Another aspect of a world -renowned artist, man and father, is revealed through the pages of a book. Marco Morricone, son of the famous composer Ennio Morricone, recalls his childhood memories and moments of his adult life from his relationship with his father, links them to the historical editor of Corriere della Sera Valerio (Valerio Cappelli) Crey friend of the composer, and presents an authentic portrait of one of the greatest musical geniuses ever in Italy.

A few hours before the presentation of the book “Ennio Morricone, the genius, the man, the father” at the 21st Thessaloniki International Book Fair, Marko Morikone speaks to the Athenian/Macedonian News Agency for the venture and his importance to him, since he was so much for his life. “It’s not so much a biography of Enio Moricone … It is my father’s life perspective, since I was little until I” left “.

So this book is for me to complete a cycle of pain, caused by the moment I lost my father, “says the composer’s eldest son.

He admits that he is not the type of man who likes to publish his personal experiences, so in the hearing of Valerio Capeli’s idea, he was not positive at all.

The latter, as a journalist of one of the largest Italian newspapers, made a series of interviews with celebrities. Among them was Marco Mormone. This interview took place at that time the third most widely read text of the newspaper’s electronic edition.

“Seeing the interest of the world, he phoned me and suggested that I write a book. At first I was negative, but after the pressure of Valerio and my husband, I decided to do it, ”he explains.

The “huge distance” from his father and the book that became redemption

The book begins with Mark’s memories when he was just five years old, looking through a half -open door, his father bent over an office. He wore large squares and a neckline sweater and was deeply absorbed, drawing on a pentagram. His body was there, but his mind and spirit seemed to be far away.

“At that moment I felt a vast distance between us. But it’s something that happens to all of us. If your father doesn’t understand you, you must try to understand your father. So all this route was a marathon a permanent road and a struggle to understand how my father’s mind worked, “he says excitedly.

When he began writing, all the emotions and images of his father who had been kept in his mind and heart, began to exterminate the paper with an endless flow, as he says, the first pension of the book was completed in less than one and a half months.

“Of course there were very strong points that were difficult to record, but I had realized that death is part of life and -unfortunately for us, our father would still” live “for eternally,” he emphasizes, saying that this book itself.

The pages of the book released in Greek by Metronome Publications, are still mentioned by the studies of Enio that were interrupted after the third high school, the evenings playing for American soldiers, the obsession with music, the intense relationship with Maestro Petrassi, Oscar, the passion for Rome, the greed for chocolates hidden by his wife Maria, the ostracism he suffered from the academic world, his sweetness and his cruelty as a father.

“My father was born in 1928. So in his teens he saw and lived the war, he saw the people die. And now we see wars, but from a distance, it’s not the same. All this made him tougher. At the same time, however, he has always been very generous and very deeply faithful to what he did, “says Marko Morikone, trying to distinguish man from celebrity through the book. “I’m trying to interpret the different aspects of my father, who were often contradictory and I was there and I was trying to figure out what was going on,” he adds.

One of the contradictory incidents described is the fact that he forbade his children from listening to music at home. “He didn’t even want to hear music at home, he was not allowed. No species, not even his own, because when he composed he wanted to be his mind unaffected. This resulted in the holidays with my friends not knowing a single song! “He says laughing.

The collaboration of Enio Morikone with a Greek singer

During the discussion with Mark Morickone, we ask him if the award -winning composer had something to do with Greece or Greek music. After a while, he remembers that Enio Morikone at some point worked with Demi Rousseau. “Many years ago he had written music for the” Innamorati Di Peynet “animations. There he had the opportunity to meet Demi Roussos, who came to Rome to record the song, “says Mr Morikone and at the same time his wife Monica has found this song online and pressing the button on her cellphone and his songwriter is heard by his voice.

Marco Mormone points out that he no longer feels like old, who was heavy for him to carry that name. Today he says that it is just a responsibility that he is happy to take on. As for how they want to remember his father … “Because he was a man who dedicated his life to his job, I would probably be happier – and I think he himself would like to remember him as a man who did a good job with a lot of honesty. And he probably did this job well, but I can’t say that, the story will tell it … “concludes Marco Morikone.

The charitable purpose behind the book and its Greek version thanks to the Music Friends Association Ennio Morricone Greece

The translation of “Ennio Morricone, the genius, the man, the father” took place thanks to the initiative of the Cultural Association of Friends of Music Ennio Morricone Greece and the President of Constantine Papakostas, a man with whom the Morikone family maintains close relationships and constant cooperation.

After all, Marko Mormone knows well as he says that his father’s music is very dear in Greece, a place is due to Mr Papakostas, who shows a huge love for her and “he has been treated with a lot of honesty, honesty and humility to promote my father.” It is noteworthy that in the book there is a special and large reference to his face.

The son of the great composer, orchestrator and conductor, states that the proceeds from his book sales will be donated to the project that has been ongoing for three years by the speculative club he founded with his wife, where a large group of doctors, studying with children. As he says, what has led them to this action is just one word: “return”. “To give some privileges we had, to people who need more than us,” he notes.