Ennio Morricone will write Olympics anthem – if Italy wins

Ennio Morricone will write Olympics anthem – if Italy wins

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norman lebrecht

May 15, 2019

The film composer has agreedc to write a new anthem for the Olympic Games.

His only condition is that Milan is allowed to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Morricone will be 97 when those Games come round.

 

Comments

  • Dennis says:

    Anything would be better than the current Olympic Anthem, which a piece of trite, sentimentalist garbage.

  • Pianofortissimo says:

    And the title will be ‘For a few medals more’.

  • Nik says:

    Milan is bidding jointly with Cortina d’Ampezzo, where the actual ski slopes are.

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