Queimada (Burn!) [Original Soundtrack]

While he had a hand in assisting with the score to The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1969 slave-rebellion drama Burn! was Morricone’s most fully-realised work with the director — and, in the shadow of the masterpiece that was Algiers, one of both creators’ more overlooked works. But if its critical acclaim and the promise of a fiery Marlon Brando lead isn’t enough to draw you to the film, the opportunity to hear one of Morricone’s most diabolical scores should finish the job of convincing you. Centering around compositions that fuse operatic and church-choir melodies with Afro-Latin drums, it’s alternately one of his most furious and most reflective scores, the sound of colonialism confronting its demons — and being confronted by its victims.