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I have this on vinyl and the second half of this album is peerlessUp there with kruder/dorfmeister, boozoo bajou "satta", dj shadow "private press", and other epic classics.Recommeded.
Ennio Morricone has scored well over 500 films in his time.Many of these,it is true,are Italien movies that have infrequently,if ever been screened here in the USA,so much of Morricone's catalouge remains unfamiliar to the average american listener.Morricone has had some spectacularly popular hits here as well,not the least of which is the score for the early Clint Eastwood oater"The Good,The Bad,& The Ugly".Morricone's music has always been on the unconventional side.Fresh.innovative.catchy.This said,one can only wonder why the gang of unimaginative re-mixers involved in this disaster of an album took tunes that were,and are,clever and memorable and reduced them to a pile of same-sounding offal.One or two of these re-mixed themes do have a little something going for them,but even these in no way come even close to the Morricone originals.So why make this album.For that matter why re-mix tunes that stand up perfectly well on thier own.Most of these things sound hideous.I can't imagine anyone who,having managed to listen to this entire album(surely a feat of endurance if there ever was one) would be in the least motivated to seek out the original recordings.This album has been cut out of the manufacturer's catalouge,a sure sign that most of the listening public,if they even were aware of this item at all,found it as loathsome to listen to as I did.
amazing the first track alone absorbs you and takes you away sublime.a big thank you to amazon did not know about this record till they recommend it.again thanks many happy times to look forward too.
If this sounds good to you, then buy it. Not just anyone, the best DJ's like Theivary Corporation et al, have produced a listen thats unique, and pays compliments to the great Ennio Morricone. Ummm, did I say I like it and has been on my "favorite album" list for about 2 years. As a long-time film-music fan, became familiar with Morricon's genius in the field. There are 2 newer Morricone remix albums (Remixes 1 and 2) that are more uptempo and dance/house style, great, but the RMX album is still the king. Of course I purchased it, and found it to be an incredible blend of the two genres. Also a fan of the downtempo chill music, I happened on this find and my jaw dropped. What has happened is that the some wonderful themes from Morricones soundtracks (think of the great music from the equally great Sergio Leone Spaghetti westerns, and other Italian film music), were remixed (RMX) and created into a good cocktail hour CD.
Fans of Morricone's music will enjoy this successful experiment and hope for more. Most are too somber to function as dance music, but are quite evocative and lovely as listening music, thanks to the sympathetic arrangements of the artists involved, all of whom seem to honor and appreciate Morricone (liner notes are brief) and the atmosphere these pieces were intended to convey. I was a bit skeptical, but these contemporary rhythmic remixes of some of Italian film composer Ennio Morricone's best-known pieces work surprisingly well and make for an enjoyable collection. Produced with the cooperation of Morricone himself (or at least with his blessing), these tracks work astonishingly well in their new guise.
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