IN DECIDING WHICH PIECE OF MUSIC TO USE FOR 'UNTOUCHABLES' COURTROOM CLIMAX
Ennio Morricone recently discussed a handful of his film scores with Entertainment Weekly's Madison Vain, and included a story about The Untouchables:
For the unforgettable final scene of Brian De Palma’s gangster epic, in which Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) brings Al Capone (Robert De Niro) to justice, Morricone presented nine possible options. As he remembers it, he hoped De Palma would choose any of them except the seventh—which, of course, is exactly the one the director wanted. “In the end, he was absolutely right,” the composer says. Celebratory music is a rare mode for Morricone, who favors more hypnotic, moody creations. “But De Palma chose the piece that was most like [the ending]—it showed the triumph of the police over the bad guys.”
Updated: Sunday, February 21, 2016 11:58 PM CST
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