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Neu von Digitmovies:

La notte brava - Piero Piccioni

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For the absolute first time on complete edition CD, we are releasing the OST by Piero Piccioni for the drama "The Big Night" (aka "Bad Girls Don't Cry," original title "La Notte Brava"). 
SOUNDTRACK 
Piero Piccioni (Turin, December 6, 1921 - Rome, July 23, 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. Our CD, lasting a total of 70:27 minutes, 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 (Tr.1) and reprised in different versions: slow for bassoons (Tr.4), with horns (Tr.5), a fast swing (Tr.17) and with the addition of female voices (Tr.21). Piero Piccioni alternates this with numerous dance melodies like the mambo (Tr.2, Tr.12, Tr.26), rock'n'roll (Tr.3), swing (Tr.7), tango (Tr.20, Tr. 25) and the song with a female voice, "Hello you," (Tr.9, Tr.24) which is reprised in an instrumental version (Tr.18, Tr.29). The inner side of the main characters is emphasized by very evocative passages like in Tr.14, Tr.15, Tr.19. This album is another masterpiece by Piero Piccioni which has finally been recovered and preserved on CD forever. 
DIRECTOR AND CAST 
Directed in 1959 by Mauro Bolognini. Starring: Jean-Claude Brialy, Anna Maria Ferrero, Franco Interlenghi, Laurent Terzieff, Rosanna Schiaffino, Tomas Milian, Mylène Demongeot, Antonella Lualdi, Elsa Martinelli, Mimmo Poli, Marcella Valeri, Maurizio Conti, Sergio Palmisano, Franco Balducci, Mario Meniconi, Cristiano Miniello, Isarco Ravaioli. 
PLOT 
Scintillone (Brialy) and Ruggeretto (Terzieff) are two Roman working class men who are unemployed. After committing a robbery, they try to sell the stolen goods with the help of some other guys: Gino, nicknamed Bella-Bella (Interlenghi), and Supplizia (Lualdi) and Anna (Martinelli)- two prostitutes. After pocketing the money, the men entertain themselves with the women and then try to cheat them out of their money and leave them in the middle of nowhere. Once the three guys are back in town, they realize that the women had actually robbed them of all their money. After trying in vain to track them down again, they attempt to steal a camera out of a luxury car, which fails when the owner of the car arrives with his two friends. They end up in a fight, but then everyone makes peace and goes to the luxurious apartment of Achilles (Milian), the rich owner of the car. Bella-Bella goes around Achilles' apartment and then steals 200,000 lira and runs away with his two friends. Deciding how to divide up the money causes another fight and the money ends up with Scintillone, who takes Rossana (Schiaffino) to a night club. Ruggeretto has started looking for the two and arrives just in time to see his friend get arrested and taken away by the police. Ruggeretto and Rossana spend all of the money stolen from Achille's house. After taking Rossana back at dawn, Ruggeretto returns home and finds the last of the money while fumbling in his pockets. Disgusted, he throws it away. 

