Orca, The Killer Whale Original Soundtrack

Been looking for this album for 44 years, but was always told it was "unavailable." Until recently. Easily Ennio Morricone's best score ever!

Waited for this a long time, the movie was fantastic and the soundtrack almost perfect. One piece of music does seem out of place. I have heard this several times and never grow tired of it.

Received my orca soundtrack cd today and case was completely smashed. I just love spending over 22.00 for a cd that was just put in a bag six times it’s size. Very disappointed

Love this film! Thanks for the fast delivery!

good dvd

ORCA is a great soundtrack.I look for on CD for years.ENNIO MORRICONE at his best.

I bought the vinyl version of this excellent soundtrack many years ago, from a specialist shop in London (now called Rare Discs, 18 Bloomsbury Street - well worth a visit).It's great the film score is now available on CD, but the end title track "Orca(Finale)" is different from the vinyl which is disappointing and why I only give 4 stars. There are no haunting vocals to be heard in it - "we are one, we are one cried my love, let me lead you through the stillness of the night, deliver dawn's first light my love...etc etc." - fantastic lyrics and go so well with Ennio's main melody. Anyone who has seen the film will know.Still, the CD is a great buy for all you Morricone fans out there.

The opening score, "Orca" sets the theme of this sad movie. What many who judge it by the cover believe it is nothing but another Jaws knock-off. Another Pirhana. You are 100% wrong. I first rented the movie as a child, expecting a great Jaws like movie, as I have always been a B-movie buff and rip-offs are as B as you come. I remember being surprised by the opening music. One would expect a Jaws rip-off to include Jaw rip-off music. Instead, it was a hauntingly sad melody. This sets the stage for the entire movie. That this movie though billed as horror is more a drama. Sadder then Moby Dick because instead of them being beasts, they are more human. And the music for all the scenes sets this tone. I cried as a child watching this movie. And listening to the music, it brings back those tearful memories. It is truely a beautiful piece of music and a good movie. But neither the music nor the movie gets the due credit they deserve. Orca will probably forever be billed as a Jaws rip-off, except for those who have actually watched it.

A more laid back recording than a lot of his others but as one other reveiwer rightly said, the title track alone, along with the slightly altered reprise at the end, warrants the purchase alone. There is a somewhat ridiculous middle track with what sounds like a cheesy Fender Rhodes cocktail party number, totally out of keeping with the rest of the album. It may work for some but not for me.Morricone has, as he always seems to do, captured the essence of the story line with a moving score. The sound quality isn't great however...not sure why this is the case.

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’77年12月に劇場で観て以来、大好きな一本。DVD、Blue-rayと追いかけてきましたが、サントラCDがまだ手に入るのを知って、《スパック》と購入しました。音楽は巨匠、エンニオ・モリコーネ。こうして音楽だけ取り出して鑑賞すると、氏が数多く手がけたマカロニウエスタンのテーマに通ずる旋律が。ディノ・ラウレンティスの動物パニック路線第2弾の体裁こそ取ってはいますが、オハナシの根底に流れるは最愛の妻と子供を奪われた“漢”の復讐譚。正しく海のマカロニウエスタンですな。

Très bien !

映画にマッチした哀しい哀愁の曲が好きです。エンディング曲に映画では確か女性の寂しい歌が流れていた様な・・・その曲が入ってれば星５つでした