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The Legend of 1900 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Ennio Morricone

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Album Review

The Legend of 1900 marks the first collaboration between director Giuseppe Tornatore and legendary film composer Ennio Morricone since 1989's critically adored Cinema Paradiso, and the results are worth the wait. The film concerns a virtuoso pianist, so the opportunities for stunning musical performances are plentiful; Morricone's score is embellished by pieces from ragtime legends Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, as well as an original rock ballad with lyrics written and sung by Roger Waters and guitar work from Eddie Van Halen.

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Morricone's Best

This is a gorgeous score from a wonderfully quirky movie about a man who has lived since birth on an ocean liner, never once setting foot on land. He is a modern-day Mozart, a piano prodigy who earns his keep by playing with the ship's orchestra. Morricone's score evokes the ragtime period well, infusing it with romance and pathos. iTunes has the American release, but there is an Italian edition with a dozen more tracks. It's hard to find, but the American version will do until you can get a copy of the other. In its original release, the film grossed less than $100,000 -a resounding flop- but it has since become a cult classic, and is finally available on DVD. It's worth the price of the purchase just for the scene of Tim Roth playing a grand piano that is rolling around the ship's grand ballroom in the middle of an Atlantic storm.

Movie and music are wonderful

I can't even remember how I came across this movie but I can tell you that the music is a memorable character. The music haunted me for hours and I had to go get the soundtrack. Just hearing the lonely notes brings to mind Tim Roth's character and how bittersweet the story is... There's enough brassy band sound every once in the while to keep things interesting but it's the slow somber tunes that I like best. This album is so worth getting and is perfect for when you just need to mellow out.

"The Crisis"

gives me chills every time.

Biography

Born: November 10, 1928 in Rome, Italy

Genre: Soundtrack

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Ennio Morricone is probably the most famous film composer of the 20th century. He is also one of the most prolific composers working in any medium. No exact figure is available, but he's scored several hundred films over the past several decades, perhaps as many as 500. While these have been in almost every imaginable musical style (and for almost every imaginable kind of movie), he is most identified with the "spaghetti Western" style of soundtracks, which he pioneered when providing the musical...
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