The 'Ahh ahhh ahhhh' music

There are a few scenes where this 'ahh ahhhhhh ahhh ahhhhhh' music comes blaring in. Does anyone know if that is a sample taken from Ennio Morricone spaghetti western sountracks? And the scene where the kids are praying starts out with some chimes like his 'Sixty Seconds to What' and seems to set the same mood as that song with the strings.

Or am I reading too much into this????

"Loves turned to lust and bloods turned to dust in my heart"