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Apr 27, 2014 - 12:00 PM
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ToneRow
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Since Ennio Morricone was born in 1928, I think it's interesting to see what Morricone fans might list as their top 28 favorites. Here's mine: 1. Tarantola Dal Ventre Nero, La (Black Belly Of The Tarantula) 2. Lucertola Con La Pelle Di Donna, Una (A Lizard In A Woman's Skin) 3. Addio Fratello Crudele ('Tis Pity She's A Whore) 4. The Stendhal Syndrome 5. Giustiziere, Il (The Human Factor) 6. Uccello Dalle Piume Di Cristallo, L' (The Bird With The Crystal Plumage) 7. Poliziotto Della Brigata Criminale, Il (Fear Over The City) 8. Giornata Nera Per L'Ariete (The Fifth Cord) 9. Macchie Solari (Autopsy) 10. Mose' (Moses The Lawgiver) 11. Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura (Cold Eyes Of Fear) 12. Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna, Un (A Quiet Place In The Country) 13. Disclosure 14. Wolf 15. The Thing 16. Guns For San Sebastian 17. The Island 18. Corta Notte Delle Bambole Di Vetro, La (Short Night Of Glass Dolls) 19. Two Mules For Sister Sara 20. Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene, Le (Forbidden Photos Of A Lady Above Suspicion) 21. Resa Dei Conti, La (The Big Gundown) 22. Barbablu (Bluebeard) 23. Fraulein Doktor 24. Navajo Joe 25. Chi L'Ha Vista Morire? (Who Saw Her Die?) 26. Figli Chiedono Perche', I 27. Gatto A Nove Code, Il (Cat O' Nine Tails) 28. Pugni In Tasca, I (Fists In The Pocket) Does anybody have 28 favorites? (if you've done a top 25 or top 30 on Morricone's titles, then most of the work is already done. )
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All right, I'm game. Shockingly, though I know a lot of Morricone's scores, I discovered recently that I don't own as many as I thought I did - something I'm slowly rectifying. Here then, is my "Top 28," though I must stress that, apart from perhaps the first five, the rest should be viewed as being in no particular order, other than the order in which they came to mind - and I'm sure it'd be a different list if I wrote it out tomorrow or yesterday. Looking at this list, I see it might skew more towards the lyrical and thematic, but I do really, really dig his more avant-garde material, too. 1. Giu la Testa (Duck, You Sucker) [Also my favorite Leone film] 2. Il Sorriso del Grande Tentatore (The Devil is a Woman) [I love, love, love this score] 3. Days of Heaven 4. White Dog 5. Cinema Paradiso 6. L'Umanoide (The Humanoid) 7. The Mission 8. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 9. Once Upon a Time in the West 10. Il Giustiziere (The Human Factor) 11. Frantic 12. Navajo Joe 13. Fatti di Gente Perbene 14. Once Upon a Time in America 15. La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalla Camelie 16. A Time of Destiny 17. The Five-Man Army 18. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 19. Guns for San Sebastian 20. Bluebeard 21. Mission to Mars 22. Drammi Gotici 23. Ogro 24. Macchie Solari (Autopsy) 25. Spasmo 26. The Thing 27. Exorcist II: The Heretic 28. The Untouchables (It may not his most inventive score, but I find it incredibly rousing stuff, and I find the low-piano "Strength of the Righteous" stuff constantly playing in my head - much in the same way Jacques Loussier's low-piano writing in "Dark of the Sun" gets stuck in the gaping chasm between my ears.) That was fun! Looking back at ToneRow's list, I see I left off "A Quiet Place in the Country," which I think is a really smashing score - some jawdroppingly brilliant material in it. So let's make that my unofficial 29th.
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Interesting to note how one top 28 can differ from another. Unavoidable I guess with a composer gifted with such style and range. I could easily name fifty titles, but as most I would be hard pressed to place them in any other order than 'the very best of'.
