The Ecstasy of Gold
4:31 pm in Ladies and Gentlemen, Music by Faceless Librarian
I love spaghetti westerns. They’re everything a good western should be. They’re action packed. They’ve got deep characters who are more than guys with hats and handguns. The scenes are desolate and vast. The storyline is complex. And they have the added benefit of being Italian.
Then there’s the music.
Every spaghetti western features the most awesome music that was either composed by Ennio Morricone or someone trying to imitate Ennio Morricone. Morricone’s music quite literally defined the genre. His unique style and sound set the stage for the movie and for the action. You can say what you like about classical performances and orchestras, for my money, the soundtrack of a spaghetti western is a little slice of heaven.
And so I give you the Polish Radio Orchestra accompanied by the Choir of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music and the Warsaw Inter-University Choir; conducted by the man himself.
Ladies and gentlemen, Ennio Morricone.
