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DGST 035CD
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$21.00
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RELEASE DATE: 12/14/2018
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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DGST 034CD
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$21.00
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RELEASE DATE: 12/14/2018
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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DGST 042CD
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$26.50
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RELEASE DATE: 12/14/2018
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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DGST 032CD
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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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DGST 043CD
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$21.00
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RELEASE DATE: 11/16/2018
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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2011 release. Digitmovies pay tribute to the cinema of Eriprando Visconti with the CD release of scores from his most famous movies: La Orca and its sequel Oedipus Orca, and Una Spirale Di Nebbia. La Orca was shot in 1976 and it tells the story of the kidnapping of Alice, the daughter of a rich industrialist in Pavia, during the years of terrorism in the Italy of the late '70s in Italy. The movie is full of an unhealthy atmosphere and, with a strong scenario that underlines the natures of the two main characters and the reversal of the roles when the plot ends with a cold epilogue. Also in 1976, Visconti directed the sequel Oedipus Orca with the same protagonist. In this movie, the girl, strongly marked by the tragic experience of the kidnapping, comes back home, and she is resentful against her father who did not want to pay for the ransom. Again, a family of the upper middle class is the main protagonist of the Visconti movie Una Spirale Di Nebbia: During a hunt, the wife of a rich property owner is killed by a rifle shot fired off by her husband. During the investigations of the police to discover if it has been a murder or an accident, the relationships among the characters of the "killer's" family members are examined. This double-CD set in full stereo is possible thanks to Cinevox. On the first CD is the complete OST of Oedipus Orca by James Dashow: Besides the selected tracks for the original LP album, about 21 minutes of extra music have now been included. This OST keeps a constant balance between fascinating experimental electronic atmospheres, mixed with jazzy music with sax performance. Federico Monti Arduini's score for La Orca includes two romantic tracks for Moog synthesizer and orchestra performed by Il Guardiano del Faro which were issued as a single in 1976. Digitmovies have also discovered two additional unreleased tracks, one for piano and one for two harpsichords. On the second CD, Digitmovies present Ivan Vandor's complete OST for Una Spirale Di Nebbia (1977), a score where two main themes are alternated with each other in a rarefied atmosphere between romantic, classic, and noir. Besides the two tracks of the original 45rpm single, Digitmovies were able to use the complete master tapes of the recording sessions.
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2013 release. Digitmovies presents, for the first time on CD, Armando Trovajoli's complete and pleasant original soundtrack, in full stereo, for the comedy movie with grotesque tones La Banca Di Monate (Aka "Bank Of Monate"). Directed in 1975 by Francesco Massaro and starring Walter Chiari, Vincent Gardenia, Magali Noël, Gigi Ballista, Paolo Bonacelli, Luigi Diberti, Giorgio Del Bene, Quinto Parmeggiani, and Lia Tanzi. To defend his interests and enhance them with the savings of the citizens, Santino Paleari (Gardenia), a confectionery manufacturer in the town of Monate, has founded a bank where the director is in fact the accountant Adelmo Pigorini (Chiari). The new chief who gets easily betrayed by his wife Melissa (Noël), looks for a safe place in the country in the Varese area, where he has been welcomed, by offering his daughter Simona to the degenerate Carletto Paleari. After the marriage coup has failed, the bank is targeted by bandits behind whom the Sicilian mobster Dr. Massera (Bonacelli) hides. Through the ever-growing operations of the boss, Monate is easily reached by the highway and rises to the rank of an industrial town. So Pigorini, threatened with bankruptcy, manipulates a robbery in order to work it in his own favor: after Paleari dies as a result of all these events, Massera creates a solid empire; Mr. Adelmo becomes president in place of the deceased Paleari. For this CD, assembled at the Beat Records Studios, that sincerely wants to pay homage to the Trovajoli, the stereo master tapes of the sessions were used which gave Digitmovies the chance to use every recorded note with arrangements done by Renato Serio who also conducted the orchestra. Trovajoli has written a brilliant main theme which emerges as a baroque march that the composer reprises, alternating it with romantic, funny and sometimes mysterious motifs. Digitmovies thank Beat Records for giving them the opportunity to issue an unreleased OST of an immense composer.
