Crime and Dissonance [Soundtrack]

Ennio Morricone (Composer), Bruno Nicolai (Conductor), Ennio Morricone (Conductor), Franco Tamponi (Conductor), Nicola Samale (Conductor), Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
• Conductor: Bruno Nicolai, Ennio Morricone, Franco Tamponi, Nicola Samale
• Composer: Ennio Morricone
• Audio CD (November 29, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Ipecac Recordings
• ASIN: B000AA4LLO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,556 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Girono Di Notte

2. Astratto 3

3. Corsa Sui Tetti

4. Ric Happenning

5. Memento Riereazione Diverdita

6. Studio Di Colore

7. Forza G

8. Placcaggio

9. Seuita

10. Postludio Alla Terza Moglia

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Trafelato

2. Sensi

3. Gil Intoccabili

4. Fondante Paure

5. L'Attento - Version 1

6. Fumerie' d'Opium

7. 1970

8. Esplicitamente Sospeso

9. Squenz 10

10. Paura e Aggrellione

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Finally, the listening public is treated to a Morricone compilation that focuses on his more daring, outre, and lesser known score music. Nothing against his better-known spaghetti western soundtrack work; there is a reason after all that stuff is so well known, because it's fantastic and wholly original. But did you know the dude scored more films than any other composer (over 500), that his discography is twice that of Sun Ra, that he made amazing psychedelia and crazy funk and subtle experimental music? Assembled by the brilliant musician/ musical curator Alan Bishop for Mike Patton's Ipecac label with liner notes by John Zorn, the aptly titled Crime and Dissonance is culled from extremely rare releases from the early ‘70s. It's strange stuff, but very enjoyable and easily among the finest and most necessary reissues of the entire year. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dark Journey into the Underbelly of Soundtracks, December 12, 2005

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G. BurnSilver "Music is under my skin" (Northern Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crime and Dissonance (Audio CD)

Soundtrack fans-and you know who you are-have long recognized Ennio Morricone as on of the most eclectic and versatile of all film scorers. Having worked on over 500 films, his work has ranged from spaghetti westerns featuring Clint Eastwood to films from Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Roman Polanski. The secret to Morricone's longevity is his ability to convey the emotion of a scene-and perhaps even accentuate it-with music. That said, the films represented here must be on the unusual side and certainly independent releases. Many of these recordings were done over 30 years ago and yet in another Morricone trademark, hold up nicely. There are dark jazz numbers, wild Indian sitar forays, trips into psychedelia, "epic" orchestral pieces, striped down minimalism, heavy breathing, guitar feedback sequences, haunting pianos and what could only be called demented clown music. Arranged by master musician of the macabre Mike Patton, the double disc set is generally a dark journey into the underbelly of soundtracks far removed from mainstream commercialism. In fact, Crime and Dissonance is perfect for late-night highway jaunts and Halloween background music.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Morricone, December 19, 2005

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Aaron (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime and Dissonance (Audio CD)

Crime and Dissonance is by far the best collection of Ennio Morricone's film music on the market. Primarily, because it focuses exclusively on a phase of Morricone's career that's largely been ignored (until now). This 2 disc collection contains some of Morricone's most startling, dark, spooky and adventurous music. Composed largely for obscure Italian horror movies and crime dramas, the music contained here is quite innovative for its time. Filled with almost avant jazz and psychedelic sounds, this is a great listen. The excellent tracklisting ignores chronology in favor of a thematic flow, and it works. This two disc set along with one of the many fine Morricone Western score collections is essential for any good music library. The man was far more than just a film composer, as this disc proves. Excellent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Starting Point for Collectors, July 31, 2010

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Mark Twain "Sam" (Florida, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime and Dissonance (Audio CD)

The great thing about Morricone is that back at his peak (early seventies) he was creating basically every genre of music that existed and some that didn't. This Compilation takes many tracks from some of his best soundtracks from that period focusing on tracks from that are more noise, rock, experimental, collage, psychedelic, improvised, strangely erotic, as the title suggests dissonant, or otherwise undefinable in style. I own most of the complete soundtracks that these tracks were taken from and they all some of my favorite from Morricone's catalog, but really there are dozens of equally great or greater Morricone soundtracks out there which are not addressed in this comp. That being said, this is a great place to start for someone unfamiliar with Morricone or who has only heard the more classical, or conventional side and is looking for more. Some of my favorite tracks on here come from the soundtracks to: "La Moglia Piu Bella" "Forza G" "L'assoluto Naturale" "Machine gun Mccain" "Metti una Cera a Cena" "L'Attento" just to name a few.