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FA6517 Una pistola per Ringo / A Pistol for Ringo
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part I - 10

UNA PISTOLA PER RINGO [A PISTOL FOR RINGO] (1965)

Una Pistola per Ringo was the second significant spaghetti western scored by Ennio Morricone, and was intended to capitalize on the success of A Fistful of Dollars the previous year. Directed by Duccio Tessari, it stars Giuliano Gemma (using the Anglicized name Montgomery Wood) as Angel Face Ringo, an ex-convict gunfighter who is hired to infiltrate a ranch overrun by Mexican bandits led by the ruthless Sancho (Fernando Sancho), who have holed up there after a bank robbery gone wrong. Not only that, Sancho has hostages, one of whom is the fiancée of the local sheriff, and Ringo’s mission is to save their lives while dealing with the banditos. Although not as iconic and pioneering as Leone’s original masterpiece, A Pistol for Ringo nevertheless was a successful film in its own right, inspiring several sequels.

Morricone’s score is very much rooted in his iconic ‘spaghetti western’ style, deviating from it only slightly in terms of melody and arrangement. The main title theme, “A Pistol for Ringo,” is a quite dreamy-sounding piece for acoustic guitar, lilting strings, percussion, and a vocal performance by Maurizio Graf and angelic choir singing the name ‘angel face’. Another significant piece is “The Slaughter,” wherein Morricone breaks out his solo trumpet once more, performing a darkly melancholic, subversively heroic theme underpinned by strings, guitar, and an increasingly prominent choir.

Again, considering its status as a classic spaghetti western, the score for Una Pistola per Ringo has been released numerous times over the years. The best is the 2010 release from GDM Music which pairs 20 minutes of digitally re-mastered music from Una Pistola per Ringo with music from its sequel Il Ritorno di Ringo, which was released later that same year.

Track Listing: 1. Angel Face (performed by Maurizio Graf) (2:18), 2. Honky Tonky (0:41), 3. Grotesque Suspense (1:40), 4. Hesitating Rag (1:23), 5. Heroic Mexico (1:32), 6. Bamba Bambina (1:31), 7. The Wait (2:35), 8. The Clash (1:23), 9. The Slaughter (1:58), 10. A Pistol For Ringo (2:17), 11. Una Pistola per Ringo Suite (3:03). GDM Music 4134, 20 minutes 21 seconds.
August 13, 2017
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001
Angel face (Main titles) (02:18)
002
Honky tonky (00:42)
003
Grotesque suspense / (Suspense Grottesca) (01:41)
004
The clash/(Lo Scontro) (01:24)
005
Hesitating rag/(Rag Sospeso) (01:35)
006
Messico eroico (01:33)
007
Una pistola per Ringo/A Pistol For Ringo (02:19)
008
Bamba bambina (01:35)
009
The slaughter/(La Strage) (01:58)
010
The wait /(L'attessa)(02:36)
011
The clash 2 (01:30)
012
Hesitating rag 2 (01:13)
013
Messico eroico 2 (01:00)
014
Angel face (End titles) (01:30)
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Attachment: About Jonathan Broxton
Jon is a film music critic and journalist, who since 1997 has been the editor and chief reviewer for Movie Music UK, one of the world’s most popular English-language film music websites, and is the president of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Over the last 20+ years Jon has written over 3,000 reviews and articles and conducted numerous composer interviews. In print, Jon has written reviews and articles for publications such as Film Score Monthly, Soundtrack Magazine and Music from the Movies, and has written liner notes for two of Prometheus Records’ classic Basil Poledouris score releases, “Amanda” and “Flyers/Fire on the Mountain”. He also contributed a chapter to Tom Hoover’s book “Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today’s Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring”, published in 2011. In the late 1990s Jon was a film music consultant to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and worked with them on the films “Relative Values” with music by John Debney, and “The Ring of the Buddha” with music by Oliver Heise, as well as on a series of concerts with Randy Newman. In 2012, Jon chaired one of the “festival academies” at the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. He is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the premier nonprofit organization for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working motion pictures, television, and multimedia. (Here)
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