Ennio Morricone: Quotes about music

Ennio Morricone was Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor. Explore interesting quotes on music.
Ennio Morricone: 28   quotes 12   likes

“The respect for a musical score must come from the director... If the director has no power and has to surrender to budgetary constraints, this is where we have the problem.”

Ennio Morricone
Music , Problem

“I don't know the names of any pop musicians. Pop music is standardised; it's made to please the largest audience possible. I also compose to please a large audience, but when you listen to my music, you understand that I have studied and applied the whole history of composition.”

Ennio Morricone
Music , History , Study , Understanding

“Music needs room to breathe.”

Ennio Morricone
Music

“It could have been extremely boring to write musical scores for only westerns of horror films. It was really exciting for me to work in all these various genres.”

Ennio Morricone
Music

“There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think the film has worked because there was a very good music score.”

Ennio Morricone
Music , Fear , Thinking , Success