i have morricone's "anthology" double cd and don't know which release to
make my next purchase; there are way too many available!
any comments on the following?
- - drammi gotici (gothic dramas), a television score
- - once upon a time in the west soundtrack
- - film music, volume 1
- - morricone western quintet: over 150 minutes of pure m. (box set)
- - morricone, volume 3: main titles
- - the great music of ennio morricone (box set)
- - morricone: the gangster collection
- - morricone: the thriller collection (one track's called cat o'nine
tails!)
- - volume 2, film music
thanks for your help!
patRice
np: the cure "the top"
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Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 00:26:30 +1000
From: "Julian" <jcurwin@hartingdale.com.au>
Subject: Re: morricone (once again!)
> i have morricone's "anthology" double cd and don't know which release to
> make my next purchase; there are way too many available!
>
> any comments on the following?
Not that this means much, but I have a good handful of his CDs, and yet
none of the ones you mentioned! Unless Film Music Vol. 1 and Film Music
Vol. 2 go together to make the double CD Film Music 1966-1987, which is
excellent - it contains the Sicilian Clan and some other great themes, and
there's not _too_ much overlap with the Anthology. I definitely plan to
check out The Thriller Collection, a collection of some of his darker work.
The Dario Argento Trilogy is very good, contains nearly the full scores of
three horror films by Argento (including Cat O' Nine Tails). The complete
score to The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (most of which is on the
D.A.Trilogy cd) is pretty stunning too. Another personal favourite is the
soundtrack to Once Upon A Time In America.
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Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 07:37:24 -0700
From: Daryl Loomis <DRL@valley-media.com>
Subject: Re: morricone (once again!)
Of the discs that you mentioned, the two that stand out to me are the "Once upon a Time in the West" and the Thriller Collection. I've heard many say that the "Once upon a Time" is his best. While I don't agree, I understand. However, if you are looking for a single film score (over a collection), I would go with this. Another to look at is his score to Dario Argento's "Stendahl Syndrome," which I think is the best piece that he has done in years...extreme tension mixed in with soft Italian vocal noise. On my first listen, I had to turn it off in the middle because of the mind-state it was putting me in.
The Thriller Collection is my favorite of the collections (of which there are too many to count) that I've heard. It's two discs and has some 30 tracks on it...most of which are very good. The track "Cat o'Nine Tails" is from a Murder Mystery/Thriller of the same name by Dario Argento. Morricone did Argento's first three films: "Cat o'Nine Tails," "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage," and "Five Flies on Grey Velvet." I haven't seen the third one, but the first two are excellent films (I enjoy most of Argento's films immensely). The soundtracks for these three films are together on one CD called "The Morricone/Argento Trilogy." This is also highly recommended. Really my favorite films Morricone has scored are his horror or thrillers. The tension he is able to evoke is phenomenal to me (including the modern "Stendahl Syndrome"...after all these years and 300+ scores!)
But really, I don't think I've picked a Morricone CD up and thought "Jesus, this is freakin' terrible!!" so I think you'd be making a safe bet with any of the discs you mentioned, along with the numerous discs that you did not mention.
Hope that helps
Daryl Loomis
>>> patRice <gda@datacomm.ch> 05/25 7:13 AM >>>
hi there.
any comments on the following?
- - once upon a time in the west soundtrack
- - film music, volume 1
- - morricone western quintet: over 150 minutes of pure m. (box set)
- - morricone, volume 3: main titles
- - the great music of ennio morricone (box set)
- - morricone: the gangster collection
- - morricone: the thriller collection (one track's called cat o'nine
tails!)
- - volume 2, film music
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