Ennio Morricone - Giu' la Testa (35th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)
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Artist: Ennio MorriconeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-06-22
Music Label: MSI:CINEVOX
Soundtracks:
- Giu La Testa
- Amore
- Mesa Verde
- Marcia Degli Accattoni
- I Figli Morti
- Addio Messico
- Scherzi A Parte
- Messico E Irlanda
- Invenzione Per John
- Rivoluzione Contro
- Dopo L'esplosione
- Mesa Verde (# 2)
- Giu La Testa (# 2)
- Marcia Degli Accattoni (# 2)
- Mesa Verde (# 3)
- Rivoluzione Contro (# 2)
- Giu La Testa ( # 3)
- Dopo L'esplosione (# 2)
- Scherzi A Parte (# 2)
- Messico E Irlanda (# 2)
- Invenzione Per John (# 2)
- Giu La Testa (# 4)
- Rivoluzione Contro (# 3)
- Giu La Testa (# 5)
- Dopo L'esplosione (# 3)
- Giu La Testa (# 6)
Music reviews of Giu' la Testa (35th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)
Music Review: WORK OF TRUE GENIUS; GLORIOUS MUSIC; INNOVATIVE!
Rating: 5 Stars
I brought a little of Ennio Morricone back with me from my first trip to Italy, indirectly. While in Italy, I happened to catch a variety program where one of the featured performers was Patty Pravo. The singer captivated me with her look [a blonde Renaissance type], voice [at that time, a very powerful, throaty contralto], and performance [very commanding and compelling]. I HAD to get some of her music. I brought two of her albums home with me. One of those was BRAVO PRAVO, which featured her version of a Morricone ditty, "Metti, Una Sera A Cena." One listen and I was hooked. Morricone's music was something truly special.
My first score by Morricone was this--albeit the vinyl version: DUCK, YOU SUCKER [a/k/a GIU' LA TESTA or A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE]. I hadn't heard such beauty and inventiveness before. The wonderful melodies, the plucky keyboard, the building bed of strings, the wordless vocals, especially the incredible solos by the great Edda Dell'Orso. Absolutely revelatory, as far as music appreciation and exploration. I was transported, happily and irreversibly, into new and exciting musical territory.
My first opportunity to get this great music on CD was as part of a two-disc set called A WESTERN QUINTET, on the DRG label, which features music from other Morricone-scored films. Most of the selections from GIU' LA TESTA that I had come to love from the United Artists vinyl LP were included.
When I saw this expanded 2-cd set, I instantly decided to purchase it from the Dusty Groove website, which consistently offers dozens of Morricone scores at fairly reasonable prices. When music is this glorious, the only thing better is to find an opportunity to hear more of it. That chance is amply offered with this set, with a bunch of alternate versions of the themes, and other goodies.
And...there is more than a handful of beautiful themes. The main one bears Burt Bacharach-ish piano chording, a secondary one featuring one of the Maestro's best romantic adagios. Then there is the classic, quirky "March of The Beggars," which incorporates a snatch of Mozart's "A Little Night Music." "Green Table" is absolutely dreamy and hypnotic. Even the action cues are superb, featuring a nice circular rhythm. And there is so much more.
This set of music is an incredible stand-alone piece apart from the film [which I have never seen], and, in my opinion, the best starting point to explore the genius of the great Maestro. Immense creativity and unparalleled beauty.
MOST ESSENTIAL MORRICONE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. LISTEN AND BE DAZZLED.
Description of Giu' la Testa (35th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)
Digitally remastered 35th Anniversary two CD reissue of the 1971 soundtrack by Ennio Moricone to the Sergio Leone film Giu' La Testa (Duck You Sucker!). Disc One features the original 11 stereo tracks that appeared on the original release features film versions and alternate takes of tracks. Cinevox. 2006.Soundtracks CDs
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