HEXACORD
HCD-16

Ennio Morricone

...E PER TETTO UN CIELO DI STELLE
(A SKY FULL OF STARS FOR A ROOF)

1. INSEGUIMENTO ALL'ALBA
2. UN TETTO DI STELLE (HARRY'S RANCH-MAIN THEME)
3. RIPRESA SECONDA (MAIN TITLES) v 4. INCONSUETO GROTTESCO (EATING TURKEY) \
5. BANJO E ZUFOLO (MY FRIEND THE BANJO)
6. UN TETTO DI STELLE (FINALE & END TITLES)
7. THE MERMAID
8. SALOON PIANO
9. FRIENDS
10. BILL & HARRY FIGHT
11. RIDING TOGETHER
12. SANDSTONE
13. BANJO
14. STREET DANCE
15. FLIRTING WITH THE WIDOW MACDONALD
16. CIRCUS TRICKS
17. BEFORE THE HANGING
18. MAKING PLANS
19. ARRIVAL AT THE CANTINA
20. THE WELL'S FARGO COACH
21. MILITARY ESCORT
22. CHASED!
23. SAMUEL PRATT ARRIVES
24. AROUND THE RANCH TABLE
25. ATTACK ON THE RANCH

Guitar, Banjo and Whistle: Alessandro Alessandroni

Review by Roy Donga

Translating to A Sky Full Of Stars For A Roof, the attractive artwork and graphics on this CD make it look exactly what it is; a classic score to a largely forgotten spaghetti western. Thankfully, John Mansell is on hand to provide some enlightening liner notes, revealing this to be a tale of two lonely drifters on the trail of a murderous gang of stagecoach robbers. Director Giulio Petroni's other collaborations with the maestro include the better known Death Rides A Horse and Tepepa, but most recently the director has turned to screenwriting for Queen Of The Damned.

Beginning with Alessandro Alessandroni's trademark whistling, the 'Main title' it quickly moves into the immediately infectious main theme. Evoking the familiar style of banjo and guitars from The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and the rest of the "Dollar" trilogy, this is easily as memorable as Morricone's most famous works in the genre. So if you've over played all your Italian Western CDs, this could be the new melody you've been looking for. There's a handful of themes that provide the rest of the ingredients; the breezy cheerful friendship theme 'The Mermaid', some rowdy ragtime 'Street Dance', comedic slapstick 'Circus Tricks' and some traditional 'Saloon Piano'. But it is the recurring terrific main theme that you will continue to remember.