Sara Andon & Simone Pedroni - Cinema Morricone - An Intimate Celebration (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

This album presents ""Morricone unplugged"", a beautiful distillation of his finest melodies in haunting, intimate arrangements for flute and piano. Its the perfect chill out album, essential music for relaxation and well being. The album contains all his most beloved scores including ""The Mission"", ""Once Upon a Time in the West"", ""The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"", ""Cinema Paradiso"", ""Days of heaven"" and ""The Untouchables"". This release has been produced by the award-winning producer Robert Townson, who has worked with many of the legends of movie music, including John Williams, Has Zimmer, Michael Legrand and Morricone himself. The music is transcribed by pianist Simone Pedroni. A winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, he has appeared in major concert halls around the globe and worked with musicians such as Riccardo Chailly, Zubin Mehta, Eliahu Inbal and Leonard Slatkin. His transcriptions of the film music of John Williams been praised by the composer himself. Sara Andon is a flute virtuoso who has appeared on numerous major soundtracks including: ""The Jungle Book"", ""The Fast and the Furious 7 & 8"", ""Tron"", ""Straight Outta Compton"" and ""The Wolverine"". She has worked with many of the foremost film composers of the day such as Marco Beltrami, Brian Tyler, Lalo Schfirin and Mark Isham. This album brings the music of Morricone to a new, young audience in an exciting new way.

Tracklist:
1 Once Upon a Time in the West 10:24
2 Playing Love (From "The Legend of 1900") 05:01
3 Sahara Dream (From "The Secret of the Sahara") 04:19
4 Cinema Paradiso 07:52
5 The Mission 11:47
6 Per Le Antiche Scale 02:55
7 Giu la Testa (From "A Fistful of Dynamite" 05:30
8 Days of Heaven 09:18
9 Fateless 03:13
10 I Guardiani del Cielo 04:39
11 Once Upon a Time in America 12:52
12 Love Affair 03:46
13 Per Un Pugno Di Dollari (From "A Fistful of Dollars") 01:56
14 The Untouchables 10:18
15 The Ecstasy of Gold (From " The Good, The Bad and The Ugly") 03:15

Personnel:
Simone Pedroni (piano)
Sara Andon (flute)