Forum Music Village (previously called Ortophonic Recording Studio) is a recording studio located in

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, Italy underneath the

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. It was founded by Ennio Morricone,

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and

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with the studio manager and producer Enrico De Melis in 1969. The studio has some peculiarities one of them is the ability to record a church organ directly to the studio. Founder and

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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

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, Oliver Stone and

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. The Academy Award-winning scores of " Il Postino: The Postman" by

and "

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" by

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were recorded in Studio A of Forum Music Village. The studio has played host to international artists such as

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, Morrissey and Cher.

The history of the studios

The foundation, Ortophonic (1970–1979)

At the end of the 1960s Ennio Melis, manager of the Soundtracks section of the Italian

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, knew about theavailability of the underground spaces of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Mary and the possibility of creating and founding recording studios. The projects were presented to the conductor and arranger Bruno Nicolai, the sound engineers

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and

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, and the composer and arranger

who immediately involves his colleagues

, Ennio Morricone and

. The ''Ortophonic Studios'' were thus founded on 5 May 1970. From 1970 to 1979, led by the Four Maestros and De Melis, the studios are one of the top recording facilities in Italy, hosting artists as

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Mireille Mathieu Mireille Mathieu (; born 22 July 1946) is a French singer. She has recorded over 1200 songs in eleven languages, with more than 122 million records sold worldwide. Biography and career Early years Mireille Mathieu was born on 22 July 1946 in A ...

, and

Gato Barbieri Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spa ...

– together with the Founding Maestros -, being part of the creation of huge masterpieces between pop music and soundtrack: from '' Storia di un impiegato'', to '' Concerto Grosso per i New Trolls'', the soundtrack of ''Last tango in Paris'', '' Deep Red'', ''Febbre da Cavallo'' and the music for ''

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'', for the first staging with an unforgettable

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. The perfect acoustic, the capacity of Studio A built to catch the sound of large symphonic ensembles, the wise and skillful work of the sound engineers, and the intense creativity and mastery of the most important stars of pop and film music increased the development and the credibility of the Studios. In less than a decade, Ortophonic were considered both in Italy and internationally an authentic "temple of sound", everyday witness of the creation of thousands of music productions.

The international success, Studio Forum (1979–1996)

In 1979 the studios changed their name in ''Studi Forum'', being detected by Franco Patrignani: very respected sound engineer with a long time experience in

and Sonic Studios, together with his wife Emma Gibellini. The two led the studios for more than twenty years, stimulating the growth and reputation on both technical and management sides, continuously working on updating old technology from analogical to the digital era. This is the age of main international development of the studios, which will host artists as Duran Duran, George Garvarentz,

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, Leonard Bernstein,

Alex North Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), '' Viva Zapata!'', '' S ...

, Chet Baker,

Maurice Jarre Maurice-Alexis Jarre (; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) allmusic Biography/ref> was a French composer and conductor. Although he composed several concert works, Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations wit ...

Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer and conductor known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and three in the ''Rambo'' franch ...

, Evan Lurie,

Roman Vlad Roman Vlad (29 December 1919 – 21 September 2013) was a Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist. Biography Born in Cernăuți, Bukovina (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine), he studied with Titus Tarnawski and Liviu Russu in Romania ear ...

Vangelis Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...

and many more. With them, also Italian big names as

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Claudio Baglioni Claudio Baglioni (; born 16 May 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician. His career has been going on for over 50 years. Some songs from the 70s are part of Italian culture such as ''E tu come stai?''. In the 80s he released the ...

Fred Bongusto Alfredo Antonio Carlo Buongusto (6 April 1935 – 8 November 2019), known by his stage name Fred Bongusto, was an Italian light music singer, songwriter and composer who was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Career history Bongusto was born ...

, Domenico Modugno, Adriano Celentano, Renzo Arbore,

Riz Ortolani Riziero Ortolani (; 25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, and orchestrator, predominantly of film scores. He scored over 200 films and television programs between 1955 and 2014, with a career spanning over fifty yea ...

Massimo Ranieri Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone on 3 May 1951) is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and director. Biography Early life Ranieri was born in Naples ( at Santa Lucia), the fifth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, y ...

Zucchero Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...

