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Celine Dion Sings Ennio Morricone?

09:16 AM PT, Feb 26 2007

I tuned in to the Academy Award's last night just in time to catch the syrupy performance by Celine Dion of "I knew I Loved You." The Vegas headliner managed the near impossible: make the music of Italian composer Ennio Morricone sound like a B-side to "My Heart Will Go On." Of course, Morricone has written some amazing music. Who doesn't feel their pulse start picking up speed when hearing the theme from "The Good the Bad and the Ugly"? And, if you want to see how deep and far out his music can be explored and interpreted by other artists, check out John Zorn's wild takes on Morricone compositions. Of course, there is no substitute for the original scores, and for that there is the fantastic two disc "The Ennio Morricone Anthology: a Fistful of Music" that came out in 1995.

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