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Hard to choose from such fantastic scores, yet among them the ones play most:
1. Marco Polo
2. Casualties of war
3. The Sicilian Clan
4. Citta Violenta
5. Maddalena
6. Red Sonja
7. Two mules for sister Sarah
8. Duck you Sucker
9. Sacco & Vanzetti
10. Once upon a time in America
11. The Untouchables
12. The Scarlet and the Black (LP only)
13. Holocaust 2000
14. Moses
15. Le Professionel
16. Paura sulla citta
17. Revolver
18. Ucellacci Ucellini
19. The Untouchables
And all the rest after that.
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Apr 28, 2014 - 5:39 PM
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Ray Worley
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Anyone able to provide a list of his 10 best traditional orchestral scores if there are that many? I'm not a fond of his more experimental scores from what I've heard.
If you exclude some of his Western scores which can argued as being “experimental” with their wild electric guitars, strange vocal sounds, etc….I would suggest the following:
1) The Mission
2) The Untouchables
3) Orca
4) Allonsanfan
5) Cinema Paradiso
6) Days of Heaven
7) Mission to Mars
8) Marco Polo
9) Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
10) Sahara
Some of these were in my top 28, but I strongly favor his wilder Western style, so a number of these excellent scores just missed the 28.
A couple of the Western scores are largely instrumental, like DUCK YOU SUCKER and TEPEPA, so you might find them enjoyable as they are infused with many lovely orchestral melodies and a bit less of the “experimental” stuff you dislike.
Some other traditional orchestral scores which I rank a bit lower than these 10, others may rank as essential…it’s all a matter of personal taste…but they are damn fine scores:
HAMLET, IN THE LINE OF FIRE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA, THE ISLAND, LOLITA, MADDALENA.
And many others.
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Apr 29, 2014 - 3:29 PM
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Tall Guy
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A story of love and the underworld
....
Okay, you've got me ...
Neither IMDb or ChiMai tell me what this one is ...
Can you give me a clue?
Cheers,
Mitch
Never thought of you as clueless, Mitch...!
Okay, hands up - I meant Storie di Vita e Malavita, which obviously doesn't translate into the title I gave! I used the English titles by and large as I was naming them off the top of my head and didn't want to embarrass myself - which I did anyway. I always think of it as Love and the Underworld for reasons that I forget.
However, it did me a favour ultimately, as I listened to it on the way back from a business trip to Newcastle this afternoon and it reminded me how good it is. Well worth inclusion in the 28.
To be fair, though, very few of the titles mentioned throughout this thread aren't.
Chris
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Apr 29, 2014 - 4:07 PM
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MusicMad
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...
A story of love and the underworld
....
Okay, you've got me ...
Neither IMDb or ChiMai tell me what this one is ...
Can you give me a clue?
Cheers,
Mitch
Never thought of you as clueless, Mitch...!
Okay, hands up - I meant Storie di Vita e Malavita, which obviously doesn't translate into the title I gave! I used the English titles by and large as I was naming them off the top of my head and didn't want to embarrass myself - which I did anyway. I always think of it as Love and the Underworld for reasons that I forget.
However, it did me a favour ultimately, as I listened to it on the way back from a business trip to Newcastle this afternoon and it reminded me how good it is. Well worth inclusion in the 28.
To be fair, though, very few of the titles mentioned throughout this thread aren't.
Chris
Thanks for the answer, Chris ... easy when you know. It's English title, though, appears to be The (Teenage) Prostitution Racket which does not help!
Due to my non-stop buying of CDs, I started, last year, noting when I play albums, scores, symphonies et al. and according to said listings ... this score hasn't been aired for at least five months. Too late this evening (NP: Symphonic Dances - Rachmaninov - Ashkenazy/RCO) but perhaps tomorrow.
Mitch
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Apr 30, 2014 - 5:53 AM
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Tall Guy
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I meant Storie di Vita e Malavita, which obviously doesn't translate into the title I gave! I used the English titles by and large as I was naming them off the top of my head and didn't want to embarrass myself - which I did anyway. I always think of it as Love and the Underworld for reasons that I forget.
Thanks for the answer, Chris ... easy when you know. It's English title, though, appears to be The (Teenage) Prostitution Racket which does not help!
Mitch
Aha! After literally some searching, I found that MSV's magnificent Morricone discography - you know, the hardback ring binder one - gives various alternate titles to Storie di Vita e Malavita including (drum roll) Story of Love and the Underworld.
Vindication, like ginger sponge and custard, has a swe-e-e-e-e-t taste!
Chris
(For the record, I first encountered the main theme on the glorious 2-disc LP "I Film Della Violenza", and it also appears on the CD of "Endless Game". Why "Violenza" hasn't ever been released on CD is a perplexing mystery, right up there with grapefruit & kiwi washing up liquid and the continuing popularity of Eamonn Holmes.)
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