Here are mine:

1) TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (1970) - for those who don't believe an orchestra can sound like a donkey... [**]

2) ORCA (1977) - features one of the most beautiful and melancholic themes I've ever heard! [****]

3) THE HUMANOID (L'UMANOIDE) (1978) - I'm the only one who saw this unbelievable Z-trash Italian copy of "Star Wars" (and I saw it at theaters!!)?? The music (very similar in style to "MISSION TO MARS") is unbelievable cheesy and out of place, but I LOVE IT!! [***]

3) DAYS IN HEAVEN (1979) - Never saw the movie. Beautiful theme. Sad score. [***]

4) AMANTI D'OLTRETOMBA (NIGHTMARE CASTLE) - the theme is nice, but the rest... don't blame me! It comes togheter with THE HUMANOID... (*)

5) THE THING (1982) - cold, inhuman, creepy... and perfect! [****]

6) SAHARA (1983) - Again a beautiful theme and some very funny musical interludes. But the action cues are bore. [***]

7) ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1984) - Both movie and score are masterpieces. Easely among the top 10 of all times. [*****]

8) THE MISSION (1986) - my favorite. The the "On Earth as it is in Heaven" makes me feel close to God. The last track "Miserere" alway fluff up my hair. [*****]

9) SECRET OF THE SAHARA (1987) - sweeping, breathtaking and even haunting some times. [****]

10) THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) - the first (and best to date) colaboration between Morricone and DePalma. [****]

11) RAMPAGE (1987) - a very obscure and sinister score for a movie I've never seem. I can't tell why, but I like this score a lot... [***]

12) CINEMA PARADISO (1989) - the movie of my life. Morricone's score was the first one that actualy made me cry while listening it at home! Another masterpiece. [*****]

13) CASUALTY OF WAR (1989) - the choral cue is great, but the rest is a little repetitive altough very eficient within the movie. [**1/2]

14) STANO TUTI BENE (EVERYBODY'S FINE) (1990) - colaborations between Morricone and Tornatore are always something to look forth. This is no different. [****]

15) CITY OF JOY (1992) - the main theme is very similar to "The Mission". [***]

16) WOLF (1994) - altought there are some beautiful moments, most of this score follows the course of the movie, i.e., lame and bore. [**]

17) DISCLOSURE (1995) - unbelievable bore and shallow score for the unbelievable and shallow movie starring Demi Moore. The first cue is nice. That's it. (*)

18) A PURE FORMALITY (1996) - incredible haunting score for one of the most intriguing movies I've ever seem. The cue "Ricordare" ("Remember"), sung by Gerard Depardieu, is breathtaking. [*****]

19) L'UOMO DEL STELLI (THE STAR MAKER) (1997) - this is a real gem. Altough the movie isn't at the same level as "Cinema Paradiso" and "Formality", the score is brilliant: comic at first then turning into high melancholy at the end. [****1/2]]

20) U-TURN (1998) - this is realy bizarre and inventive score. Only for those who saw Oliver Stone's insane flick. [***1/2]

21) LOLITA (1998) - the score capctures perfectly the sad and sickly ambience of the story. [***1/2}

22) BULWORTH (1998) - features only two cues: 1) a 17:49 minutes suite of the beautiful arrangements of the theme, with vocals and 2) some suspense music that runs for 23:41 minutes and makes you feel the need to put something else to play. Almost nothing of this score ended in the movie. [***]

23) MISSION TO MARS (2000) - higly original and unexpected, this is the kind of score that makes teenagers who expected another "Star Wars" kind of score for this new sci/fi movie very angry. Nevertheless, it's brilliant, specially the first two cues and number 9, "Where?". [*****]

Yeah..... very few.... I know. But what can I do? The man has done more than 300 scores during his career! It's impossible to chase them all, unless I start doing only this for now on...

What's yours?

Thanks!

Bulworth
Cinema Concerto
Cinema Paradiso
Ennio Morricone: The Legendary Italian Westerns
A Fistful of Dollars
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In the Line of Fire
The Legend of 1900
Love Affair
The Mission
Mission to Mars
Once Upon a Time in the West
Rampage
U-Turn
The Untouchables
What Dreams May Come

Legend of 1900
Lolita
Days of Heaven/A Mule for ...
Come Maddalena
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Navajo Joe

Hey Timmer, regarding the Maddalena disc: on the 2CD set Virgin released in '87 "Ennio Morricone: Film Music 1966-1987" there is a cut from Maddalena. If you are at all familiar with this release I'd be curious to know whether the arrangement is true to the original. I'm positively enamored of that funky beat and that stunning vocalist.

