\'THE 5 MAN ARMY\' ENNIO MORRICONE \'SOLD OUT LTD ED\' MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CD FROM FSM
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\'THE 5 MAN ARMY\' ENNIO MORRICONE \'SOLD OUT LTD ED\' MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CD FROM FSM:
$24.67
\'THE 5 MAN ARMY\'
1969 movie starring PETER GRAVES and BUD SPENCER
[SOLD OUT] MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CD
COMPOSED BY\'ENNIO MORRICONE\'
FILM SCORE MONTHLY SILVER AGE CLASSICS
2009 LIMITED EDITION [NOW SOLD OUT]
On the heels ofGuns for San Sebastian,Navajo JoeandThe Hills Run Redcomes another classic Ennio Morricone spaghetti western:The Five Man Army(1969). Long believed to be lost, the complete score is presented in clean monaural sound (given a light stereo reverb for listenability) from a 35mm music stem in the Warner Bros. vaults.
The Five Man Armywas an attempt to capture the popularity ofMission: Impossible(then riding high on television) in a spaghetti western, particularly through the casting of Peter Graves as the leader of a small team of mercenaries and misfits (theMagnificent Sevenmodel) who band together for “one last job” that ends up benefiting the local Mexican population (theWild Bunchmodel—thoughThe Wild Bunchhad yet to be produced). American Don Taylor directed the film, which was shot with synchronized sound (Italian-produced films were typically dubbed).
Little needs to be said about the colossal output of the legendary Ennio Morricone, whose westerns alone have made a titanic impact in film and pop music history. Everybody can conjure the “spaghetti” template (famous fromA Fistful of Dollars) of whistling, whip-cracks and a pop beat—but Morricone’s actual western soundtracks are astonishing in their richness and diversity.The Five Man Armyis no exception: from the heroic, rollicking main title theme (complete with bizarre sounds and quirks) to the tender, elegiac “Cinque Amici, Cinque Eroi” (“Five Friends, Five Heroes”) and peasant anthem “Muerte Donde Vas?” (“Death Where You Go?”)—plus the usual setpieces for action and suspense—this is a major work from an important period in Morricone’s career.
The Five Man Armywas previously released on a short LP and CD (always in monaural sound), and the main title was released in true stereo (also presented here) on a Morricone collection in the 1980s. FSM presents the complete score in film order. Liner notes by Italian film music authority John Bender flesh out the customary detailed booklet.
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\'THE 5 MAN ARMY\' ENNIO MORRICONE \'SOLD OUT LTD ED\' MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CD FROM FSM:
$24.67