the timeless music by Ennio Morricone are ready to stand out again … Il Volo, this time with a capital V, as the trio is released on Friday at the same time as the world with the new album ‘Il Volo sings Morricone’ published by Epic-Sony Music, which contains 14 tracks from the soundtracks by the great master of music and cinema. “The choice privileged the most famous and immediately recognizable songs but also those that have meant something for our life”, as they explain Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble in the presentation of the disc at the Forum Studios in Rome where it was recorded with theorchestra Roma Sinfonietta directed by maestro Marcello Rota, present Andrea Morricone (son of Ennio) and the Oscar-winning director of photography Vittorio Storaro who edited the video clip shot in the Frasassi caves.
So, it goes by ‘Ecstasy of Gold’ (English text written by Andrea Morricone) based on the film ‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ a ‘Here’s to You’ da ‘Sacco & Vanzetti’, passing by ‘Your Love’ from ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’, ‘Nella fantasia’ feat Andrea Griminelli from ‘Mission’, ‘Think about a night at dinner’ dal film omonimo, ‘Se’ feat. Hauser e ‘Would he even no me know?’ da ‘New Cinema Paradiso’, ‘The califfa’, ‘Conradiana’ from ‘Nostromo’, ‘And the more I think of you’ from ‘Once upon a time in America’ e ‘Malena’, ‘If calling’, ‘Come sail away’ feat. Chris Botti, ‘Amalia por amor’ and close with theunpublished ‘The colors of love’ composed by Andrea Morricone and dedicated to loneliness at the time of the Covid pandemic. All songs that the public can enjoy live in the international tour which will start in March from the USA with dates also in Italy and a new stage at the Verona Arena.
Per Andrea Morricone, it is “a project, for an album with three voices of absolute international prestige, for extraordinary music and for a beautiful and dutiful homage to my father, Ennio Morricone”. Operation ‘blessed’ also by Vittorio Storaro, recalling having “made seven films with Morricone, including the film I loved most, ‘Once upon a time in America’ on a subject by Bernardo Bertolucci. Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini when he recalled that ‘the arts can help like vaccines to return to life’ and recalling that the etymology of the word ‘art’ means skill and therefore we are all artists in one way or another “.
The three components of the Fly underline that “the Morricone family’s support for this musical and recording project was by no means taken for granted and therefore we feel privileged. Ennio Morricone’s repertoire is infinite and in this sense Andrea has also acted as a ‘compass’. The choice of collaborations it was targeted, preferring artists with whom a friendship was cultivated over time. The songs we have chosen reflect our life experiences, which we will try to revive even the listeners of the album and the public on the tour, hoping to make this repertoire known also to the new generations, because it is about timeless melodies. It is the most important project of our life, arrived at the height of our personal and musical maturity “.
(from Enzo Bonaiuto)