 The A.V. Club 's Andy Battaglia rated the compilation an A − , noting its dissimilarity to Morricone 's more well @-@ known work . Battaglia complimented the arrangement of the tracks , feeling that they flowed into one another well , and noted the range of genres the collection represented . Danny <unk> of The Roanoke Times has commented on the wide variety of styles the collection contains , adding that it proves " Morricone always delivered something interesting " . Stylus Magazine 's Cameron Macdonald rated the album an A − , finding that the " kitsch " mass @-@ market appeal of Morricone 's better @-@ known western scores made Crime and Dissonance a more " relevant " record . However , Macdonald felt that album 's second disc was the weaker of the two , finding that the " slapstick " nature of some of its pieces seemed out of place . Dave Gurney of Tiny Mix Tapes rated Crime and Dissonance three @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half out of five , calling it " a group of Morricone 's most uncompromising works " . However , Gurney questioned the target audience of the collection , believing that it would not be likely to appeal to casual listeners while not presenting much new material for dedicated Morricone collectors . An anonymous review for The Stranger described the album as proof that " there 's much more to the maestro than his revered spaghetti @-@ western work for Sergio Leone " . The review highlighted the range of genres present in the collection , calling the end result a " deluge of otherworldly , endlessly fascinating sounds " . 
