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Digitmovies release the complete edition CD of the original soundtrack by Francis Lai for the 1977 drama The Forbidden Room (aka Anima Persa). The legendary Oscar-winning composer Francis Lai wrote the music for this psychological film based on a recurring nostalgic main theme for orchestra with Moog interventions, which is introduced in the opening credits. The author has succeeded perfectly in representing the atmosphere of a mysterious and esoteric Venice, with a whole series of tense motifs alternated with romantic pop atmospheres and baroque phrases. C.A.M. had originally released a vinyl LP with 14 tracks. Thanks to the stereo master tapes from the recording session, Digitmovies were able to discover six unreleased tracks which bring our CD. This is without a doubt one of Francis Lai's masterpieces, and one of the greatest in international film music, which Digitmovies reissue after already having released his fabulous music for Baby Sitter in 2010. Directed in 1976 by Dino Risi, the film features Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Deneuve, Danilo Mattei, Anicée Alvina, Ester Carloni, Gino Cavalieri, Michele Capnist, and Aristide Caporale. Nineteen-year-old Tino, an aspiring painter, goes to Venice to visit his uncle Fabio Stolz -- a former engineer at a gas company who is proud of his Hapsburg origin -- and his wife Elisa, a sickly blonde woman who is completely submissive to her husband. One evening Tino hears unexplainable noises coming from the attic in the ancient building they live in. The hired help reveals to Tino what the noises are and Tino's aunt and uncle reluctantly confirm what she says -- Fabio's lunatic brother lives in the attic. He went insane after causing the death of his niece Beba, Elisa's ten-year-old daughter from her first marriage, whom he had fallen in love with. However, there are conflicting versions to the story: according to Fabio, Elisa let her daughter die of pneumonia because she did not treat it in time. But where is Beba's grave? There is no trace of it at the cemetery. Increasingly intrigued, Tino discovers another lie: his uncle does not work but instead spends his days with friends, squandering Elisa's fortune. Once Tino finds the attic door open he finally has an explanation to the mystery: a shocking explanation that will convince him to leave Venice forever.
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Digitmovies present the original soundtrack for the mythical De Angelis brothers for the movie ... E Poi Lo Chiamarono Il Magnifico (Man of the East), originally released in 1972. After Franco Micalizzi had written the music for the first trinity movie and Guido and Maurizio De Angelis for its sequel, the two musician brothers were recruited again to write a new original score that was issued in those days on an LP with 12 tracks and also on a 45rpm single with two tracks. Digitmovies have searched for the original recording session master tapes which were recently rescued in very good condition and in full stereo: this gave the label the chance to add six bonus tracks not included in the original vinyl. A note for collectors and audiophiles: for this ultimate edition Digitmovies did not use the album master assembled in 1972, but they were able to recreate the original album mock-up's sequence/editing with all the takes taken directly from first generation stereo session tapes. And this new version has a really improved sound quality. The main theme is called "Don't Lose Control", a romantic-epic theme with country-pop flavor performed by Gene Roman and reprised as an instrumental version played by a large orchestra. The De Angelis brothers have succeeded in recreating the whole Western atmosphere by alternating classic Western-flavored themes with soft ones like the romantic love theme "Tema Di Candida" (Jesus Come To My Heart), a gospel with sacred flavor vocalized by the Nora Orlandi choir. Directed in 1972 by E.B. Clucher (real name Enzo Barboni) and starring Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Dominic Barto, Enzo Fiermonte, and Riccardo Pizzuti. The young Viscount Sir Thomas Moore (Hill), a polite English guy who goes to America to take possession of the inheritance left over from his father. He finds himself in the Wild West and falls in love with the young daughter of a landowner who is already courted by another cowboy. Three friends of the deceased parent shall teach him to shoot so that he can compete with his rival in a duel for the beloved one.
