Giu' La Testa (Score) [Soundtrack]

Giu' La Testa (Score) [Soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Giu la Testa

2. Amore

3. Mesa Verde

4. Marcia Degli Accattoni

5. I Figli Morti

6. Addio Messico

7. Scherzi a Parte

8. Messico E Irlanda

9. Invenzione Per John

10. Rivoluzione Contro

11. Dopo l'Esplosione

12. (#) Giu la Testa

Tracks:

The Hallejuah Trail-Overture
The Alamo-The Green Leaves Of Summer
The Alamo-Davy Crocket
The Big Country-The Welcoming/Finale
The Big Valley-Main Theme
Blazing Saddles-Blazing Saddles
Bonaza-Main Theme
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid-raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
The Comancheros-McBain/Main Title
Duel In The Sun-Main Title/The Legend/Orizaba
A Fistfull Of Dynamite-Duck You Sucker
For A Few Dollars More-Main Theme
Friendly Persuasion-Thee I Love
Giant-Main Theme
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Main Theme
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-The Ecstasy Of Gold
Gunfight At The O.K. Corral-Suite
Hang 'Em High-Main Theme
The Hanging Tree-Main Title

Tracks:

High Caparral-Main Theme
How The West Was Won-Prelude/The Land
High Noon-Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'
The Jayhawkers-The Lynching/Two Brothers/The Hayhawkers
The Lone Ranger-William Tell Overture: Finale
Nevada Smith-Main Title
Old Gringo-Main Themes
Once Upon A Time In The West-Man With The Harmonica
One Eyed Jacks-Main Title
The Proud Rebel-Main Titles
The Quick And The Dead-End Titles
Quigley Down Under-End Titles
Rio Bravo-Rio Bravo/De Guella
The Scalphunters-Main Title
Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
The Shootist-Main Title
The Unforgiven-The Need For Love
Viva Zapata-Gathering Forces
The Virginian-Main Theme

Customer Reviews:

Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone

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Excellence!
"his domain of film scoring is legendary ~ Ennio Morricone"

Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002V4YTU
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

Once Upon A Time In The West: Man With The Harmonica
A Fistful Of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
Days Of Heaven: The Harvest
The Five Man Army
Once Upon A Time In The West: Jill's Theme
The Men From Shiloh
Guns For San Sebastian: Overture
Two Mules For Sister Sara
A Fistful Of Dynamite: Duck, You Sucker
My Name Is Nobody
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: Main Theme
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: The Ecstasy Of Gold
Cinema Paradiso
Once Upon A Time In America: Deborah's Theme

Tracks:

The Untouchables: Main Theme
The Red Tent
The Sicilian Clan
Exorcist & The Heretic: Regan's Theme
Moses The Lawgiver
In The Line Of Fire
The Thing
Le Professionnel: Chi Mai
Hamlet
1900: Romanza
Casualties Of War: Elegy For Brown
Marco Polo
The Mission
Gabriel's Oboe
Ave Maria (Guarini)
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Epilogue: The Falls

Customer Reviews:

Excellence!.......2007-04-22

These recordings range back to 1994, with a number of tracks being from Silva Screen's "Music from the Films of Clint Eatwood" compilation, with Derek Wadsworth conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic.

Those tracks are: "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", "A Fistful of DOllars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "Two Mules for Sister Sara". "In The Line Of Fire' also appeared on that CD, performed electronically by Mark Ayres.

The next bunch of tracks is from Silva Screen's 1996 compilation, "Cinema Paradise: The Classic Film Music of Ennio Morricone", which included the majority of tracks here such as the extensive The Mission Suite, The Untouchables, Casulaties of War, Once Upon a Time In America, 1900, Chi Mai, Marco Polo, Once Upon a Time In The West (two tracks), Cinema Paradise, and The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Ecstacy of Gold, mostly being conducted by Paul Bateman, with Nic Raine doing some of the conducting duties as well.

Hamlet is from Silva's 1997 "Cinema's Classic Romances" compilation, while "The Thing" is from Silva's 2001 "Essential John Carpenter".

A Fistful of Dynamite - Duck You Sucker is from 2002's Way Out West: Essential Western Film Music Collection Volume Two.

The remaing tracks were newly recorded in 2004 for this release:
Days of Heaven, Exorcist II, Guns for San Sebastian, Moses the Lawgiver, My Name is Nobody, The Five Man Army, The Red Tent, The Men From Shiloh and The Sicilian Clan.

Highly recommended.