And Andre, if you find a copy of his Hamlet (the Mel Gibson one), GET IT!!! And, of course, if you can get it cheap, don't pass RED SONJA by!

JJH: What's What Dreams May Come like?

Among others I have: THE MISSION (terrific!), HUNDRA, all his Western scores for Leone (what collection can be complete without, at the very least, "The Ecstasy of Gold"), SAHARA (expanded Intrada CD), HOLOCAUST 2000, TEPEPA, MARCO POLO (original LP only, but looking forward to hearing any CD someday. I knew a guy who had something like six hours' worth of the miniseries' music on tape. He was understandably reluctant to copy it all over again. I'd wait for an actual CD now.)

I buy Morricone "blind" more often than I do some other composers because there's just no telling what the score is going to be like. That means that I've felt burned quite a few times, but been rewarded a number of others. What it comes down to is, a LOT of the scores Morricone's done are for pictures that were never released outside Europe -- hence, how can I guess how good it's going to be? The old roll of the dice. No other way.

pure heaven of course. the main theme is a plaintive song for flute or recorder, with other choral parts that you just want to last forever.
Nothing too quirky about it. It's just beautiful music.

Considering you're listening to Eraser and not The Thing, it is a "bad thing"

@ H Rocco:

Yes, it would be awfully nice to have The Island, Exorcist II and Marco Polo on CD. And considering the veritable sea of Morricone releases out there, you'd think these would be among them.

@JJH:

I did come across a website (can't recall which one) which was selling a copy of What Dreams May Come. If I remeber correctly, it only contains about 30 min's of score.

Actually, now that I think about it, The Thing is his only score I've heard. Isn't it supposed to be isolated on the DVD/ Probably under the Languages menu like The Mummy, hu?

Mission to Mars
Wolf
Legendary Italian Westerns (Compilation)

Though I definitely plan on getting more.

Unfortunately my collection is not so large, but I won't try to list it anyway.

The amazing thing is albums of his still come out every month with one or two extra cues of scores some 30 years old now--people just can't get enough by him.

I forgot to mention I got a double CD compilation called "THE ENNIO MORRICONE ANTHOLOGY - A Fistfullof Film Music".

It features 25 of his most famous themes for movies, being the first from 1964 "A Fistful of Dollars". I think this compilation is great for those who are trying to "get" the Morricone way of film music, not only because you'll find some incredible famous music (from "The Mission", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", "The Untouchables", etc...) but also some very intriguing and unbelievable cues from such obscure movies like "Duck, You Sucker" (the Main Title is just gorgeous), "Navajo Joe", "Dedicated to the Argean Sea" (a women having an orgasm at your stereo!!) and so many others...!!

See you...!

Does anyone here have that CD? I wonder if it is re-recorded or the original STs.

Bugsy
Hamlet
Joseph Who Lived In The Whale
Once Upon A Time In America
The Nymph (absolutely lovely music)
The Mission
Tutti Morricone (2 CD compilation)

On LP I must have about twenty more, but I can't give you the titles because they're in my brother's wardrobe 2000 miles away.

Cds:
BUGSY
CITY OF JOY
DISCLOSURE
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
LOVE AFFAIR
MISSION TO MARS (My new voice teacher, Jacki Presti, was the vocal contractor. If only I had started with her earlier...sigh)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
SAHARA
THE THING
WOLF

LPs:
BLOODLINE
DAYS OF HEAVEN
EXORCIST II: THE HERETIC
THE ISLAND

"12) CINEMA PARADISO (1989) - the movie of my life. Morricone's score was the first one that actualy made me cry while listening it at home! Another masterpiece. [*****]"

Howard: Yes, man! That ending... But you know which scene touches me more? It's when the adult Toto return to his home and enters his old bed room... Geez! That's too much for me!

Giuseppe Tornatore was at Brazil once and I was able to ask him a question during a public debate about his relationship with Ennio Morricone... He smilled at me and said how great it was to work with such a great artist. "Morricone is my family now. I always got very touchy when talking about this great man...!"

Who would think? I making Giuseppe Tornatore thrilled!!!! What a great day...