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LP version. Digitmovies present the original soundtrack for the mythical De Angelis brothers for the movie ... E Poi Lo Chiamarono Il Magnifico (Man of the East), originally released in 1972. After Franco Micalizzi had written the music for the first trinity movie and Guido and Maurizio De Angelis for its sequel, the two musician brothers were recruited again to write a new original score that was issued in those days on an LP with 12 tracks and also on a 45rpm single with two tracks. Digitmovies have searched for the original recording session master tapes which were recently rescued in very good condition and in full stereo: this gave the label the chance to add six bonus tracks not included in the original vinyl. A note for collectors and audiophiles: for this ultimate edition Digitmovies did not use the album master assembled in 1972, but they were able to recreate the original album mock-up's sequence/editing with all the takes taken directly from first generation stereo session tapes. And this new version has a really improved sound quality. The main theme is called "Don't Lose Control", a romantic-epic theme with country-pop flavor performed by Gene Roman and reprised as an instrumental version played by a large orchestra. The De Angelis brothers have succeeded in recreating the whole Western atmosphere by alternating classic Western-flavored themes with soft ones like the romantic love theme "Tema Di Candida" (Jesus Come To My Heart), a gospel with sacred flavor vocalized by the Nora Orlandi choir. Directed in 1972 by E.B. Clucher (real name Enzo Barboni) and starring Terence Hill, Gregory Walcott, Yanti Somer, Dominic Barto, Enzo Fiermonte, and Riccardo Pizzuti. The young Viscount Sir Thomas Moore (Hill), a polite English guy who goes to America to take possession of the inheritance left over from his father. He finds himself in the Wild West and falls in love with the young daughter of a landowner who is already courted by another cowboy. Three friends of the deceased parent shall teach him to shoot so that he can compete with his rival in a duel for the beloved one.
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Digitmovies release, for the first time as a complete edition on CD, Marcello Giombini's soundtrack for the horror film Enter The Devil ("L'Ossessa") (1974). Giombini (July 8, 1928 Rome-December 12, 2003 Assisi) experimented with symphonic music, electronic music and also religious music with a rock beat during his career. For cinema he wrote numerous soundtracks including the well-known ones from the Sabata trilogy of spaghetti westerns, for the cult horror film Antropophagus (1980) and the main score for the Italo-German science fiction film Mission Stardust (1967). For the present CD the mono master tapes (with the exception of two tracks in stereo) from the original recording session were used. The composer wrote an experimental electronic soundtrack with gloomy and dramatic passages as well as female voices for the satanic litanies and demonic sabbaths. The evil atmosphere is broken up by enjoyable pieces such as a samba and the recurring "Tema dell'ossessa", an extremely lyrical and sad motif. Edition of 300.
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LP version. Digitmovies presents a reissue of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo, a 1968 film by Francesco "Citto" Maselli. The 1995 GDM Music compilation With Love presented a collection of love themes by Ennio Morricone. One theme, from Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo, was enclosed directly transferred from the music track of the movie itself, but the source was in such terrible conditions that did not make it possible to create a CD master. An expanded suite (from the same disputable source) was later enclosed on a Japanese CD, but unfortunately the sound quality was mediocre. The original master tapes containing the whole original recording session in very good mono sound, have now been discovered. This CD compiles every musical note recorded in 1968. The present version contains only the original music composed by Morricone, conducted perfectly by Bruno Nicolai. Morricone wrote a monothematic score including several orchestral variations of the main theme, a brilliant and very romantic motif with lounge flavor, vocalized by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni. Introduced first in "Titoli di Testa" and reprised with several variations throughout the score, the theme is presented in a classic-style version with harpsichord, organ and mandolin, a slow and dreamy version with the voice of Edda and also the choir I Cantori, a samba version, a beat-flavored mysterious version, another version once again with the splendid magical voice of Edda and a slower variation with the whistle of Alessandro Alessandroni. The style of Morricone thus delivers a strongly recognizable second theme, very romantic and lounge-styled, featuring a keyboard used by the author in other scores like Giu La Testa (1971). A classic-style minuet theme with the operatic vocalism of Edda enriches the score. The third theme is a brilliant orchestral samba introduced by a typewriter and developed by the whole orchestra and then reprised with the performance of the wonderful Cantori Moderni.
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Digitmovies presents a reissue of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo, a 1968 film by Francesco "Citto" Maselli. The 1995 GDM Music compilation With Love presented a collection of love themes by Ennio Morricone. One theme, from Ruba Al Prossimo Tuo, was enclosed directly transferred from the music track of the movie itself, but the source was in such terrible conditions that did not make it possible to create a CD master. An expanded suite (from the same disputable source) was later enclosed on a Japanese CD, but unfortunately the sound quality was mediocre. The original master tapes containing the whole original recording session in very good mono sound, have now been discovered. This CD compiles every musical note recorded in 1968. The present version contains only the original music composed by Morricone, conducted perfectly by Bruno Nicolai. Morricone wrote a monothematic score including several orchestral variations of the main theme, a brilliant and very romantic motif with lounge flavor, vocalized by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni. Introduced first in "Titoli di Testa" and reprised with several variations throughout the score, the theme is presented in a classic-style version with harpsichord, organ and mandolin, a slow and dreamy version with the voice of Edda and also the choir I Cantori, a samba version, a beat-flavored mysterious version, another version once again with the splendid magical voice of Edda and a slower variation with the whistle of Alessandro Alessandroni. The style of Morricone thus delivers a strongly recognizable second theme, very romantic and lounge-styled, featuring a keyboard used by the author in other scores like Giu La Testa (1971). A classic-style minuet theme with the operatic vocalism of Edda enriches the score. The third theme is a brilliant orchestral samba introduced by a typewriter and developed by the whole orchestra and then reprised with the performance of the wonderful Cantori Moderni. The CD also contains three superb "shake" dance floor music themes that bring us the unforgettable Beat atmospheres of those days' discotheques.
