Ennio Morricone - The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
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Artist: Ennio MorriconeEdition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1992-06-29
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- On Earth as It Is in Heaven
- Falls
- Gabriel's Oboe
- Ave Maria Guarani - Ennio Morricone, Schubert, Franz
- 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: Brilliant!!! for what it is, that is...
Rating: 5 Stars
Morricone is simply brilliant, and it is never more obvious than here on The Mission.
Derivative? Repetitive? Yes, and again, yes (see, that was derivative 'caused I stole from another review, and repetitive 'cause i answered... twice). But that's not only OK, it's almost required! And they told you, too, before you paid a penny! Go ahead, look- it's right there, hiding in plain sight. The rest of the class can wait quietly with their heads down on their desks.
Waiting...
"Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture"!!! Come on kids- it's a soundtrack from a film, and films are derivative, and repeat symbolism and, well, just come on! It's a soundtrack to a motion picture, and as such it is among the top soundtracks ever.
Yes, and again, yes: it IS among the top soundtracks ever! Why? Simple- it does its job, and it does it well. Without its soundtrack "The Mission" wouldn't be nearly as great a film as it is; it amplifies the emotion and sentiment of each scene while acknowledging the environment and remembering the historical origins of the subject matter, and even seems to keep things moving along (in a film I've sometimes thought could have gone a bit long otherwise).
More than anything else, though, the brilliance of this soundtrack strikes when you hear it years after last seeing "The Mission" and suddenly it hits like a flood- all the emotion, how overwhelming these men's obstacles were, how visually stunning the environment was and how graceful death can be... how horrific life can be...
All these years later I hear "Gabriel's Oboe" and it just takes my breath away.
It's a soundtrack to a motion picture, and as such it is nothing short of brilliance, and Morricone a genius.
Description of The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
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 Joff?'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 MacDonaldMovie Scores CDs
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