Track Listing

1. Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The (From The Film Of The Same Name)
2. Sicillian Clan, The (From The Film Of The Same Name)
3. Chi Mai (The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George) - BBC TV
4. Man With The Harmonica, The (From The Film "Once Upon A Time In The West")
5. La Califfa (From The Film "Lady Caliph")
6. Gabriels Oboe (From The Film "The Mission")
7. Fistful Of Dynamite, A (From The Film Of The Same Name)
8. Once Upon A Time In The West (Main Theme) (From The Film Of The Same Name)
9. Cockey's Song (From The Film "Once Upon A Time In America")
10. Mission, The (Remix) (From The Film "The Mission")
11. Come Maddelena (From The Film "Maddalena")
12. Moses Theme (From The Film "Moses The Lawgiver")
13. Falls, The (From The Film "The Mission")
14. My Name Is Nobody (From The Film Of The Same Name)
15. Le Vent, Le Cri (From The Film "The Professional")
16. Deborah's Theme (From The Film "Once Upon A Time In America")

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55690 in Music
• Released on: 1993-08-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 61 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Morricone himself conducts this collection which chronicles some of the absolute peaks in his long and prolific film scoring career. Starting with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from 1966 and ending up with Academy Award-winning The Mission two decades later the excerpts clearly demonstrate the diversity of his output. The album includes a fistful of Sergio Leone tracks and the classic chart-topper "Chi-Mai" (from the time it was used for the BBC's The Life and Times of David Lloyd George). The indefatigable Morricone never ceases to reinvent himself, but there are some clear throughlines in his production all pointing towards his highest commercial success, The Mission: "La Califfa" from 1970 seems to have provided inspiration for "Gabriel's Oboe" a quarter of a century later, and the pan flutes of "Cockey's Song"(from Once Upon a Time In America) pop up again in Amazonian attire in "The Falls". Likewise the staccato choir in The Mission echo the string arrangements of "Le Vent,Le Cri" and "Chi Mai". Without A Fistful of Dollars and the title track from Cinema Paradiso this collection does not feel quite complete, but with the Leone classics and the healthy helping of memorable "Mission" melodies, this low-price taster proves a rather good buy, and should inspire listeners to check out some more Morricone. --Yngvil V.G.

Customer Reviews

Good range of music, but sound quality iffy
I was pretty disappointed with this disc. To be fair, I'm a hi-fi buff and therefore rather critical on sound quality issues, but this recording just left me cold. One example - on "The Man with the Harmonica" the choral parts should be loud and powerful. What they actually are is flat, muted, and dull. It sounded better on the TV than on this disc. I'll be looking for another recording.