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CDDM 049CD
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2006 release. Reissue; originally released in 1969. A true classic soundtrack by Bruno Nicolai is presented here for the very first time on CD: La Battaglia Del Deserto (aka "Desert Battle"), an adventure war movie directed by Mino Loy and starring Italian actor George Hilton, French actor Robert Hossein and USA actor Frank Wolff. In 1969 a monaural LP album had been released on the Italian Gemelli label. After several research in the Archives of Edipan Digitmovies located the original album mastertape as well as the mastertapes containing the complete recording session. Apart from being in magnificent condition, we discovered that the mastertapes had been mixed in great stereo sound. For certain obscure reasons, a mono mix of the selected tracks was prepared for the original LP album, therefore our CD is the very first stereo presentation of this wonderful score. Nicolai composed an epic theme for large orchestra deliciously arranged with a beat style and introduced here in "Titoli Di Testa - Versione Film", a more up-tempo version compared to the known one from the original album. This particular motif -- reprised and also cited in action and suspense cues -- perfectly represents the boundless desert where the dramatic adventure takes place. The romantic side of the story is musically emphasized. Bruno Nicolai also wrote some lounge themes used as "source music" in the movie. On this CD release every single note found on the session tape was included. Includes eight-page, full color booklet.
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Digitmovies explores the decade of the 1980s by releasing for the very first time and in full stereo the soundtracks of the prolific Bruno Zambrini from two successful Italian comedies produced by Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori: Missione Eroica I Pompieri 2 ("Heroic Mission The Firefighters 2") of 1987 directed by Giorgio Capitani and Scuola Di Ladri Parte Seconda ("School Of Thieves Part 2") of 1987 directed by Neri Parenti. In the first movie we have a team of heroic firefighters which sets loose only troubles, in the second one the misadventures of two funny thieves. At the time of the films' releases RCA produced a series of promotional albums which were printed only in a limited edition for use as radio and TV background. Dedicated to the OSTs of Bruno Zambrini, Manuel De Sica, Fabio Liberatori, they did contain selections from the 1980s comedies -- of course these are vinyl LPs which are impossible to find nowadays. In addition to the assembled master tapes for the library LPs, Digitmovies have also used for this CD the complete session master tapes in full stereo which have been preserved in the RCA archives. In the '80s musicians definitely worked with much economy by using more electronic keyboards than the standard orchestra which were then accompanied by acoustic instruments such as bass guitar, electric guitars, drums, and sax. However, the final result was almost always great, never on a poor quality level, and inevitably the sound was strongly influenced by the Italian dance music which was so popular in those years on the radio and in the discos. This CD is a very enjoyable listening experience (in particular while driving in a car), an authentic and endless explosion of joy which turns our minds back to a time twenty years ago. For Missione Eroica I Pompieri 2, Zambrini alternates a heroic march with dance sound with funny themes, sexy music, a sweet waltz, and dramatic and suspenseful sequences. For Scuola Di Ladri Parte Seconda, Zambrini has written a love theme with dancefloor flavor called "Blue Velvet" which is introduced in the main titles by a male voice and then reprised in instrumental versions and performed by a female voice. There is also some action and dramatic music.
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2010 release. Digitmovies releases, for the very first time in its complete form on CD, Carlo Rustichelli's orchestral original soundtrack for the dramatic movie Le 4 Giornate Di Napoli (aka "The Four Days Of Neaples"). Directed in 1962 by Nanni Loy and starring Gian Maria Volonté, Aldo Giuffré, Lea Massari, Jean Sorel, Georges Wilson, Regina Bianchi, and Frank Wolff. This movie, inspired by the 1956 book by Aldo De Jaco La Città Insorge: Le Quattro Giornate Di Napoli, was produced by Goffredo Lombardo for Titanus and was nominated at the 1962 Academy Awards for best foreign movie. In 1963 it won three Silver Ribbon prizes for direction, scenario, and best supporting actress (Regina Bianchi). On the September 28th, 1943, following the execution of some Italian sailors, a violent revolt of the population of Naples starts so that within four days the German occupiers are defeated and have to flee from the city before the arrival of the Allied forces. In this collective action -- also singular episodes -- popular characters are featured as protagonists of the rebellion: from the boys who did escape from the reformatory to enjoy the insurrection to the little Gennarino Capuozzo who dies on the barricades as well as many other characters among whom we must especially remember the student Adolfo Pansini, who sacrificed his own life to rescue his compatriots. This CD is possible thanks the support of C.A.M. in whose archives all the mono master tapes of the original session have been preserved. Carlo Rustichelli has written one of the most beautiful themes of his whole career and one of which he was particularly proud: "La Tarantella Della Liberazione". This motif is always reprised in the OST with continuous symphonic variations, alternating mysterious and suspenseful passages with others which are more dramatic and action-like. To pay further tribute to dear Rustichelli, Digitmovies close the CD indeed with a suite which the composer himself had assembled for the CD "Carlo Rustichelli, Ritratto Di Un Autore", released by C.A.M. in 2001. A right and proper rescue and preservation of the Italian silver age.
