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Doesn't do justice to Ennio Morricone's oeuvre...

Jasper N. | The Netherlands | 06/05/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ennio Morricone's strength is that he's able to create a unique mood over the course of any one of his sountracks. This compilation stuffs 22 tracks from all sorts of films into 74 minutes, and not only is the result strangely flat and unsatisfying, it doesn't even contain his best work. For a complete Ennio Morricone experience, I advise you to buy one or more of the following original soundtracks recordings:-Once Upon a time in America (1998 version with 19 tracks)
-Once Upon a time in The West (2004 version with 20 tracks)
-The Mission (1986)These are the best soundtrack cd's in my collection, each with a distinct style and a wide variety of themes. If you already own these and those of Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western trilogy and you're just interested in additions like 'Kill Bill Volume 1', 'The Untouchables', 'Cinema Paradiso', 'Chi Mai', 'Frantic' etc., then this album is definitely not worth your money."