"his domain of film scoring is legendary ~ Ennio Morricone".......2004-10-07

Silva America once again has outdone themselves with "Once Upon A Time:The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection", a double disc collection worth their weight in GOLD! ~ Morricone creates visual moods for each film he scores...action, adventure, mystery, romance, sentimental and suspense...the list could go on.

Ennio Morricone was born in Rome on October 11, 1928...attended the Santa Cecilia Conservatory...worked in various jazz bands, later a staff arranger and composer...an orchestrator in the '50s...scored films in the early '60s, then the WESTERNS and his name became a household word in the film industry ~ a new kind of western was on the horizon and Morricone was commissioned to score "A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS" [1964] for Sergio Leone featuring Clint Eastwood, spaghetti westerns were born ~ next "FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE" [1965] ~ and a bigger budget film "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY" [1966], again featuring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and a third Eli Wallach whose performance was magical to watch on the big screen ~ violence and revenge gives Morricone an opportunity to feature electric guitars, flutes and jew's harp blending with a non lyrical chorus mixed with brass, strings, percussion with full orchestration that simply took your breath away...example is "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST" [1968], featuring Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards and our hero Charles Bronson the mysterious harmonica player, director Sergio Leone's tribute to the American Western, pulled out all the stops ~ the Western was just a small part of Maestro Morricone's career, in the next paragraph take a gander of just what our icon of film music accomplished.

Our composer didn't stop there as "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA" [1984], featuring Robert De Niro, James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern, another Sergio Leone film..."THE MISSION" [1986], featuring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons and Aldan Quinn, is probably one of Morricone's crowning scores receiving an Academy Award nomination, very haunting and classical genre in substance..."THE UNTOUCHABLES" [1987], featuring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery and Robert De Niro during the Al Capone '30s crime organization, Morricone conjures a powerful and dynamic arrangement of his unmistakable theme..."CINEMA PARADISO" [1988], featuring Phillippe Noiret, Antonella Attili and Pupella Maggio from director Giuseppe Tomatore as he recalls his early childhood, the score immediately captures your heart, so tender and compelling as Morricone can only deliver.

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra featuring conductors Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Nic Raine, Derek Wadsworth ~ Crouch End Festival Chorus featuring Choir Master David Temple ~ vocals performed by Charlotte Kinder, Marie Kopecka and Jill Washington ~ guitar, percussion and keyboards performed by Gareth Williams ~ all in all did a magnicent job in bringing the music of a composer who wrote for over 250 films, receiving recognition from the industry and fans which was long over-due ~ his work is in constant demand, scoring as many as over a half dozen films as year.

This collection contains an overlay of each cue in Morricone's distinctive style of legendary scoring ~ the man who made this possible, a tremendous asset to every project he undertakes is James Fitzpatrick [producer of the album] ~ symphonic suites with full orchestra fullfilling the "film-score-buffs" cravings for more of the same, just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1165 ~ (10/05/2004)

Giu' la Testa (35th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)

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1st rate Ennio

Giu' la Testa (35th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)
Ennio Morricone
Manufacturer: Cinevox
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000ION1PE
Release Date: 2007-06-22

Tracks:

Giu La Testa
Amore
Mesa Verde
Marcia Degli Accattoni
I Figli Morti
Addio Messico
Scherzi A Parte
Messico E Irlanda
Invenzione Per John
Rivoluzione Contro
Dopo L'esplosione
Mesa Verde (# 2)
Giu La Testa (# 2)
Marcia Degli Accattoni (# 2)
Mesa Verde (# 3)
Rivoluzione Contro (# 2)
Giu La Testa ( # 3)
Dopo L'esplosione (# 2)
Scherzi A Parte (# 2)
Messico E Irlanda (# 2)
Invenzione Per John (# 2)
Giu La Testa (# 4)
Rivoluzione Contro (# 3)
Giu La Testa (# 5)
Dopo L'esplosione (# 3)
Giu La Testa (# 6)

Album Description

Digitally remastered 35th Anniversary two CD reissue of the 1971 soundtrack by Ennio Moricone to the Sergio Leone film Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker!). Disc One features the original 11 stereo tracks that appeared on the original release features film versions and alternate takes of tracks. Cinevox. 2006.

Album Details

Remastered and Upgraded Digipak, Now a Double CD Set.

Customer Reviews:

1st rate Ennio.......2007-04-01

This was the soundtrack to a few months of my life. This new edition is a must.

