The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
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Brand: MissionComposer: Ennio Morricone
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Soundtrack
Published: 1996
CD Release Date: 1992-06-29
Model: 077778600121
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Product features:
- SOUNDTRACK THE MISSION (MORRICONE ENNIO)
- On Earth As It Is In Heaven
- Falls
- Gabriel's Oboe
- Ave Maria Guarani
- Brothers
- Carlotta
- Vita Nostra
- Climb
- Remorse
- Penance
- The Mission
- River
- Gabriel's Oboe
- Te Deum Guarani
- Refusal
- Asuncion
- Alone
- Guarani
- The Sword
- Miserere
Music reviews of The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
Music Review: Marvellous, but sill flawed
Rating: 3 Stars
The CD is another example of what popular music is, its truly great failure. Lack of development. Repeating itself. The superficial variety of the music is quite great: here there is a quite wellcome assemby of different musical idioms: the peaceful way (à la New Age) of "Falls" and "The Mission", the neobaroque of "Gabriel's oboe" (resembles the lyricism of the famous slow melody of the Marcello's oboe concerto, which was played in the preliminary version of the film which was presented to Morricone to induce him to write the score), the impulsive, vital and protean force of "primitive" people ("the river") and the idiom of the XX century music ("Refusal", "Alone"; some passages I find quite similar to Bartok's style). This last aspects may be less appealing to some people but I find them spiring and paradoxically the least flawed. And some tracks combine them eg the 1st juxtaposes the "gabriel" with the "river" themes. Other music present is choral sound, choral themes, very beautifull, sung by a choir which does not sound so polite (as villages must have sung that at that time).
What about the bad news? Morricone may create ravishing melodies but does not know to develop them and he repeats them several times with very little modifications. Other film music eg Lord of the rings or star wars can be more sofisticated without pretending him to be Beethoven (listen to the 1st mov of his famous 5th symphony: the 1st theme is based on the universally known ta-ta-ta-tooo and the sencond one on ta-re-ra-ro-ti-re-ra-ro; and he builds a 7 or more minutes movement with this, a much, much, much poorer material than "gabriel's oboe" tune. I think, which lasts 2 min).
Even though this failing aspect (with the same ideas a more competent composer could have written much more successful music) the scope of this score is far greater than that of "Cinema Paradiso", which is so awfully repetitive after listening to the CD soundtrack.
Description of The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
SOUNDTRACK THE MISSION (MORRICONE ENNIO)Ennio Morricone's Academy Award-nominated score captures the conflict between 18th-century Jesuit missionaries trying to convert the native Indians, and the slavers who want to destroy them. In keeping with the serious subject matter and epic scope of Roland Joffé's film, the score is by turns grave, lyrical, and tense. Ever inventive, Morricone mixes liturgical chorales, native drumming, and Spanish-influenced guitars, often in the very same track, to capture the drama of the culture clash. His trademark lyricism also comes through, notably in the beautiful themes for "Gabriel's Oboe" and "The Mission." Not as over-the-top as his well-known spaghetti Western scores, The Mission shows Morricone at his dramatic best. --Heidi MacDonald
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