The Untouchables (1987 Film) [Soundtrack]

Ennio Morricone | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: May 29, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GFG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Untouchables (End Title)

2. Al Capone

3. Waiting at the Border

4. Death Theme

5. On the Rooftops

6. Victorious

7. The Man With the Matches

8. The Strength of the Righteous (Main Title)

9. Ness and His Family

10. False Alarm

11. The Untouchables

12. Four Friends

13. Machine Gun Lullaby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartpounding, touching, and playful..., January 15, 2003

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Chadwick H. Saxelid "Bookworm" (Concord, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Untouchables (1987 Film) (Audio CD)

While it seems an odd cluster of words to describe a score, they fit more times than not. Morricone's score for DePalma's revisionist action melodrama dances around (and through) the bare knuckled action with the ease only a master can have, and every film music fan knows that Morricone is a master. This score gets the heart rate racing (The Strength of the Righteous or Waiting At The Border) and the mouth grinning (Al Capone) or the heart swelling (the End Title theme). Morricone fans will want to have this one.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great and Underrated Soundtrack, October 27, 2003

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Matthew Edmundson (Winter Haven, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Untouchables (1987 Film) (Audio CD)

The Untouchables was a spectacular film. It cleaned house at the box office and won Sean Connery his Oscar. It helped establish Kevin Costner as one of the best in Hollywood and the soundtrack is equal to all of those achievements.

When people think of Hollywood composers only few come to mind. Obviously John Williams is the best to ever do it and has written some of the most amazing scores ever. There's other popular guys such as Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, and Danny Elfman. Ennio Morricone score for The Untouchables is as equal or better to some of the names mentioned above.

The Untouchables soundtrack does what a soundtrack should do. It compliments the movie very well. Music is an important and often underrated part of cinema. Music makes situations more tense, scarier, funnier, ligtens mood, and brings out action. Ennio Morricones' score does just that. It helps bring the shoot outs better, adds emotions to love scenes with Ness his wife and child, and helps make Al Capone more cocky. It really does the movie well.

I play the Trumpet and I love the trumpets in the soundtrack. There is a good mix of music and everything is blended well. Morricone brings an Italian flair to his score and it can be heard in some songs.

I love the soundtrack. It is hard to find and I was glad to see that Amazon had it. For any classical music fan or soundtrack fan this is a must. Don't miss out on it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine soundtrack, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Untouchables (1987 Film) (Audio CD)

No thanks to the unexplainable track sequencing, this soundtrack is really quite amazing! Like all of Morricone's work, the music is an acquired taste, but it is original, captivating, effective, albeit a tad minimal in parts. Surprisingly underrated by the general soundtrack community.