There will also be a screening of everything he has directed: feature films, documentaries – and a couple of music promo videos he did for Queen Earnshaw is excited by the idea “We will be able to showcase the spectrum of his work. In Mike’s case, that has never been done in its entirety before, all of it under one roof.”Earnshaw is bullish about the festival and its prospects. “We celebrate 21 years at the museum this year, and I think that Bradford proves to people that you don’t have to have be in London for a festival or a museum to be successful.”Bradford Film Festival, National Museum for Photography, Film and Television, Bradford (0870 701 0200; .uk), from tomorrow to 27 March. David Soul on Breakfast with Manny (6:30am slot): “Good morning, Detroit! blah, blah, blah.. great box-office, blah, blah.. Seventies, blah, blah, blah.. red Torino, blah, blah, blah.. cardigan, blah, blah.. bad guys, blah, blah.. great lookin’ women, blah, blah.. Huggy Bear, blah.. but right now, in studio with me this morning, I’ve got.. You guessed it.. the ‘original’ Hutch, David Soul. Hey, good to see ya, ‘Hutch’!”
David Soul on Breakfast with Manny (6:30am slot): “Good morning, Detroit! blah, blah, blah.. great box-office, blah, blah.. Seventies, blah, blah, blah.. red Torino, blah, blah, blah.. cardigan, blah, blah.. bad guys, blah, blah.. great lookin’ women, blah, blah.. Huggy Bear, blah.. but right now, in studio with me this morning, I’ve got.. You guessed it.. the ‘original’ Hutch, David Soul Hey, good to see ya, ‘Hutch’!”
“David Nice to be here.” “… “I think it’s important that other people choose that music,” he says “And I want to have a secret funeral I don’t want anybody other than my family knowing about it. When the funeral is over, then people can know that I’m dead.
That way I won’t disturb anyone, and they won’t waste money on flowers.”When I apologise for ending on a sombre note, the maestro replies with a rare smile “That’s OK. The important thing is that we have reached your last question.”‘Arena Concerto’ is out now on Eastwest. I will simply do what I can.”And what of Quentin Tarantino and Kill Bill? Was the director offended when Morricone declined his offer to compose for the soundtrack? “First of all,” Morricone says, “I didn’t speak to him directly, so I don’t think he would have been offended. Second, I was asked only to compose two or three minutes of music, and I wasn’t going to do all that work for three minutes.
It also seemed strange that there was such a huge amount of money on offer, so I said no. In the end, Tarantino called another composer who imitated my style. He wanted a Morricone-like composition and he got one.”It is perhaps insensitive to finish by asking the maestro what music he’d have at his funeral. I do so, though, framing the question as delicately as I can. But if I don’t manage to realise the ambitions I have left, it doesn’t matter, and I won’t suffer because of it. “Things used to be much more frantic, but now I say no to a lot of offers, and have more time to think about my work There are private ambitions, things I won’t tell you If life is to go on, there must be challenges. Jab, jab, goes the maestro’s toothpick.When not busy at his recording studio in Rome, Morricone says he enjoys cinema and working out a little at home.