By Did I wake up on Mars today? Because when I check my inbox in the morning, desperately seeking an answer on one of the many missed connections post I make on Craigslist in a day, I saw a story that Ennio Morricone, far and away my favorite cinematic composer of all time, is composing ringtones for LG, I kind of screamed a little.
Morricone is allowing LG to use ten pieces of his music as ringtones for their newest phone, the LG Optimus 2X, which does indeed have an awesome name. The Optimus, in addition to turning into a little fighting robot from Cybertron, will also carry some kind of wild advance in cell phone speaker technology. So, you know, the Malena soundtrack won’t sound like it’s being broadcast through a tin can on a distant moon of Jupiter. In addition, he will be composing fifteen original pieces for use on LG phones.
So help me, I will be dragged kicking and screaming into the new generation of cell phones. I can understand what an important platform they are now, but this seems like a certain tarnishing of Morricone’s own legacy. Look, he’s eighty-two. He’s not long for this…
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Did I wake up on Mars today? Because when I check my inbox in the morning, desperately seeking an answer on one of the many missed connections post I make on Craigslist in a day, I saw a story that Ennio Morricone, far and away my favorite cinematic composer of all time, is composing ringtones for LG, I kind of screamed a little.
Morricone is allowing LG to use ten pieces of his music as ringtones for their newest phone, the LG Optimus 2X, which does indeed have an awesome name. The Optimus, in addition to turning into a little fighting robot from Cybertron, will also carry some kind of wild advance in cell phone speaker technology. So, you know, the Malena soundtrack won’t sound like it’s being broadcast through a tin can on a distant moon of Jupiter. In addition, he will be composing fifteen original pieces for use on LG phones.
So help me, I will be dragged kicking and screaming into the new generation of cell phones. I can understand what an important platform they are now, but this seems like a certain tarnishing of Morricone’s own legacy. Look, he’s eighty-two. He’s not long for this world. How much is it going to suck to read, “Morricone, whose final composition was developed for LG cellphones?”
What do you guys think? Sensible use of new technology, or a defilement of a great man's legacy? Me, I’m going to lodge a complaint on my rotary phone. Excuse me.
[Via /Film]