Là dove non battle il sole / Un animale chiamato uomo - Carlo Savina

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We are pleased to release the OST by Carlo Savina for the Spaghetti Westerns "The Stranger and the Gunfighter" (original title: "Là dove non batte il sole")and "An Animal Called Man" (original title: "Un animale chiamato uomo")for the absolute first time on CD, in complete edition. 
THE STRANGER AND THE GUNFIGHTER 
SOUNDTRACK 
Carlo Savina wrote an enjoyable OST lasting 40:08 minutes, 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 (Tr.1) and reprised in Tr.10, Tr.13, Tr.21. The second is an oriental style theme for the character of young Wong-Kiang (Lo) with sounds which are sometimes dramatic and heroic (Tr.2, Tr.6, Tr.7, Tr.8, Tr.15). And finally a pleasant love theme for Wong-Kiang and the beautiful Lia-Kua, where the wonderful voice of Edda Dell'Orso (Tr.9, Tr.12) chimes in. There is also no shortage of lounge music like a pop bossa (Tr.3), action music (Tr.19) and the guaranteed saloon pieces (Tr.11, Tr.18). For this recovery and preservation, the stereo master tapes from the original recording session were used. 
DIRECTOR AND CAST 
Directed in 1974 by Antonio Margheriti. Starring Lee Van Cleef, Leih Lo, Patty Shepard, Femi Benussi, Karen Yeh, Julián Ugarte, Erika Blanc, Goyo Peralta, Al Tung, Barta Barry, Alfredo Boreman, Paul Costello, Manuel de Blas, Anita Farra, Ricardo Palacios, Georges Rigaud, Lionel Stander. 
PLOT 
Wong, a wealthy Chinese banker living in California, gets killed by a thief (Dakota) who is trying to rob him. But in Wong's safe Dakota only finds a thousand dollars and pictures of four women. Meanwhile, a rich warlord who lives in China takes the Wong family hostage and threatens to kill them unless they give back all the money he had entrusted to Wong in hopes of getting rich in America. So Wong's nephew, Wong-Kiang, who is an expert wrestler, leaves for California to find his uncle's fortune. He teams up with Dakota to follow the clues to the fortune which are tattooed on the 4 women from the pictures. Eventually they manage to track down the women, the last of which is a Chinese girl named Lia-Kua (Yeh). Once Wong-Kiang is back in China, he finds the treasure inside a statue that his uncle had sent to China. After he returns the fortune to the warlord, his family is released and Wong-Kiang marries Lia-Kua. 

AN ANIMAL CALLED MAN 
SOUNDTRACK 
Carlo Savina wrote an upbeat OST lasting 24:29 minutes, where an amusing and light hearted motif comes through. It is introduced in the opening credits (Tr.22), and is then reprised slower and faster (Tr.23), and as a shake with organ (Tr.27). It is alternated with a romantic love theme with the voice of Nora Orlandi (Tr.25) as well as with saloon pieces (Tr.24, Tr.28, Tr.30). For this recovery and preservation, the stereo master tapes from the original recording session were used. 
DIRECTOR AND CAST 
Directed in 1972 by Roberto Mauri. Starring Vassili Karis, Gilberto Galimberti, Craig Hill, Carla Mancini, Paolo Magalotti, Gillian Bray, Omero Capanna, Sergio Serafini. 
PLOT 
Linguaveloce (fast tongue), named for his ability to throw punches even though he has a speech impediment, and Bill Manolesta come to Silver City, which is under the control of Mark Foster and his gang of money extortionists. Manolesta gets in a shooting contest against Foster and wins five hundred dollars and a beautiful girl, Yvette ("First Prize"), who had come from Paris with a hint of hope and a degree in medicine. Manolesta and Linguaveloce come up with a plan to contend with Foster by pretending to be his collectors. Linguaveloce has some doubts about the plan, but Manolesta convinces him to let him do it because he says he'll give back the ill-gotten gains. A series of fights with Foster and his gang follows, along with ambushes, brawls and some casualties. Foster is assassinated by his lieutenant and the two heroes kill off the rest of the gang, then give in to the wishes of the townsfolk who reward them but beg them to leave forever, fearing that they will turn from liberators into tyrants. Yvette goes with them. 


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Le aventure di Pinocchio (3 CDs, Re-Issue) - Fiorenzo Carpi

