Title: The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture
Composer: Ennio Morricone
Original Release Date: June, 1992
Label: Virgin Records Us
----- 專輯簡介 -----
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."
No collection of soundtracks could possibly be complete without this acknowledged
master of movie music. His soundtrack for the award-winning movie The Mission
includes music in the Andes/South American style performed with the group Incantation,
notably on "On Earth as It Is in Heaven." Other sections are performed by The London
Philharmonic Orchestra, with powerful choral parts. The struggle for independence is
vividly portrayed through the haunting musical score.
電影根據1850年在南美洲亞馬遜河流域一個叫Guarani Indians 的地方所
發生的史實而改編，敘述一名傳教士深入荒原腹地傳教的種種艱苦歷程。
羅蘭·約菲導演的史詩式宗教冒險片，映像十分壯觀，某些場面的攝影
美得讓人窒息，傑瑞米·艾恩斯與羅伯特·德尼羅的對手戲也十分精彩。
最後葡萄牙與西班牙政府因為殖民地衝突而在當地發生戰爭屠殺，結局
十分悲愴。
原聲方面：Ennio Morricone為本片所創的主題音樂，被譽為他從樂數十年
來的經典，甚至被譽為二十世紀電影原聲的經典。原聲碟中既有唱詩班
似的旋律，又融入了中南美洲拉丁風格的曲調，也加入了一些原始部落
的打擊樂。全碟尤其是其中的Main Title顯得無比崇高、聖潔。
Tracklistings：
01 On Earth as It Is in Heaven
02 Falls
03 Ave Maria Guarani
04 Brothers
05 Carlotta
06 Vita Nostra
07 The Mission
08 River
09 Gabriel's Oboe
10 Te Deum Guarani
11 Asuncion
12 Alone
13 Guarani
14 Miserere
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----- 所有的音樂只是試聽音質請購買原裝版本-----
