Cardinal Ravasi recalls Ennio
Morricone as a man of faith
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| Ennio Morricone with Pope Francis |
The President of the Pontifical Council for Culture,
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, shares his memories of Oscar-winning Italian
composer Ennio Morricone, who died on Monday in Rome at the age of 91.
By Vatican News
Sharing his memories of the late composer with Vatican News’
Giancarlo La Vella, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi recalled that Ennio Morricone
was a man of faith.
The President of the Pontifical Council for Culture also
said he would remember this great cinematic composer for a least two particular
spiritual events.
The first, Cardinal Ravasi recalled, was in Poland when he
was preparing an Oratory for Pope St John Paul II.
“The second event is the most recent meeting on 15 April
2019, when I presented him, in the name of Pope Francis, with the Pontifical
Gold Medal for his musical work. These two moments testify to what he has
always attested: his faith.”
Spiritual dimension
The Cardinal went on to say that there was always a
religious and spiritual dimension to the composer’s music, whether he was
scoring a film like "The Mission" or a western.
The Council President underlined that, with the music of
Morricone, the score was the protagonist, along with the screen images.
Elaborating on this, Cardinal Ravasi recalled he had invited
Morricone to speak during a plenary session on the theme of beauty, starting
from his experience as a musician.
Musical commentary
“If we review the films of which Ennio Morricone composed
the soundtrack”, said the Cardinal, “it is almost spontaneous to remember, not
only the visual dimension, but also the sound dimension. There is a musical
thread, which goes hand in hand with that of the image.”
In particular, Cardinal Ravasi mentioned the film “The
Mission” in which, he said, the musical commentary is of a religious nature and
illustrates the theme of the film.
"That is why I believe that we should all be grateful
to Ennio Morricone, believers and non-believers alike, but above all the
believers to whom he belonged, for having been able to express the ineffable
and the invisible at the same time, which are the soul of religion."
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