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At the time of the film's release only a 45rpm single of this original soundtrack was issued which contained the song "Can Be Done", with lyrics by Sergio Bardotti and sung by Rocky Roberts (in 1966, Luis Bacalov had already collaborated with Roberts, performer of the main theme from the highly successful 2012 western movie Django). Only in 1995, Point Records released a CD which contained the instrumental score coupled with the OST from Il Grande Duello. For this issue, Digitmovies' new digitally restored and remastered record, the label had access to the mono master tapes of the recording session which gave them the chance to discover some unreleased takes which we have assembled in a nearly eight-minute suite. In addition, a special bonus track features the very rare stereo-mixed version of the original 45rpm single song. Luis Bacalov succeeds in representing in his music the whole sentimental side of the plot (the friendship between the corpulent, but good-hearted Thompson and the child Chip) by writing a sweet and cheerful main theme that is introduced in the opening credits in a pop key and with a little Bacharach flavor called "Can Be Done", sung by Rocky Roberts and accompanied by a children's choir. This theme is reprised with orchestral variations sometimes dramatically, sometimes in an epic western context with the use of the harmonica of the great Franco De Gemini and alternated with saloon as well as instrumental and choir folk music. This CD is dedicated to all the fans of the mythic Bud Spencer, of the Italian Western, and the music art of the Academy Award winner Luis Bacalov.
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Digitmovies present a reissue of Piero Piccioni's original soundtrack for La Citta' Prigioniera, originally released in 1962. Piccioni, one of the colossal names of international film music, composed this symphonic OST in the early '60s where gloomy and tense passages frequently recur to perfectly describe the dramatic situation in Athens during the Second World War. The author alternates a melancholic love theme that timidly emerges to contrast with suspense music and exciting battle pieces, all enriched with Greek folk music. Originally C.A.M. released a vinyl LP containing fifteen tracks in mono and an EP single with two tracks in mono. In 1991, the same material was re-released for the first time on CD in the series C.A.M.'s Soundtrack Encyclopedia with audio filtered in Dolby Surround. For Digitmovies' CD, the label was able to use a first-generation master tape with the LP recording along with the mono master tapes from the original recording session, discovering almost forty minutes of previously unreleased material, all specially restored.
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LP version. At the time of the film's release only a 45rpm single of this original soundtrack was issued which contained the song "Can Be Done", with lyrics by Sergio Bardotti and sung by Rocky Roberts (in 1966, Luis Bacalov had already collaborated with Roberts, performer of the main theme from the highly successful 2012 western movie Django). Only in 1995, Point Records released a CD which contained the instrumental score coupled with the OST from Il Grande Duello. For this issue, Digitmovies' new digitally restored and remastered record, the label had access to the mono master tapes of the recording session which gave them the chance to discover some unreleased takes which we have assembled in a nearly eight-minute suite. In addition, a special bonus track features the very rare stereo-mixed version of the original 45rpm single song. Luis Bacalov succeeds in representing in his music the whole sentimental side of the plot (the friendship between the corpulent, but good-hearted Thompson and the child Chip) by writing a sweet and cheerful main theme that is introduced in the opening credits in a pop key and with a little Bacharach flavor called "Can Be Done", sung by Rocky Roberts and accompanied by a children's choir. This theme is reprised with orchestral variations sometimes dramatically, sometimes in an epic western context with the use of the harmonica of the great Franco De Gemini and alternated with saloon as well as instrumental and choir folk music.
