The year is 1964. Almost out of nowhere, a semi-unknown and little-regarded director like Sergio Leone reinterprets an Akira Kurosawa film in a western key and, putting together all the right pieces that contribute to the making of a film, with a pinch of intuition establishes new rules for the 'spaghetti western' genre, starting an endless series of imitations.

"A Fistful of Dollars" would not have the same impact without the inimitable music by Ennio Morricone, who happened to have been an old elementary school classmate of the director. Curiously, two arrangements were chosen for the main themes that Morricone had already worked out two years earlier; removed the lyrics and added the unmistakable whistle of Alessandro Alessandroni, the spaghetti-sound was finally complete!

The film was an incredible success, and projected Leone, Morricone, and in particular the actor Clint Eastwood into the Olympus of the Greats. The soundtrack was released for the first time only the following year, together with that of Sergio Leone's subsequent work "For a few dollars more".

This reissue sees the seven tracks of the original score in a new graphic design.

New 12" 45 rpm LP format with gatefold cover.

Vinyl edition in red canyon colour.

Tracklist:

Side A:

1.Securities

2.A Fistful of Dollars

3.Almost Dead

4.The Chase

Side B:

5.La reaction

6.Square dance

7.Merciless