A Fistful Of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology [Soundtrack]

Ennio Morricone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 18, 1995)
• Original Release Date: July 18, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033G4
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,841 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Titoli [From A Fistful of Dollars]

2. Theme from a Fistful of Dollars

3. Una Pistola Per Ringo

4. Il Ritorno Di Ringo

5. La Resa Dei Conti [From "For a Few Dollars More"]

6. Per Qualche Dollaro in Piú [Aka for a Few Dollars More]

7. Navajo Joe [Original Main Title]

8. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Main Title)

9. The Ecstasy of Gold

10. Uccellacci E Uccellini

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Duck, You Sucker (Main Title)

2. March of the Beggars

3. Senza Motivo Apparente

4. Pazzia da Lavoro

5. Il Mio Nome È Nessuno

6. Moses Theme (Main Title)

7. Magic and Ecstasy

8. Gli Scatenati

9. Il Gatto

10. Robodog

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to get an idea of Morricone's work ? THIS IS IT !, March 27, 1999

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[e-mail] (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fistful Of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology (Audio CD)

Anybody who liked the soundtrack to "For a Fistfull of Dollars","For a Few Dollars More","The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", or "Once Upon a Time in the West" will absolutely love this anthology ! It presents a cross-section of Ennio Morricone's work like I haven't found anywhere else. It doesn't matter wether he writes the score to a spaghetti western, an action movie or a drama, he always puts his own, unmistakeable stamp on the soundtrack. If you have worn out your vinyls and are looking for a CD to replace them, get this set ! I have to stop. I'm listening to it right now and I'm all out of breath from whistling along...

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does Il Maestro mean The Master?, January 23, 1999

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Joe Z ([e-mail]) (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fistful Of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology (Audio CD)

In this Spielberg crazy world, the composer who comes to most people's mind is John Williams. Williams, although excellent, does not quite add up to the scope and courage and complete artistry of the genius that is Ennio Morricone. His early riffs are wild, innovative, and completely original. While his newer work has the likes of Warren Beatty and Oliver Stone clamoring for his skill at capturing the right emotion for any and every scene. If you want to hear the best of the best, this anthology has no equal.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fistful of unusual sounds, instruments, March 20, 2006

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Corozand (bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Fistful Of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology (Audio CD)

I agree that the 1st disc is better than the 2nd, but the 2nd disc does have music from the mission which is spectacular and I love the flute theme from bugsy. My first impressions of this collection were not good, like another reviewer here I expected to hear a lot more spaghetti western music. The original tracks from the man w/no name trilogy are priceless to me, I hate the Hugo Montenegro remakes and others like that. These original recordings are incredible. They alternate from beauty to power to vocals that make you cringe to instruments that aren't usually used as such. Morricone is first and foremost in my mind an experimenter, a trailblazer, an original, he takes risks and this collection is a reflection of that, particularly the 70's stuff from movies that one reviewer had "never heard of". Guess what this isn't about the movies, its about Morricone's career and what a career it has been. Can't recommend this enough and feel very fortunate to have purchased it ten years ago when it was still easily available. Sorry for disjointed review but this compilation pulls tracks from 30 years of films, there is no easy way to describe it, it is many different things, brilliant music that can expand the mind of someone who listens only to "popular" music for sure.