The Mission Music From The Motion Picture

Description

Ennio Morricones 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 Joffes 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 Gabriels 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