Edda Dell'Orso

Edda Sabatini (born February 16, 1935), known as Edda Dell'Orso, is an Italian singer known for her collaboration with composer Ennio Morricone, for whom she provided wordless vocals to a large number of his film scores. A soprano with a three-octave range, Dell'Orso also provided vocals to scores of other Italian composers such as Bruno Nicolai, Piero Piccioni, Luis Bacalov and Roberto Pregadio. She was born in Genoa.

In Morricone's film scores of the original Spaghetti Westerns directed by Sergio Leone, her dramatic voice was deployed as an instrument for the first time and to revolutionary effect, such as in A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (in particular for "The Ecstasy of Gold" track) and Once Upon a Time in the West. Soundtracks – A tribute to Pino Rucher. Edda Dell'Orso is singing a famous composition from the film Once Upon a Time in the West.

In the 1980s, she was the voice behind the successful Italo disco act Bianca Neve, fronted by Anne Dattner.

Dell'Orso collaborated with Italian composer Alex Puddu on the albums Registrazioni al Buio (2013, Schema Records), In the Eye Of The Cat (2016, Schema Records), The Mark of the Devil (2017, Al Dente) and The Gambler (2018).

Selected filmography Year Film title Composer Director 1964 I Malamondo Ennio Morricone Paolo Cavara 1965 For A Few Dollars More Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone 1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone 1967 Face to Face Ennio Morricone Sergio Sollima 1967 The Stranger Piero Piccioni Luchino Visconti 1967 Matchless Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni Alberto Lattuada 1967 Seli Marcello Giombini Primo Zeglio 1968 Ecce Homo Ennio Morricone Bruno Gaburro 1968 Eva, la venere selvaggia Roberto Pregadio Roberto Mauri 1968 Guns for San Sebastian Ennio Morricone Henri Verneuil 1968 Listen, Let's Make Love Ennio Morricone Vittorio Caprioli 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone 1968 Diabolik Ennio Morricone Mario Bava 1968 They Came to Rob Las Vegas Georges Garvarentz Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi 1969 Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion Bruno Nicolai Jess Franco 1969 Love Birds Bruno Nicolai Mario Caiano 1969 The Laughing Woman Stelvio Cipriani Piero Schivazappa 1969 Angeli bianchi...angeli neri Piero Umiliani Luigi Scattini 1969 The Red Tent Ennio Morricone Mikhail Kalatozov 1969 Police Chief Pepe Armando Trovajoli Ettore Scola 1969 The Invisible Woman Ennio Morricone Paolo Spinola 1969 Carnal Circuit Bruno Nicolai Alberto De Martino 1969 Metti, una sera a cena Ennio Morricone Giuseppe Patroni Griffi 1969 Interrabang Berto Pisano Giuliano Biagetti 1970 Intimità proibite di una giovane sposa Stelvio Cipriani Oscar Brazzi 1970 Le Mans, Shortcut to Hell Stelvio Cipriani Osvaldo Civirani 1970 Le foto proibite di una signora per bene Ennio Morricone Luciano Ercoli 1970 When Women Had Tails Ennio Morricone Pasquale Festa Campanile 1970 The Most Beautiful Wife Ennio Morricone Damiano Damiani 1970 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage Ennio Morricone Dario Argento 1970 Edipeon Stelvio Cipriani Lorenzo Artale 1971 Short Night of Glass Dolls Ennio Morricone Aldo Lado 1971 Deserto di fuoco Roberto Pregadio, Franco Bixio Renzo Merusi 1971 Winged Devils Ennio Morricone Duccio Tessari 1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails Ennio Morricone Dario Argento 1971 The Fifth Cord Ennio Morricone Luigi Bazzoni 1971 Duck, You Sucker! Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone 1971 His Name Was King Luis Bacalov Giancarlo Romitelli 1971 The Burglars Ennio Morricone Henri Verneuil 1971 Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Jacques Chaumont, Berto Pisano Romain Gary 1971 Questo sporco mondo meraviglioso Piero Umiliani Mino Loy, Luigi Scattini 1971 A Virgin Among the Living Dead Bruno Nicolai Jess Franco 1971 The Blonde in the Blue Movie Armando Trovajoli Steno 1971 In the Eye of the Hurricane Piero Piccioni José María Forqué 1971 The Man with Icy Eyes Peppino De Luca Alberto De Martino 1971 Veruschka, poesia di una donna Ennio Morricone Franco Rubartelli 1971 Black Belly of the Tarantula Ennio Morricone Paolo Cavara 1971 A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Ennio Morricone Lucio Fulci 1971 The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave Bruno Nicolai Emilio Miraglia 1971 Bella di giorno moglie di notte Gianfranco Plenizio Nello Rossati 1971 Four Flies on Grey Velvet Ennio Morricone Dario Argento 1971 Human Cobras Stelvio Cipriani Bitto Albertini 1971 Stress Carlo Savina Corrado Prisco 1971 Maddalena Ennio Morricone Jerzy Kawalerowicz 1972 What Have You Done to Solange? Ennio Morricone Massimo Dallamano 1972 Spirits of Death Fiorenzo Carpi Romano Scavolini 1972 I figli chiedono perché Ennio Morricone Nino Zanchin 1972 Amuck! Teo Usuelli Silvio Amadio 1972 The Grand Duel Luis Bacalov, Sergio Bardotti Giancarlo Santi 1972 The Master and Margaret Ennio Morricone Aleksandar Petrović 1972 Devil in the Brain Ennio Morricone Sergio Sollima 1972 La cosa buffa Ennio Morricone Aldo Lado 1972 La gatta in calore Gianfranco Plenizio Nello Rossati 1972 The Night of the Devils Giorgio Gaslini Giorgio Ferroni 1972 So Sweet, So Dead Giorgio Gaslini Roberto Bianchi Montero 1973 Death Smiles on a Murderer Berto Pisano Joe D'Amato 1973 Sinbad and the Caliph of Baghdad Alessandro Alessandroni Pietro Francisci 1973 Increase and Multiply Ennio Morricone Giulio Petroni 1973 Un modo di essere donna Piero Piccioni Pier Ludovico Pavoni 1973 Night Flight from Moscow Ennio Morricone Henri Verneuil 1973 Sessomatto Armando Trovajoli Dino Risi 1974 The Cousin Ennio Morricone Aldo Lado 1974 The Secret Ennio Morricone Robert Enrico 1974 Prigione di donne Albert Verrecchia Brunello Rondi 1974 Lisa and the Devil Carlo Savina Mario Bava 1974 The Stranger and the Gunfighter Carlo Savina Antonio Margheriti 1975 Autopsy Ennio Morricone Armando Crispino 1975 Weak Spot Ennio Morricone Peter Fleischmann 1975 A Diary of a Murderess Carlo Savina Manuel Mur Oti 1975 A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe Ennio Morricone Damiano Damiani 1976 Hallucination Strip Albert Verrecchia Lucio Marcaccini 1976 Vortex Stelvio Cipriani Sergio Gobbi 1977 The Cat Ennio Morricone Luigi Comencini 1977 Orca Ennio Morricone Michael Anderson 1978 The Last House on the Beach Roberto Pregadio Francesco Prosperi 1979 Orient Express Ennio Morricone Daniele D'Anza, Marcel Moussy, Bruno Gantillon 1980 Paradiso Blu Stelvio Cipriani Joe D'Amato 1980 Il Ladrone Ennio Morricone Pasquale Festa Campanile 1981 Comin' at Ya! Carlo Savina Ferdinando Baldi 1981 Caligula and Messalina Giacomo Dell'Orso Bruno Mattei 1982 Nero and Poppea: An Orgy of Power Giacomo Dell'Orso Bruno Mattei 1984 Once Upon a Time in America Ennio Morricone Sergio Leone 1988 The Secret of the Sahara Ennio Morricone Alberto Negrin 1996 Nostromo Ennio Morricone Alastair Reid 1998 Incontri proibiti Piero Piccioni Alberto Sordi 2013 The Best Offer Ennio Morricone Giuseppe Tornatore