Long, long ago (1928) in a land far, far away (Italy) a giant glowing space egg crashed to Earth, leaving behind it a plume of wondrous rainbow-colored smoke that was seen for miles around. As it fell, diamonds and glitter gently descended from within the depths of the smoke cloud, blanketing the surrounding country with a thin layer of gold dust. Naturally, the government tried to hush things up, as described in The X-Files S4E15, a little seen episode whose broadcast was preempted for a reality show where a starving college football team stranded on a remote island tried to race a herd of angry chimps to see who could eat over 100 lbs of raw, uncooked plantains first. This amazing space rock was, of course, the spaceship that brought famed composer Ennio Morricone down to Earth from his home among the gods in Heaven.
And now the man who wrote the classic themes to Once Upon a Time in the West and Days of Heaven, among so many others, is cruising over to the US on another space egg known as an aeroplane. In 2014, Consequence of Sound reports that Morricone will make his West Coast live debut along with a 200-person orchestra (WHAT) at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre on March 20. Then, on March 23, it’s over to Brooklyn for a performance at the Barclays Center. Tickets are on sale now for Earth people, angry chimps, starving college bros, and space demigods alike.
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