Ennio Morricone - Film Music, Vol.1 [Soundtrack]

Ennio Morricone (Composer), Ennio / Pontecorvo, Gillo Morricone (Composer), Ennio Morricone (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Ennio Morricone
• Composer: Ennio Morricone, Ennio / Pontecorvo, Gillo Morricone
• Audio CD (June 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00000DR51
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,627 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

2. Come Maddalena

3. The Sicilian Clan

4. Chi Mai

5. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

6. Moscow Farewell [From "Mosca Addio"]

7. Marcia in La

8. Lady Caliph

9. The Battle of Algiers

10. The Infernal Trio

11. Dedicace

12. For Love One Can Die

13. Sacco and Vanzetti

14. La Tragedia di un Uomo Ridicolo

15. Romanza Quartiere

16. Once Upon a Time in the West

17. On Earth as it is in Heaven (remix) [Mix]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MORRICONE'S GREATEST HITS., April 5, 2005

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VINCENT P TARSITANO (PORT ORANGE, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ennio Morricone - Film Music, Vol.1 (Audio CD)

This is very probably the best single-disc career review of Maestro Morricone's work. If you are interested in exploring the music of this great composer, look no futher for the perfect primer. Includes some of the very best from the late 60's through mid-80's. Excellent mastering and sound.

Features classic themes from "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," "Once Upon A Time In The West," and "The Mission," and many other great themes. In fact, the themes included from "Moscow Farewell," "Lady Caliph," and "Dedicace," are among the Maestro's most beautiful melodies, and "For Love One Can Die," is very probably his most beautiful theme (I also love Milva's exquisite vocal version on DEDICATO A MILVA DA ENNIO MORRICONE), although "Chi Mai," also included here, is a very, very close second (Milva's vocal version of this one, on the aforementioned album, is simply stunning, as well).

Sheer musical perfection and delight.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest, May 22, 2000

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George Grella "Urbane citizen" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ennio Morricone - Film Music, Vol.1 (Audio CD)

If soundtrack music, or the work of Ennio Morricone interests you, then this CD is a must have. It's a collection of the main themes of many movies, most of them European productions that have not been readily available here, and it displays Morricone's complete mastery of thematic material and imaginative instrumentation and arrangements. Need a romantic string theme, or a disco tune? The Master has done it all exceptionally well. Along with the classic "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" there are surprising gems like "Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears." Much of this music is amazingly moving. The price is right too, so don't delay!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply a 'Must Purchase' for those with a passing interest in Morricone's work, September 13, 2005

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fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ennio Morricone - Film Music, Vol.1 (Audio CD)

Arguably one of the greatest (if not the greatest) Film composer of the 20th Century. Not only has he scored some of the most influential and instantly recognisable pieces of film music during his roughly 50 years of composing atmospheric film scores. Whether he's providing the spooky dramatics for a spaghetti Western" or constructing the ingenious use of classical arrangements of brooding cinematic pieces, he has (in most cases) consistently delivered contemporary music that has provided the atmospheric foil for the picture in question. And with a collection of musical influences that were as far ranging as: classical, jazz, pop, rock, electronic, avant-garde, and Italian music, he is able to deliver a variety of film scores that are as diverse as they are beautifully composed.

This compilation is collection of some of the seminal, gritty, theatrical, and dramatic film music, that would go on to define his career, via reflective orchestration and memorable motifs, ingenious use of diverse arrangements and instrumentation. There is a majority of his highlights on this disc, with the magnificently brooding "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" opening the disk. what follows is a truly sublime collection of music that is in parts truly beautiful and utterly atmospheric, so tracks such as "Once Upon A Time In The West", benefit from the haunting melodies and stirring volins, that are possibly more in tone with orchestrated music than contemporary music. Or the quiet piano introspection and melancholic arrangements that make up "Moscow Farewell", are simply deserving of being placed amongst the finest soundtrack compositions ever. "Dedicace", contains some of the most litting melodies in recent memory, impossibly sad and affecting, it is a haunting bittersweet composition that is both organic & reflective, over which the volins provide the musical backdrop. And that's without the mention of "For Love One Can Die", the autumnal orchestrated track, that pulls from Italian sweeping gangster original film scores, and makes a hushed and dissonant recording, that feels like a sublime throwback to the mafia-related shenanigans of 60's chicago via the use of restrained piano, that really is quite lovely and adds substantial weight to the composition.

If you are looking for a Ennio Morricone compilation....short of buying a boxset, you'd be hard pressed in beating this for value for money. It's a fantastic summary of his work and covers a fair amount of material. And is the perfect introduction to his work, (especially if you just want to buy one compilation of his work). This is highly recommended to fans both old and new, and is boosted by the compilers making a great job of the selection. So if you don't want to have to splash out on an expensive disk, to hear his influential work...this really is the first place you should start.