A Fistful of Film Music: The Ennio Morricone Anthology

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Performers include: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai (conductor); Joan Baez, Maurizio Graf, Gianna Spagnolo, Domenico Modugno, Christy, Edda Dell'Orso, Iiona Staller, Jackie Lynton (vocals); Alessandro Alessandroni (guitar, whistle); Marianne Gazzani Eckstein, Paolo Zampini (flute); Gheorghe Zamfir (pan flute); Franco DeGemini (harmonica); Baldo Maestri (clarinet, alto saxophone); Michele Lacerenza, Nicola Culasso (trumpet); M. Verzella (mellophone); I Cantore Moderni Di Alessandrioni, London Voices & Barnet Schools Choir (background vocals); Unione Musicisti Di Roma, The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Compilation producers: David McLees, Jerry McCulley, Chris Clarke. Includes liner notes by Jerry McCulley. Whittling the output of a composer with approximately 500 soundtracks to his credit down to two CDs rules out the possibility of a truly definitive career retrospective. Still, with 45 tracks spanning the mid-'60s to the early '90s, this is the best Morricone compilation of its sort available, though Film Music Vol. 1 & 2 certainly have a lot of worthwhile material. Disc one is dominated by highlights from the '60s soundtracks, particularly the spaghetti Westerns, that remain his most famous; disc two is more eclectic, with a greater concentration of both his orchestral works and compositions utilizing a greater variety of electronic instruments, although the hints of electro-pop and Europop on some of the tracks can be aggravating. Comes with an excellent 36-page booklet of biographical liner notes. ~ Richie Unterberger
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