Nostromo

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(TV Series) Alastair Reid (1996) Open in IMDb

Joseph Conrad's Nostromo
Originals Performed Released
1 3:17 Nostromo (1996) The tropical variation (1) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
2 5:44 Nostromo (1996) The silver of the mine Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
3 4:24 Nostromo (1996) Nostromo (1) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
4 5:11 Nostromo (1996) Greed Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
5 4:12 Nostromo (1996) Gisella (1) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
6 4:10 Nostromo (1996) The old mine Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
7 2:36 Nostromo (1996) For Emilia (1) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
8 1:51 Nostromo (1996) The mine prelude Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
9 3:04 Nostromo (1996) Silver sea Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
10 6:17 Nostromo (1996) Weapons of love Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
11 3:06 Nostromo (1996) For Emilia (2) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
12 3:09 Nostromo (1996) For Emilia (3) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
13 4:37 Nostromo (1996) Silver train Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
14 2:10 Nostromo (1996) The way to Sulaco Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
15 4:54 Nostromo (1996) Guzman Bento Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
16 4:08 Nostromo (1996) Sulaco's square Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
17 1:17 Nostromo (1996) Gisella (2) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
18 2:44 Nostromo (1996) Sulaco's band Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
19 2:18 Nostromo (1996) Silver convoy Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
20 3:52 Nostromo (1996) For Emilia (4) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
21 4:57 Nostromo (1996) Nostromo (2) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
22 1:12 Nostromo (1996) The tropical variation (2) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 1996 1996
Revisions Performed Released
23 3:30 Nostromo (1996) Conradiana Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Francesco De Melis Lyrics;Emma Scoles Lyrics;Ennio Morricone Conductor;Andrea Bocelli Vocals;Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra Orchestra; 2006 2007
24 1:57 Nostromo (1996) For Emilia (5) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor;Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; 2007 2007
25 3:06 Nostromo (1996) The tropical variation (3) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 2007 2007
26 3:50 Nostromo (1996) The silver of the mine (1) Ennio Morricone Composer;Ennio Morricone Arranger;Ennio Morricone Conductor; 2007 2007

Ennio Morricone Composer; Ennio Morricone Composer; Ennio Morricone Arranger; Ennio Morricone Arranger; Ennio Morricone Conductor; Ennio Morricone Conductor; Francesco De Melis Lyrics; Francesco De Melis Lyrics; Emma Scoles Lyrics; Emma Scoles Lyrics; Andrea Bocelli Vocals; Andrea Bocelli Vocals; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra Orchestra; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra Orchestra; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra;

Commercial Albums
1-22 Nostromo Nostromo (2CD Polydor 533 658-2 - Italy - 1996) +re-released
1,2,3,18,19 Musiques de films - Colonne sonore - Original Soundtracks -- 1964-2015 Vol. II Musiques de films - Colonne sonore - Original Soundtracks -- 1964-2015 Vol. II (14CD Universal/Decca/Fontana - France - 2021)
1,23 Love Love (3CD Sony 0190758377827 - Italy - 2018)
1,23 We All Love Ennio Morricone We All Love Ennio Morricone (CD Sony - 2007) +re-released
25-26 La Mia Musica - My Music La Mia Musica - My Music (4CD Ars Latina - Italy - 2008)
25-26 Le registrazioni inedite di Ennio Morricone - La Mia Musica: Anni '90 Le registrazioni inedite di Ennio Morricone - La Mia Musica: Anni '90 (CD Panorama - Italy - 2008)
23,25 The Complete Edition The Complete Edition (15CD GDM 0194392ERE - Italy - 2008)
25-26 Anni '90 - MP3 Download Anni '90 - MP3 Download (Virtual Album <a href="http://www.enniomorricone.it/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=62_72" target="_blank">http://www.enniomorricone.it/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=62_72</a> - Italy - 2008)
25-26 My Life in Music My Life in Music (5CD Halidon H6549 + 1DVD - Italy - 2010)
25-26 50 Years of Music 50 Years of Music (5Virtual Album Armonia - 2011)
2 L'essentiel d'Ennio Morricone L'essentiel d'Ennio Morricone (2CD Universal 276 965 8 - France - 2014) +re-released
2 L'essentiel de Ennio Morricone L'essentiel de Ennio Morricone (2Virtual Album Universal - France - 2014)
1 La casa della musica La casa della musica (2CD Rambling RBCS-1076 - Japan - 2004)
1 Collected Collected (3CD Universal 535 085-7 - United States - 2014)
Other Albums
24,25',26',26' Concerto del 30/10/2007 Concerto del 30/10/2007 (4CD Archive Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia VideoANSC00035180 - Italy - 2007)
24',25',26' Concerto del 3/7/2009 Concerto del 3/7/2009 (2CD Archive Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia VideoANSC00036429 - Italy - 2009)
24',25',26' Concerto del 25/07/2012 Concerto del 25/07/2012 (2CD Archive Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia VideoANSC00037667 - Italy - 2012)

by Patrick B on 28/05/2012:
Film credits and music in NOSTROMO

(TV series in 4 episodes)
  • Main titles music : Greed (episode 1), unreleased versions from the beginning of The silver of the mine (0'15 and 0'23, episodes 2, 4), a variant from For Emilia, for Pan flute, synthetiser and orchestra (1'50, episode 3),
  • End titles music : The silver of the mine, second (middle) part, without voice (for all the episodes, around 1'34), and with a new intro for woodwind and orchestra for the episode 1 (0'15), and with the original intro of The silver... for the episode 4.