The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone

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Lots of variety
Zorn's first masterpiece
Definitely a must-have Zorn album!
This is the first major Zorn album
Yes, better than the original

The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone

Manufacturer: Tzadik
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004W3KY
Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

The Big Gundown
Peur Sur La Ville
Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America)
Milano Odea
Erotico (The Burglars)
Battle Of Algiers
Giu La Testa (Duck You Sucker!)
Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
Tre Nel 5000
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Sicilian Clan
Macchie Solari
The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Vocal)
Svegliatti & Uccidi
Chi Mai
The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Instrumental)

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As if John Zorn's super-creative take on film composer Ennio Morricone weren't essential in its first iteration on Nonesuch Records, Zorn is celebrating the album's 15th anniversary with an updated, remastered version. The darker lows and brighter highs make this Gundown clearly superior--with its original cast of characters (Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Diamanda Galas, and many more) sounding alternately darker, sultrier, and more cinematic than ever. Zorn's reticence to record the original album's 10 pieces looks altogether unreasonable, as his genius for adding color and dimension to Morricone's tunes shows profusely. To make this an even better deal, there are six new bonus tracks that feature Marc Ribot as part of an ad hoc string quartet on "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai," and as sparring partner with British avant guitar god Derek Bailey on the roaring "Svegliatti and Uccidi." This one's magnificently important. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Lots of variety.......2007-06-10

John Zorn stepped away from his game piece albums and began to get into more conventional songs with "The Big Gundown". A set of 15 Ennio Morricone songs, and one Zorn-penned homage to a Morricone song, it's a difficult album to classify. Zorn is usually characterized as jazz, but this is a long long way from Louis Armstrong, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of improvisation. Zorn himself performs only on a minority of the songs. He's more of a producer-arranger. But, even if he isn't playing the alto sax, these songs bear Zorn's unmistakeable imprint. There's an original 1985 section, and Zorn added some bonus songs in 2000.

Let's describe all the songs since the music sample is often deceptive for this CD. "The Big Gundown" aims for creepy. There are ominous piano chords, dissonant noises, and screams. The music resolves somewhat when a Brazilian percussion section begins, and ends with some Rawhide-esque "ha"'s. "Peur Sur La Ville" is built around an unsettling piano figure and noises. It has a unconventional free-jazz aura to it. "Poverty" is a quiet song based on Toots Thielman's whistling. "Milano Odeo" is a catchy, almost rock-n-roll song taken at a brisk pace. As the song goes on, the keyboards get more unsettling and the guitar gets noisier. "Erotico" has bluesy organ, and Bill Frisell's most romantic electric guitar (in an '80's way) paired with female vocalizations. "Battle Of Algiers" might be my favorite (maybe just because of the represented movies I've seen it's my favorite). Wayne Horvitz pounds out the tense piano line while sounds effects explode in the background. "Giu La Testa" has a slow build for about four minutes, then there's a plucking, walking part to take the song out. "Metamorfosi" is a good song to play when you want guests to leave, Diamanda Galas screams on top of tribal drums. "Tre Nel 5000" is credited to Zorn as a composer. To me, it sounds like a 4 1/2 minute dose of ambient noise. "Once Upon A Time In The West" starts quietly and deliberately, with feedback swelling and decaying. Robert Quine and Jody Harris play their guitars otherwise very minimalistically (not minimally, the feedback is constant). That ends the 1985 section of the CD.

The 2000 section uses an updated cast of players. "The Sicilian Clan" is familiar from the "Naked City" CD, though the instrumentation is more acoustic, and Cyro Baptista adds "western movie" percussion. "Macchie Solari" is another unsettling song. It ends in a fit of crashing piano chords and screams. "The Ballad Of Hank McCain" teams Mike Patton's heroic baritone with Jamie Saft's organ and Baptista's background congas. It's one of the more accessible songs, I wonder what it would sound like with a fuller band. The later instrumental version sounds about the same except, of course, without singing. "Svegliatti And Uccidi", with Marc Ribot and Derek Bailey on guitar-mangling duties, is a skronky blow-out. "Chi Mai", with the same musicians as "The Sicilian Clan", has a pretty melody and gentle music.

Some of these songs are very cool and original, others I can go without. Since it's a mixed bag I give it three stars. Zorn is certainly an original, and fans will want to make sure they have this one.

Zorn's first masterpiece.......2005-04-30

One of the best albums in Zorn's catalog, "The Big Gundown" is a masterpiece augmented in this 15th anniversary edition with a number of new recordings. These are reinterpretations of Mooricone pieces (with one Zorn original) for various groups. The entire record is powerful and energetic, with breathtaking arrangements, brilliant performances, and a fire that had not been captured in Zorn's previous recordings. It is also probably his first true masterpiece.

