I may be incorrect but I think this new release is the one advertised by Movie Grooves at:

http://www.moviegrooves.com/shop/fewdollarsbmg.htm

in which case I think you may be disappointed!


Mitch, June 7, 2004; 2:01 PM

The correct and the only expanded edition, has been released last year by great GDM and contains exactly 22 tracks and in it you can find ALMOST every note you heard in the film!
Anyway is the best released available in the market and i recommend you to buy as soon as possible because it is a collector's edition!
You can find it on www.intermezzomedia.com or directly on the site of GDM.
SEE YOU AND GOOD LUCK!
Riccardo from Rome

riccardo.rocchi4, June 7, 2004; 2:45 PM

Does that mean that it's included?

If it's on the soundtrack, is it sampled directly from the film or taken from the original source tapes.

, June 7, 2004; 7:58 PM

I've only just read your question (posted almost a month ago) regarding this release. If you haven't already bought it, I would advise caution. It's a long story. Let me know if you want a fuller reply.
Dafydd.

, July 3, 2004; 1:58 PM

Please explain. I still haven't bought it. Leave no detail out.

Thanks!

, July 11, 2004; 10:24 AM

The film version of La Resa Dei Conti is not on this album, if my memory of that sequence is correct. Track 14 may form a part of the sequence. I'm not absolutely sure.
To be clear, the album I'm talking about here is the 2003 Expanded Edition of the score (GDM 2038). When it first arrived, I was very disappointed. I was expecting a proper full edition of the main score. You don't get that here. However, having listened to it again recently, it's actually not as bad as I first thought.
It contains 22 tracks, as the previous reply says. The contents of the entire original album is included, in stereo. In addition, there are 7 mono tracks that are proper recordings. These qualify as worthwhile additions to the original album. The main weakness is the fact that there are also 5 tracks which have been copied directly from actual film sound (probably from a DVD). These are just plain awful...the sound is poor and whatver music you hear is spoiled by the effects track. The worst of the lot is the inclusion of the sequence where Indio escapes from prison.
The only exception is track 1 which is the film sound version of the main theme and, because the sound quality is OK, seems more acceptable.
Finally, you get both the English and the Italian version of the vocal (An Eye For An Eye) which are both good. The English one appears on many collections but the Italian version is rarer.
An annoying mistake on the CD is the misnaming of the "Carillon" theme. (The old album version of "Carillon" is, in fact, track 19 and the one that has been labelled "Carillon" on this CD's track list, is one of the new mono tracks.)
Is it worth buying? If you like the score, I would say it is. But it is not definitive. The hard truth is that parts of the original soundtrack no longer exist or have been lost. They've done the best they can I suppose but, in my opinion, they should have left out the film-sound sequences.
I hope this is of some help.
Dafydd.


, July 8, 2004; 11:57 PM

Thanks for taking the time to post your detailed response. I've been fortunate enough to get a complete unofficial copy of the soundtrack recently. So I'll be avoiding the GDM version altogether.

If you interested in music trades contact dragnet78@rogers.com and maybe we can work something out.


, July 11, 2004; 10:23 AM