[Malte Müller]

I also got to knew Morricone via his the italo westerns which I love and primarily the lyrical side first: My father loved both music and the movie ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. That was one of my first soundtrack CDs in the later 80s.

Later I got exposed to a weird re-labeld single named GOLDRAUSCH/TERRA MAGICA (https://www.discogs.com/de/release/3973769-Ennio-Morricone-Terra-Magica-Goldrausch) which was sold and playeed at the visitor center of a limestone cave my parents and I visited (Harz over here I think it was). I only learned some years later that those tracks are actually “Chi Mai” and “Come Maddalena”. Still have that original single.

Later I got this double LP https://www.discogs.com/de/master/48106-Ennio-Morricone-Film-Music-1966-1987 and this best of CD https://www.discogs.com/de/master/238893-Ennio-Morricone-The-Best-Of-Ennio-Morricone.

Now I have some more CDs of him and probably 150+ digital albums now. I do like all of his styles even the dissonant one although I have to be in the mood for that as it is really challenging at times. Even more than anything dissonant Goldsmith.
One of my many favorites is also more lyrical: NUOVO CINEMA PARADISO.