Death Rides A Horse

Before his very eyes, a young boy watches the cutthroats of a small gang raid his humble home, rape and slaughter his whole family.

Arthur Vint & Associates new album, Death Rides A Horse, further explores themes from their debut album, Through The Badlands, this time focusing on the music of the great Spaghetti Western soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone. The band interprets music featured in the films A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Once Upon A Time In The West, Vamos A Matar Compañeros, and of course, Death Rides A Horse in their unique country/jazz style. Bandleader, composer and drummer Arthur Vint steps out in a new role of arranger, taking Morricone's often orchestral pieces and tailoring them for his 9 piece ensemble of harmonica, violin, saxophone, bass clarinet, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, bass and drums.

This 3CD set introduces one of the most distinguished Italian film composers to the Film Score Monthly catalog. Although Piero Piccioni (1921-2004) worked primarily on Italian-made films, the two scores presented here are for films with strong Hollywood connections. Like Lalo Schifrin, Piccioni successfully combined his proclivities for jazz with solid symphonic writing in films of many diverse genres.

Above the album worked the Italian composer Ennio Morricone 'Western Hits: The Cinema Collection', and his release took place on December 2019. The soundtrack has got 30 songs with a total duration of more than an hour. A compilation is a compilation of original music. The release of the record dealt with the label Bacci Bros Records.

Ennio Morricone was probably the most famous film composer of the 20th century. He was also one of the most prolific composers working in any medium. No exact figure is available, but he scored over 500 films over several decades, plus many dozens of classical works. While his film scores were in almost every imaginable musical style (and for almost every imaginable kind of movie), he was most identified with the "spaghetti Western" style of soundtracks, which he pioneered when providing the musical backdrop for the films of director Sergio Leone. Morricone's palette was extraordinarily diverse, drawing from classical, jazz, pop, rock, electronic, avant-garde, and Italian music, among other styles.

50 years of film music collected in 18 Thematic CDs, 400 tracks for over 20 hours of music. A great recording project dedicated to Ennio Morricone, made in thanks to his personal collaboration. A journey through the original versions of the unforgettable themes written for Sergio Leone, Bernardo Berolucci (1900), Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan), Roland Joffe (The Mission), Brian de Palma (The Untouchables), Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) and Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight). It also features rarities like the music of Orca and The Key and others, plus a CD of songs and covers featuring Sting, Joan Baez, Charles Aznavour, Andrea Bocelli & Ariana Grande, Chico Buarque, Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny, Kyle Eastwood (daughter of the famous Clint), Gerard Depardieu and many others. This limited deluxe edition comes with a 48-page booklet with an exclusive interview with the Maestro, photos and original film posters.