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Ennio Morricone – The Very Best Of / Virgin Audio CD 2000
UPC 724385024221
Product Details:
Editorial Reviews:
Another excellent collection of materpieces composed by the great Ennio Morricone featuring music from THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, SACCO & VANZETTI, a FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, MY NAME IS NOBODY, GABRIEL'S OBOE, THE MISSION and more.
Tracklist:
1 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | A Fistful Of Dollars
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:58 |
2 | –The Geoff Love Orchestra | For A Few Dollars More
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:30 |
3 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:38 |
4 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Chi Mai
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
5:06 |
5 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | The Mission
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:52 |
6 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Gabriel's Oboe
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:13 |
7 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Cinema Paradiso
Music By – Andrea Morricone, Ennio Morricone |
2:59 |
8 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Cockey's Theme
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
4:17 |
9 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Deborah's Theme
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
4:22 |
10 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Once Upon A Time In The West
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
5:06 |
11 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | The Man With The Harmonica
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
3:28 |
12 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | The Battle Of Algiers
Music By – Ennio Morricone, Pontecorvo |
1:40 |
13 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | The Sicilian Clan
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
3:59 |
14 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra | Sacco And Vanzetti
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:46 |
15 |
–Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
A Fistful Of Dynamite
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
4:36 |
16 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
My Name Is Nobody
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
3:09 |
17 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
Moses Theme
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
4:04 |
18 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
Frantic
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
6:05 |
19 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
Hamlet (Version 1)
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
2:42 |
20 | –Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra |
A Heart Beats In Space
Music By – Ennio Morricone |
7:56 |
More Details:
- Compiled By [Concept & Compilation] – Jason Day
- Design – Sonicon
- Orchestra – The Geoff Love Orchestra (tracks: 2), Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra (tracks: 1, 3 to 20)
- Written-By – Andrea Morricone (tracks: 7), Ennio Morricone, Pontecorvo (tracks: 12)
About Ennio Morricone:
Ennio Morricone, born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player, writing in a wide range of musical styles. Since 1961, Morricone has composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, including all Sergio Leone films (since A Fistful of Dollars), all Giuseppe Tornatore films (since Cinema Paradiso), The Battle of Algiers, Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, 1900, Exorcist II, Days of Heaven, several major films in French cinema, in particular the comedy trilogy La Cage aux Folles I, II, III and Le Professionnel, as well as The Thing, The Mission, The Untouchables, Mission to Mars, Bugsy, Disclosure, In the Line of Fire, Bulworth, Ripley's Game and The Hateful Eight.
After playing the trumpet in jazz bands in the 1940s, he became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 started ghost writing for film and theatre. Throughout his career, he has composed music for artists such as Paul Anka, Mina, Milva, Zucchero and Andrea Bocelli. From 1960 to 1975, Morricone gained international fame for composing music for Westerns and—with an estimated 10 million copies sold—Once Upon a Time in the West is one of the best-selling scores worldwide. From 1966 to 1980, he was a main member of Il Gruppo, one of the first experimental composers collectives, and in 1969 he co-founded Forum Music Village, a prestigious recording studio. From the 1970s, Morricone excelled in Hollywood, composing for prolific American directors such as Don Siegel, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Barry Levinson, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, John Carpenter and Quentin Tarantino. In 1977, he composed the official theme for the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He continued to compose music for European productions, such as Marco Polo, La piovra, Nostromo, Fateless, Karol and En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait. Morricone's music has been reused in television series, including The Simpsons and The Sopranos, and in many films, including Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He also scored seven Westerns for Sergio Corbucci, Duccio Tessari's Ringo duology and Sergio Sollima's The Big Gundown and Face to Face. Morricone worked extensively for other film genres with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini, Giuliano Montaldo, Roland Joffé, Roman Polanski and Henri Verneuil. His acclaimed soundtrack for The Mission (1986) was certified gold in the United States. The album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone stayed 105 weeks on the Billboard Top Classical Albums.
Morricone's best-known compositions include "The Ecstasy of Gold", "Se Telefonando", "Man with a Harmonica", "Here's to You", the UK No. 2 single "Chi Mai", "Gabriel's Oboe" and "E Più Ti Penso". In 1971, he received a "Targa d'Oro" for worldwide sales of 22 million, and by 2016 Morricone had sold over 70 million records worldwide. In 2007, he received the Academy Honorary Award "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music." He has been nominated for a further six Oscars. In 2016, Morricone received his first competitive Academy Award for his score to Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight, at the time becoming the oldest person ever to win a competitive Oscar. His other achievements include three Grammy Awards, three Golden Globes, six BAFTAs, ten David di Donatello, eleven Nastro d'Argento, two European Film Awards, the Golden Lion Honorary Award and the Polar Music Prize in 2010. Morricone has influenced many artists from film scoring to other styles and genres, including Hans Zimmer, Danger Mouse, Dire Straits, Muse, Metallica, and Radiohead.