Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection

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Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection Review

by Stewart Mason

The two-disc Once Upon a Time: The Essential Ennio Morricone is a serviceable but unexciting overview of some of the highlights of the Italian soundtrack master's enormous catalog. Because it's designed for the newcomer and the casual fan, the play list consists almost entirely of songs that will be overly familiar to those who have been following Morricone's career for some time, with the umpteenth iteration of the spaghetti Western themes filling nearly the entirety of the first disc while ignoring the more obscure but equally interesting work the composer did in other musical and cinematic styles during the same period. However, disc two is a nicely varied collection of songs from Morricone's '80s and '90s work, a mature period in his musical career with essential highlights like the lovely, haunted "The Mission" and the sentimentally nostalgic "Cinema Paradiso." Because of the ongoing interest in Morricone's earlier work, his equally fine later scores are too often ignored, and disc two of this collection is a solid starting point for those who want to move on from "A Fistful of Dynamite: Duck, You Sucker." Again, however, established fans will find little they're not already familiar with.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Once Upon a Time in the West, film score
1	Man With the Harmonica Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:53
A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari), film score
2	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:27
For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più), film score
3	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:25
Days of Heaven, film score
4	The Harvest Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:56	Amazon
Un Esercito cinque uomini (The Five Man Army), film score
5	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:49	Amazon
Once Upon a Time in the West, film score
6	Jill's Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	06:06
7	The Viriginian, television series theme (The Men from Shiloh) Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:01	Amazon
Guns for San Sebastian, film score
8	Overture Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:48	Amazon
Two Mules For Sister Sara, film score
9	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	05:19	Amazon
Giù la testa (Duck, You Sucker), film score (aka "A Fistful of Dynamite")
10	Duck, You Sucker Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	04:08
Il Mio Nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody), film score (aka Lonesome Gun)
11	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Gareth Williams	03:10	Amazon
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo), film score
12	Main Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:52
13	The Ecstasy of Gold Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:07
Nuovo cinema paradiso, film score (aka Cinama Paradiso)
14	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:33
Once Upon a Time in America, film score
15	Deborah's Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	04:43

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
The Untouchables, film score
1	Main Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:23	Amazon
The Red Tent, film score
2	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:37	Amazon
Le Clan des Siciliens (The Sicilian Clan), film score
3	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	04:07
Exorcist II "The Heretic", film score
4	Regan's Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:39
Moses the Lawgiver, television film score
5	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:53
In the Line of Fire, film score
6	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Mark Ayres	04:04
The Thing, film score
7	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Gareth Williams	04:28
Joss, Il Professionista, film score (aka Le Professional)
8	Chi Mai Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	05:37
Hamlet, film score (1990)
9	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:38
Novecento (1900), film score
10	Romanza Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:31
Casualties of War, film score
11	Elegy for Brown Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:52
Marco Polo, television mini-series score
12	Theme Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:39
The Mission, film score
13	Suite: The Mission Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:57
14	Suite: Gabriel's Oboe Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:20
15	Suite: Ave Maria (Guarini) Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	02:32
16	Suite: On Earth As It Is In Heaven Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	03:31
17	Suite: Epilogue - The Falls Ennio Morricone	Ennio Morricone feat: Crouch End Festival Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	01:42