Ennio Morricone

Once Upon a Time in the West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

GDM | CAT #: GDM LP 6503

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Format LP

Color Clear

DESCRIPTION

Limited Edition pressed on Transparent Clear Vinyl
Housed in a Gatefold jacket
Imported from Italy

After the “Dollar Trilogy”, Sergio Leone was given a new offer on another western movie that he could not refuse. Following his own rules again, and working on the film story with Bernardo Bertolucciand Dario Argento, he directed the monumental “Once upon a time in the West”, featuring the American actors Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson among others.

Each character is strongly stereotyped here, a fact emphasized by the motion picture soundtrack, once again delivered by Ennio Morricone in collaboration with his orchestra and Alessandro “The Whistler” Alessandroni and his Choir, with the addition of the female singer Edda Dell’Orso. The flavor is epic, but also very romantic at some points since there’s a love story involving Jill, an ex-prostitute, and one of her old lovers, Cheyenne.

This is another excellent demonstration that, when it comes to the exquisite blending of images and music, Italians do it better!

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ARTIST: Ennio Morricone
LABEL: GDM
CAT NO: GDM LP 6503
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Soundtrack
Western Soundtrack

TRACKLIST

1. C’era una volta il West
2. Come una sentenza
3. Addio a Cheyenne
4. L’attentato
5. La posada n. 1
6. La posada n. 2
7. L'uomo dell'armonica
8. In una stanza con poca luce
9. L'orchestraccia
10. L'uomo
11. L'America di Jill
12. L'ultimo rantolo
13. C'era una volta il West (finale)

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The Best Thing We've Heard in a Long Time

I absolutely LOVE this soundtrack! I'd asked an AI for some chilled-out pieces or soundtracks based on my taste for Sigur Rós and Low Roar, and Volker Bertelmann's score for All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the suggestions. I fell in love with it the minute I heard that repeated, haunting melody. He keeps coming back to it, and the moments he chooses to bring it back are what make it so powerful. The rest of the music is brilliant too. The whole thing just works, and it was worth the trouble it took to track down a new copy and the money I paid for it.
My wife works from home in an open loft upstairs, so she hears everything I play. When I got home from work, this had been delivered, so I logged it, put it on, and turned it up to a serious level. When it was time to flip to side B, she yelled down, "What was that? It was amazing!" After it was over she came downstairs to look at the cover and ask more about it. We both agreed it was the best thing we'd heard in a long time.
If you like atmospheric, emotional music that stays with you, get this one. Five stars, easily.

Mark Schminke

10/11/2026