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Digitmovies present the complete edition of Stelvio Cipriani's original sound track for the action film Tough To Kill ("Duri A Morire") for the first time on CD. Stelvio Cipriani composed an OST where funk music, which was typical at the time, blends with Latin American sounds. The wild dance song in the opening credits is reprised in a fast version, a slow version with South American rhythms, and then contrasted with sad and dramatic strings. Electronic and rhythmic suspense pieces are perfect to describe the hidden dangers waiting for the protagonists of the story. There is no lack of piano pieces performed by the composer, Greek folk music, and military themes. For this CD, the restored stereo master tapes from the original recording session were used. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies release the complete edition CD of Carlo Savina and Aldemaro Romero's original sound track for the historical film Simon Bolivar. The film was presented at the XI Festival of Moscow (1969) where it won the Special Jury Prize, Carlo Savina and Aldemaro Romero work together on this symphonic score dominated by the charming sounds of Latin America. The historical figure of Simon Bolivar is emphasized through heroic passages for orchestra and chorus which alternate with a romantic love theme and music for the battle scenes. C.A.M. originally released a vinyl LP (SAG 9022) with eighteen stereo selections, which was reissued for the first time on CD in 1992 in the C.A.M. Soundtrack Encyclopedia series. Thanks to the stereo master tapes from the original recording session, which were kept in excellent condition, Digitmovies discovered about forty minutes of previously unreleased material such as alternative mixes and film versions. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies presents the soundtrack by brothers Guido & Maurizio De Angelis for the movie Zorro (1974). At that time a 45 rpm single was issued in Italy and in Japan, with the songs "Zorro Is Back" and "To You Mi Chica", and a vinyl album with twelve selections was issued in France, Germany and Japan and later reissued with the same contents by C.A.M. on CD in 1991. For this CD, Digitmovies uses the first generation stereo master tapes of the original recording session allowing for almost forty extra minutes of material. The De Angelis brothers have written a cheerful main theme for the masked avenger Zorro called "Zorro Is Back", introduced in the version performed by Oliver Onions in "Titoli Di Testa" and reprised in instrumental form. This motif is alternated with the love theme "To You Mi Chica" for solo guitar, orchestra, and vocal with dramatic symphonic music with Latin flavor for the heroic actions of Zorro. The bonus material contains exciting reprises of the album versions of "Zorro Is Back", "To You Mi Chica" and the dramatic background themes among which a remarkable rarity can be found: the off-vocal take of the main theme song, that is to say "karaoke" with Zorro! Edition of 300.
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In a small village in Emilia, pastor Don Camillo (Terence Hill) and Communist Mayor Peppone (Colin Blakely) are from opposing political factions and are invaluable friend/enemies. They clash at every opportunity, which often ends up in a fight -- as in the case of the football game played by teams which they had trained. Obviously, the mayor is not happy with Don Camillo's behavior and threatens to transfer him to a remote mountain village. This is a remake of the movie Don Camillo (1952) by Julien Duvivier. It was Terence Hill's first time behind the camera and he wanted to make the action between Don Camillo and Peppone take on a more modern feel, which better suited his style. The story is set in recent times, with a sportier priest (he skates in the church), and embellished with classic fist-fights (as in the football game scene). There are also some small cameos by famous Italian ex-footballers, including Roberto Boninsegna, Roberto Pruzzo, Luciano Spinosi, and Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti was a soccer player for A.S. Roma and former coach of teams such as Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Real Madrid. He is now the current coach of Bayern Munich. Music by Pino Donaggio; Conductor: Natale Massara; Producer: Roberto Danè. In this new edition Digitmovies honor the original editing of the album released in 1984 by Senso Unico.
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Digitmovies release the first complete edition CD of Carlo Rustichelli's original soundtrack for the giallo comedy film The Almost Perfect Crime (original title: Delitto Quasi Perfetto). Carlo Rustichelli (December 25, 1916 Carpi - November 13, 2004 Rome) wrote a mysterious score of pure suspense with strings and organ pieces. The author alternates gloomy atmospheres with wild surf lounge-style music and a recurring melody with trumpets and orchestra, which you might think of as a "cousi"" to the movie Blood and Black Lace (Sei Donne Per L'assissino) directed by Mario Bava in 1964. This soundtrack also contains the hit song "E Se Domani" ("And If Tomorrow") by G. Calabrese and C.A. Rossi in an instrumental jazz-blues club version beautifully arranged by Rustichelli. C.A.M. previously released a single with two tracks specially assembled by the author using various takes. For Digitmovies' full-length CD, the label was able to access the mono master tapes from the original recording session, with Bruno Nicolai as conductor. This is another CD which can be added to the ever-growing discography of the venerated maestro Carlo Rustichelli.