Francesco De Gregori Francesco De Gregori OMRI (born 4 April 1951) is an Italian singer-songwriter. In Italy, he is popularly known as "Il Principe dei cantautori" ("The Prince of the singer-songwriters"), a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics. He is of ...

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, Alex Britti,

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esotericism, esoteric, philosophy, philosophica ...

and many many more. Also, the Four Founding Maestro are often hosted in the studios, and right during these years, big masterpieces were created as the

Winners '' Cinema Paradiso'' ( Ennio Morricone), '' Il Postino: The Postman'' (

), and unforgettable soundtracks as ''

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'' ( Ennio Morricone). The awards won by all of the music created in the studios during these years are uncountable:

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, David di Donatello, Bears of Berlin, and Nastro d’Argento.

The next generation, Forum Music Village (1996–2020)

In the middle of the Nineties, the studios were ready for a change, needing a severe updating both on technical and management areas. That's when ''Forum Music Village'' was born, in 1996, with Marco Patrignani (the son of

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and Emma), executive producer and cultural entrepreneur, getting the lead of the company and the responsibility to preserve the legacy of the historic recording rooms in piazza Euclide: expanding the activities through the production of international live events and Cine-concerts. Between all the activities, the foundation in 2010 of the

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– chair by Patrignani himself -, the first ensemble dedicated to perform Italian and international

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masterpieces, bringing for the first time ever in the theaters and auditoriums all over the country the '' Harry Potter Concert Serie'' and inside the

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arena ''Gladiator'' in cine-concert, for a benefit event in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rotary Club, attended by the

Winner Russell Crowe. But life at the studios didn't stop: following a huge technology update, to coordinate the activity of the recording rooms comes Fabio Patrignani, Marco’s brother and one of the best sound engineers still today, boasting such remarkable Italian and international collaborations, from film music to pop, rock, and jazz – among others Ennio Morricone,

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, Dolores O’Riordan, Danger Mouse,

and

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. From the foundation of ''Forum Music Village'', uncountable artists and composers worked in the historic recording rooms, bringing music and production on a larger level, shaping the studios in a real cradle of big success: from

Winners as ''

'' (

) and ''

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'' ( Ennio Morricone), to the

of Morrissey,

, Il Volo,

and Giorgia, hosting producers like

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, Rob Ellis and Robert Kraft, and world-renowned directors as

, Oliver Stone,

, Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini,

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, Giuseppe Tornatore, Mario Monicelli,

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, Dario Argento, Steno, the

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and many more.

The future, Forum Studios (2020–...)

After twenty-five years of huge success between the studios, the orchestra, and the international events, after fifty years from the foundation, in the year 2020 ''Forum Music Village'' with all of its wide experience, begun a new rebranding operation, creating the ''Forum Studios'' which include: the historic recording studios in piazza Euclide; the Forum Theatre (ex Teatro Euclide), an immersive interdisciplinary theatre, from acting to live music, corporate events, and movie screenings; the

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, a private club based inside the studios with a restaurant, cocktail bar, and an exclusive events program; the strengthening of all the environment and expertise dedicated to live events production, video streaming, and multimedia events, with top technologies both on audio and video side; the continuation and enlarging of the

tours and concerts, in Italy and all over the world: China,

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, and many more countries.

Between vintage and latest technologies

The technologies

In fifty years of history, ''Forum Studios'' have repeatedly modernized recording technologies, going from analog tape machines to the most modern software and digital desks. Below a short list of historical machines still present in the facilities of the studios: *

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A820 2", 24 track *

A820 1/4", 2 track *

A810 1/4", 2 track *

A80 1/2", 2 track *

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PCM-3324S Digital * Neve VR Legend 60Ch con Flying Faders *

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32C In addition to the machines, inside the studio rooms there are real "sound structures", such as the four historic

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s from 1970, one of which is still functioning and plugged with Studio A – and whose unmistakable sound it can be heard in the song ''

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'', from the album '' Ringleaders of the tormentors'' by the award-winning British artist Morrissey.

The musical instruments

In the studios there are also various Musical instruments, mostly orchestral ones. Some of these have played in important musical works: *

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Premier (''

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'') * Vintage "steel"

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('' Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto'') * Celesta Mustel Paris (''

, Il Postino: The Postman'') * Keyboard glockenspiel Mustel Paris ('' Deep Red,

, Il Postino: The Postman'')

Studio credits

Selected albums recorded or mixed at the studio

Alessandro Alessandroni Alessandro Alessandroni (18 March 1925 – 26 March 2017) was an Italian musician and composer. He played multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, mandolincello, sitar, accordion and piano, and composed more than 40 film scores and ...

