Cinema Concerto: Ennio Morricone at Santa Cecilia (2000)

About this title: Although not as satisfying in terms of overall content as the individual soundtracks, this concert recording of Ennio Morricone film music with the composer leading the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has its virtues. Among the latter are the superb musicianship of a full-blown classical orchestra and chorus and the exceptionally clean sound, although this also has its flaws -- the quality of the recording is impeccable, although there is a certain lack of presence; producer David Mottley and recording engineer Mike Sheady could have tried for a closer, more ... read more

Tracks:

1. Movie Theme [From Cinema Paradiso] [Morricone]
2. Love Theme [From Cinema Paradiso]
3. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [Morricone]
4. Ricordare [From a Pure Formality]
5. Bugsy [Morricone]
6. H25
7. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Titles) [Morricone]
8. Once Upon a Time in the West [Morricone]
9. A Fistful of Dynamite [Morricone]
10. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (The Ecstasy of Gold) [Morricone]
11. Love Circle
12. A Brisa Do Corocao [From Pereira DeClares]
13. The Working Class Goes to Paradise [Morricone]
14. Casualties of War [Morricone]
15. Abolição [From Burn!]
16. Gabriel's Oboe [From the Mission] [Morricone]
17. On Earth as It Is in Heaven [From the Mission] [Morricone]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.