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LP version. In a small village in Emilia, pastor Don Camillo (Terence Hill) and Communist Mayor Peppone (Colin Blakely) are from opposing political factions and are invaluable friend/enemies. They clash at every opportunity, which often ends up in a fight -- as in the case of the football game played by teams which they had trained. Obviously, the mayor is not happy with Don Camillo's behavior and threatens to transfer him to a remote mountain village. This is a remake of the movie Don Camillo (1952) by Julien Duvivier. It was Terence Hill's first time behind the camera and he wanted to make the action between Don Camillo and Peppone take on a more modern feel, which better suited his style. The story is set in recent times, with a sportier priest (he skates in the church), and embellished with classic fist-fights (as in the football game scene). There are also some small cameos by famous Italian ex-footballers, including Roberto Boninsegna, Roberto Pruzzo, Luciano Spinosi, and Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti was a soccer player for A.S. Roma and former coach of teams such as Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, and Real Madrid. He is now the current coach of Bayern Munich. Music by Pino Donaggio; Conductor: Natale Massara; Producer: Roberto Danè. In this new edition Digitmovies honor the original editing of the album released in 1984 by Senso Unico.
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Digitmovies release, for the first time on CD, the complete edition of Piero Piccioni's original sound track for the drama The Big Night (aka Bad Girls Don't Cry, original title La Notte Brava). Piero Piccioni (1921-2004) wrote and directed this score where jazz and blues create the right atmosphere for the young protagonists of the story. Originally, not a single note was released from this prestigious soundtrack. Digitmovies' CD was possible thanks to the mono master tapes from the original recording session. Maestro Piccioni composed a recurring main score which is introduced in the opening credits and reprised in different versions: slow for bassoons, with horns, a fast swing, and with the addition of female voices. Piero Piccioni alternates this with numerous dance melodies like the mambo, rock n'roll, swing, tango, and the song with a female voice, "Hello You", which is reprised in an instrumental version. The inner side of the main characters is emphasized by very evocative passages. This album is another masterpiece by Piero Piccioni which has finally been recovered and preserved on CD forever. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies release the Carlo Savina's original soundtrack for the Spaghetti Westerns The Stranger and the Gunfighter ("Là Dove Non Batte Il Sole") and An Animal Called Man ("Un Animale Chiamato Uomo") for the first time on CD, in complete edition. For The Stranger and the Gunfighter, Carlo Savina wrote an enjoyable soundtrack dominated by three main themes. One is a vibrant orchestral motif in Western-style beat for the character of Dakota, the mature gunslinger played by Lee Van Cleef. It is introduced in the opening credits and reprised later. The second is an oriental style theme for the character of young Wong-Kiang (Lo) with sounds which are sometimes dramatic and heroic. And finally, a pleasant love theme for Wong-Kiang and the beautiful Lia-Kua, where the wonderful voice of Edda Dell'Orso chimes in. There is also no shortage of lounge music like a pop bossa, action music, and the guaranteed saloon pieces. For this recovery and preservation, the stereo master tapes from the original recording session were used. With An Animal Called Man, Carlo Savina wrote an upbeat soundtrack where an amusing and light-hearted motif comes through. It is introduced in the opening credits and is then reprised slower and faster, and as a shake with organ. It is alternated with a romantic love theme with the voice of Nora Orlandi as well as with saloon pieces. For this recovery and preservation, the stereo master tapes from the original recording session were used. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies rerelease, on a triple-CD set, Fiorenzo Carpi's complete original soundtrack for the TV drama Le Avventure Di Pinocchio ("The Adventures of Pinocchio") in full stereo, directed in 1972 by Luigi Comencini. At the time the C.A.M. issued a 33rpm containing eighteen tracks and a 45rpm single with two tracks. The album material was re-released in France on an LP and on another vinyl with music and dialogues narrated by Genevieve Casile. C.A.M. reissued on CD for the first time ever, the content of the vintage 33rpm in 1991, in its series Cam's Soundtrack Encyclopedia and in 2005 with a new music suite. For the production of Digitmovies' triple-CD set, the label were able to access the master tapes in full stereo of the recording session of the time which allowed them to use every note recorded in 1972, under the direction of the fabulous orchestra conductor Bruno Nicolai (who had also handled the arrangements). An open sea of music... the label almost felt like the puppet Pinocchio who desperately swims in front of the monstrous jaws of the whale; experience of recovery, edit, sequence, and restoration really tiring and unprecedented, which led finally to the realization of Digitimovies' ambitious project. CD one contains the material of the historic 33rpm, followed by TV versions and alternate takes; CD two continues with many other TV versions and alternate takes; the third CD contains TV versions, alternate takes, and test versions sung by Andrea and Nino Manfredi Balestri with the orchestra of the brothers De Angelis. The magnitude of Fiorenzo Carpi and Bruno Nicolai is highlighted by the impressive number of different arrangements of the main themes (the most attentive audiophiles will notice even the presence of certain sonic atmospheres typical of Nicolai for the Italian thriller!) That lead the listener into the magical world of Pinocchio, thanks to a popular flavor of music, strong in its extreme simplicity. An absolute masterpiece that wants to pay homage to Nino Manfredi in one of his most intense performances, the director Luigi Comencini and of course the musical art of Fiorenzo Carpi and Bruno Nicolai. