Morricone Recommendations

[Teasing the Korean]

Continuing a conversation in the vinyl thread that included @mjazzg and @corto maltese.  We were talking specifically about some of Morricone's out/dissonant/avant garde stuff, but we can talk about anything here.

I'm no expert, but I have more Morricone than any other artist.  (Duke Ellington and Sun Ra must rank just below him).  My preferred period is roughly mid-60s to mid-70s, which represents the time of his collaboration with Bruno Nicolai.  While Morricone certainly did great scores afterwards, I can't help but feel that a little bit of the magic was gone.

So if there is interest in sharing recommendations in this thread, I'm happy to suggest scores and learn about others.

 

[medjuck]

I used to have an Lp of the music from Allonsanfan who, unlike me, still had a turntable.  According to IMDB he scored 529 films!

[Teasing the Korean]

6 minutes ago, medjuck said:

According to IMDB he scored 529 films!

And as a result, finding his albums never ends!  Many of those films had different titles in different countries, and various releases of a single score have different numbers of tracks.  

[Teasing the Korean]

So here is what prompted this thread: Last weekend, in the vinyl thread, I posted that I was spinning the 1967 LP The Private Sea Of Dreams (RCA, stereo) by Il Gruppo.

This was a US release.  The full name of this group was Gruppo Di Improvvisazione, with Morricone on trumpet.  

This led to a discussion about Morricone's out stuff, and along the way, we mentioned the 2-CD Crime and Dissonance compilation, the soundtrack to the 1971 giallo The Cold Eyes of Fear, a.k.a. Gli occhi freddi della paura, and a "compilation from 1979 on the General Music label...focusing on his experimental soundtrack music from the late 60s, including the stunning "Altri Dopo Di Noi" (“La Tenda Rossa”, 1968)."

I should add there that a few years back, I picked up the CD reissue of Dimension Sonore, a 10-album library, half by Morricone, half by Nicolai, very much in the dissonant mode these composers used in giallo films.  Each disc, though, has its own sonic palette. 

One of the things I love about soundtracks in general and a lot of Morricone's 70s soundtracks in particular is the juxtaposition of styles.  One of his giallo scores may include a sad, minor-key theme, dissonant orchestral stuff, a Bossa, and a fake rock tune with a free-form trumpet freakout.

So, with that, I'll post some favorites, and anyone else is welcome to chime in.