Ennio Morricone

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In accordance with established Quentin Tarantino tradition , the upcoming soundtrack to the director's "Django Unchained" is to feature no shortage of crate-digger's delights, including Jim Croce's " I Got a Name " and vintage film music by Ennio ... more info

Guardian Music — Vortex, LondonHe came to town in the wake of the London jazz festival, but though Roman pianist Enrico Pieranunzi was sharing the Vortex jazz club with an audience of 70 or so rather than headlining the Barbican or South Bank, his technique, imaginat... more info

Guardian Music — Italian tenor will also be up for male artist of the year against Lang Lang and Vasily Petrenko at awards ceremony next monthThe Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is to be given a special award at this year's Classic Brits to mark his 20th anniversary in ... more info

Guardian Music — He's been the fairest of them all at compiling the RR playlist. Now, for his final topic, Jon Dennis reflects on your suggestionsIt's been my privilege to compile the Readers Recommend playlist since the beginning of last year. And what is the playli... more info

Guardian Music — Anything and every goes in Zorn's constantly evolving musical world: his pieces are a vision of what happens when postmodern practices become something much more meaningfulJohn Zorn. Finding any one label to define the man and his work is pretty well... more info

Guardian Music — (V2)Dave Gahan was a deep personal well of darkness: six minutes spent clinically dead following an overdose in 1996; a cancerous tumour in 2009. He draws on it extensively here. British duo Soulsavers have form in this area – their last collaborat... more info

Impose Magazine — Lumerians are known for making music that is filmic in nature, songs soaked in the language of Morricone and his brethren. So it's easy enough, with each new Lumerians track, to cast and write the scene that they are soundtracking. This five minu... more info

Impose Magazine — As Psych Fest drew to a close, Day 3 packed in the big names, though the better performances came from the lesser-knowns. Drawing inspiration direct from Ennio Morricone, Federale turned Beauty Ballroom into a red desertscape, stripped straight from... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — by Kathleen Furey Ennio Morricone: La Musica Parla (The Music Talks) Whats on Network Awesome Today? Ennio Morricone is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. In the span of his six-decade career, he has... more info

Guardian Music — (Naim)Get the Blessing trumpeter Pete Judge says this new album finds the exuberant Portishead-powered quartet "less afraid to be itself than it used to be". With its thundering rock-bass grooves and scorching early Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry horn so... more info