Forum Music Village

Forum Music Village (previously called Ortophonic recording studio) is a recording studio located in Rome, Italy underneath the Sacro Cuore di Maria. It was founded by Armando Trovajoli, Ennio Morricone, Luis Bacalov and Piero Piccioni with the studio manager and producer Enrico De Melis in 1970. The studio has some peculiarities one of them is the ability to record a church organ directly to the studio.[1]

Founder and academy award winner Ennio Morricone has been using the studio to create his scores for the past forty years. The studio has hosted many directors who have worked alongside him, including Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone and Barry Levinson. The Academy Award-winning scores of "Il Postino: The Postman" by Luis Bacalov and "Life Is Beautiful" by Nicola Piovani were recorded in Studio A of Forum Music Village.[2]

The studio has played host to international artists such as Quincy Jones, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Red Hot Chili Peppers, will.i.am, Morrisey and Cher.[3]

Selected albums recorded or mixed at the studio

  • Goblin
    • Cherry Five (1975)
    • Roller (1976)
  • Il Giardino dei Semplici
    • M'innamorai / Una storia (1975)
  • Enzo Jannacci
    • Tira a campà from the 1976 album O vivere o ridere
  • New Trolls
    • Concerto grosso per i New Trolls (1971)
  • Stefano Reali and Jacopo Fiastri
    • Le ali della vita (2000)
  • Morrissey
    • Ringleader Of The Tormentors (2006)
  • Mokadelic

References

  1. ↑ "Forum Music Village". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Film Music Maestro Ennio Morricone". mixonline.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  3. ↑ "Forum Music Village". discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-12-31.

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