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Writer's pictureLukas Kendall

Farewell to Meco


I learned from the FSM board that Meco (Domenico Monardo) died in May, at 83, but his death went little noticed.


He practically invented the “disco cover of film theme” sub-genre of the late 1970s with his smash arrangement of Star Wars:

I remember as a kid taking umbrage at the cheesiness, and indeed the very concept, but with age comes a certain respectability. Noah Cross, how did you put it...?

There’s a three-part interview with Meco from 2005 on a Star Wars site. He sounds like a character—I only skimmed it, but he seems to talk about “Meco” in the third person a lot.


There’s a lot I didn’t know at his wiki page.


I quite like his version of Maurice Jarre’s love theme from Shogun:

Not sure of this though...

For a moment in time—he nailed it!

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c. brock
12 minutes ago

Was at Eastman when he was there. Great trombone player.Rod McBrien worked with him in NYC. Sorry to hear of his passing.

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caul harry
caul harry
Sep 05, 2023

Thanks for sharing the nice take on Shogun - I felt it could turn into Goldsmith's pop version of "It's A Long Road " from FIRST BLOOD at any given moment! Very close arrangements.

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Karim Elmahmoudi
Karim Elmahmoudi
Sep 05, 2023

I wonder what Johnny thinks of these covers.

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Delmo Walters Jr.
Delmo Walters Jr.
Sep 04, 2023

His was the only version of Star Wars you heard on the radio.

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Popa Razzie71
Popa Razzie71
Sep 04, 2023

When I was young I thought what is this crap and then appreciated it later as with Trek Disco

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Lukas Kendall
Lukas Kendall
Sep 04, 2023
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