Original soundtrack. 2 CD set.
First released on vinyl LP in 1982, and never released on vinyl again or on compact dis, this breathtakingly melodic score by Ennio Morricone appears now on a 2 CD set in its most complete form ever: a total of 136 minutes of music on 36 tracks (the old vinyl LP featured 20 tracks only).
A true masterpiece of film music for the celebrated, worldwide famed TV epic colossal, directed in 1982 by Giuliano Montalso and starring Ken Marshall, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud and Burt Lancaster.
The wondrous, amazing adventures in China of Marco Polo, a Venetian traveler of the thirteenth century, come to life through lush lyricism and powerful strength of Morricone's music.
SYNOPSIS - Thirteen months and ten million dollars were lavished upon this ten-hour, four-part TV miniseries about legendary globetrotter Marco Polo. Newcomer Ken Marshall played the title character, a 14th century Venetian explorer who, among other accomplishments, firmly established the "silk route" between Europe and the Orient, introducing such precious commodities as spaghetti and fireworks to the Occidental world. In addition to featuring the usual polyglot of major British and American stars in cameo roles (including Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Leonard Nimoy, and Burt Lancaster), the production represented the first Western production to be filmed on location in China since WWII -- not to mention the first English-language appearance of celebrated Chinese stage and film actor Ying Ruocheng, superbly cast as the mighty Kublai Khan. An American-Italian-Austrian-French-British co-production, "Marco Polo" received its first U.S. showing when it was telecast by NBC from May 16 through 19, 1982. A "condensed" version, running approximately 270 minutes, was later made available in Europe and South America. 1982
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