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2011 release. Digitmovies present for the very first time on CD Carlo Savina's complete original soundtrack in full stereo by for the movie Ming, Ragazzi! (aka "Schiaffoni E Karate", "Mr. Hercules Against Karate", "Zwei Tolle Hunde In Hongkong"). Directed in 1973 by Antonio Margheriti and starring Tom Scott (Alberto Terracina), Fred Harris (Fernando Arrien), George Wang, Suwe Chang, Alan Collins, Robert Luao, Chang Lee, Renzo Marignano, Jolina Mitchell, and Frank Nuyen. This motion picture, written by Sergio Donati and produced by Carlo Ponti, was realized after the big success of the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies, but also by tipping a wink to the so many productions of the "kung-fu" genre made in Hong Kong. The two protagonists, one of them big with moustaches and beard, the other blonde and thin, both of them reprising the elements of the most famous comedy duos of the screen, dive into an amusing and wild adventure based on fists and karate which sees them travelling to Australia, Hong-Kong, Singapore, and Italy fighting against big villains and flirting with beautiful girls. Producer Ponti supplied a nice budget not only for the international locations, but also for the score which got performed by a symphonic orchestra. Digitmovies CD issue was possible thanks to the Savina estate which preserved in its archives two ½" master tapes with the complete recording session in stereo done on the September 3rd, 1973 at Ortophonic Recording Studios (today Forum Village) in Rome with Sergio Marcotulli as sound engineer. At that time not one note was issued on 33rpm or 45rpm and only today, after almost forty years, this cool score can see the light of day on record. Carlo Savina has written a pleasant and lively symphonic main theme in a beat style introduced in the main titles, a motif in an Americana, almost western style with solo performances of French horns, harpsichord, electric guitars together with the whole orchestra -- to sum up all the instruments typical of the action and adventure cinema. Savina reprises this brilliant motif and alternates it with mysterious and action music with an Eastern flavor and some lounge music. With this CD, Digitmovies want to rescue and preserve another OST from the Italian silver age as a sincere tribute to the music art of Carlo Savina.
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2010 release. Digitmovies present, for the first time on CD, the complete and full stereo original soundtrack by Enrico Simonetti for the spaghetti western Kid Il Monello Del West (aka "Kid, Terror Of The West"). Directed in 1973 by Tony Good (Tonino Ricci), written by Roberto Amoroso, Mario Amendola, and Bruno Corbucci and starring as the little cowboy, Andrea Balestri with Carlo Carloni, Flavio Colombaioni, Maurizio Fiori, Barbara Fiorini, Mirko Ellis, Clara Park, Franco Ressel. The children of River City use to play games in Torqual, an abandoned mine city. Their chief is Kid, the wildest one of the group. One day the little cowboy, while staying behind the saloon counter, overhears the conversation of Espartad and Comanchero with the Captain and he adopts their idea to rob the River City Bank, but with the intention to return the loot. At the end Kid and his gang of wild children will succeed in defeating the evil Captain. Together with the other bandits they hand him over to the court of justice and donate the reward to Mackenzie who had to yield his estates to the usurper Wilson. A cast with little boys and girls is also featured in the musical "Piccoli gangsters" (aka "Bugsy Malone") directed in 1976 by Alan Parker. At the time of the movie's release Cinevox Record issued a 45rpm single with the two tracks "La Banda Del West" and "Black Jack". For the realization of this CD Digitmovies were able to use all the stereo mastertapes of the original sessions, which gave them the chance to release every note recorded for the movie. This OST is dominated by the main theme "La Banda Del West" which is the "Kid theme", a cheerful motif performed by Renata Cortiglioni's children's choir, which often gets reprised with Charleston tempo, in a saloon style with pianola, and with harpsichord. Enrico Simonetti has composed a secondary main theme called "Black Jack", an epic orchestral western theme as a tribute to the Elmer Bernstein style for The Magnificent Seven in multiple tracks and as background music for the adventures of the little cowboys. An OST which really deserved it to be rescued and preserved as a tribute to the musical art of Enrico Simonetti, an unforgettable showman and music man of so many extraordinary past seasons of the Italian television.
