ENNIO MORRICONE Schallplatten & CDs

Review: The man, the legend, the soundtrack composer extraordinaire, Ennio Morricone pull off another master stroke with this one. It is the soundtrack to Il Prigioniero, a TV movie broadcasted by Italian Rai Television in 1978 that now gets a super limited reissue on heavyweight wax. As always with this great, this is a serious score with many different sides - sentimentality, romance, drama, tension, and historic atmosphere that takes you right back to the era in an instant. Flute, harpsichord, cello, bass, pianos and fine orchestral work all feature and add to the psychological suspense. Sicilian folk song 'Si l'ammuri' is a gem, as is the loved up and old fashioned 'Dove sei amore.'