 The album has garnered mostly positive reviews from critics . Writing for Allrovi , Thom Jurek rated the collection four @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half stars out of five , calling it " essential Morricone " . Jurek felt that the album served to present " a much wider view of Morricone not only as a composer , but as a sonic experimentalist " . Pitchfork Media 's Joe Tangari awarded the album a score of eight out of ten , describing it as " a minor revelation " . Tangari felt that the collection represented Morricone 's most innovative period of work , and praised Bishop 's compilation for its cohesion and flow . Joshua Klein of The Washington Post has described the album as featuring " bizarre soundscapes , discordant drones , proto @-@ sampledelica , weird instruments , strange sounds and oddball voices " . Klein felt that the collection portrayed Morricone as a ground @-@ breaking and confident composer , eschewing his trademark spare @-@ sounding scores to freely experiment . 