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies present a reissue of Benedetto Ghiglia's Salvare La Faccia, originally issued in 1969. Digitmovies is pleased to release the complete edition of Ghiglia's soundtrack for the drama Psych-out For Murder ("Salvare La Faccia") for the first time on CD. Ghiglia (Fiesole, December 27, 1921 - Rome, July 4, 2012) was able to represent the young protagonist in the film through music with a swing motif sung in English by a female voice. It's introduced by dissonant strings, and then develops into a romantic and dramatic crescendo for orchestra and choir and then into a baroque theme in rock beat. The composer also wrote a wild shake for the various dance scenes, such as when the young beatniks show up at the business magnate's villa, and the scene with the hippie protestors where the Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni give an incredible performance (much like that of the advertisement of a famous brand of textile fibers in 1967/1968 which had music composed by Ghiglia). The composer created the perfect atmosphere for the time period of the film in which the girl with an angelic face and rebellious soul vindictively manipulates the people around her like puppets after being forced by her father to pretend she was crazy in order to cover up a scandal. The dark side of the story is emphasized by psychedelic crime adventure music with harpsichord, percussion, organ, female sighs, and rhythmic experimental jazz. Originally C.A.M. had published an EP single with two tracks in mono which've been included as bonus tracks: "Love Your Neighbor" and "Una Faccia Da Salvare", which are also found in the original stereo mix. For this CD the master tapes were in mono and in stereo from the original recording session, which allowed use of everything that had been recorded for the film, apart from one version of the baroque theme which was sung in English by the author of the lyrics. This was created separately only for this re-edited version, with added scenes, for the American market. This album is a tribute to the recovery and preservation of the musical art of Benedetto Ghiglia. Edition of 300.
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Digitmovies release for the first time on CD the complete edition of the Giovanni Fusco's soundtrack for the Peplum film The Goddess of Love (1957) (original title: La Venere Di Cheronea). Fusco (October 10, 1906 Sant'Agata de 'Goti - June 1, 1968 Rome) wrote a symphonic score for orchestra and choir that he entrusted to the masterful conductor, Carlo Savina. His main source of inspiration for this score was surely Iride's beauty (and actress Belinda Lee who interprets her). Maestro Fusco created orchestral passages with a moving love theme which are introduced in the opening credits and then reprised several times throughout the soundtrack and contrasted with a battle theme. Also included is the track in the alternate ending from the French version of the film. For this CD access to the mono master tapes from the recording session see the use of every note recorded. The recovery and preservation of this CD from the golden age is a tribute to the musical art of Giovanni Fusco. Edition of 300.
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2011 release. Digitmovies presents on CD for the very first time Angelo F. Lavagnino's complete original soundtrack for the Italian gothic movie Il Castello Dei Morti Vivi (aka "Castle Of The Living Dead"). Directed in 1964 by Herbert Wise (Luciano Ricci) and starring Christopher Lee, Gaia Germani, Philippe Leroy, Jacques Stanislawski, Donald Sutherland, Luciano Pigozzi, Renato Terra Caizzi, Antonio De Martino, Ennio Antonelli, Mirko Valentin, and Luigi Bonos. In the early 19th century a caravan of vagabond artists reaches the far-away castle of the count Drago (Lee) who engaged them for a private performance. Dark omens obscure the journey. In fact, in the gloomy castle tragic events will happen: The nobleman does not have any interest for dramatic art and he only wants to get new bodies which he can add to his very singular collection of embalmed creatures. Inoculating a serum which he himself has extracted from a very rare plant, the count who is obsessed by the fear of death immediately petrifies every living being he likes to appease by contemplating a fragment of the eternity. Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, one of the most famous film music composers, has written a particularly gloomy OST, performed by few instruments that create gothic atmospheres and almost anticipate by a few years the psychedelia. These sound dimensions of big tension, sometimes aggressively dramatic, sometimes quietly magical, describe all the evil which resides in the castle of Drago, a true demon with a human aspect. As main theme Lavagnino has written a ballad with an ancient flavor introduced in the main titles and reprised later. A tech note: The only master tapes which have survived in mono until today, although in good condition, contain a notable hiss which in the slower passages did sometimes cover up the music itself. Therefore, although contrary to our usual approach, Digitmovies had to intervene by using filters of hiss reduction and they did add some light reverb for a better listening experience of material recorded in those days in 1964. A proper rescue and preservation of an Italian silver age OST and of the music art of Angelo Francesco Lavagnino.
