Ennio Morricone - Morricone Happening

Title: Morricone Happening Artist: Ennio Morricone Release Date: 12/6/2005 Label: Acme/Cherry Red/El Records Duration: 68:03 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5013929305823 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: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Barbablu', film score~Barbablu [From Barbablu-Bluebeard)]
2. Barbablu', film score~Barbablu... Romantico [From Barbablu-Bluebeard]
3. Barbablu', film score~Preludio alla prima moglie [From Barbablu-Bluebea
4. Queimada, film score~Quemada secondo [From Quemada (Burn!)]
5. Queimada, film score~Studi per un finale (secondo) [From Quemada (Burn!
6. Giù la testa (Duck, You Sucker), film score (aka "A Fistful of Dynamite
7. Crescete e moltiplicatevi, film score~Astratto [From Crescete E Moltipl
8. Crescete e moltiplicatevi, film score~Organo allegro [From Crescete E M
9. Crescete e moltiplicatevi, film score~Scene d'amore 11 [From Crescete E
10. Crescete e moltiplicatevi, film score~Organo liturgio [From Crescete E
11. Il Gatto, film score~Samba in tribunale [From Il Gatto A Nove Code]
12. Il Gatto, film score~Mariangela e la seduzione (alternate) [From Il Gat
13. La Cosa Buffa, film score~Ballabile No. 1 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
14. La Cosa Buffa, film score~Ballabile No. 2 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
15. La Cosa Buffa, film score~Ballabile No. 3 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
16. La Cosa Buffa, film score~Ballabile No. 4 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
17. La Cosa Buffa, film score~Ballabile No. 5 [From LA Cosa Buffa]
18. Metti una sera a cena, film score~Terrazza vuota [From Metti una Sera a
19. Metti una sera a cena, film score~Ric happening [From Metti una Sera a
20. L' Alibi, film score~Allegretto bulesco [From l' Alibi]
21. Maddalena, film score~Pazzia in cielo [From Maddalena]
22. Forza 'G', film score~L'aliante [From Forza G]
23. Maddalena, film score~Erotico mistico [From Maddalena]
24. Scusi, Facciamo l'Amore?, film score~Knowing the "In's and Out's" [From
25. Le Foto proibite di una signora per bene, film score~Qui ci scappa il mort

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Acme/Cherry Red/El Records 58

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The scanty liner notes of this compilation of cuts from 1968-1973 Ennio Morricone soundtracks (save a couple from 1977) rather misleadingly term it "a psychedelic montage." Much of this is not exactly psychedelic, at least if you think of Morricone psychedelia in terms of genuinely way-out tracks like "Il Giardino Delle Delizie" or the weirder moments of the Danger Diabolik soundtrack. It's still a satisfying collection of 25 tracks from Morricone's arguable prime, much of them not easy to come by on CD anthologies. And a lot of it is imaginatively strange, like the combination of tribal drums and church-from-hell organs on Burn's "Quemada Secondo" and the fire-licking choral vocals of "Studi Per un Finale (Secondo)" from the same source. Some of the other stuff is more meditative and whimsically evocative, even occasionally suggestive of '60s swinging Europe lounge sounds -- not that there's anything wrong with that, just that it's not quite as strikingly odd. Groovy go-go organ sounds, haunting wordless spectral vocals, cherry circus-like riffs, and weird dissonant blends of twangs and pops are also heard, so the "psychedelic" element is more in the kaleidoscopic range than in any unrelenting weirdness in the music itself. Stranger than all-get-out, though, is the nine-minute "Erotico Mistico" (from Maddalena), where funereal organ, a rolling drum pattern reminiscent of Ringo Starr's brief solo in the Beatles' "The End," and Gregorian male vocals back Edda Dell'Orso's extremely orgiastic, if soft and subtle, moans and sighs. It's the highlight of this anthology, recommended for those looking to deepen their Morricone collections, despite its wavering and uncertain focus. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Carlo Bagnolo Coordination Claudio Fuiano Coordination Edda Dell'Orso Vocals Ennio Morricone Conductor