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THE ENNIO MORRICONE ANTHOLOGY Release: 1995 Morricone has written hundreds of film soundtracks. Jackie Lynton was asked to sing a film soundtrack for him and sings 'The Ballad of Hank Mcain' one of the tracks on this compilation. AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Whittling the output of a composer with approximately 500 soundtracks to his credit down to two CDs rules out the possibility of a truly definitive career retrospective. Still, with 45 tracks spanning the mid-'60s to the early '90s, this is the best Morricone compilation of its sort available, though Film Music Vol. 1 & 2 certainly have a lot of worthwhile material. Disc one is dominated by highlights from the '60s soundtracks, particularly the spaghetti Westerns, that remain his most famous; disc two is more eclectic, with a greater concentration of both his orchestral works and compositions utilizing a greater variety of electronic instruments, although the hints of electro-pop and Europop on some of the tracks can be aggravating. Comes with an excellent 36-page booklet of biographical liner notes. ~ Richie Unterberger Tracks are: 1. Titoli [From A Fistful of Dollars] (Morricone) 2. Theme from a Fistful of Dollars (Morricone) 3. Pistola Per Ringo (Morricone) 4. Il Ritorno Di Ringo (Attanasio/Morricone) 5. L Resa Dei Conti [Aka Sixty Seconds to What?] (Morricone) 6. Per Qualche Dollaro in Pi [Aka for a Few Dollars More] (Morricone) 7. Navajo Joe [Original Main Title] (Morricone) 8. Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Title) (Morricone) 9. Ecstasy of Gold (Morricone) 10. Uccellacci E Uccellini (Morricone/Pasolini) 11. Algiers November 1, 1954 (Morricone/Pontecorv) 12. Ad Ogni Costo (Morricone) 13. Il Giardino Delle Delizie (Morricone) 14. Big Gundown (Morricone) 15. Love Theme from Guns for San Sebastian (Reprise) (Morricone) 16. Man With the Harmonica (Morricone) 17. Farewell to Cheyenne (Morricone) 18. Once upon a Time in the West (Morricone) 19. Ballata Di Hank McCain [The Ballad of Hank McCain] (Morricone/Nohra) 20. Piume Di Cristallo (Morricone) 21. Indagine Su un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto (Main Title) (Morricone) 22. Citt Violenta (Titoli) (Morricone) 23. Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Pt. 2 (Baez/Morricone) 24. Here's to You (Baez/Morricone) 25. Duck, You Sucker (Main Title) (Morricone) 26. March of the Beggars (Morricone) 27. Senza Motivo Apparente (Morricone) 28. Pazzia da Lavoro (Morricone) 29. Il Mol Nome Nessuno (Morricone) 30. Moses Theme (Main Title) (Morricone) 31. Magic and Ecstasy (Morricone) 32. Gli Scatenati (Morricone) 33. Il Gatto (Morricone) 34. Robodog (Morricone) 35. Cavallina a Cavallo (Morricone) 36. Tragedia Di un Uomo Ridicolo (Morricone) 37. Chi Mai (Morricone) 38. Sinfonia d'Una Citt, Pt. II (Morricone) 39. Cockeye's Song (Morricone) 40. On Earth as It Is in Heaven (Morricone) 41. Al Capone (Morricone) 42. Untouchables (End Title) (Morricone) 43. From American Sex Appeal to the First Fellini (Morricone) 44. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Morricone) 45. Act of Faith (Morricone) # 26 |
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