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CDDM 153CD
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2010 release. Digitmovies releases, for the very first time on CD, the complete original soundtrack by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino for the movie Totò D'arabia (Aka "Totò Of Arabia") directed in 1964 by Spanish director Josè Antonio De La Loma with screenplay and scenario by Bruno Corbucci and Giovanni Grimaldi and starring the great Italian comedian Totò (stage name of Prince Antonio De Curtis), Nieves Navarro (aka Susan Scott), Fernando Sancho, Georges Rigaud, Mario Castellani, and Luigi Pavese. In the movie, Totò plays a former Italian soldier who is now working as a servant at the British intelligence service and is then upgraded to secret agent with the name of Agent 008 with the purpose to persuade the ruler of Shamara, sheik Ali El Buzur to yield oil to the United Kingdom. After a short stay in Barcelona to get further information, Totò moves to Kuwait where he succeeds in defeating the Egyptian, Turkish, and Russian secret services. To outdo the CIA, Totò uses the thirty wives of the sheik who at the end he will adopt and as El Buzur II he will run Shamara's refinery from Naples. The movie is a parody of the David Lean classic with similar situations and settings, and Lavagnino himself has written a theme which in a burlesque way quotes the famous motif by Maurice Jarre. For this CD, Digitmovies has used the original session master tapes recorded in mono sound, but they discovered two tracks which were mixed in stereo and which could be added as a coda to the mono OST. After an introduction that quotes the theme by Jarre, a theme for harpsichord and orchestra with a Spanish flavor appears. Lavagnino has written a very varied OST: A theme à la James Bond and several suspense tracks performed by few instruments, but very effective at the same time for mystery and spy scenes, alternated with tracks of various genres like funny little marches, Spanish music for the scene placed at Plaza del Toro in Barcelona, a sad western Deguello, romantic music for orchestra, and belly dances. The movie and this CD close with the "Finale" which after a romantic intro features a merry Tarantella as a tribute to the mythic Totò.
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CDDM 190CD
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2011 release. Digitmovies releases on CD the definitive version of Bruno Nicolai's original soundtrack for the 1969 movie Bruciatelo Vivo! (aka "Land Raiders"). Directed by Nathan H. Juran, produced by Charles H. Schneer for Columbia Pictures and starring Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, and Fernando Rey. After having moved to Forge River, a town in the United States, the Mexican Vincente Jardenas (Savlaas) changes his name to Vincent Carden. The man has become a very rich land owner and fierce enemy of the Indians who is willing to pay ten dollars for every scalp of them. His brother Pablo (Maharis) enters the scene, considered guilty for having killed his girlfriend Luisa. At the end, the Apaches take their revenge, destroy the town and also kill Vincent. Sheriff Mainefield, together with his daughter Kate, the only survivor of the massacre, just before dying confess to Pablo that in fact Vincent was the true culprit of the seduction and death of the ill-fated Luisa. In 1969 a 45rpm single with two tracks and a 33rpm album with twelve selections was issued on the Beverly Hills label, but this OST was released for the first time on CD by the Belgian Prometheus label. Both the vinyl records and the CD feature a weird sound, a hybrid between a mono and fake stereo, but the stereophonic master tapes do not exist at all. Digitmovies' CD was possible thanks to the Nicolai estate which till today has preciously kept the original mono master tapes of the 1969 recording session. Digitmovies present the definitive version of this fabulous OST with twenty-two tracks. Bruno Nicolai has written one of his best OST's for the Western genre with an absolutely unique and recognizable style where an epic main theme -- introduced in "Titoli Di Testa" -- for orchestra, the choir of Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni and the harmonica of Franco De Gemini triumphs. A sad love theme appears as memory of Luisa. It gets alternated with several violent and dramatic tracks which form the background to ambushes, attacks, and bloody battles between cowboys and Indians. As bonus tracks, there are two rarities: the main theme with the film version without choir during the Apache attack and the stereophonic version thanks to the discovery of two tracks with orchestra and choir which had been recorded separately.
