Coming soon from GDM in Italy is a re-issue of Ennio Morricone's I MAGI RANDAGI, in my humble opinion one of his best scores of the 1990's. The new edition is supposed to have better sound quality and also two bonus tracks:
La storia dei magi randagi (2:29) Dopo 30 anni (3:45)
The old CAM release has received numerous playings from me over the years as I find this score to be one of the Maestro's very best and most interesting. Beautiful themes both dramatic, romantic, stunning arrangements, unusual choral parts, it's all here. I generally try to avoid re-buying scores for just a couple of bonus tracks but this one looks very tempting to me.
I love the melody that James mentions. It´s absolutely gorgeous and one of the most played pieces in my entire Morricone collection. The first time I heard it was in a record store and I got tears in my eyes. I second James opinion that the violin version is the best, but they are all wonderful. Edda´s voice is very sad in the her version. There are also two beautiful violin pieces in the score.
I´d love to read a review of this score at movie wave James.
Coming soon from GDM in Italy is a re-issue of Ennio Morricone's I MAGI RANDAGI, in my humble opinion one of his best scores of the 1990's. The new edition is supposed to have better sound quality and also two bonus tracks:
La storia dei magi randagi (2:29) Dopo 30 anni (3:45)
The old CAM release has received numerous playings from me over the years as I find this score to be one of the Maestro's very best and most interesting. Beautiful themes both dramatic, romantic, stunning arrangements, unusual choral parts, it's all here. I generally try to avoid re-buying scores for just a couple of bonus tracks but this one looks very tempting to me.
Thanks for bringing this up, Dorian. Your remarks paired with those tiny but wonderful samples provided by SoundtrackCollector.com (http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/8992/Magi+Randagi%2C+I) sold me ... hooked already. I'm looking forward to hearing this in its totality!
I am super excited about this release. One of the very few Morricone CDs that I don`t have because the oop CD always was a bit too expensive for me. Besides it`s a wonderful score. So I am really looking forward to it.
