My favorites are the Spagetti Western soundtracks he did for Sergio Leone and others. I have an RCA remaster "Ennio Morricone--The Legendary Italian Westerns" done in 1990. It has a good sampling of that work, although "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" is not included. My favorite on this cd is "Man With A Harmonica" from "Once Upon A Time In The West" (also my favorite western).
Old Italian Movie theme songs by Morrico
Ennio Morricone is one of the greatest composers for movie soundtracks alive. He is renown for theme song of "The good, bad and the ugly" nevertheless, that is just a grain of sand in comparison to the range of sounds he is able to produce. Sarah Brightman sings a song based on his melody, "Lady Caliph" on her new album. The lyrics are terrible, but if you can get a two volume copilation of his songs relesed in VIRGIN labels, back in 1987-1988, you will see what is hearthbreaking.
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