IL MONDO MORRICONE

I ran into a post at Radio Diffusion Internasionaal Annexe that was international covers of Ennio Morricone songs. Yeah, you know where this is going. The songs are from the Sergio Leone's "Man With No Name" trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. That sent me into a Morricone bender. If you are familiar with his work on those three films, you'll know that he uses pretty unique instrumentation, including whistling, jaw-harps, and choruses singing non-words, some bordering on grunts..

This is awesome.

I've heard Morricone covers plenty of times. Almost without exception they were period covers, done at the time of the films to cash in. Most of the covers have been pretty straight forward, so the international covers (also period cash-ins) were interesting to hear, particularly with the traditional country relevant instruments in the mix. They're from all over the place: Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, the Phillipines and Singapoe.

Here's the OG himself, Morricone, a few American covers and just one of the songs from Radio Diffusion. There's a link to his post, I'm only posting the one so I have an excuse to use that badass sleeve above. Mint condition, I swear.

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Listen:
Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly mp3 at Adhocc
Ennio Morricone - A Fistful of Dollars mp3 at Gyerekek Kedvencei
Ennio Morricone - For A Few Dollars More mp3 at Blondin
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (streaming) at YouTube
Billy Strange - For A Few Dollars More (streaming) at YouTube
Al Caiola - For A Few Dollars More (streaming) at YouTube
The Golden Palominos - For a Few Dollars More (streaming) at YouTube
Hugo Montenegro - Theme from A Fistful of Dollars (streaming) at YouTube
Los Bad Boys - Por Unos Dolares Más (For a Few Dollars More) mp3 at Radio Diffusion Intl
Seven more international Morricone covers at Radio Diffusion Intl
Watch:
Morricone Segreto - Celebrating Ennio Morricone: The Secrets Behind His Genius at YouTube Documentary, 25:53 minutes