Track Listing

1. On Earth As It Is In Heaven
2. Falls
3. Gabriel's Oboe
4. Ave Maria Guarani
5. Brothers
6. Carlotta
7. Vita Nostra
8. Climb
9. Remorse
10. Penance
11. Mission
12. River
13. Gabriel's Oboe
14. Te Deum Guharani
15. Refusal
16. Ascunsion
17. Alone
18. Guarani
19. Sword
20. Miserere

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4048 in Music
• Released on: 1986-10-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.co.uk Review
Ennio Morricone's Academy Award-nominated score captures the conflict between 18th-century Jesuit missionaries trying to convert the native Indians, and the slavers who want to destroy them. In keeping with the serious subject matter and epic scope of Roland Joffe's film, the score is by turns grave, lyrical, and tense. Ever inventive, Morricone mixes liturgical chorales, native drumming, and Spanish-influenced guitars, often in the very same track, to capture the drama of the culture clash. His trademark lyricism also comes through, notably in the beautiful themes for "Gabriel's Oboe" and "The Mission". Not as over-the-top as his well-known spaghetti western scores, The Mission shows Morricone at his dramatic best. --Heidi MacDonald

Customer Reviews

Amazing!!
The most beutifull, emotional music score ever written!

This amazing music score has it all, it is extremely moving and powerfull, and the mood suits the film perfectly. The actual film is excellent but there's no doubt that the movie would not be as good without Morricone's masterpiece. How it never won an oscar for Original Music Score i'll never know.

10/10 !!

Simply emotional music
Whether you've seen the film or not, this music is sure to please. The emotions contained in this soundtrack are indescribable; sad, happy, melancholic, uplifting... the words do not do justice to this masterpiece. The music does not need the imagery of the film so can be listened to in its own right.
Switch off the lights, turn up the volume and enjoy. This album is a sheer joy, no matter what mood you are in.

The Greatest
Arguably the finest film score ever written, and certainly the high-point of Morricone's illustrious and prolific career. Lyrical and haunting, and infinitely powerful in its simplicity and directness this stands alone as a great piece of music fit to to be judged alongside the classical world's greatest composers.