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Ennio Morricone’s Score for Once Upon a Time in the West (Part 3 of 3): The Frank/Harmonica Theme

  In most film scores, themes are usually associated with a single character. This is the case, for example, with the previous two themes examined in this blog series: those

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Ennio Morricone’s Score for Once Upon a Time in the West (Part 2 of 3): Cheyenne’s Theme

  “Cheyenne’s theme” from Once Upon a Time in the West is another example of Ennio Morricone’s economical use of melodic and harmonic materials, and unusual choice of instrumentation that

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Oscar Nominees 2014, Best Original Score (Part 2 of 6): Thomas Newman’s Saving Mr. Banks

  Saving Mr. Banks earned veteran Hollywood composer Thomas Newman his 12th Oscar nomination and the 2nd in consecutive years following last year’s nomination for his score to Skyfall. Being

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