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FA6402 El Greco
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part 2-2I

EL GRECO (1966)

El Greco is an Italian drama biopic directed by Luciano Salce which tells the life story of master painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco, who created multiple masterpieces of renaissance art during the late 16th century. The film stars Mel Ferrer in the title role, with supporting performances by Rosanna Schiaffino and Adolfo Celi, and specifically concentrates on the period of El Greco’s life when he was based in Toledo, Spain, receiving commissions from King Philip II.

The score’s spectacular opening sequence is “Exultate Deo,” a celebratory, resounding fanfare for voices, trumpets, and piano chords, which bookends a stirring, elegantly romantic theme for strings and soft chorus worthy of a sweeping historical drama like this. Morricone’s allows his main to develop throughout the score, offering several beautiful variations, including the tender “Invocazione,” the restrained “Angoscia a Ricerca,” and the stunningly beautiful “Follia e Amore,” the latter of which represents the romantic relationship between El Greco and his beloved Jeronima de las Cuevas.

There’s also a great real of quite flamboyant renaissance-inspired festival music that captures the pageantry and artistic progressiveness of Europe during the period, some liturgical church music for pipe organ (“Rituale”), and even something approaching an action cue in “Per Archi,” which features some furious string writing.

The score for El Greco has been released several times on LP and CD; the most comprehensive release is the 2007 release from GDM Records, which showcases almost an hour of score with re-mastered sound. The main theme from El Greco can also be found on the comprehensive 15-CD compilation Ennio Morricone: The Complete Edition, released by GDM Music in 2008.

Track Listing: 1. Exultate Deo (2:20), 2. Invocazione (3:12), 3. Festa #1 (3:26), 4. Angoscia a Ricerca #2 (2:40), 5. Nascondersi (1:22), 6. Festa #2 (0:13), 7. Rituale (1:35), 8. Angoscia e Ricerca #2 (2:38), 9. Un Suono Lontano #1 (0:56), 10. Angoscia Ericerca II (2:38), 11. Festa #3 (1:17), 12. Invocazione Seconda (1:53), 13. Alleluia Alleluia (1:47), 14. Per Archi (1:20), 15. Asperges Me (1:12), 16. Nascondersi (#2) (0:51), 17. Angoscia e Ricerca #3 (1:03), 18. El Greco Quartetto (1:22), 19. Canti, Part 1 (3:37), 20. Canti, Part 2 (2:43), 21. Unus et Trinus (Conclusione) (3:18), 22. Un Suono Lontano #2 (1:20), 23. Angoscia a Ricerca #4 (3:58), 24. Follia e Amore (2:38), 25. Discesa (1:18). GDM Music 7046, 50 minutes 37 seconds.
August 20, 2017
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Exultate Deo (02:20)
  
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Invocazione (03:12)
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Festa (03:26)
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Angoscia e ricerca (02:40)
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Nascondersi (01:22)
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Festa (#2) (00:13)
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Rituale (01:35)
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Angoscia e ricerca (#2) (02:38)
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Un suono lontano (00:56)
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Angoscia ericerca II (02:38)
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Festa (#3) (01:17)
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Invocazione seconda (01:53)
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Alleluia alleluia (01:47)
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Per archi (01:20)
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Asperges me (01:12)
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Nascondersi (#2) (00:51)
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Angoscia e ricerca (#3) (01:03)
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El greco (quartetto) (01:22)
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Canti (1a parte) (03:37)
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Canti (2a parte) (02:43)
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Unus et trinus (conclusione) (03:18)
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Un suono lontano (#2) (01:20)
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Angoscia e ricerca (#4) (03:58)
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Follia e amore (02:38)
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Discesa (01:18)
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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