I think in many ways, the opener and title track best illustrates the aesthetic on the record, if you don't like that one, you'll probably not care for the rest of it-- it covers a number of moods, being dark, haunting, theatrical, explosive and esoteric, sometimes all at once. This sort of theatrical mood extends across a number of songs, the haunting circular piano and percussion workout "Peur Sur la Ville" (with a blazing alto sax solo from Tim Berne), an the dark electric guitar workout take of "Once Upon a Time in the West", reduced a funereal pace.

But there are also many moments of delicate beauty as well-- take for instance "Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America)", with an unusual instrumentation of whistling, harmonica (both handled by Toots Theilman), harp and accordian. Particularly when the harmonica takes the melody, the support swells and embraces and holds on, expressing pain and loss and fear for the future. Or consider the brooding and yet someone still light "Giu la Testa (Duck You Sucker!)", building anticipation through its dark motifs and bizarre instrumentation (among others, the Japanese shamisen, english horn, acoustic guitar, gamecalls and keyboards).

The bonus tracks are no less essential-- Zorn brought in about everyone he played with for the originals, these were a chance to catch up. The amazing thing about Zorn is that as an arranger, he's lost none of his flair in the intervening years, in fact, he may have even gotten better. Zorn uses his "Bar Kokhba" sextet (the Masada String Trio augmented by guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Joey Baron and percussionist Cyro Baptista) to great effect on breathtaking arrangements of "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai", and adds another great guitar workout feature with Ribot and Derek Bailey in a noisy, disjoint take of "Sveggliatti and Uccidi", but its Mike Patton's Tom growl on "The Ballad of Hank McCain" that is the gem of the material-- stunning delivery that really captures something special (and may be the best vocal Patton has ever done) over a delicate organ (Jamie Saft) and percussion (Baptista) backdrop that matches and perhaps outstrips the best of the original material.

This is essential music for Zorn fans, if you're not, this may well be a good place to start-- the music can be difficult, and it covers a ton of moods, but there is a lot to hear. Highly recommended.

Definitely a must-have Zorn album!.......2004-04-27

I've got about 30 Zorn albums, and this was the first I heard, back in college late during an all-nighter. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Fantastic stuff, and very weird. This is more listenable than some, but definitely not the most easy of Zorn's albums. Great treatments of some familiar pieces if you're into spaghetti westerns.

This is on my must-have list for Zorn albums.

This is the first major Zorn album.......2003-03-15

Back in the mid-1980s, Zorn wrote new arrangements of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack music. He hired the best musicians to play the songs. Then, in 2000, he remastered the old album and filled out the disc with five more Morricone songs.

The result is CD that's all over the place, ranging from beautiful to ugly, from very complex to painfully simple. "Chi Mai," for example is a song you'll listen to over and over. It never gets old. But then there's "Metamorfosi," in which a woman howls and screams over the sound of slowly pounding drums.

Yes, better than the original.......2002-08-14

I just recently took the plunge on this reissue of the Big Gundown, comparing it to my original Nonesuch CD, and the new one is a winner. The music is obviously the same, and great it still is, but I always regretted the thickness of sound and low-level mastering of the original CD. The reissue has cleaned, brightened and polished the sound to a much higher level, it blossoms immediately in the ears and is now superb. The additional tracks are a treat too, Chi Mai is one of Morricone's greatest and pithiest themes, although the manner of the new material is fairly straight-ahead. Also nice is the extensive liner notes, an addition from the original release and a departure for many other Tzadik-Zorn recordings. Zorn fans should go for this in an instant, as should the Zorn-curious. This is his single greatest and most important record.

Morricone fans, you should give this a try too! This will challenge your ears and your notions of one of your favorites, and that's a good thing. Zorn is always true both to the themes from the movies and the context of those movies, which is the most remarkable thing. But for those only used to straight renditions of the music, this CD will shock, because the music is put through a cut-and-paste technique that owes much to cartoon music, and a recontextualization that owes is all to a free-improvisation aesthetic. Don't let those ears and minds get flaccid, folks!