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2012 release. Digitmovies release for the first time on CD, the prolific trio Bixio-Frizzi-Tempera's original soundtrack for the dramatic movie Ritratto Di Borghesia In Nero (aka "Retrato en negro de la burguesía"). Directed in 1978 by Tonino Cervi and starring Senta Berger, Ornella Muti, Capucine, Mattia Sbragia, Paolo Bonacelli, Giuliana Calandra, Giancarlo Sbragia, Stefano Patrizi, Maria Monti, Eros Pagni, and Christian Borromeo. It is based on the novel La Maestra Di Piano by Roger Peyrefitte. Venice in summer 1938: The young Mattia Morandi (Patrizi) from Lecco arrives in the Venetian lagoon after having won a music aid grant. He becomes a friend of Renato Richter (Borromeo) and also the lover of his mother Carla (Berger), his piano teacher. The woman hopes that her son will marry the very beautiful and coddled Elena (Muti) of the very rich Mazzarini family whom she gives piano lessons. The very young girl falls in love with Mattia who requits her love and leaves her mature lover. Carla does not accept this love defeat and she does her best to revenge the betrayal and to try an impossible reconquest by sending anonymous letters, writing blackmails and even seducing Mattia's girlfriend. Also, Elena does not admit any defeat and she kills her opponent. The investigation of commissioner Franchetti (Pagni) is immediately deadlocked due to the power and respectability of the Mazzarinis. Elena and Mattia marry in a church with a sumptuous ceremony. Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi, and Vince Tempera have written a monothematic score based on a recurrent romantic and sad theme for piano and orchestra, "Carla's Theme", introduced in a modern version with rhythmics (side A of the original single) and reprised with variations. This theme gets alternated with dancefloor motifs with an ancient and popular flavor like "Immagini Sfocate" introduced and reprised, and with a fox-trot. For Digitmovies' CD presentation they have used the stereo master tape of the original single issued in 1978, as well as the session master tapes mixed in mono and partially in full stereo. An OST which deserved it to be rescued and preserved on CD.
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Digitmovies presents for the first time on CD Aldo Piga's complete original soundtrack for the by for two films: 5 Tombe Per Un Medium (aka "Terror Creatures From The Grave"), a Gothic horror film shot in 1966 by Massimo Pupillo and 1964's Il Mostro Dell' Opera (aka "The Vampire Of The Opera") one of the first Italian horror films directed by the specialist Renato Polselli. 5 Tombe Per Un Medium, starring the Gothic movie queen Barbara Steele, tells the story of a notary, who receives a letter from a doctor, researcher of occultism, who invites him to his villa to prepare his last will. Massimo Pupillo realizes one of the best Italian Gothic of the '60s, filmed in beautiful black-and-white and full of evocative images, such as the showcase of the cut-off art pictures that come alive and the sinister creaking of the invisible pall bearer, announcer of death. In Il Mostro Dell' Opera, a group of artists rents a theater for rehearsals of a show. Soon they discover the presence of a monstrous individual who sows terror and death by decimating the group. Eventually, the monster will be eliminated. For Digitmovies' CD they used the mono master tapes of the original recording sessions. Aldo Piga has written two symphonic scores that give a wink to those of the British Hammer studios and of the American AIP productions with a wild performance of the orchestra which creates the background for the scenes of pure terror, alternated with moments of mystery. Both OSTs feature a main theme with ancient, almost Celtic flavor. In the film 5 Tombe Per Un Medium, you can hear a version of this theme performed by a little girl, but on the master tapes only a vocal which is sung both in Italian and English by an adult female, does exist. Piga reprises this charming theme with bass in a dance floor manner in the end titles and its alternate versions as bonus tracks, backing tracks maybe purposed for a song on a record which then never saw the light in those days. For Il Mostro Dell' Opera the author has used the musical saw and the Theremin, typical sounds of horror movies of the past, to describe scenes of tension and fear, alternated with nightclub dancefloor tunes. As bonus track the label included a rare and fascinating take in stereo performed by the Theremin.
