Ennio Morricone - Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro

Title: Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Magic from the Maestro Artist: Ennio Morricone Release Date: 4/19/2005 Label: El Records Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, soundtrack UPC: 5013929303829 Genre: Soundtrack Styles: Soundtracks, Film Music, Original Score Moods: Brooding, Dramatic, Eerie, Atmospheric, Autumnal, Ominous, Spooky, Bittersweet, Enigmatic, Intimate, Melancholy, Sparse, Gritty, Organic, Reflective, Stylish, Theatrical, Playful, Tense/Anxious, Wistful, Literate Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Tradimento Primo [From Viva LA Revolucion (Blood & Guns)] :: Ennio Morricone
2. Giù la Testa [From Giù LA Testa] :: Ennio Morricone
3. Mesa Verde [From Giu' LA Testa (Duck You Sucker)] :: Ennio Morricone
4. I Crudeli Number 2 [From I Crudeli (The Hellbenders)] :: Ennio Morricone
5. Minacciosamente Lontano [From I Crudeli (The Hellbenders)] :: Ennio Morricone
6. I Crudeli (The Widows of the Coulee) [From I Crudeli (The Hellbenders)] :: Ennio Morricone
7. Il Mio Nome E Nessune [From il Mio Nome E Nessune (My Name Is Nobody)] :: Ennio Morricone
8. Arriva Cuchillo [From le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown)] :: Ennio Morricone
9. La Corrida [From le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown)] :: Ennio Morricone
10. La Vedova [From le Resa Dei Conti (The Big Gundown)] :: Ennio Morricone
11. Il Pinguino [from Vamos a Matar, Companeros (Let's Go & Kill, Comrades) :: Ennio Morricone
12. Un Uomo in Agguato [from Vamos a Matar, Companeros (Let's Go & Kill, ...) :: Ennio Morricone
13. Il Pinguino (Reprise) [from Vamos a Matar, Companeros (Let's Go & ...) :: Ennio Morricone
14. Estasi [From il Mercenario (A Professional Gun)] :: Ennio Morricone
15. Dopo l'Esplosione [from Giu' la Testa (Duck You Sucker :: Ennio Morricone
16. Mucchio Selvaggio [From il Mio Nome E Nessune (My Name Is Nobody)] :: Ennio Morricone
17. Ricciolo [From il Mercenario (A Professional Gun)] :: Ennio Morricone
18. L 'Arena [From il Mercenario (A Professional Gun)] :: Ennio Morricone

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD El Records 38

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The music that Ennio Morricone composed for so-called spaghetti Western movies is probably the best known, and some of the best, of the work he produced during his long and distinguished career. Morricone Kill: Spaghetti Western Music from the Maestro focuses on recordings from the soundtracks to somewhat lesser-known films he scored in this genre, though there are selections from a couple of the more renowned of such movies (Duck You Sucker [A Fistful of Dynamite] and The Big Gundown). Too, the material is taken from a slightly later era (1967-1973) than the mid-'60s years that saw Morricone's most celebrated activity in the medium. Though many of his trademarks -- the sad, melodramatic horn fanfares, the ghostly whistling, the twangy guitar, the martial percussion, the gloomy organ, the wordless vocals -- are present, it's rather more subdued and atmospheric than his most exciting spaghetti Western output. That's not to say it's dull or subpar, only that it's not quite as arresting on the whole as the material (usually from a slightly earlier vintage) compiled onto the anthology The Legendary Italian Westerns: The Film Composers Series, Vol. 2, which remains the best such Morricone collection. So it's not recommended as the first place to investigate his spaghetti Western soundtracks, but if you are already well into appreciation of that stuff, you won't be disappointed by Morricone Kill. It's more subtle and longer on background ambience than attention-getting drama, though there are some tracks (particularly at the end of the disc) that are excitingly eerie on their own terms, such as "Muchio Selvaggio" (from My Name Is Nobody) and "Ricciolo" and "L'Arena" (both from A Professional Gun). ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ennio Morricone Orchestration, Conductor