‣29/11/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1983) (Part 1)
Director: Sergio Leone (1929-1989)
link Premiered in France on 20 May, in the US on 1 June 1984.
linkComposer, Orchestrator, Conductor: Ennio Morricone – Opening credits:
jpg Orchestra: Unione Musicisti di Roma
Voice: Edda Dell'Orso (1935-)
Pan Flute: Gheorghe Zamfir (1941-)
link Composer of "Amapola": Joseph M. Lacalle (real name: José María Lacalle García) (1859-1937)
link Recorded at Forum Studio, Rome.
"Recorded in December 1983, but Morricone's work started a year and a half earlier." (page 7 of 1998 CD booklet)
Closing credits:
jpg2:12 – 01 – Once Upon a Time in America
3:36 – 02 – Poverty – Play:
mp3 4:24 – 03 – Deborah's Theme (originally written for ENDLESS LOVE, 1981
link) – Play:
mp3 3:21 – 04 – Childhood Memories
5:20 – 05 – Amapola (orchestrated by Morricone)
1:34 – 06 – Friends
4:19 – 07 – Prohibition Dirge
4:20 – 08 – Cockeye's Song
3:06 – 09 – Amapola
1:40 – 10 – Childhood Poverty
1:00 – 11 – Photographic Memories – Play:
mp3 1:23 – 12 – Friends
4:13 – 13 – Friendship and Love
2:21 – 14 – Speakeasy
6:12 – 15 – Deborah's Theme / Amapola
Released on CD:
Once Upon A Time In America – Mercury 8822 334-2 – USA/Canada – 1984
link Front:
jpg Back: "Edda Dell'Orso – Printed in West Germany"
jpg CD label: "Mercury 822 334-2 – for USA/Canada only – Made in France"
jpg 15 tracks – Total time: 49:01 – All tracks in stereo.
‣28/11/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (1983) (Part 2)
8:52 – 16 – Suite (4:39 to 13:31)
3:24 – 17 – Poverty
3:24 – 18 – Unused Theme – First used in IL PENTITO (1985). – About the soundtrack:
link2:26 – 19 – Unused Theme (0:00 to 2:26) – First used in IL PENTITO (1985).
First released on CD:
Once Upon a Time in America – BMG/Restless 74321619762 – Europe – 1998
link /
link Back:
jpg "This CD, mastered from the original session tapes, has a far richer sound than the 1984 release." (page 11 of booklet)
1:40 – 16 – Suite (0:00 to 1:40) – Identical to "Childhood poverty" (track 10).
2:59 – 16 – Suite (1:40 to 4:39) – Identical to "Amapola" (track 9).
0:36 – 19 – Untitled (2:58 to 3:34) – Identical to "Friendship and love" (track 13, from 1:37 to 2:10)
All tracks in stereo.
Morricone's orchestration of "Summertime" (Heyward/Gershwin) and "Yesterday" (Lennon/McCartney) has not yet been released. (In His Own Words, page 72)
The first word of the first verse (Yesterday) and the first word of the second verse (Suddenly) of "Yesterday", sung by Douglas 'Dougie' Meakin (1945-) (Maestro #7, April 2017, page 45)
link /
link Director Sergio Leone & Composer Ennio Morricone:
1964 – PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI
link1965 – PER QUALCHE DOLLARO IN PIÙ
link 1966 – IL BUONO, IL BRUTTO, IL CATTIVO
link1968 – C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST
link1971 – GIÙ LA TESTA
link1983 – ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
link
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