** ''Sangue di sbirro'' (1976) * Pasquale Catalano ** '' Barney's Versio'' (2010) *

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** '' The Nativity Story'' (additional recording) (2006) *

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** '' Tales of Tales'' (2015) *

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** '' Non al denaro non-all'amore né al cielo'' (1971) ** '' Storia di un impiegato'' (1973) *

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** ''Cherry Five'' (1975) ** ''Roller'' (1976) * Andrea Guerra ** ''

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'' (2004) *Il Giardino dei Semplici ** ''M'innamorai / Una storia'' (1975) *

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** ''

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'' (2007) *

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** ''Tira a campà'' from the 1976 album ''O vivere o ridere'' *

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** ''Amedeo Minghi'' (1973) * Ennio Morricone ** ''La Smagliatura'' (1975) ** '' Autostop Rosso Sangue'' (1977) ** ''Dedicato Al Mare Egeo'' (1979) ** ''

'' (1984) ** ''

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'' (1988) ** ''The Endless Game'' (1989) ** ''Cacciatori di navi'' (1990) ** '' Bugsy'' (1991) ** ''

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'' (1992) ** ''

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'' (1993) ** ''

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'' (1994) ** '' Love Affair (1994) ** ''A Pure Formality'' (1994) ** ''

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'' (1997) ** '' Lolita'' (1997) ** ''

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'' (1997) ** ''

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'' (1998) ** '' Canone inverso'' (2000) ** '' Malèna'' (2000) ** '' Ripley's Game'' (2002) ** ''

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'' (2004) ** '' Fateless'' (2004) ** '' Karol: A Man Who Became Pope'' (2005) ** '' Karol: The Pope, The Man'' (2006) ** ''

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'' (2006) ** ''

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'' (2008) ** ''

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'' (2013) * Bruno Nicolai ** '' La coda dello scorpione'' (1971) ** '' La dama rossa uccide sette volte'' (1972) ** '' Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave'' (1972) ** ''Perchè quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer'' (1972) ** ''Tutti i colori del buio'' (1972) *

Amália Rodrigues Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999), better known as Amália Rodrigues () or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese '' fadista'' (fado singer) and actress. Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen ...

** ''A una terra che amo'' (1973) *

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** ''Concerto grosso per i New Trolls'' (1971) *

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** ''

Page of Life ''Page of Life'' is the fourth and final studio album by Jon and Vangelis. It was recorded in 1986 in Athens and Rome and released in 1991 by Arista Records, and is their last studio collaboration as a duo. It was initially unavailable in t ...

'' (1991) *

, Ennio Morricone, Franco Bixio,

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** ''Dove vai in vacanza?'' (1978) *

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** ''

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'' (1983) *

** ''

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'' (1995) *

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** ''Confusa e felice'' (1997) * Franco Piersanti ** '' I Prefer the Sound of the Sea'' (2000) *

** '' La vita è bella'' (1997) ** '' The Son's Room'' (2001) * Stefano Reali and Jacopo Fiastri ** ''Le ali della vita'' (2000) * Ennio Morricone and

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** ''Focus'' (2003) *

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** '' Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone'' (2004) *

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

** '' Not in Our Name'' (2005) *

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** ''

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'' (2005) * Morrissey ** '' Ringleader of the Tormentors'' (2006) * Stefano Lentini ** ''Bakhita o.s.t.'' (2009) * Sunn ** ''Big Church'' from ''

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'' (2009) * Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi ** ''

'' (2011) * Mokadelic ** ''

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'' (2011) *

** The Dinner

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* * {{Coord, 41, 55, 38.56, N, 12, 28, 51.88, E, display=title Recording studios in Italy

The history of the studios

The foundation, Ortophonic (1970–1979)

The international success, Studio Forum (1979–1996)

The next generation, Forum Music Village (1996–2020)

The future, Forum Studios (2020–...)

Between vintage and latest technologies

The technologies

The musical instruments

Studio credits

Selected albums recorded or mixed at the studio

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