Track Listing

1. A fistful of dollars
2. For a few dollars more
3. The good, the bad & the ugly
4. Chi mai
5. The mission
6. Gabriel's oboe
7. Cinema paradiso
8. Cockney's theme
9. Deborah's theme
10. Once upon a time in the west
11. The man with the harmonica
12. The battle of Algiers
13. The Sicillian clan
14. Sacco and Vanzetti
15. A fistful of dynamite
16. My name is nobody
17. Moses theme
18. Frantic
19. Hamlet (version 1)
20. A heart beats in space

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17910 in Music
• Released on: 2000-09-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 75 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Ennio Morricone anthologies come and go, and there are always several to choose from. But as so many recycle the same tracks, one might be forgiven for thinking Morricone had only scored a dozen or so movies rather than something over 300. This makes picking a collection difficult, but this disc can be recommended for particularly polished remastered sound and, with 20 tracks, a lengthy 75 minutes' playing time. Nine cues come from the Sergio Leone movies with which Morricone is indelibly associated, including the Clint Eastwood "dollars" trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West. With their eclectic orchestrations and infectious melodies these landmark scores set film music in an entirely new direction. The more recent music concentrates on the hauntingly romantic side of Morricone's talent, ranging from the fatalistic "Chi Mai" to two cues from the lushly exotic The Mission and the lovely theme from Cinema Paradiso. Leone's final film, Once Upon a Time in America enabled Morricone to pen some of the most heartbreakingly nostalgic music in all cinema, while a selection from Mission to Mars reveals that after four decades the Italian master is still writing some of Hollywood's most imaginative and heartfelt music. --Gary S Dalkin

Customer Reviews

Not just Spaghetti Westerns
I made my purchase of this album solely because I wanted the theme music to the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Western movies and to my surprise, I ended up with a must-have CD.
From the beautiful "Deer Hunter" like Chi Mai, through the hauntingly melodic Deborah's Theme, the unusual The Man With The Harmonica and the outstanding Frantic this CD is a masterpiece equal to Mozart, Beethoven or Handel.
Any music lover should own a copy of this and enjoy the hugely talented Ennio Morricone again and again.

A good introduction to the maestro
Whilst far from being the most comprehensive compilation (e.g. no Untouchables) it is an excellent introduction to Morricone in that it covers his most famous work and also his most mainstream.

Purists may argue it omits his more experitmental and avant garde side - but in the end how can you complain when you have Gabirel's Oboe and the Once Upon a time in the West theme.

Disappointing selection from a great soundtrack composer
Ennio Morricone originally came to my attention because of the soundtracks he composed and conducted for the films 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', 'Fistful of Dollars', 'For a few Dollars more' and 'Fistful of Dynamite'. Judging by this CD these soundtracks are still his best work. The rest, in my opinion, simply don't measure up. I'll admit, I've never been a fan of Chi Mai, which I know is contrary to popular opinion so this CD may be well received generally. But if you like your Morricone to be of the high-camp, high-drama variety, such as is found in the Spaghetti Westerns, then don't buy this CD. A major blemish (and quite why on earth the compilers of this CD chose to do this) is the selection of a Geoff Love version of 'For a Few Dollars More' (I'm sure there is a far superior Morricone version). Overall very disappointed.