Morricone Happening
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Morricone Happening

Manufacturer: El Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BAVX0U
Release Date: 2005-10-31

Tracks:

Barbablu [from Barbablu-Bluebeard)
Barbablu... Romantico [From Barbablu-Bluebeard]
Preludio Alla Prima Moglie [From Barbablu-Bluebeard]
Quemada Secondo [From Quemada (Burn!)]
Studi Per un Finale (Secondo) [From Quemada (Burn!)]
Scherzi a Parte [From Giu LA Testa (A Fistful of Dynamite)]
Astratto [From Crescete E Moltiplicatevi]
Organo Allegro [From Crescete E Moltiplicatevi]
Scene d'Amore 11 [From Crescete E Moltiplicatevi]
Organo Liturgio [From Crescete E Moltiplicatevi]
Samba in Tribunale [From Il Gatto A Nove Code]
Mariangela E La Seduzione (Alternate) [From Il Gatto A Nove Code]
Ballabile No. 1 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
Ballabile No. 2 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
Ballabile No. 3 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
Ballabile No. 4 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
Ballabile No. 5 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
Terrazza Vuota [from Metti una Sera a Cena (Love Circle/One Evening at
Ric Happening [from Metti una Sera a Cena (Love Circle/One Evening at D
Allegretto Bulesco [From l' Alibi]
Pazzia in Cielo [From Maddalena]
'Aliante [From Forza G]
Erotico Mistico [From Maddalena]
Knowing the "Ins & Outs" [from Scusi, Facciano l'Amore? (Excuse Me, Let
Que Ci Scappa Il Morto [from Le Foto Proibite di una Signora Per Bene (

Album Description

Happening is a psychedelic montage with the centerpiece being the music from three important soundtracks from the maestro's oeuvre: The Serpent, Bluebeard and Burn! El. 2005.

Album Details

This Album is the Fifth of Our Very Successful El's Themed Ennio Morricone Compilations. "Morricone Happening" is a Psychedelic Montage with the Centrepiece Being the Music from Three Important Soundtracks from the Maestro's Oeuvre; "The Serpent" (Yul Brynner, Dirk Bogarde, Henry Fonda), "Bluebeard"(Richard Burton) and "Burn!" (Marlon Brando's Best Screen Performance). With this Album We Reach the Point Where Mojo and Q Should Be Writing About Ennio Morricone as the Master of Psychedelia. This Music is Far Ahead of It's Time....if You Want a Glimpse of What Pop Might Be in the Future.

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Morricone Aromatico

Manufacturer: Recall Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002ADXL6
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Ripresa L Indagine [Ylang Ylang]
Miraggio [Frankincense]
Gatto [Orange]
Attico Illuminato [Vanilla]
Terrazza [Pine]
Ofelia E il Prete [Lavender]
Samba in Tribunale [Mimosa]
Piume Di Cristallo [Violet]
Non Rimane Piu Nessuno [White Grape]
Citta Si Risveglia [Coffee]
Silenzio Nel Caos [Rosemary]
Sospesi Fra le Nuvole (Titoli)
Forza G (Quella Donna) [S&Lwood]
Tragedia Di un Uomo Ridiculo [Ginger]
Pour Barbara [Laurel]
Inquietudini Feriali [Camomile]
Oggi Danze Con 'Gli Amici Di Cantonio' [Cinnamon]
Quattro Mosche Di Velluto Grigio (Titoli) [Patchouli]
Come un Madrigale [Green Apple]
Assoluto Naturale [Linden]
Laboriosamente [Almond]
Sembravi Desiderare [Plum]

Tracks:

Sacco Bello (Tema Di Marisol Settimo) [Cherry]
Salotto Borghese [Raspberry]
Sacco Bello (Titoli Di Coda) [Watermelon]
Autostrada (Prima) - Lemongrass, Ennio Morricone
Marcetta Poplare (Prima) [Tangerine]
Povero Emigrante (Primo) [Dill]
Marcetta Poplare (Secondo) [Grapefruit]
Bianco, Rossi E Verdone (Mia Cara Nonnina) [Lilac]
Moglie Piu' Bella [Cypress]
Tema Di Francesca [Juniper]
Metti Una Sera a Cena [Hyacinth]
Sauna [Opium]
Giu' la Testa [Carnation]
Mesa Verde [Pear]
Marcia Degli Accattoni [Black Pepper]
I Figli Morti [Mirabilis]
Addio Messico [Juniper]
Scherzi a Parte [Clove]
Dopo l'Esplosione [Honeysuckle]

Product Description

Disc One:
1. Ripresa L Indagine
2. Miraggio
3. Il Gatto
4. L'Attico Illuminato
5. Terrazza
6. Ofelia E Il Prete
7. Samba In Tribunale
8. Piume di Cristallo
9. Non Rimane Piu Nessuno
10. La Citta Si Risveglia
11. Silenzio Nel Caos
12. Sospesi Fra le Nuvole (Titoli)
13. Forza G (Quella Donna)
14. La Tragedia di un Uomo Ridiculo
15. Pour Barbara
16. Le Inquietudini Feriali
17. Oggie Danze Con 'Gli Amici di Cantoni'
18. Quattro Mosche di Velluto Grigio (Titoli)
19. Come Un Madrigale
20. L'Assoluto Naturale
21. Laboriosamente
22. Sembravi Desiderare