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2012 release. Digitmovies, with collaboration of Gruppo Sugar, release for the first time on CD, Carlo Rustichelli's complete original soundtrack, in mono, for the movie Rosmunda E Alboino (aka "Sword Of The Conqueror"). The movie was directed in 1961 by Carlo Campogalliani and starred Jack Palance, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Guy Madison, Carlo D'Angelo, Edy Vessel, Andrea Bosic, Ivan Palance, Vittorio Sanipoli, Olga Romanelli, Nicola Solari, Giovanni Vari, Vittorio Vaser, Vladimiro Tuicovich, Vladimiro Picciafuochi, Aldo Pini, Renato Mori, Spartaco Nale, Barbara Nardi, Amina Pirani Maggi, and Cesare Polacco. The Gepid Amalchi (Madison), who is guilty of not having avoided the disastrous defeat against the Lombards, is accused of high treason by his king Cunimondo (Bosic) and removed from his position. However, Alboin (Palance), the king of the Lombards, who is happy about his victory, has other intentions and wants to ally with the Gepids to attack Rome. As a pledge of the new covenant, Alboin asks for Rosmunda (Drago) to become his bride. Despite being Amalchi's wife and the mother of his child, she accepts the proposal for the good of their people. The brother of Alboin, however, is killed in the tournament which takes place before the wedding. The Lombard, who ignores the fact that the killing was schemed by a counselor of Cunimondo who operates secret negotiations with Byzantium, creates a bloodbath among the Gepids, and forces Rosmunda to marry him anyway. But Amalchi, who has gathered the scattered tribes of his people, suddenly attacks the palace of the Lombards and kills Alboin. For the realization of this CD Digitmovies used the mono master tapes of the original session, releasing every recorded note under the masterful conducting of Carlo Savina. Rustichelli has composed an orchestral OST with an ancient flavor, featuring vigorous passages for strings, brass, and percussion for battle scenes which get alternated with a delicate love theme. This OST is a must-have addition to each archive dedicated to soundtracks of high artistic quality. A proper rescue and preservation of the Italian silver age and a sincere tribute to the musical art of Carlo Rustichelli.
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2008 release. Digitmovies presents the complete original soundtrack of Vivo Per La Tua Morte (Aka "A Long Ride From Hell") directed in 1968 by Alex Burks (real name Camillo Buzzoni) and starring Steve Reeves, also scenario writer and producer, and the mythic Hercules of the big screen. The music score is written by the noted Carlo Savina (1919-2002), one of the most famous orchestra conductors for the cinema and TV. Vivo Per La Tua Morte is issued for the first absolute time in complete form derived from the mono master tapes kept in the RCA vaults. Only two tracks were already issued in 1970 (with alternate titles) on the promotional compilation Savina's Western, but the orchestral score sees the light of the day only now. The movie and Digitmovies' CD opens with the theme song "Go West Young Men" performed by the voice of Don Powell accompanied by Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni. This lively theme is reprised by Savina with an epic version, performed by French horns and orchestra and the Peplum sound atmosphere, due the fact Steve "Hercules" Reeves is the protagonist is not at all casual. This OST of Savina has all the elements typical of the genre: suspense given by bass guitar, organ, and brass with the orchestra performance, a delicate and nostalgic love theme, lounge style western music, and saloon music. Due the short length of this OST, in the CD Digitmovies also added the complete OST by Carlo Savina from the Italian-Spanish co-production distributed in Spain by MGM, Il Misterioso Signor Van Eyck (aka "El Misterioso Señor Van Eyck") directed in 1965 by Agustín Navarro and starring Espartaco Santoni, Teresa Velázquez, Massimo Girotti, and Franco Fabrizi. This adventure movie tells about a group of people searching for a treasury sunk with the body of mysterious Charles Van Eyck, killed during a fight on a yacht by one of the sailors. The exotic location is exalted by the music themes by Carlo Savina, whose score is based on a recurrent, epic and adventurous main theme for organ and orchestra that recalls a little of the western atmosphere. The efforts to rescue the treasury in the deep of the sea are scored with fascinating musical sequences with magic and suspended colors given by instruments like harp, vibe, organ, celesta. Two treasures of the Italian silver age.
