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Gabriel's Oboe" is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé.

[1] The
theme was written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and has since been arranged and
performed several times by artists such as Yo-Yo Ma,[2] Holly Gornik,[3]and Brynjar Hoff,[4] among
others. The theme has been called "unforgettable"[5] and a "celebrated oboe melody".
[6]
 Vocalist Sarah Brightman convinced Morricone to allow her to set lyrics to the theme to create her
own song, "Nella Fantasia".[7][8] In 2010, Morricone encouraged soprano Hayley Westenra to write
English lyrics for "Gabriel's Oboe" in her album Paradiso.[9]

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