You should also check out "The Legend of 1900," and even though the movie flopped, I really like his work on "Mission to Mars."

These are the ones I have:

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" always give me gosepumbs. [*****]

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?". [*****]

And 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...!!

Hope it helps...

Another very good and inexpensive EM CD is the Legendary Italian Westerns CD which includes suites from Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, as well as 7 Guns for the MacGregors and Once Upon A Time in the West.

After those, I'd recommend the complete soundtracks to:

A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker/Giu La Testa (actually this is my personal favorite of the Morricone western scores)

Once Upon A Time in the West

the Pistol for Ringo/Return of Ringo/Death Rides a Horse CD

Five Man Army

Two Mules for Sister Sara

La Grande Silenzio

And, I'd have to agree with others about:

The Thing, Orca, and Mission to Mars and a few of the others that were mentioned.

And while neither of these are top tier Morricone, the romantic Butterfly and sword & sandal epic Hundra, are available on Laserlight CDs for about $6 each, providing yet another inexpensive way to taste more EM.

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BULWORTH (1998) ... Almost nothing of this score ended in the movie.

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That's not exactly true. Quite a bit of the score appears in the film, but only in 20 to 40 second cues. In fact, it was after seeing the film that made me rush out and buy the album. I was quite taken by the fact that there was a vocalist that sounded just like Edda Dell'Orso. When I opened the album and read the credits, I was ecstatic to find that it was Edda Dell'Orso.

Sorry for the negativity, Big E!

'ey, what happened to that EXORCIST II you promised me just to shut me up?

I am also extremely fond of Morricone's scores for MARCO POLO (TV miniseries, 1982) and THE ISLAND (much of the score not used in the 1980 film, but the Varese LP is good -- I wish SOMEONE would put this out on CD, it can't be in LESS demand than some of the other obscurata in Morricone's filmography)

great score. I only have the LP, and am gonna track down the 2CD set.