A couple days ago I wanted to read for an hour, so I asked Alexa to shuffle music by Ennio Morricone, who has become my favorite composer. The first offering Alexa presented was the one embedded above. I had to interrupt her to ask her to identify the song. It sounded familiar, and I wondered if Morricone had written for Broadway or a movie I hadn't seen.
Identifying the piece took a while. Searching the lyrics kept yielding links to an Australian group called Savage Garden. Adding Celine Dion to the search finally led me to a tribute album. And then I discovered that the lyrics had been added on to Morricone's well-known Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America.
Reposted from 2017 in memoriam.
have a look at his work on the sound track to the movie "the mission" its spectacular. it will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. also watch the movie,if you haven't already, it is one of the best movies of all time.
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DeleteHave you encountered this one yet? https://youtu.be/KkM71JPHfjk
ReplyDeleteThe Savage Garden song 'I Knew I Loved You' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnmICxvoVY
ReplyDeleteExtremely popular here in Australia in 1999/2000
It was extremely popular here in the US as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Knew_I_Loved_You#Charts
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