Ennio Morricone The Very Best Of Hybrid Stereo SACD

Hybrid SACD!
With his compositions, Ennio Morricone has played a decisive role in shaping the history of European and American cinema. Since 1961, the native of Rome has written the soundtrack for several hundred films, including numerous international classics. With his melodies that are as impressive as they are moving, Morricone achieved world fame and is undoubtedly one of the most important film composers of all time. The present compilation brings together the most famous of his masterpieces.
In addition to Morricone's music for Sergio Leone's legendary western to Brian de Palma's Mission To Mars from 2000, Ennio Morricone - The Very Best Of contains original music from the films: A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission, Once upon a Time in America, Once upon a Time in the West, My Name is Nobody, The Battle of Algiers.
Hong Kong is a very special market for audiophile music lovers. The local branch of Universal Music has also recognized this and is therefore having some popular titles by Ball Au remixed in Hong Kong's "Sound Max Studios". The mastering clearly has the audiophile customer in mind and often differs very pleasantly from previous productions. Of course, both the PCM track and the DSD track benefit from the improved sound. The hybrid SACDs themselves are manufactured in Japan.
"Ennio Morricone anthologies come and go, and there are always several to choose from. But as so many recycle the same tracks, one might be forgiven for thinking Morricone had only scored a dozen or so movies rather than something over 300. This makes picking a collection difficult, but this disc can be recommended for particularly polished remastered sound and, with 20 tracks, a lengthy 75 minutes' playing time. Nine cues come from the Sergio Leone movies with which Morricone is indelibly associated, including the Clint Eastwood 'dollars' trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West. With their eclectic orchestrations and infectious melodies these landmark scores set film music in an entirely new direction. The more recent music concentrates on the hauntingly romantic side of Morricone's talent, ranging from the fatalistic 'Chi Mai' to two cues from the lushly exotic The Mission and the lovely theme from Cinema Paradiso. Leone's final film, Once Upon a Time in America enabled Morricone to pen some of the most heartbreakingly nostalgic music in all cinema, while a selection from Mission to Mars reveals that after four decades the Italian master is still writing some of Hollywood's most imaginative and heartfelt music." - Gary S Dalkin

Features:

• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Manufactured in Japan

Musicians:

• Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra
• The Geoff Love Orchestra

Selections:

1. For A Few Dollars More - From The Film For A Few Dollars More
2. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - From The Film The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
3. Chi Mai - From The Film The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George
4. The Mission - From The Film The Mission
5. Gabriel's Oboe - From The Film The Mission
6. Cinema Paradiso - From The Film Cinema Paradiso
7. Cockey's Theme - From The Film Once Upon A Time In America
8. Deborah's Theme - From The Film Once Upon A Time In America
9. Once Upon A Time In The West - From The Film Once Upon A Time In The West
10. The Man With The Harmonica - From The Film Once Upon A Time In The West
11. The Battle Of Algiers - From The Film The Battle Of Algiers
12. The Sicilian Clan - From The Film The Sicilian Clan
13. Sacco And Vanzetti - From The Film Sacco And Vanzetti
14. A Fistful Of Dynamite - From The Film A Fistful Of Dynamite
15. My Name Is Nobody - From The Film My Name Is Nobody
16. Moses Theme - From The Film Moses The Lawgiver
17. Frantic - From The Film Frantic
18. Hamlet (Version 1) - From The Film Hamlet
19. A Heart Beats In Space - From The Film Mission To Mars