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Caused by this movie "Melania" (FD-2601) |
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| Webmaster resume: Wenguang Han, senior engineer at
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In the past four to five years, apart from necessary family activities, almost all of my energy has been occupied by the editing of the "Handbook" (Volume 2, Volume 3) and the construction of the E-ares of the resource library. I haven't opened important websites like IMDB for a long time. Until last month, February 2026, these tasks finally came to an end, and I breathed a sigh of relief and began a new journey. When editing a new webpage, I opened IMDB again and searched for the chronology of Morricone's works. When the "Soundtrack" column unfolded on the screen, what unexpectedly caught my eye was that from the year of Morricone's death in 2020 until 2025, there were as many as 67 movies and TV shows in total! This number actually exceeds the 56 original soundtrack films produced by this master during his last 21 years in life (2000-2020)!
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What particularly caught my attention was the only movie of 2026, "Melania/Melania". Oh, isn't that the name of the current First Lady of the United States?! Recently, I have seen a lot of news online about this: "This lady has been busy making movies lately," and I opened the link with a little curiosity. Sure enough, it's it! Its director is the famous Brett Ratner, and the protagonist is the First Lady Melania Trump |
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To be honest, I have no interest in the works of this First Lady, it's just because they involve Morricone that I have to unravel this mystery. I opened the cast page and saw that the composer was Tony Neiman, and there was no mention of Morricone's name on this page! Finally, through the link to the "soundtracks" below, I finally solved this mystery
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Here is a complete list of the musical pieces cited in this film ( From here) |
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At this point, I finally understand that although the composer of this movie is Tony Neiman, it references a large number of well-known musicians' old works. However, it is difficult for me to determine which movie's music is included in the "Elegy for Brown" composed by Morricone shown here? It's not easy to find over 8000 original music pieces by Morricone for 436 movies. However, using the built-in search function of WINDOWS is very slow, with a hard drive of several hundred GB taking several tens of minutes to search, which is really a headache。 |
At this moment, I remembered a " Everything" software I accidentally discovered not long ago. The search speed can be said to be very fast. A 1TB hard drive takes at most tens of seconds, and as long as there is a file name, no matter which layer it is on, it can search completely and accurately. So, I turned on the 4T portable hard drive dedicated to storing music, opened the software and entered "Elegy for Brown". In less than half a minute, all the results were listed. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a song from FA8903 Casualties of War. This music can be clearly heard during the mourning period at Arlington Cemetery in this Melania film (005740-010147) |
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The ending credits (014206) show that the movie references a piece of music composed by Morricone for the 1989 film "Casualties of War" |
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01-Movie Overview |
01-1 Summary |
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01-2 Plot Summary |
An intimate chronicle offers a rare glimpse into the life of Melania Trump, exploring her role as First Lady and her relationship with the President.（ IMDB) |
Amazon MGM Studios' film MELANIA offers unprecedented access to the 20 days leading up to the 2025 Presidential Inauguration -- through the eyes of the First Lady herself. Step inside Melania Trump's world as she orchestrates inauguration plans, navigates the complexities of the White House transition, and moves her family back to the Nation's Capital. With exclusive footage capturing critical meetings, private conversations, and never-before-seen environments, MELANIA showcases Mrs. Trump's return to one of the world's most powerful roles.。( Here） |
《Melania》uses a follow-up filming format to document Melania's work and life during the 20 days leading up to her husband Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony in 2025.（ China Baidu） |
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03 Music listening |
At present, no official soundtrack album for this film has been found on major record websites |
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04 Caused by this movie....... |
1. Just like the social divisions that are almost ubiquitous around the world, this movie has a rating of 1.5 on IMDB (out of 10), and there is a phenomenon of two-tier differentiation in the evaluation on Rotten Tomatoes website: surprisingly, there are two completely opposite sets of data: the "tomato meter" is as low as 11%, while the "popcorn meter" is as high as 98%! |
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However, no matter what, the historical value of this film, planned and starring by the First Lady, with a budget of 40-75 million US dollars and the participation of famous directors and musicians, is take for granted. For fans of Morricone, what is important is that it references the original soundtrack "Brown's Elegy" composed by Morricone in 1989 for the film "Vietnam War Trauma". This song may not be outstanding among the approximately 8000 pieces of music composed by Morricone during his lifetime, but it was able to be identified by the director (or perhaps his music advisor) and included in this important American film. I believe the most significant reason for this is due to Morricone's global reputation. Like all Morricone enthusiasts, I am gratified with this!
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2. When editing the 4th edition of the Morricone filmography, I had already classified Morricone's music works into four categories: FA, FB, FC, FU, etc., based on the principles of "original", "significant association", "general association", and "non-traditional film (television)". In the afterword of Volume 2 of the "Morricone Enthusiast Handbook" edited in 2022, I also mentioned that "more importantly, starting at the beginning of this century Emerging, new "Cite" (Reuse) genres of films and a flood of "We media" works. On the basis of the static precious legacy left by the Maestro Morricone for us, they will emerge in a dynamic expansion. As steadfast fans of the Maestro, we should follow the trend and pay attention to observe, collect, study and disseminate these works ”(P2397, See the image below)
Today, six years after the passing of the master, this situation has appeared before us. As a personal website owner, I even have a feeling that I cannot keep up with the development of the situation: while I am burying myself in the construction of manuals and resource libraries, this trend has left me far behind. The appearance of the movie 'Melania' has prompted me to catch up immediately! Therefore, I have decided to establish a new category for works after 2001: based on the reality that the master has passed away, the original three categories of FB, FC, FU, etc. will be cancelled and all of them will be included in the newly created FD category. Existing websites such as IMDB, CHIMAI, SOUNDTRACKS, DOSCOGS, etc. will become the main sources of information for new FD works
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04 Download Information |
This site provides fans with an 836MB ZIP file containing an MP4 video file with a full length of 104'04" and embedded Chinese and English subtitles. |
Free download available for 10 days from March 27, 2026 to April 7, 2026 |
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