Disc Two:
1. Un Sacco Bello (Tema di Marisol Settimo)
2. Un Salotto Borghese
3. Un Sacco Bello (Titoli did Coda)
4. Autostrada (Prima)
5. Marcetta Popolare (Prima)
6. Un Povero Emigrante (Primo)
7. Marcetta Popolare (Secondo)
8. Bianco, Rossi E Verdone (Mia Cara Nonnina)
9. La Moglie Piu' Bella
10. Tema Di Francesca (Side B Original Single)
11. Metti Una Sera a Cena
12. Sauna
13. Giu' La Testa
14. Mesa Verde
15. Marcia degli Accattoni
16. I Figli Morti
17. Addio Messico
18. Scherzi a Parte
19. Dopo L'Esplosione

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Giu la Testa
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DEFINITIVE, DAZZLING MORRICONE!

Giu la Testa

Manufacturer: Cinevox
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000278YT
Release Date: 2004-04-26

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Customer Reviews:

DEFINITIVE, DAZZLING MORRICONE!.......2006-02-02

This was my first complete score by Morricone, purchased on vinyl as released by United Artists as DUCK, YOU SUCKER. The film later re-christened as A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE. I was hooked by the beauty and originality of the music, and the feel and inventiveness of the composer. I now own over 100 scores or compilations of his.

I say definitive, because if I had to describe the essence of Maestro Morricone, I would have to do no more than to point one to this score. It has all of his wonderful trademarks: irresistibly melodic, romantic adagio; wordless female vocals by the incomparable, sweet and strong at-the-same-time Edda Dell'Orso; the famous building "bed of strings" thing; occasionally angular and electronic instrumentation; human whistling by the great Alessandro Alessandroni; and truly tight and rhythmic action underscoring. Incredible!

The main theme is one of the composer's most memorable, and features both male and female vocal lines, with a repeated "shone!-shone!" phrase (meaning absolutely nothing). Highly original and beautiful. The "Love Theme" is a standard, though wonderful, romantic adagio. "Mesa Verde," is a stunning, almost hypnotic theme, featuring just a touch of electronic instrumentation and a wonderful horn phrase. This set also includes a longer version/variation called "Messico e Irlanda," that is a treat. "March of The Beggars" really shows off the composer's inventiveness and sense of humor, has a few very dramatic sections, and incorporates a phrase from Mozart's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. The couple of action underscoring pieces are among the composer's best, truly exciting and enjoyable.

Maestro Morricone has composed dozens of scores that rival this one, but there is probably none that says MORRICONE like this one.

DEFINITIVE, ESSENTIAL, beautiful, fun, exciting and ORIGINAL.

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A(lfano) to Z(andonai). Great Olivero--terrible sound
Alfano's big hit...

Franco Alfano: Risurrezione

Manufacturer: Gala
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009L1UJ
Release Date: 2003-05-27

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A(lfano) to Z(andonai). Great Olivero--terrible sound.......2004-10-14

Source: This appears to be an RAI broadcast from Turin dating from October 22, 1971, coupled with hefty chunks of a "Francesca da Rimini" from Milan, June 4, 1959.

Sound: The sad news -- for a recording made in 1971, this is a disgrace. Even considering that it is taken from a live performance, it is still a disgrace. "Risurrezione" sounds as though it were recorded from a clapped-out AM radio for a second-rate eight-track machine. The live audience is well-disciplined and scatters only a few coughs. "Francesco da Rimini" is slightly better recorded--very slightly better. Whoever recorded F da R contrived the extraordinary feat of making Mario del Monaco's foghorn voice sound small and tentative.

Format: Disc 1, Acts I, II and III, 25 tracks, 67m:36s. Disc 2, Act III (conclusion) and Act IV, 18 tracks, plus "Francesca da Rimini," 7 tracks, 66m:38s.

Documentation: No libretto. Summary of the plot is confined to a single paragraph. Brief verbal sketches are provided for Alfano, the opera and Magda Olivero. The track lists identifies the characters who are singing and shows timings.

A single hearing of "Risurrezione" is sufficient to establish that Franco Alfano had the verismo style down cold. The opera is absolutely at home with "Cavalleria Rusticana," "Pagliacci," "Andrea Chenier" and "Tosca." But it is just a little late, just behind the crest of the verismo wave, so to speak. Alfano was a fine craftsman with every tool in the verismo kit, lacking only the ability to craft a hit tune.

