Focus [Extra tracks, Import, Soundtrack]

Ennio Morricone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Universal I.S.
• ASIN: B0000E5PEE
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,576 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cinema Paradiso (Tema de Amor de Cinema Paradiso)

2. A Rose Among Thorns (The Mission)

3. Renascer (Moses)

4. No Ano Que Vem (Come Maddalena)

5. Your Love (Once Upon A Time In The West)

6. Amália Por Amor

7. Nosso Mar (Metti una sera a cena)

8. Antiga Palavra

9. Luz Prodigiosa (La Luz Prodigiosa)

10. The Ballad Of Sacco And Vanzetti (Sacco E Vanzetti)

11. Someone You Once Knew (Per Le Antiche Scale)

12. Voo

13. I Girasoli

14. House Of No Regrets (Chi Mai)

15. Barco Abandonado (Per Le Antiche Scale)

Editorial Reviews

2003 album features the work of the world-renowned film composer as interpreted by the Portuguese singing star. 15 tracks. Universal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too much talent!, February 28, 2004

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Onovo Carneiro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Focus (Audio CD)

This is an impressive album where Dulce Pontes turns cinematic themes from the Morricone repertoire into songs in English, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, and she is breathtaking in most of them. Dulce Pontes embellishes Morricone's compositions with an epic grandeur that few other singers could have achieved. Her voice is very potent and playful, yet subtle when necessary. I'm always surprised by how gracefully her vocals blend with the music and succeed in recreating the absurdity, the nuances, and the overwhelming beauty of Morricone's eccentric musical temperament. My favorite songs are those in English, particularly "Your Love" (with music from Once Upon a Time in the West). Dulce's elegant venture into a Brazilian arrangement makes "Nosso Mar" another favorite of mine. Her best achievement, however, is probably "No Ano Que Vem", a song inspired by Jerusalem and set to the strangely upbeat music from the film Maddalena. Focus is a superb accomplishment in Dulce's career. In the end, one could not possibly deny her the classical stature of Ennio Morricone.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond earthly realms, March 5, 2004

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A. J. Pinheiro "tpinheiro" (Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Focus (Audio CD)

As cliched as it might sound, there are no words to describe either the talent of Dulce Pontes or the quality of this recording. This is one breathtaking singer, approximating the status of divinity on "FOCUS". For those lucky enough to understand the Portuguese lyrics, what a blessing; you may as well have discovered a new planet, a new world, particularly with regards to "Renascer" and "Voo". The inclusion of songs in English and Italian is a bonus.Dulce is so much more than a singer on this disc - she is life itself, in all its magical strains, in all its tortuous twists. Listen to "No Ano Que Vem" and you'll know what I'm talking about. No wonder that the album has done so brilliantly in Portugal and is now infiltrating countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy and Japan. Focus is a universal event, a celebration of that exquisite beauty which for so many of us remains a mere longing. Along Dulce's short career, this is the moment we've all waited for - now the world needs to discover it also. When I first heard this masterpiece, I felt that I was transcending, re-emerging, beginning to live all over again. Inevitably, Ennio Morricone must be mentioned - a great genius! The passion of his compositions remains unequalled - "A Rose Among Thorns" is testimony to the brilliance of both composer and singer. Through Dulce's miraculous imterpretation, Ennio Morricone's music must perforce become the new standard. I have been listening to the album for three days... and I feel like buying it again! Bravo, to two magical human beings perfectly poised on the wings of a wonder!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect merge between Pontes and Morricone, June 11, 2005

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Paulo Rainho (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Focus (Audio CD)

This is one of the best albums I've ever heard.

Ennio Morricone had known Dulce Pontes for many years, but he refused to work with her saying that her voice wasn't ripe.

Now we can see why... Morricone is a genious and managed to get the best out of Dulce.

It is an album full of emotions, either by the greatness of Morricone's music, either by the feeling that Pontes managed to transmit with her voice.

My favorite song is called "Amor a Portugal". It's a portuguese version of the "Your love", included in the portuguese edition as an extra track (number 16). It could become the Portuguese National Anthem.

As for the comment of one other review comparing Dulce Pontes with Celine Dion, I tottaly can't agree with that. At all.

Dulce Pontes is only showing the maturity in her voice.

And she's great doing that...