  • Other unreleased music after the double CD set MCA Sugarmusic (1996) :

3 short variants of the intro from The silver of the mine (beginning at Pan flute, recorder, other instruments), 4 variants of Greed, a variant of Gisella (carillon), an unknown theme for a popular feast, 3 variants of The tropical variation, a short piano source track, 2 variants of For Emilia (1 for oboe, guitar and orchestra, 1 for flute and orchestra), a track for trumpet on a new theme, 3 variants of Nostromo/Silver sea (1 for oboe and orchestra).
The whole unreleased music heard (not including the original parts from The silver of the mine) runs around 19 minutes.




by Bob Hendrikx on 09/02/2021:
Notes on Soundtrack: NOSTROMO (1996) (Part 1)

British/Italian TV mini-series (309 minutes).

Director: Alastair Reid (1939-2011) link

Premiered on 25 June 1996 at the 48th Prix Italia Festival.
Aired in the US on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre (5,6,7 January 1997).
Aired in Italy on Rai 1 (5,9,12 January 1997).
Aired in The UK on BBC 2 on four Saturdays starting 1 February 1997.

Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor: Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Closing credits (English print): jpg
Opening credits (Italian print): jpg

Orchestra: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (aka Orchestra Sinfonica Bulgara)
Voice (CD 1, tracks 2,7,11 – CD 2, track 12): Lucilla Tumino
Kaval (end-blown flute): Theodosii Spassov (1961-) link / link / link
Recorded at NDK Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria.
A Pixit production for BBC TV in association with RAI (Italy), TVE (Spain) and WGBH (Boston, USA).
Closing credits (English print): jpg

Choir: Bulgarian Symphony Choir (aka Coro Filarmonico Nazionale, Bulgaria)
Voice (CD 1, track 3): Edda dell'Orso (birth name: Edda Sabatini) (1935-)
Flute: Ctemana Aceva
Piano: Victor Chouchkov (aka Victor Chuchkov) (1946-)
Viola: Fausto Anzelmo (aka Fausto Anselmo)
Recording and mixing: Studi NDK, Sofia and Forum Studio (1980-1997), Rome.
(Back of 1996 CD booklet)

Flute: Paolo Zampini (Maestro #7, page 57)
Date of recording: February 1996 (defunct site)





by Bob Hendrikx on 09/02/2021:
Notes on Soundtrack: NOSTROMO (1996) (Part 2)


3:18 – 1/01 – The Tropical Variation
5:43 – 1/02 – The Silver of the Mine – Play: mp3
4:22 – 1/03 – Nostromo
5:11 – 1/04 – Greed
4:11 – 1/05 – Gisella
4:09 – 1/06 – The Old Mine
2:35 – 1/07 – For Emilia
1:51 – 1/08 – The Mine Prelude
3:03 – 1/09 – Silver Sea
6:18 – 1/10 – Weapons of Love – Play: mp3
3:06 – 1/11 – For Emilia
3:08 – 2/01 – For Emilia
4:37 – 2/02 – Silver Train
2:10 – 2/03 – The Way to Selaco
4:54 – 2/04 – Guzman Bento
4:09 – 2/05 – Sulaco's Square
1:18 – 2/06 – Gisella – Play: mp3
2:44 – 2/07 – Sulaco's Band
2:19 – 2/08 – Silver Convoy
3:53 – 2/09 – For Emilia
4:57 – 2/10 – Nostromo
1:13 – 2/11 – The Tropical Variation
5:44 – 2/12 – The Silver of the Mine
Released on 2CD:
Nostromo – Sugar/Polydor 533 658-2 – Netherlands – 1996 link / link
Front and back of CD booklet: jpg
Back card: jpg
There is also an Italian (Sugar/MCA SGR D77800) and French (Sugar/MCA D 77800) edition.
Tracks 1/02 and 2/12 (The Silver of the mine) are identical.
If the duplicated track had been omitted, the score would have fit on one disc.
22 tracks (23 minus track 2/12) – Duration: 79:09 (84:53 minus 5:44) – All tracks in stereo.

Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra & Ennio Morricone:

1992 – UNA STORIA ITALIANA link
1992 – LA PIOVRA 6 link
1993 – IL LUNGO SILENZIO link
1996 – NOSTROMO link




by eda-88 on 12/12/2013:
Re: Film credits and music in NOSTROMO

Thanks for the info, i have never seen this series and rarely listen to this score, i'm not aware about them in whole, i'm interested now.