateful Eight (2015)

"Studio Di Colore", Crime and Dissonance (2005)

Ryan H. Walsh is the author of Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, an adventurous book chronicling the development of Van Morrison’s 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks in Boston and many other interrelated Boston stories from the same year. Ryan joins Free Association to talk about some of the stories from 1968, including The Velvet Underground’s popularity in Boston, the so-called Boston Sound bands, and Jim Kweskin and Mel Lyman of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band.

Van Morrison, “Sweet Thing”
Astral Weeks (Rhino/Warner Bros. 1968 Rock)

Jim Kweskin, “Stealin’”
America (Collectible Records 1971)

The Velvet Underground “White Light/White Heat”
White Light/White Heat (Verve 1968)

The Velvet Underground “Sister Ray (Live)”
Live at the Boston Tea Party, May 1969 (ODL 2014)

The Velvet Underground “Femme Fatale”
Sunday Morning/Femme Fatale (Verve 1966)

The Modern Lovers “Astral Plane”
The Modern Lovers (Beserkley 1976)

Earth Opera “The Red Sox are Winning”
Earth Opera (Elektra 1968)

Beacon Street Union “Mystic Morning”
The Eyes of The Beacon Street Union (MGM 1968)

Van Morrison “Astral Weeks”
Astral Weeks (Rhino/Warner Bros. 1968 Rock)

Hallelujah the Hills “Theme From Astral Weeks 1968”
Against Electricity (Discrete Pageantry Records 2018)