Should be getting What dreams may come and Mission to Mars soon

NP-The Man who knew too little (Chris Young)
***/*****

The Untouchables
The Thing
Bulworth
Mission To Mars
Once Upon A Time In America
The Mission
The Good,The Bad and The Ugly
The Legend of 1900
Once Upon A Time In The West
Love Affair

Mr. Wills ... has your vocal teacher helped get you OTHER work we've heard of (or not?)

NP: BASIC INSTINCT (I know it should be Morricone in honor of this thread, but it doesn't always work like that, awright? Hey, last time I bought CDs I bought one of Ennio's most obscure Westerns completely blind, so it's not like I'm disrespecting the fellow. I figured hey, Morricone, Western, how can I go wrong?)

Just scroll down to the Morricone section. I have some more that are still in print, to the best of my knowledge, including essentials like MISSION TO MARS, THE MISSION, CINEMA PARADISO, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, THE THING and more.

I've made CDs of THE ISLAND and EXORCIST 2:THE HERETIC from my LPs. THE ISLAND especially came out sounding great. I've also received a CD of MARCO POLO from another trader which sounds pretty good too.

ASSOLUTO NATURALE
The BIG GUNDOWN/FACE TO FACE
BLUE EYED BANDIT / ... CORREVA L’ANNO DI GRAZIA 1870
The BURGLARS (LP)
BUTTERFLY
CINEMA PARADISO
DUCK YOU SUCKER (Giu’ La Testa)
EXORCIST 2 (LP)
FISTFUL OF DOLLARS / FEW DOLLARS MORE / GOOD BAD AND UGLY
FIVE MAN ARMY / THE LINK
The GRAND SILENCE/UN BELLISSIMO NOVEMBRE
GRAND SLAM
GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN
IL SORRISO DEL GRANDE TENTATORE (The Tempter) / DALLE ARDENNE ALL’INFERNO
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN UNDER SUSPICION
MADDALENA/QUESTA SPECIE D’AMORE
MARCO POLO (LP & CDR of tape)
Le MARGINAL
Il MERCENARIO (A Professional Gun)/ FACCIA A FACCIA
METTI UNA SERA A CENA (Love Circle)
La MONACA DI MONZA / BLUEBEARD
MONDO MORRICONE
MY NAME IS NOBODY
1900
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
PEUR SUR LA VILLE
QUEIMADA (Burn)
RED SONJA / BLOODLINE
REVOLVER
SACCO AND VANZETTI
SENZA MOVENTE (Without Apparent Motive)
The SICILIAN CLAN
TEPEPA (LP)
The THING
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN
TRE DONNE / UCCIDETE IL VITELLO GRASSO E’ ARROSTITELLO (LP)
TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA / DAYS OF HEAVEN
VIOLENT CITY
IL VIZIETTO / IL VIZIETTO 2 (La Cage Aux Folles I & II)
Les VOLEURS DE LA NUIT
WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (CDR)
WHEN WOMEN HAD TAILS

If you put a gun to my head and told me I could only keep one of these scores, I would pick DUCK YOU SUCKER in an eyeblink. Since it's only mentioned once in this thread, by Andre (and just the main theme at that) I have to say I'm surprised more people don't rave about this score - but maybe (as Andre points out) it's because it's from an "obscure" movie that few people seem to have seen. Shame. It's my favourite Spaghetti Western, with fabulous performances by James Coburn and Rod Steiger (at their most sweatily charismatic) and Maestro Morricone's music can only be described as eccentrically beautiful. If you've seen it, you'll know what I mean. The main theme (for Coburn's "Dynamite Man") is used to great effect in the Irish flashbacks - if there was an award category for Best Music In A Slow Motion Flashback Sequence - this would win hands down. The way Morricone scores the long tracking shot where Steiger walks numbly through the cave, looking at the dead bodies ... the music walks a precarious balance between unbearable sentiment and heartbreaking sincerity, and Morricone pulls it off breathtakingly. And as for his "March of the Beggars" ... this has to be one of the goofiest, funniest, most rousing marches ever written. Everything about this score just works so well - the wordless vocals (well, okay, there's one word: "Sean!") - the ethereal strings - the brutal percussion ... for me, there's a unique smoothness to this score, a hypnotic blending of orchestral colours that Morricone has touched on since, but never quite equalled.