2007 Various – We All Love Ennio Morricone

We All Love Ennio Morricone is a 2007 tribute album honoring noted film composer Ennio Morricone. It features a diverse lineup of artists including Andrea Bocelli, Metallica, Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters, and Celine Dion. Also, industry giant Quincy Jones, an admirer of Morricone’s work as a composer for many years, enlisted his longtime songwriting collaborators Alan and Marilyn Bergman to write the lyrics to “I Knew I Loved You”, which Dion sang to Morricone’s “Deborah’s Theme” from Once Upon a Time in America. Bruce Springsteen won the Grammy Award Best Rock Instrumental Performance for his version of “Once Upon A Time In The West”, beating out Metallica who was nominated for their cover of “The Ecstasy of Gold”, also from this album. The album sold over 120,000 copies in Italy alone.

Tracks

1 Celine Dion – I Knew I Loved You (Ennio Morricone) (04:53)
2 Quincy Jones featuring Herbie Hancock – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Ennio Morricone) (06:44)
3 Bruce Springsteen – Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone) (03:40)
4 Andrea Bocelli – Conradiana (Francesco De Meis, Emma Scoles, Ennio Morricone) (04:27)
5 Metallica -The Ecstasy of Gold (Ennio Morricone) (03:50)
6 Yo-Yo Ma – Maléna (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Ennio Morricone) (04:15)
7 Renée Fleming – Come Sail Away (Leonie Gane, Ennio Morricone) (05:03)
8 Ennio Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe (Ennio Morricone) (02:50)
9 Daniela Mercury featuring Eumir Deodato – Conmigo (Eumir Deodato, Ennio Morricone) (04:16)
10 Dulce Pontes – La Luz Prodigiosa (Federico Garcia Lorca, Ennio Morricone) (05:10)
11 Chris Botti – Love Affair (Ennio Morricone) (04:49)
12 Vanessa and the O’s – Je Changerais d’Avis (Ghigo De Chiara, Françoise Hardy, Jacques Lanzmann, Ennio Morricone) (03:51)
13 Roger Waters – Lost Boys Calling (Roger Waters, Ennio Morricone) (05:37)
14 Ennio Morricone – The Tropical Variation (Ennio Morricone) (03:29)
15 Denyce Graves – Could Heaven Be (Leonie Gane, Ennio Morricone) (02:18)
16 Taro Hakase – Addio Monti (Ennio Morricone) (02:57)
17 Ennio Morricone – Cinema Paradiso (Ennio Morricone) (01:53)

Musicians

1 I Knew I Loved You

Vocals  Celine Dion


2 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Bass  Neil Stubenhaus
Drums Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr
Keyboards Herbie Hancock
Programming Mateo Laboriel
Trumpet Jerry Hey
Flugelhorn Jerry Hey
Whistle Andrew Hey
Whistle Jerry Hey
Percussion (Loops) Mateo Laboriel
Scat Andrew Hey
Vocals  Mateo Laboriel
Vocals  Patti Austin


3 Once Upon A Time in the West

Guitar Bruce Springsteen


4 Conradiana

Vocals  Andrea Bocelli


5 The Ecstasy of Gold

Bass Rob Trujillo
Drums Lars Ulrich
Guitar James Hetfield
Guitar Kirk Hammett
Vocals James Hetfield


6 Maléna

Cello Yo-Yo Ma


7 Come Sail Away

Vocals Renée Fleming


8 Gabriel’s Oboe

Oboe  Carlo Romano


9 Conmigo

Bass  Jerry Barnes
Drums Omar Hakim
Guitar Jeff Lee Johnson
Acoustic Guitar  Paul Meyers
Keyboards Eumir Deodato
Percussion  Café
Vocals Daniela Mercury


10 La Luz Prodigiosa

Vocals Dulce Pontes


11 Love Affair

Bass  Jeff Lorber
Drums Bobby Colomby
Guitar Dean Parks
Piano Jeff Lorber
Trumpet Chris Botti
Percussion Bobby Colomby


12 Je Changerais d’Avis

Vocals  Vanessa And The O’s


13 Lost Boys Calling

Guitar Eddie Van Halen


14 The Tropical Variation

Kaval Teodossi Spassov


15 Could Heaven Be

Vocals  Denyce Graves


16 Addio Monti

Violin Taro Hakase


17 Cinema Paradiso

Piano  Gilda Buttà

Other Musicians

Orchestra – Unione Musicisti Di Roma (Tracks 3, 7)
Orchestra – Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 4, 14)
Orchestra – Roma Sinfonietta (Tracks 6, 8, 10, 11)
Orchestra – Unione Musicisti Di Roma (Track 15)
Orchestra – Accademia Nazionale Italiana (Track 17)

Liner Notes

Producer – Luigi Caiola, Ennio Morricone
Producer – Quincy Jones (Tracks 1, 2)
Producer (Associate) – Jerry Hey (Tracks 1, 2)
Producer – Metallica (Track 5)
Arranged By – Metallica (Track 5)
Producer – Ennio Morricone (Track 6)
Producer – Luigi Caiola (Track 8)
Producer – Giampaolo Cantini, Mario Cantini (Track 10)
Producer – Vanessa And The O’s (Track 12)
Producer – Patrick Leonard (Track 13)
Producer – Luigi Caiola (Track 17)
Arranged By – David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones (Track 1)
Arranged By – Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones (Track 2)
Arranged By – Eumir Deodato (Track 9)
Arranged By (String) – Vanessa (Track 12)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Vanessa (Track 12)
Engineer – Fabio Venturi, Elliott Scheiner, Mike Gillies, Franco Patrignani, Fran Cathcart, Marc Urselli, Kevin Killen, Jeff Lorber, Fabio Venturi, Dean Parks, Leandro Leandri, Toby Scott, Marco Streccioni, Franco Patrignani, Kendall Thomsen, Alan Sides, Jorge Vivo, Humberto Gatica, Frances Buckley
Engineer (Assistant) – David Swope, Anthony Ruotolo, Alex Rodriguez
Technician (Pro Tools, Scat, Whistle) – Andrew Hey (Track 2)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica
Mixed By – Tommy Vicari

Artwork, Design – Daniela Boccadoro
Photography – Giovanni Morricone, Guido Harari, Pino Forte

Edited At Forum Music Village
Mastered At Fonoprint
Mixed At Forum Music Village
Mixed At HQ, San Rafael
Mixed At Signet Sound Studios
Mixed By Fabio Venturi
Mixed By Mike Gillies
Recorded At Sony Studios, Culver City
Recorded At Studio At The Palms
Recorded At Westlake Studios
Recorded At Thrill Hill Recording
Recorded At RCA Studios, Rome
Recorded At NDK Studio, Sofia
Recorded At Forum Studios
Recorded At HQ, San Rafael
Recorded At Tokyo International Forum
Recorded At Avatar Studios
Recorded At East Side Sound
Recorded At Tomorrow Sound Today Studio
Recorded At Aver Studio, NYC
Recorded At JHL Sound
Recorded At Starke Lake Studios
Recorded At Sony Music Studios, NYC
Recorded At Tomorrow Sound Today Studio
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