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The Untouchables (It may not his most inventive score, but I find it incredibly rousing stuff, and I find the low-piano "Strength of the Righteous" stuff constantly playing in my head - much in the same way Jacques Loussier's low-piano writing in "Dark of the Sun" gets stuck in the gaping chasm between my ears.) Agreed. These tunes have a way of imbedding themselves in our synapses. Edit: off to listen to DARK OF THE SUN (one of my top five favorite FSM releases and for which I'm eternally grateful to Lukas).
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1. The Mission 2. Once Upon a Time in America 3. Cinema Paradiso 4. Days of Heaven 5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 6. Giu la Testa 7. Once Upon a Time in the West 8. Uccellacci e Uccellini 9. Fateless 10. The Best Offer 11. Mission to Mars 12. For a Few Dollars More 13. Navajo Joe 14. For a Fistful of Dollars 15. Queimada 16. What Dreams May Come (rejected) 17. My Name is Nobody 18. Allosanfan 19. La Casa Bruciata 20. Five Man Army 21. The Great Silence 22. The Desert of the Tartars 23. Two Mules for Sister Sarah 24. The Big Gundown 25. Wolf 26. Casualties of War 27. Un Genio, Due Compadre, Un Pollo 28. Holocaust 2000
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Apr 27, 2014 - 7:41 PM
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dan the man
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Why 28? Off the top of my head here are some of my favorites-THE ISLAND, NANA, GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, ORCA, THE RED TENT, TREASURE OF THE FOUR CROWNS, GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTION, SAHARA, DUCK YOU SUCKER, BUTTERFLY,RED SONJA,CINEMA PARADISO,MALAMONDO,ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST,CAT O NINE TAILS,END OF THE GAME, ETC ETC.
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Apr 28, 2014 - 2:57 AM
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Ny
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i would love to be familiar with 28 Morricone scores that I liked, but as it stands I'm intimidated by the number of foreign releases he has, and with going through samples of each to find out which ones would suit me, which is specific enough to be awkward - i love the moodier tracks on Treasure of the Four Crowns, but dislike most fanfare themes and upbeat stuff, I really like L'Humanoide but I always start it at track three, etc etc.. top 3, and these would be in the running for my top ten of any artist of all time - The Thing, Lolita, Frantic - love those albums from start to finish, I'm sure there's a few others out there that belong in that group, but finding them is another matter.
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Apr 28, 2014 - 6:23 AM
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MusicMad
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Whilst I think about which titles to include/exclude, I've looked through those titles listed - 236 so far (incl. repeats) / 138 excl. repeats and am amused at some of the choices - as compared with my own choices. e.g. I could not include Queimada - it's just too repetitive for my liking, whilst a distinct favourite, Il Clan dei Siciliani, has only 3 votes to date. The most popular titles, so far, are: C'era Una Volta Il West with 9 votes, followed by Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo and Giu' La Testa, each with 8 votes As anyone who collects this Maestro's works knows, it's almost impossible to keep up with the releases and although I have a large-ish Morricone collection (340 scores dependent upon how one counts them) I find there are 6 titles mentioned which I don't have. Oh well ... Back to thinking of the 28 titles ... I'm just glad he wasn't born in 1899 ... Mitch
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A difficult list to put together. There's a Top 7 list in order followed by the rest of the 28 in alphabetical order. 1 - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo 2 - Per Un Pugno di Dollari 3 - Per Qualche Dollaro In Più 4 - The Thing 5 - C’era Una Volta Il West 6 - ¡Vamos a Matar, Compañeros! 7 - Orca Addio, Fratello Crudele Da Uomo a Uomo El Greco Il Mio Nome è Nessuno Il Ritorno di Ringo Il Segreto L'Assoluto Naturale La Cosa Buffa La Resa dei Conti La Storia Vera della Signora delle Camelie Mosè Navajo Joe Professione Figlio Questa Specie D'amore Red Sonja Revolver Sepolta Viva The Untouchables Una Pistola per Ringo Windows Wolf
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