{"id":40733,"date":"2024-03-11T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T11:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7fe0ac0b-8d46-4b38-8890-3727b0dcef2a"},"modified":"2024-03-11T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:39:59","slug":"the-5-best-soundtracks-by-ennio-morricone","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/the-5-best-soundtracks-by-ennio-morricone\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 best soundtracks by Ennio Morricone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Freya Parr\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 March 2024 at 11:29 AM<\/p>

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When Ennio Morricone died in 2020<\/a><\/strong>, the music industry mourned one of the great legends of Hollywood. The great Italian composer helped shape some of the greatest films of the 20th and 21st centuries. We’ve looked though the movie archives to pick out the best soundtracks by Ennio Morricone for you to add to your collection. <\/p>

The best soundtracks by Ennio Morricone<\/h2>
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)<\/h3>
The third part of Leone\u2019s \u2018Dollars\u2019 trilogy shows Morricone\u2019s instrumentation at its most vivid. The coyote motif \u2013 used for the three main characters, each represented by an instrument (Clint Eastwood: flute; Lee van Cleef: ocarina; Eli Wallach: human voice) \u2013 stands out like the caricatures of Leone\u2019s bounty hunters on the hunt for gold.<\/p>
<\/div><\/figure><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968\">Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)<\/h3><p>Wordless vocals by Italian singer Edda Dell\u2019Orso, and a haunting three-note theme suggested by its harmonica-playing gunman, bring atmosphere and space to this epic tale of revenge. The film\u2019s soundtrack sold more than 10 million copies, but it\u2019s on the big screen that Morricone\u2019s powers of characterisation come to the fore.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Once Upon a Time in the West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered]\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1mLXrA8oEtzeH6D45Zx4Bt?si=5cvsTvS4QOCQ4MTrPe-pKw&utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/six-best-film-scores\"><strong>Six of the best film scores<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-once-upon-a-time-in-america-1984\">Once Upon a Time in America (1984)<\/h3><p>The final collaboration between Sergio Leone and Morricone includes \u2018Deborah\u2019s Theme\u2019 \u2013 its classic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/topic\/aaron-copland\"><strong>Copland<\/strong><\/a>-esque intervals and Morricone pedal points giving way to jazz-flattened, romantic string harmonies. Leone played the music on set to get his actors (including Robert de Niro, below) in the mood; when you\u2019re watching, you can almost see the music well up in their eyes.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: \" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/26vehHxg6bbYqvgPxDJQ5V?si=_clqu-2yQXyrcBbhrDbitw&utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/six-best-classical-pieces-film\"><strong>Six of the best uses of classical music in film<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-mission-1986\">The Mission (1986)<\/h3><p>Morricone\u2019s oboe theme, inspired by Jeremy Irons\u2019s musical missionary, is one of the composer\u2019s most memorable. It is combined with a post-Renaissance choral theme and pipe-and-drum-based music in director Roland Joffe\u0301\u2019s film of how South American communities were destroyed by 18th-century Spanish and Portuguese colonialists.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2fOlcWrSR032MxwMCQe9LA?si=jC2yBlsIS92CkspWYUvvDg&utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/article\/10-best-films-made-about-composers\"><strong>10 of the best (and worst) films about composers<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cinema-paradiso-1988\">Cinema Paradiso (1988)<\/h3><p>This thoroughly sentimental string-rich score perfectly captures Giuseppe Tornatore\u2019s celebration of the magic of cinema. Small instrumental forces and bittersweet harmonies evoke a young boy\u2019s love of film shared with the projectionist of a local cinema in war-torn Sicily.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Cinema Paradiso - Music By Ennio Morricone\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7EF4LCdD8gveeNrILGnBKr?si=nWWfATJ4RSa1mOo_zYzKvQ&utm_source=oembed\"\/><\/div><\/figure> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freya Parr Published: Monday, 11 March 2024 at 11:29 AM When Ennio Morricone died in 2020, the music industry mourned one of the great legends of Hollywood. 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