Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone with “Secret of the Sahara” achieved great sales success, especially thanks to the song “Saharan Dream” performed by Amii Stewart. At the time, Italian RCA released a CD and a 33 rpm with sixteen tracks selected by the author. This material was released in France on CD and on vinyl. In 2018, the same material was reissued on vinyl by Monte Stella Records. In 2007 Maestro Morricone approved six previously unreleased tracks for an expanded edition, which GDM released on CD, now that expanded version is back on CD, with a duration of 76:14 minutes. Ennio Morricone wrote an epic theme for orchestra and choir, introduced by the bass flute and where Edda Dell’Orso’s crystal voice is the absolute protagonist. To this recurring motif the composer alternates dramatic and suspenseful pieces, others melodic and sensual , epic-mystical, and dances. Ennio Morricone also used “The mountain” and “The golden door” , themes directed by Franco Ferrara, which were originally written, recorded and never used in John Huston’s film “The Bible” (1966), which instead used the music of Japanese composer Toshiro Mayuzumi. 

Il Principe del Deserto: in 1991, Mercury pressed a CD and a vinyl with selections prepared by the composer himself. In 2000 GDM released an expanded CD with four bonus tracks and in 2012 the more complete version with thirty tracks. We now re-release that material from the latest CD version with a total duration of 77:23 minutes. The main theme is an evocative epic-romantic motif in which the voice of soprano Pina Magri (already the lead vocalist in the soundtrack of Dario Argento’s “Phenomena”) and in the magical “Lei, una voce” Ennio Morricone creates a theme in the style of “The Secret of the Sahara”, a magical, suspended motif which then develops for orchestra and choir. The soundtrack is enriched by suspense music, and the light epic-nostalgic theme “Death of Mulay”. In the endless stretches of sand, there is no shortage of love as in ‘Attimi d’amore’, “Ninna nanna per un’insonnia” and “Una luce, mille luci”.

I Guardiani del Cielo: in 1999, RCA released a CD assembled by the author. We are pleased to reissue on CD (duration 59:09 minutes) this OST that had never been reissued in the twenty- five years since its original release. Ennio Morricone has composed an extremely romantic song in the style of “Saharan dream” entitled “And will you love me?” performed by the beautiful voice of Antonella Ruggiero, accompanied by the Capital Voices choir and the London orchestra and reprised in an orchestral version. Romantic themes are present in the songs: “Sopra di noi”, “Un’avventura romantica”, “La torre dei primogeniti”, “Sembra un cielo sereno” and “I due fratelli”, alternating with mysterious, dramatic and violent songs. Ennio and Andrea Morricone conduct the orchestra.