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Once Upon a Time in America

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For more than twenty years now, I've been listening to this haunting music and it has never dulled. Revisiting it now, in my forties, I find it overwhelmingly sad....tracks #2 "Poverty" and #3 "Deborah's Theme" crystallize what I think is the theme of the movie: how a group of young people coming of age just when the country itself is coming into its own can, like the leadership of the country, make choices that impact the rest of their lives. Can they....can the country...find redemption? Like great fiction, and, many would say, like the movie, it has different meanings as you listen to it at different stages in your own life. I call that music for the ages. This one will be regarding as a classic long after my generation has left the earth.

Of all the soundtracks I own, this is probably the best. Morricone's skills and talent are evident on this CD. The information in the included leaflet give even more insight into the filming and composing of this classic film.

You will not go wrong with this album. Every track is a masterpiece. If you loved the movie, you must have the accompanying soundtrack. I've had it for 15 years and when the mood strikes, there is nothing like it. Now, this version also comes with a few unreleased tracks. You can't lose!

Why Ennio Morricone's brilliant score for "Once Upon a Time in America" never received an Academy Award (let alone an Oscar nomination) remains a mystery. Haunting and unforgettable, the 1984 soundtrack is the crown jewel of the Morricone catalog. After years of expensive imports, it's nice to find this remastered CD at an affordable price.

For years I have trying to find this! It is beyond wonderful and moving!

One of my favorite movies. The full length version of this movie is the only good version, and it is one of the best movies ever produced. The music is haunting, the acting is splenldiferous and the story is fascinating. Robert Deniro's greatest perfomance.

After seeing "Once Upon a Time in America", I was hooked on the movie and it's soundtrack. Leone's direction and Mariconne's score are a perfect artistic blend. The CD is splendid and includes four compositions that were not included in the movie.

I listen to this CD almost every night, and especially when I have a problem going to sleep. Love and Friendship, Amapoula and Cockeye's Song are some of my favorites. Morricone wrote this music years before Leone came up with the story, yet the film and the music fit together perfectly.

Very haunting soundtrack written by a man who usually scores Spaghetti Westerns. Captures the mood of early twentieth century inner New York Jewish Ghetto. Underrated soundtrack.

This music seldom rants, but it makes its points. There is a quiet sadness to some of this music, as if evoking a time forever lost and things done and said that can't be taken back. Cockey's Theme with the pan flute is one of my favorites, as is the Poverty piece. Deborah's Theme seems a bit long and sometimes bland, but it has a haunting quality all its own. There is also a nice pick of period music, especially during the Depression/Prohibition years. The concert suite at the end does a nice job of summarizing the story in music, with some of its different orchestrations.