Once Upon A Time... (The Essential Ennio Morricone Film Music Collection) - City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & The Crouch End Festi

Advantages: Great cover, some good music
Disadvantages: Much of the music does not stand up to this listening

...The Carry On Album is a CD of music from the wonderful Carry On films, which spanned three decades. It is played by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & is really only for huge officianados of the films. Some of the music is instantly recognisable & evokes all kinds of great memories about the films, but other tracks do not stand up so well as pieces of music, away from the films they were written for. The music from the Carry On films - Camping, Sergeant, Teacher, Nurse, Cabby, Cleo, Jack, Behind, At Your Convenience, Up The Khyber, Doctor & Doctor Again - does not stand up well as an album, but the art work on the cover is great.... Read review

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Advantages: has a variety of different moods
Disadvantages: not suitable for all people

...These pieces are from the Oscar winning film 'Shindlers List'. The theme, which John Williams wrote himself, is nothing short of a masterpiece. It is an emotionally compelling which was performed by the renound Itzhak Perlman. John Williams has come up with a true winning piece here. This piece is suitably for a variety of listeners, and anyone who has watched the film will know that the soundtrack is a must have. This piece is uniquely original and mirrors none of William's ealrier work. Without this soundtrack your music collection will never be quite complete. Go buy it!... Read review

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Advantages: Great tribute to a great composer.
Disadvantages: Not suitable to anyone who isn't familiar with Morricone's music.

...I think the title of this album should be considered a solid fact. We do all love Ennio Morricone! He's easily one of the best composers of recent times, and hundreds of films would be lost without his music. Despite not giving a full picture of Morricone's work, i think this is still a great tribute album. The fact that artists from Celine Dion, to Bruce Springsteen, to Metallica, ahve come forward to pay their tributes shows the extent to which Morricone has touched the world. I found out about this tribute from the Metallica website when they announced they'd recorded their own version of "Ecstasy Of Gold", and I immediately bought it. Ecstasy of Gold, and Bruce Springsteen's "Once Upon A Time In The West" are my favourite tracks on the album, but they all have their strengths. At that, I wouldn't say that any of the artists... Read review

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