"Risurrezione" is based on Tolstoy's 1900 novel, "Resurrection." Despite that blue-blooded literary ancestry, Alfano's version is chock-full of good, low-down, Italianate emotion. For once, Alfano managed to avoid the weak endings that plague "Turandot" and "Cyrano." The opera ends with full-throttle exchanges between the tenor and the soprano that surely would work up any audience.

The unquestioned star of this recording is that prima donna assoluta, Magda Olivero. Would that she were better recorded! Poor as the recording quality is, the youthful Olivero (she was only about sixty at the time) sounds wonderful.

The tenor, Giuseppe Gismondo was a real surprise to me. He sings with a big, powerful, dark voice. As far as I can gather, he sang extensively with the second-tier opera companies in the US during the 1960s. Why he is not better known puzzles me.

Disc 2 is filled out with about twenty minutes of duets from "Francesca da Rimini," featuring Olivero and del Monaco. Olivero, naturally, is terrific. Del Monaco was probably singing quite well, too, but the recording is singularly unflattering to his big voice.

This is a hard one to call. The opera is pretty good. Olivero is always a treat and Gismondo is a pleasing surprise. But the sound is truly wretched--three stars.

Too bad.

****

A Follow-up Note--September 2005.

This performance is available from Opera d'Oro in markedly better sound, although without the Zandonai excerpts.

Alfano's big hit..........2003-08-17

"Risurrezione" was a work of Alfano's youth. He was but 29 when the work premiered in 1904. It was a hit, and was soon being performed at opera houses around the world, becoming a staple of Mary Garden's repertoire in Paris and Chicago, and reaching it's 1000th Italian performance in 1951. "Risurrezione" contains only hints of the complex, impressionist style of Alfano's maturity. It is flooded with the style of Alfano's idol Puccini, though Tolstoy's story has a more spiritual angle to it than Puccini's operas tend to have.

The structure of the opera is splendidly balanced and concise, with offstage choruses, symphonic interludes, and beautiful arias aplenty. The arias deserve special recognition. The famous "Dio Pietoso", a favorite of Garden's, is beautiful and emotional, but it's the love music, along with the two arias sung by the male characters that impressed me the most. Dimitri's "Piangi, si, piangi", and Simonson's third act aria are both filled with not only beauty, but an earnest dignity, that can't help but move the heart.

The character of Katiusha was a great favorite of many verismo sopranos, because there's such a variety of characters in the one. In the first act, she's a naive girl, in the second a disallusioned outcast. By act III, she's become a degraded, souless prisoner, hard drinking and chain smoking. But in the final act she's had a rebirth...the "Resurrection" of the title, and is strong enough to choose service to humanity over marrying the prince of her dreams, heart breaking as it is for her, and for us.

This performance showcases an array of splendid singers--first and formost the legendary Magda Olivero, who was no spring chicken when this recording was made in 1971. But it was never sheer vocal beauty that set her apart, but rather her amazing dramatic instincts, which are always dead on. The Simonson is also really great. There's recently been a new recording of "Risurrezione" released on the Accord label, and available from Amazon's British sister site. It has the advantage of fat modern sound, which far better showcases Alfano's splendid orchestration. It also has a booklet with complete notes and libretto with translation, which this release lacks. But the singers suffer by comparison. Denia Mazzola has a more beautiful voice, but can't compare with Olivero in interpretation, and the new Simonson lacks the power and dignity of the one on the Gala set. My recommendation--buy both.

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El Mercenario
My Name Is Nobody
Once Upon A Time In The West
Il Etait Une Fois La Revolution
A Fistful Of Dollars (1 Theme)
A Fistful Of Dollars (2 Theme)
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For A Few Dollars More: Sixty - Seconds To What
A Fistful Of Dynamite
Alibi: La Libertad
For A Few Dollars More: Bye Bye Colonel
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The Magnificent 7
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Deguello
Johnny G uitar
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How The West Was Won
Shane
The 3:10 To Yuma
Rio Bravo
River of No Return
Vera Cruz
The Virginian
Grenn Leaves Of Summer
Riders In The Sky
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Proud Ones

Album Details

Two CD Collection featuring Tracks from a Variety of Western Films.

