Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena (Gold Tracks) (1969)

For a late-'60s Morricone soundtrack this is a little on the bland, easy listening side. But it's at the very least pleasant, and there are the occasional streaks of eccentricity to be heard here and there. The majority of the tracks are dainty and sunny, if lushly orchestrated, sometimes decorated with Edda Dell'Orso's female vocal scatting, as if to suggest the dawning of a new romance as the curtains are raised on a sparkling Mediterranean day. Some oddball stuttering organ pokes its head out on "Terrazza Vuota," and "Alla Luce Del Giorno" sounds like generic go-go party music, with callow, innocuous, wordless harmonies. "Ric Happening" takes a left turn into faux Indian-Asian ambient sounds; "Nina" has light jazz ballad colors. This is one for the Morricone completist rather than the listener collecting highlights of his massive discography.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena (Originale) (4:31)
1.02 - Ennio Morricone - Sauna (Originale) (4:57)
1.03 - Ennio Morricone - Terrazza vuota (Originale) (3:11)
1.04 - Ennio Morricone - Alla luce del giorno (Originale) (3:06)
1.05 - Ennio Morricone - Croce d'amore (Originale) (2:30)
1.06 - Ennio Morricone - Uno che grida amore (Originale) (4:32)
1.07 - Ennio Morricone - Ric Happening (Originale) (3:24)
1.08 - Ennio Morricone - Ti prego amami (Originale) (2:21)
1.09 - Ennio Morricone - Nina (Originale) (4:49)
1.10 - Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena (Uncut Version) (4:55)
1.11 - Ennio Morricone - Uno che grida amore (Main Titles) (2:48)
1.12 - Ennio Morricone - Terrazza vuota (Film Version Suite 1) (1:44)
1.13 - Ennio Morricone - Nina (Alternate Version) (4:46)
1.14 - Ennio Morricone - Uno che grida amore (Film Version) (1:28)
1.15 - Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena (Reprise) (2:00)
1.16 - Ennio Morricone - Ric Happening (Film Version) (1:21)
1.17 - Ennio Morricone - Ti prego amami (Film Version) (2:16)
1.18 - Ennio Morricone - Metti una sera a cena (Reprise 2) (1:28)
1.19 - The Sandpipers - Hurry to Me (Originale) (4:05)