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FA6507 Il ritorno di Ringo / The Return of Ringo
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part I-15

IL RITORNO DI RINGO [THE RETURN OF RINGO] (1965)

Il Ritorno di Ringo – The Return of Ringo – was an insta-sequel to the successful original Una Pistola per Ringo, which had released to general acclaim several months previously. Again directed by Duccio Tessari, it sees the travelling gunslinger Angel Face Ringo (Giuliano Gemma aka Montgomery Wood) involved in another adventure. After fighting for the Union Army in the American Civil War, Ringo returns home to find that his property has been taken over by a family of Mexican bandits, and his fiancée is being forced to marry Fuentes (Fernando Sancho, playing a different role) the leader of the bandit gang. Vowing revenge, Ringo goes undercover disguised as a Mexican to infiltrate the gang, bring it down from within, and reclaim his woman.

Morricone’s score for Il Ritorno di Ringo is very similar to the score for the original Ringo film, making use of the familiar strumming guitars, trumpet refrains, and suspenseful strings in the action sequences; there’s even a new original main title song performed once more by Maurizio Graf. The most interesting new idea is the conclusive piece, “La Pace Torna a Mimbres” or “Peace Comes Back to Mimbres,” in which Morricone offers a contemplative coda to the violence and revenge with a lovely, soothing piece for beautifully bittersweet strings, lilting woodwinds, warm horns, and an intimate solo guitar.

The best release of this music is the 2010 edition from GDM Music which pairs 15 minutes of digitally re-mastered music from Il Ritorno di Ringo with a substantial amount of music from the original film.

Track Listing: 1. The Return of Ringo (performed by Maurizio Graf) (2:15), 2. The Disguise (2:24), 3. Sheriff Carson (1:19), 4. The Fuentes (1:08), 5. The Funeral (2:03), 6 Barnaba’s Bamba (2:34), 7. The Wedding and The Revenge (1:27), 8. Peace Comes Back to Mimbres (2:21). GDM Music 4134, 15 minutes 31 seconds.
August 13, 2017
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The Return Of Ringo (Il Ritorno Di Ringo) (02:15)
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The Disguise (Il Travestimento) (02:24)
003
Sheriff Carson (Lo Sceriffo Carson) (01:19)
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The Fuentes (Dai Fuentes) (01:08)
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The Meeting With The Daughter (L'incontro Con La Figlia) NB: This track is later used in Secret Of The Sahara (Il Segreto Del Sahara)
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The Funeral (Il Funerale) (02:03)
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Barnaba Bamba (La Bamba Di Barnaba) (02:34)
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The Wedding And The Revenge (Il Matriomonio E La Vendetta) (01:27)
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Peace Comes Back In Mimbres (La Pace Torna A Mimbres) (02:21)
Attachment: About Jonathan Broxton
Jon is a film music critic and journalist, who since 1997 has been the editor and chief reviewer for Movie Music UK, one of the world’s most popular English-language film music websites, and is the president of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Over the last 20+ years Jon has written over 3,000 reviews and articles and conducted numerous composer interviews. In print, Jon has written reviews and articles for publications such as Film Score Monthly, Soundtrack Magazine and Music from the Movies, and has written liner notes for two of Prometheus Records’ classic Basil Poledouris score releases, “Amanda” and “Flyers/Fire on the Mountain”. He also contributed a chapter to Tom Hoover’s book “Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today’s Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring”, published in 2011. In the late 1990s Jon was a film music consultant to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and worked with them on the films “Relative Values” with music by John Debney, and “The Ring of the Buddha” with music by Oliver Heise, as well as on a series of concerts with Randy Newman. In 2012, Jon chaired one of the “festival academies” at the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. He is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the premier nonprofit organization for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working motion pictures, television, and multimedia. (Here)
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