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Ennio Morricone Box

Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007K4MJ
Release Date: 2003-02-11

Tracks:

Il Giro del Mondo Degli Innamorati Di Peynet [From il Giro del ...]
Califfa [From La Califfa]
Belinda May [From L'alibi]
Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore [From Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore]
Lidia [From Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore]
Chi Mai [From Maddalena]
Veruschka [From Veruschka]
Barbablu'...Romantico [From Barbablu'] - Franco Tamponi
D'Amore Si Muore [From D'amore Si Muore]
Theme Classique [From le Marginal]
D'Amore Si Vive [From Matrimonio Con Vizietto]
Viaggio Con Anita [From Viaggio Con Anita]
Ragazza del Padre [From Viaggio Con Anita]
Unconscious Happiness [From I Ladri DeLla Notte]
Viaggio Secondo [From Il Diavolo Nel Cervello]
Alla Serenita [From La Donna Invisible]
Ricordo Rosa [From il Ruffiano]
Pomeriggio Solo Mio [From il Ruffiano]
Sentimental [From I Come Icaro]
Acido E Charme [From Trio Infernale]
Federico e la Sua Solitudine [From Questa Specie D'amore] - Bruno Nicolai
Angela y Valeria [From La Venexiana]
Forse Basta Solo un Fiore [From il Giro del Mondo DeGli Innamorati Di]

Tracks:

Soiree d'Amour [From Matrimonio Con Vizietto]
Forse Basta [From il Giro del Mondo DeGli Innamorati di Peynet]
Now It's Up to Me [From Matrimonio Con Vizietto]
Revolver [From Revolver] - Bruno Nicolai
Quasi un Vivaldi [From Revolver] - Bruno Nicolai
Staffeta Per Due [From Invito Allo Sport]
E Finalmente [From Invito Allo Sport]
Valzer de Strada [From D'amore Si Muore]
Si Muore d'Amore [From D'amore Si Muore]
Sorridimi, Sorridimi [From Viaggio Con Anita]
Il Mio Nome E'nessuno [From Il Mio Nome E' Nessuno] - Bruno Nicolai
Moda [Alternate Version 2]
Viaggio Quarto [From Diavolo Nel Cervello] - Bruno Nicolai
Donna Invisibile [From La Donna Invisibile (the Invisible Woman)]
Valzer All'ambasciata [From l'Attentato] - Nicola Samale
Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene [From le Foto Proibite di ...]
Ouverture del Mattino [From Cuore Di Mamma] - Bruno Nicolai
Amici Comme Pochi [From il Ruffiano]
Tem Per Oria [From La Venexiana]
Olmo E Alfredo [From Novecento]
Canzone Della Liberta [From L'alibi]
Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore? [From Bad to Worse] - Bruno Nicolai

Tracks:

Sauna [From Metti una Sera a Cena] - Bruno Nicolai
Una Fotografia [From L'alibi]
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Verite et le Soleil [From Comme Icare]
Espione Leve-Toi [Final]
Chateux d'Ecosse [From Matrimonio Con Vizietto]
Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore [Between the Sheets-F.F. Remix] - Bruno Nicolai
Accadde a Venezia [From Fatti di Gente Perbene] - Bruno Nicolai
Cena [From La Califfa] - Bruno Nicolai
Mia Cara Nonnina [From "Bianco Rosso E Verdone"]
Roma Baldracca [From Questa Specie D'amore] - Bruno Nicolai
Amore Come Dolore [From le Foto Proibite di una Signora Per Bene]
Nastassia [From Cosi' Come Sei]
Cugina [From La Cugina]
Alla Scoperta Dell'america (Love Theme) [From Alla Scoperta ...]
Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore [From Scusi, ...] - Bruno Nicolai
All Scoperta Dell'america (Main Theme) [From All Scoperta DeLl'america]
Vedova [From La Venexiana]
Morte de Mulay [Alternate Version]
Thieves After Dark [From I Ladri DeLla Notte]
In un Filo d'Erba [From L'alibi]
I Figli Morti [From Giu LA Testa]

Tracks:

Gli Intoccabili [From Gli Intoccabili]
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In un Altro Bar [Alternate Version]

Album Description

Japanese exclusive limited edition box-set combines three of the Italian film composer's import exclusive compilations, 'Love Morricone' (2000), 'Cafe Morricone' (2002), & 'Notte Morricone' (2002), with a bonus CD featuring three tracks (listed in Japanese). Three standard jewel cases and a slimline housed in a slip-box. Rambling Records. 2003.

Album Details

Limited Edition Triple CD Box Set. Includes all Tracks from the Three Releases: 'cafe Morricone', 'love Morricone', and 'notte Morricone'. Features a Three Track Bonus CD.

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