Ennio Morricone Conducts Morricone - His Greatest Hits (CD)
Ennio Morricone is undoubtedly one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. That is all the more remarkable, since very few composers have yet to achieve this status composing music for films. Recorded in Rome in 1998, Ennio Morricone conducts Morricone - His Greatest Hits came about as the result of a happy encounter. "Some years ago, Bruno Cagli, the superintendent of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia had asked me if I would do a concert of my film music at the Accademia," the composer recalled recently. "I agreed, provided that I'd be allowed to use their fine musicians." With so many themes to choose from, final selection proved a daunting task. As Morricone explains, "I finally zeroed in on the themes that I thought the public loved the best." This album proves a fine tribute to one of the best film composers of the twentieth century. With more than three hundred scores to his credit, in recent years Morricone has taken to writing more selectively for the screen. He may appear frequently in concert; but it is largely to perform selections from his most famous scores, as this recording demonstrates.
01 Movie Theme (from 02 Love Theme (from 03 Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion 3:00 04 Ricordare (from 05 Bugsy 4:28 06 H2s 2:46 07 The Good 08 The Bad And The Ugly: Titles 3:04 09 Once Upon A Time In The West 2:54 10 A Fistful Of Dynamite 4:06 11 The Ecstasy Of Gold (from 12 The Bad And The Ugly
13 Love Circle 5:21 14 A Brisa Do Coração (from 15 The Working Class Goes To Heaven 3:59 16 Casualties Of War 5:37 17 Abolição (from 18 Gabriel's Oboe (from 19 On Earth As It Is In Heaven (from