Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Titoli [From A Fistful of Dollars] - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
2. Theme from a Fistful of Dollars - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
3. Pistola Per Ringo - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
4. Ritorno Di Ringo - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
5. La Resa Dei Conti [Aka Sixty Seconds to What?] - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
6. Per Qualche Dollaro in Pi� [Aka for a Few Dollars More] - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
7. Navajo Joe [Original Main Title] - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
8. Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Main Title) - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
9. Ecstasy of Gold - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
10. Uccellacci E Uccellini
11. Algiers November 1, 1954
12. Ad Ogni Costo
13. Giardino Delle Delizie
14. Big Gundown
15. Love Theme from Guns for San Sebastian (Reprise)
16. Man With the Harmonica - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
17. Farewell to Cheyenne
18. Once upon a Time in the West - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
19. Ballata Di Hank McCain [The Ballad of Hank McCain]
20. Uccello al Piume Di Cristallo
21. Indagine Su un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto (Main Title)
22. Citt� Violenta (Titoli)
23. Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti, Pt. 2
24. Here's to You - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni

Disc 2:

1. Duck, You Sucker (Main Title)
2. March of the Beggars
3. Senza Motivo Apparente
4. Pazzia da Lavoro
5. Mio Nome � Nessuno - Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
6. Moses Theme (Main Title) - Unione Musicisti
7. Magic and Ecstasy
8. Gli Scatenati
9. Gatto
10. Robodog
11. Cavallina a Cavallo - Unione Musicisti
12. Tragedia Di un Uomo Ridicolo
13. Chi Mai
14. Sinfonia d'Una Citt�, Pt. II
15. Cockeye's Song - Unione Musicisti
16. On Earth as It Is in Heaven - London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices
17. Al Capone
18. Untouchables (End Title)
19. From American Sex Appeal to the First Fellini - Unione Musicisti
20. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! - Unione Musicisti
21. Act of Faith

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75042 in Music
• Released on: 1995-07-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.com essential recording
There is much more to Ennio Morricone than his soundtracks for spaghetti Westerns. The moody Italian has managed to create some of the most atmospheric and macabre work in movie music history. This double-disc represents the composer's vast stylistic palette. There are the cannoli cowboy themes from A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but the collection delves into his lyrical "Chi Mai" from the 1981 film, The Professional, and the spooky choral experiments on the theme to The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (arguably his best work). The first disc is stronger than the second, since the latter is taken up with more lackluster work from such films as The Untouchables and Bugsy. There are some vocal tracks by Joan Baez and a notable one by Domenico Modugno. --Joseph Lanza

Customer Reviews

Want to get an idea of Morricone's work ? THIS IS IT !
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...

Does Il Maestro mean The Master?
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.

Fistful of unusual sounds, instruments
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.