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2010 release. Digitmovies releases, for the very first time on CD, Fiorenzo Carpi's complete original soundtrack in mono by for the movie Un'anguilla Da 300 Milioni (aka "Million Dollar Eel"). Directed in 1971 by Salvatore Samperi, with the scenario written by Samperi himself with Aldo Lado, and starring Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Rodolfo Baldini, Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Gabriele Ferzetti, and Ricky Gianco. Bissa (Toffolo) is a former partisan who lives as an illegal fisherman in the valley of Caorle. One day Vasco (Ferzetti), who was his superior during the resistance, unexpectedly visits him. The man asks him to take care of his daughter Tina (Piccolo), who is searching for seclusion and relax after coming off drugs. With the help of Lino (Baldini), another young illegal fisherman, Bissa agrees to attend the girl by giving hospitality to her in a cane shed at the river. Sometime later the tragic news arrives that the girl's father was killed in a car accident, but in reality, the man was not the parent, but the kidnapper. The girl, an angel outside but a devil inside, persuades the two men to ask for a ransom of three hundred million liras to set her free so that together they can escape to America and live a rich life. Fate is sometimes cruel and the girl kills the two men by taking possession of the whole sum. The girl's diabolical plan is foiled by a smart fishing guard (Adorf), who knocks down the girl and steals the loot. This CD project was possible thanks to Martina Carpi, the daughter of the composer, who preserved the mono master tapes of the original session arranged and conducted by Bruno Nicolai, and to the friends at Beat Records who have licensed Digitmovies this film music rarity. For the plot, which is half comedy and half giallo, Fiorenzo Carpi wrote a very varied score based on the folk song "Anguille E Libertà" which is reprised in instrumental versions. This nostalgic theme with a popular flavor (typical of the composer) is alternated with suspense music with dissonant passages which renders the adequate "giallo" color of the story, little marches, themes for liturgical organ, and beat music. A proper rescue and preservation of a rare OST by the unforgettable Fiorenzo Carpi and Bruno Nicolai.
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2012 release. Digitmovies release for the very first time on CD Guido and Maurizio De Angelis's complete original soundtrack, in full stere, for the movie comedy Il Sindacalista (aka "The Labor Organizer"). Directed in 1972 by Luciano Salce and starring Lando Buzzanca, Dominique Boschero, Renzo Montagnani, Paola Pitagora, Isabella Biagini, Gino Santercole, Fernando Cerulli, Piero Vida, Gastone Pescucci, Fortunato Arena, and Enzo Sancrotti. Saverio Ravizzi (Buzzanca), a Sicilian emigrated to the north, is a worker in the area of Bergamo. By taking care of his workmates' interests, he succeeds in getting the attention of his leader (Montagnani) and becomes a labor organizer. For Saverio the troubles begin when the rumor goes around that the factory is going to be sold so that his friends start to turn their backs on him and treat him as someone who has been corrupted by the owners. Digitmovies succeeded in locating the master tapes of the original session in full stereo and also in very good condition. The label also located an album mock-up (here tracks 1-11) prepared at the time of the film's release, but which never saw the light on the market then. Besides that material Digitmovies have added some extra tracks. The cool De Angelis brothers have written a hymn for the character of Saverio that is introduced during the main titles, a cheerful march for orchestra and male choir and then reprised with "ghostly voices" with echo and reverb effects, a vocal with words which appears later. The main theme is reprised again in a popular arrangement with folk flavor, in a sweet version performed by recorder, and gets alternated with music in a more "police" mode and lounge music. A delightful OST which deserved to be rescued and preserved for the joy of the fans of the De Angelis brothers around the world.
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CDDM 004CD
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2003 release. Original soundtrack by Maurizio Abeni for the second season of the popular serial TV Avvocato Porta. New series directed by Franco Girali with Luigi Proietti and Maria Grazia Cucinotta. This CD contain musical tracks selected from all the episodes with various musical themes, that themes create a particular background for the lawyer Porta adventure, a professional lawyer and private eye.
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2003 release. In order to celebrate the film Maschera Di Cera - Wax Mask directed by Sergio Stivaletti from an idea of Lucio Fulci, Digitmovies produced the special edition of this symphonic soundtrack of the Maurizio Abeni in occasion of the fourth Alternatives Film Festival of Picciano (Pescara). Sound digitally remastered, with four extra tracks never before published and a deluxe booklet with an exclusive gallery of rarest photos from the making of the film by the famous photographer Franco Vitale who works habitually with Dario Argento.
