‣21/09/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (1969) (Part 1)
Director: Don Siegel (1912-1991)
link Movie completed in 1969. – Opening credits:
jpgPremiered in Finland on 13 March, in the US on 28 May 1970.
link Composer, Orchestrator: Ennio Morricone – Opening credits:
jpg Conductor: Bruno Nicolai
Recorded in Rome in September 1969.
Mixing: October 1969 through January 1970
(booklet of 2020 2CD, page 6)
Female choir: No info
"small choir gently chanting Latin text from the Lord's Prayer" (page 7)
Classical and Electric Guitar: Bruno Battisti D'Amario (Maestro #19, pages 53,55)
4:11 – A1 – Main Title – Play:
mp3 1:54 – A2 – A Time for Miracles – Play:
mp3 3:13 – A3 – Night on the Desert – Play:
mp3 5:19 – A4 – Sister Sara's Theme
3:41 – A5 – The Swinging Rope
2:30 – B1 – The Braying Mule
2:14 – B2 – La cueva
1:31 – B3 – La cantina
2:17 – B4 – The Cool Mule
3:31 – B5 – The Battle
3:25 – B6 – Main Title
First released on LP:
Two Mules for Sister Sara – Kapp Records KRS 5512 – USA – 1970
link Front:
jpg Back:
jpg A-side label:
jpg B-side label:
jpg Tracks A1 and A4 also released on vinyl single:
Sierra Torride: Main Title / Sister Sara's Theme – MCA Records MC/S 3710 – France – 1970
link Back:
jpg The original album tracks reissued on LP:
Two Mules for Sister Sara – MCA Records MAPS 3264 – Italy – 1971
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‣21/09/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (1969) (Part 2)
The original album tracks reissued on CD:
Gli avvoltoi hanno fame (tracks 1-11) / I giorni del cielo (tracks 12-20) – Legend CD 16 – Italy – 1994
link Back of inlay:
jpgInferior CD release.
04:14 – 01 – Main Title, Film Version
01:14 – 02 – Dynamite
02:44 – 03 – Sara's a Sister
01:36 – 04 – The French are Coming
04:00 – 05 – Hiding in the Ruins
03:05 – 08 – Up That Tree / Colonel Dies
02:18 – 10 – Yaqui Go Home
02:28 – 11 – Trestle
04:48 – 12 – Hiding in the Ruins Again
02:05 – 15 – Night in Juarista Cave
02:25 – 16 – Two Mules Theme
01:04 – 17 – Arrival at the Church
03:25 – 18 – Sara's Ruse / Hogan Kisses Sara
01:24 – 20 – End Title Theme
First released on 2CD:
Two Mules for Sister Sara – La-La Land Records LLLCD 1526 – USA – 2020
link Front:
jpg Back:
jpg "For this 50th anniversary release, six-track elements were located in the vaults of Universal Studios and utilized to present the full score for the first time. Disc 2 presents the 1970 Kapp/MCA album, newly remastered from the original ¼-inch analog element provided by Universal Music Group." (CD booklet, page 9)
CD 1: 21 tracks – Total duration: 57:26 – All tracks in stereo.
CD 2 (original album): 11 tracks – Total duration: 33:50 – All tracks in stereo.
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