Casualties of War

Ennio Morricone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pendulum Ent.
• ASIN: B00000DGTE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #582,123 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Casualties of War

2. Trapped in a Tunnel

3. No Escape

4. The Abduction

5. No Hope

6. The Rape

7. The Death of Oahn

8. The Healing

9. The Fragging

10. Waste Her

11. Elegy for a Dead Cherry

12. Elegy for Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated Film: Unbelievable Score, January 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Casualties of War (Audio CD)

Quite possibly one of the greatest film composers of all time, Ennio Morricone once again astounds cinemagoers with the passionate, "Casualties of War." Best known for his spaghetti 'twangs' and whistles of many an Italian Western, Morricone has continually solidified himself as an innovator and cornerstone of film music. "Casualties of War" is perhaps his most complete score since 1972's "Once Upon A Time In The West." Though only really developing two themes throughout the album, Morricone weaves both masterfully as a spiritual choral reckoning and elegy bind this tragic tale set during the Vietnam War. Ennio Morricone would, however, succeed in surpassing himself once again with 1991's FLAWLESS score for the Warren Beatty biopic "Bugsy." Over the years, he has consistently pushed the boundaries of film music further and further with such works as his powerfully simple "The Thing," his fastpaced and complicated "In The Line of Fire," and two wonderful scores in, "The Mission" and "Cinema Paradiso."

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful and tragic music score, July 13, 2006

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Manny "Mora" (St.Louis Mo.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casualties of War (Audio CD)

The theme music to "Casualties of War" and the track "Elegy for Brown" are very sad indeed. Ennio Morricone is delightful in creating haunting scores for films. An incredible soundtrack to an overlooked Vietnam War film.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music entails a definite response to the horror of war, October 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Casualties of War (Audio CD)

This CD never looses the inner effect of the inhumanity that man can coerce onto another human being. The music compels to the next level of inner synapses of human horror inflicted on the soul.