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2003 release. For the first time on CD with remastered sound the original orchestral soundtrack by Pino Donaggio for the horror cult directed by Ruggero Diodato in 1998, Un Delitto Poco Comune with the talents Michael York, Donald Pleaseance, and Edwige Fenech. It is the history in which the protagonist is a killer of women who ages prematurely because of one rare disease. Pino Donaggio composed some of his most beautiful music for the horror genre, with symphonic themes that are between Romantic and macabre. Features never before released tracks.
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Digitmovies release Carlo Savina's complete original soundtrack, in mono, from the movie Il Massacro Della Foresta Nera ("Hermann Der Cherusker - Die Schlacht Im Teutoburger Wald" -- "Massacre In The Black Forest"). Directed in 1966 by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Antonella Lualdi, Hans von Borsody, Cameron Mitchell, Beba Loncar, and Peter Carsten. The young Arminius (von Borsody), chief of the Germanic tribe of the Cherusceans, revolts against the Romans from whom he learned the art of military and defeats Quintilius Varus's three legions in the forest of Teutoburg. Later he is defeated by his former friend Aulus Cecina (Mitchell) and dies in battle. The director Ferdinando Baldi almost simultaneously shot All'ombra Delle Aquile (1966) and Il Massacro Della Foresta Nera with the same cast, locations and costumes (for budgetary reasons of the German production company), but the money that was invested allowed the composer Carlo Savina to write two completely different orchestral OSTs. For this release, Digitmovies have used the mono master tapes of the original session (except for the first 48 seconds of the fourth track, which is in full stereo), and each note recorded at the time appears here. Carlo Savina is perfectly able to balance the historical era of the hero Arminius by writing extremely violent and dramatic battle music introduced by the epic march of the "Titoli" dominated by the French horns and contrasting them with a sweet and lyrical love theme. A proper rescue and preservation of an OST of the Italian silver age which pays homage to the career of Carlo Savina.
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2004 release. For the first time on CD the complete soundtrack by Francesco De Masi for the espionage film Troppo Per Vivere... Poco Per Morire ("Too Much For Living Little In Order To Die") direct in the 1967 by Michele Lupo and interpreted from the Bond Girl Daniela Bianchi. Now this CD includes the complete soundtrack with every note written and recorded for the film. There are lounge atmospheres with shakes and bossa nova -- an interesting and passionate soundtrack.
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2007 release. After Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Può Sparare (1974) and Roma A Mano Armata (1976), Umberto Lenzi returns to the police movie genre with La Banda Del Gobbo (aka "Brother Till We Die") (1977) starring again Cuban actor Tomas Milian. Here the actor plays two roles: the very ferocious "Gobbo" (Hunchback) and the likeable scoundrel "Monnezza" (Garbage). The first one is a pitiless and merciless criminal while the second character is a good-hearted petty thief. During a robbery "Gobbo" is betrayed by his companions, forced to hide in a girlfriend's house where he prepares his ferocious plan of revenge. As police cannot discover Gobbo's hiding-place, they look up his twin brother Monnezza. During a spectacular chase, Gobbo's car skids and falls into the river Tiber. Nevertheless, his corpse remains undiscovered... Umberto Lenzi, a Tuscan director with an incredible activity of making movies of various genres (from giallo to police movies, from horror to cannibal movies) expertly directs this milestone of the Italian police movies genre. The action scenes in La Banda Del Gobbo proves his excellence in the genre and come of the best of his unforgettable career. Digitmovies present the second volume dedicated to the Italian police movies: for the very first time on record the complete original motion picture score by Franco Micalizzi, one of the most prolific composers of the Italian cinema. Micalizzi became famous around the world for his OST for the cult Western Lo Chiamavano Trinità (1970), but also for his other famous OST of "Poliziotteschi" (police movies) like Italia A Mano Armata (1976), Roma A Mano Armata (1976), Napoli Violenta (1976), Il Cinico, L'infame E Il Violento (1977). For La Banda Del Gobbo, Franco Micalizzi wrote a sparse, but effective score based on a main theme introduced by the electric piano then developed by Moog, brass, and percussions in a funky mood. This motif is reprised several times throughout the score, sometimes with slow, another time with fast renditions. Franco Micalizzi also composed suspense music for strings and various tracks of source music like a "Sirtaki", a disco music tune, a romantic ballad for voice and orchestra, church music for organ, and funeral music.
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