44.Indagine Su Un Cittadino Al Di Sopra Di Ogni Sospetto
45.Lolita (Finale)
46.Metti Una Sera A Cena (Disc 04)
47.Castelli Di Scozia
48.Il Vizietto
49.Belinda May
50.La Califfa
51.Viaggio Con Anita
52.La Ragione, Il Cuore, L'Amore
53.Alla Serenita
54.Orient - Express
55.La Cugina
56.L'Umo Delle Stelle
57.Chi Mai
58.L' Aventuriero
59.Il Maestro E Margherita
60.Metello
61.Once Upon A Time In America (Disc 05)
62.Povertry
63.Deborah's Theme
64.Childhood Memories
65.Photographic Memories
66.Friends
67.Addo A Palermo
68.Novecento - Romanzo
69.La Scopetra Dell' America
70.Gott Mit Uns - Lonato
71.Ill Deserto Dei Tartari
72.Miriam and Philip
73.Hamlet
74.Nuvo Cinema Paradiso (Titoli)
75.The Mission
Product Description:
This is a well-focused, brilliantly executed compilation that showcases the depth and range of perhaps the greatest -- or at least most prolific -- composer of film music in history: Ennio Morricone. These five CDs are not exactly true to their cover's title, The Soundtracks: 75 Themes from 53 Films. In reality, what's here is far more than simply the theme songs Morricone has composed for cinema. These titles also include the best cues from the films he scored as well. In other words, these very famous themes -- both here and abroad -- are placed in historical context to one another. Disc one places no less than five cues from For a Few Dollars More next to one another; ditto for Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. It's rounded off with a couple of humorous yet wonderful cues from Duck You Sucker. Disc two follows suit with a host of cues from Italian-only spaghetti Westerns that have been seen stateside only in dubbed versions, like Une Pistola Por Ringo, and El Mio Nome E' Essunno. Disc three begins to shift its focus once more, with the numerous cues from dramas such as Lolita, Sacco e Vanzetti, and Mystic and Severe. Discs four and five showcase music for films that were rather widely circulated in the United States, such as The Orient Express, Once Upon a Time in America, and The Mission, scattered among the music for terrific Italian films. But it's really all about the maestro; one needn't have seen these films to appreciate the sheer beauty of Morricone's scores or his depth of field as a composer. This is a deluxe box with fine packaging and is well worth the investment. ~ Thom Jurek
