Ennio MorriconeOnce Upon A Time In America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Label:

Mercury – 818 697-1

Format:

Vinyl , LP

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Stage & Screen

Style:

Soundtrack

Tracklist

A1 Once Upon A Time In America
A2 Poverty
A3 Deborah's Theme
A4 Childhood Memories
Panpipes [Pan Flute]Gheorghe Zamfir
A5 Amapola
Composed By, ConductorJ. M La Calle*
A6 Friends
A7 Prohibition Dirge
B1 Cockeye's Song
Panpipes [Pan Flute]Gheorghe Zamfir
B2 Amapola (2)
Composed By, ConductorJ. M La Calle*
B3 Childhood Poverty
B4 Photographic Memories
B5 Friends
B6 Friendship And Love
B7 Speakeasy
B8 Deborah's Theme / Amapola (Medley)
Composed ByJ. M. La Calle*

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Hapax International Pictures
  • Copyright ©PolyGram Records, Inc.
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Published ByCampbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
  • Mastered AtTape One
  • Pressed ByPRS Ltd.

Credits

  • Arranged ByEnnio Morricone
  • Composed ByEnnio Morricone (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B1, B3 to B8)
  • ConductorEnnio Morricone (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B1, B3 to B8)
  • EngineerSergio Marcotulli
  • Engineer [Assistant]Alessandro Marcotulli
  • Plated ByJA*
  • VocalsEdda Dell'Orso (tracks: A3, B1, B6)

Notes

Made in England.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 42281 86971 6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): MERH 45 A//1▽420 T
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): MERH 45 B//1▽420 T
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A & B runout, etched): JA

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Es War Einmal In Amerika (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Album, Stereo) Mercury 818 697-1, 818 697-1Q 1984
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Once Upon A Time In America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Album, Stereo) Mercury 818 697-1 Netherlands 1984
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Il Etait Une Fois En Amérique (Bande Originale Du Film) (LP) Mercury 818 697-1 1984
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Once Upon A Time In America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Album, Stereo) Mercury 422-818 697-1 M-1, 818 697-1 M-1 US 1984
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Once Upon A Time In America (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Cassette, Album) Mercury 818 697-4 Netherlands 1984

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Reviews

  • food2prep's avatar
    food2prep
    Edited 11 years ago
    One of the best soundtrack for a movie that has been recorded in history. A Masterpiece.
    New York Times called it "Extraordinary" back in 1984. Missed to be awarded as Best Soundtrack at the Academy Awards because it was not formally submitted for Oscar consideration…
    The compositions were ready before Sergio Leone started shooting the movie. It is a soundtrack that goes very well with the movie as the musicians involved in the production, they were playing live for the actors while the movie was being shot. Unique and amazing.
    The music was already composed about a decade prior to the release of the soundtrack.
    Pieces like "Cockeye's Song" with Gheorghe Zamfir panfulte or the main theme song "Once Upon A Time In America" they are unforgettable.
    In my opinion one his best soundtracks ever composed by legendary Ennio Morricone for a movie.

    The rearrangements of "Amapola" they are very well suited for the movie. The great scene with a young Jennifer Connelly dancing in the back of her family grocery store while a young "Noodle" is watching her from a small hole in the wall.
    "Deborah's Theme" variation of "Friendship & Love" they sound similar; it is a beautiful string composition completed by the haunting voice of Edda Dell'Orso.
    The soundtrack include some jazzy tunes, and they are very well done too. "Prohibition Dirge" is a very funny tune as it start with a sad trumpet and evolve in this happy ragtime jump blues style with solo clarinet and trumpet, and trombone. Then "Speakeasy" also recall the 30's.
    This remaster release also includes unheard music found in the old tapes recorded for the movie back in 1984.
    If you buy the soundtrack you should also watch the movie. It will make a big difference. As it is one of the 10 best movies in the history of film. In my opinion.

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