RARESCORES TEAM

PROUDLY PRESENTS

RECORDING SESSIONS

Music Composed by ENNIO MORRICONE

SOUNDTRACK DETAILS

54 tracks -74:49 min

Orchestra Conducted by Bruno Nicolai

Vocals by Maurizio Graf

1-14 Original Release, 15 Film Trailer, 16-54 Recording Sessions

Una Pistole per Ringo ak A Pistol for Ringo aka A Gun for Ringo

A Pistol for Ringo was a huge success on the domestic market following its release in Italy on May 12 and in Spain on December 9, 1965 making over 17,379,404 ₧ (US: $104,450) in Spain alone.

Duccio Tessari's film A Pistol for Ringo does not reach the heights of the Leone films, but it is a vast improvement over the early spaghetti Westerns. Morricone, who orchestrates his own film scores, here extended his wildly original sound made of up isolated lyrical lines, often played by solo instruments. Action scenes tend to rely basically on percussion, to which is added a piano bass and often guitar or electric bass. The portions of this film score that have been released on CD convey the exciting quality of a major new talent virtually reinventing the sound of Westerns.

Its theme, composed by Ennio Morricone and performed by Maurizio Graf, was a more traditional American western ballad compared to his previous work on Spaghetti Westerns and proved popular rising to number one on the Italian charts.