Edda Sabatini (born February 16, 1935), known as Edda Dell'Orso, is an Italian singer known for her collaboration with composer

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, for whom she provided wordless vocals to a large number of his

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. A

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with a three-octave

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, Dell'Orso also provided vocals to scores of other Italian composers such as Bruno Nicolai,

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, Luis Bacalov and Roberto Pregadio. She was born in

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. In Morricone's film scores of the original Spaghetti Westerns directed by

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, her dramatic voice was deployed as an instrument for the first time and to revolutionary effect, such as in ''

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'', '' The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'' (in particular for " The Ecstasy of Gold" track) and ''

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''. In the 1980s, she was the voice behind the successful

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act Bianca Neve, fronted by Anne Dattner.Bianca Neve https://www.discogs.com/artist/401504-Bianca-Neve on Discogs, Zink Media 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).

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Soundtracks with Dell'Orso
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dell'Orso, Edda 1935 births Living people Italian women singers Singers from Genoa