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2013 release. Digitmovies, in collaboration with the Sugar Group, presents on CD, for the first time, Carlo Rustichelli's complete original soundtrack in full stereo by for two comedy movies starring the cool duo Franchi and Ingrassia: I Due Vigili and Ma Chi T'ha Dato La Patente?. I Due Vigili (aka "The Two Traffic Policemen") was directed in 1967 by Giuseppe Orlandini. The traffic policeman Francesco Lo Cascio, paired with the traffic policeman Ciccio Merendino, is a relentless hunter of fines, who by imposing a fine on the mayor, succeeds in getting a promotion. The envious Merendino, who tries to get a promotion for himself, in the end only manages to push both of them back towards more strenuous tasks. Both of them will redeem themselves by arresting a gang of robbers, therefore going back into service as brigade motorcyclists. Ma Chi T'ha Dato La Patente? was directed in 1970 by Nando Cicero. Holding a shabby driving school, Franco and Ciccio suffer from the theft of the only car they had. They buy another one, but don't know that it is rigged. Two beautiful American girls try to remove them from troubles. Carlo Rustichelli always had a great and rare quality: He never made a distinction between movies of the A or the B series, and the final result of his soundtracks was always remarkable. For I Due Vigili Maestro Rustichelli has composed a wild go-go dancefloor "shake" for orchestra and choir introduced in the main titles, which is then reprised in an alternative version for the scene where young people are dancing in a flat and their noise causes the neighborhood to call the two funny cops. The composer has written a mysterious lounge theme and funny music that without doubt contains all the typical elements of his well-known style. As a bonus track Digitmovies include the unused main titles (Tr.11). For Ma Chi T'ha Dato La Patente?, Carlo Rustichelli wrote a nice theme performed by the whistle, choir, and orchestra, a love theme with a jazz flavor, funny themes with a circus flavor, a charming slow ballad with a baroque-beat flavor performed by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni. For Digitmovies' CD they used every note recorded in stereo during the original sessions. One more record to celebrate the musical art of Carlo Rustichelli.
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CDDM 147CD
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2009 release. Digitmovies releases, for the very first time, the complete versions of three orchestral original soundtracks by Carlo Rustichelli on one CD. They were composed for three adventure movies placed in the desert and steppe, all of them directed by Amerigo Anton (aka Tanio Boccia) in 1964 and starring Kirk Morris. Il Dominatore Del Deserto (aka "Desert Raiders"): In North Africa the tyrant Yussuff makes a retaliation attack on a village and kidnaps Fatima with whom he falls in love. But the woman refuses him and takes a fancy to the young and beautiful Nadir (Morris) who tries to challenge the rival. Maciste Alla Corte Dello Zar (aka "Atlas Against The Czar"): Under the reign of the ruthless czar Nicolaiev, a group of scientists discovers inside a cave the body of the giant Maciste (Morris), who, after getting reanimated, acquires his powerful strength again. I Predoni Della Steppa (aka "Terror Of The Steppes"): Samira, daughter of Yesen and promised to the powerful Altan as bride, is kidnapped by Sandar (Morris) and his marauders. Sandar falls in love with the girl and he returns her, but when the greedy Altan invades the lands of Yesen, the young man revolts. This CD is possible one more time thanks to the big help of C.A.M. who have perfectly preserved in their vaults the mono mastertapes containing all that Rustichelli had originally recorded for these three movies. Much of the score material within these movies was filled with library music by the same composer, but all of the main themes and their variations were especially composed for them. Four tracks from Il Dominatore Del Deserto, two tracks from Maciste Alla Corte Dello Zar, and four tracks from I Predoni Della Steppa have already been available on through C.A.M. Digitmovies have now added eighteen unreleased tracks which were discovered on the mono mastertapes. Carlo Rustichelli, who has been much inspired by the desert, steppe, and other exotic locations used in these three movies, has succeeded in creating magnificent epic themes with a Middle-Eastern flavor which refer back to the great fables from the past like "The Thousand And One Nights", alternated with exotic dances and battle themes. Another proper score rescue of the Italian silver age.
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