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This astoundingly prolific Italian composer's alternately dreamily hypnotic, bracingly dissonant and tensely pulsating scores have graced nearly 400 films and TV programs since the early 1960s. Ennio Morricone first came to international prominence with a haunting score that whined and whistled through the parched and dusty streets of Sergio Leone's landmark "spaghetti" Western, "A Fistful of Dollars" (1964)–the first of six collaborations between the two. Several of his musical underscores have proven popular in the USA, particularly those for Roland Joffe's "The Mission" (1986) and Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables" (1987), but he may be most famous for the rousing theme to Leone's "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (1966-Italy; 1968-USA)

Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas. The band reached the height of its fame in the 1970s with ten charting albums released in that decade. Their style is punctuated by multiple guitar players and the raspy voice and on-stage antics of vocalist Jim "Dandy" Mangrum.

With their album "Pile Of Skulls" from 1992, Running Wild returned to the long-established trademark pirate. However, there was also an overall concept on the topics of corruption and misuse of power in the course of history. Here are songs based on Robert Louise Stevenson's "Treasure Island," alongside tracks like "Jennings Revenge" about the exploits of the infamous pirate Henry Jennings. With 350,000 copies sold worldwide, "Pile Of Skulls" proved another success for Running Wild.