The Mission

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The Mission
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Ennio Morricone's Academy Award-nominated score captures the conflict between 18th-century Jesuit missionaries trying to convert the native Indians, and the slavers who want to destroy them. In keeping with the serious subject matter and epic scope of Roland Joffé's film, the score is by turns grave, lyrical, and tense. Ever inventive, Morricone mixes liturgical chorales, native drumming, and Spanish-influenced guitars, often in the very same track, to capture the drama of the culture clash. His trademark lyricism also comes through, notably in the beautiful themes for "Gabriel's Oboe" and "The Mission." Not as over-the-top as his well-known spaghetti Western scores, The Mission shows Morricone at his dramatic best. --Heidi MacDonald
    Album Tracks
    1. On Earth as It Is in Heaven
    2. Falls
    3. Gabriel's Oboe
    4. Ave Maria Guarani - Ennio Morricone, Schubert, Franz
    5. Brothers
    6. Carlotta
    7. Vita Nostra
    8. Climb
    9. Remorse
    10. Penance
    11. The Mission
    12. River
    13. Gabriel's Oboe
    14. Te Deum Guarani
    15. Refusal
    16. Asuncion
    17. Alone
    18. Guarani
    19. The Sword
    20. Miserere
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