Rome is an album written by the American music producer Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse

Brian Joseph Burton , better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter and producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released The Grey Album, which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles' White Album.He...

 and the Italian composer

Composer

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 Daniele Luppi

Daniele Luppi

Daniele Luppi is an Italian musician, arranger and producer based in Rome, Italy. Luppi is known for his cinematic music productions.- Discography :* Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi – Rome - External links :...

. The album took five years to make and was inspired by the music from spaghetti western

Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...

s.

The album was recorded using vintage equipment and as well as featuring musicians who recorded spaghetti western soundtrack

Soundtrack

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s, it also features a reunited Cantori Moderni – the choir put together by Alessandro Alessandroni

Alessandro Alessandroni

Alessandro Alessandroni is an Italian musician. He plays multipleinstruments, including the guitar, mandolin, mandolincello, sitar, accordion, and piano, and has composed over 40 film scores and countless library music....

 – which features on the soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone...

. The album also features vocals

Singing

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 by the American singers Jack White

Jack White (musician)

Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...

 on the tracks "The Rose with the Broken Neck", "Two Against One" and "The World", and Norah Jones

Norah Jones

Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...

 on the tracks "Season's Trees", "Black" and "Problem Queen."

Track listing

1. "Theme of "Rome"" – 2:21
2. "The Rose with a Broken Neck" – 3:23
3. "Morning Fog" (interlude) – 0:39
4. "Season's Trees" – 3:12
5. "Her Hollow Ways" (interlude) – 0:57
6. "Roman Blue" – 3:13
7. "Two Against One" – 2:21
8. "The Gambling Priest" – 2:03
9. "The World" (interlude) – 1:02
10. "Black" – 3:32
11. "The Matador Has Fallen" – 1:47
12. "Morning Fog" – 2:06
13. "Problem Queen" – 2:37
14. "Her Hollow Ways" – 2:30
15. "The World" – 3:29

Note

The song Black is featured in the 4th season finale

Face Off (Breaking Bad)

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 of Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

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.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS...	16
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	20
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	11

Credits

Musicians

• Gegè Munari - Drums and percussion
• Dario Rosciglione - Upright and electric bass
• Luciano Ciccaglioni - Acoustic and electric guitars
• Antonello Vannucchi - Celesta, harpsichord, organ and piano
• Roberto Podio - Percussion
• Gilda Buttà - Celesta and harpsichord
• Cantori Moderni - Choir
• Jack White - Vocals ("The Rose with the Broken Neck", "Two Against One" and "The World")
• Norah Jones - Vocals ("Season's Trees", "Black" and "Problem Queen")

Recording and arrangements

• Danger Mouse - Production, arrangements, mixing
• Daniele Luppi - Production, arrangements, mixing, orchestra, and choir conductor
• Fabio Patrignani - Engineer, mixing