The Big Scores
Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words
By Ennio Morricone in conversation with Alessandro De Rosa, Oxford University Press, $34.95
ARLY IN LIFE, ENNIO MORRICONE HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER to become a musician or a chess master. A maestro… or a maestro. It’s over several games of chess that Morricone opts to conduct this extended series of interviews with composer Alessandro De Rosa—and before long, the anecdotes start flying: “I happened to play a few games with Terrence Malick although I was