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We rerelease, on a triple CD set, the complete OST and in full stereo by Fiorenzo Carpi for the TV drama, directed in 1972 by Luigi Comencini "Le avventure di Pinocchio" (aka "The Adventures of Pinocchio"). 
CAST & CREW 
Based on the International novel by Carlo Collodi. The first episode of the six was transmitted by Italian TV on April 8, 1972. In addition to Comencini and Carpi, other great names are linked to this fabulous television program (produced by San Paulo Film, Cinepat, Rai TV, Bavaria Film, ORTF of Munich): Suso Cecchi D'Amico for the screenplay, Armando Nannuzzi for photography, Nino Baragli for editing, Massimo Patrizi for scenery, Piero Gherardi for costumes. This was the famous drama starring Nino Manfredi, Andrea Balestri, Gina Lollobrigida, Ciccio Ingrassia, Franco Franchi, Orazio Orlando, Lionel Stander, Ugo D'Alessio, Vittorio De Sica, Mario Adorf, Enzo Cannavale, Domenico Santoro, Carlo Bagno, Zoe Incrocci, Vera Drudi, Mario Scaccia, Jacques Herlin, Siria Betti, Nerina Montagnani, Luigi Leoni, Mimmo Olivieri, Pietro Entili, Mario Colombaioni, Riccardo Billi, Clara Colosimo. 
PLOT 
The carpenter Geppetto (Manfredi) makes a wooden puppet, which he names Pinocchio (Balestri). The Blue Fairy (Lollobrigida), his patron, immediately turns him into a real boy, asking him to promise her that he will be a "good boy", obedient and scholarly, a prop for his parents' old age. As the boy, has kept the lively and rebellious character of the puppet, and he gets up to all sorts of trouble, the Fairy turns him back into wood to punish him. The transformations will happen several times, and once, Pinocchio will even become a donkey. The story ends before the end of the book, that is when Geppetto and Pinocchio come out of the belly of the whale: almost a return to life, a final touch with reality. 
SOUNDTRACK 
At the time the C.A.M. issued a 33 rpm (SAG 9038) containing eighteen tracks (38:07 minutes duration) and a 45 rpm single with two tracks (AMP 26). The album material was re-released in France on an LP (EMI Pathé 2C 064-13044) and on another vinyl with music and dialogues narrated by Genevieve Casile (Ades - Le Petit Ménestrel ALB 367). C.A.M. reissued on CD for the first time ever, the content of the vintage 33 rpm in 1991, in its series CAM'S SOUNDTRACK ENCYCLOPEDIA and in 2005 with a brand new music suite of minutes 8:31. For the production of our triple box set (total time 200:04 minutes) we were able to access the master tapes in full stereo of the Recording Session of the time which allowed us 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... we 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 for the rest of us, which led finally to the realization of our ambitious project. 
CD 1 (minutes 68:54) contains the material of the historic 33 rpm, followed by TV versions and alternate takes, CD 2 (minutes 62:54) continues with many other TV versions and alternate takes, the CD 3 (minutes 69:16) contains TV versions, alternate takes, and test versions sung by Andrea and Nino Manfredi Balestri with the orchestra of the brothers De Angelis (published on 45 rpm It ZT 7031). 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 flavour 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 Good, long listen to you all! 

 

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Neu von Music Box: Retrospective Jean Musy

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Remastered edition including 20 previously unreleased tracks. 
12-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Nicolas Magenham. 
Limited Edition of 500 units. 


Music Box Records is pleased to present, for the first time on CD, a retrospective dedicated to French composer Jean Musy and his best works composed for the screen (Cinema and television) spanning three decades. 

Jean Musy started working in the 1960s and is known primarily as arranger and accompanist for many famous French singers (Joe Dassin, Barbara, Nicole Croisille, Yves Duteil, Françoise Hardy, Mireille Mathieu, Charles Aznavour, to name a few). He is also credited on over a thousand 45 rpm records and two hundred albums. Most notable is his involvement with French composer Francis Lai, for whom he arranged numerous soundtracks in the late 1970's (Bilitis, International Velvet, Passion Flower Hotel). 

This retrospective brings to light less well-considered or well-known films. This present album also highlights his close collaboration with some French directors (one-time collaboration such as Clair de femme, directed by Costa-Gavras and long-time collaborator director Jean-Claude Brisseau such as L'Ange noir ) and some very popular films (the cult film Papy fait de la résistance aka Gramps Is in the Resistance) and TV series (Pause-café). Jean Musy undoubtedly knows how to adapt to very different artistic universes while still retaining his own unique touch. 

The CD comes with a 12-page booklet with liner notes by Nicolas Magenham, based on a new interview with Jean Musy

 

[Quartet Records: MASQUERADE (John Barry)]

Von Quartet Records kommt eine leicht verlängerte Wiederveröffentlichung von John Barrys Score zu dem Neo-Noir Masquerade:

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Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present a remastered, remixed, slightly expanded edition of this masterful John Barry noir score for the thriller Masquerade. The 1988 film was directed by Bob Swaim and starred Rob Lowe, Meg Tilly, Kim Cattrall and Doug Davant.

The story is about a recently orphaned and wealthy heiress, Olivia, who really hates her scheming stepfather. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the two run into a problem, the local cop, who happens to be an old friend of Olivia's, seems to be turning a blind eye to incriminating evidence.

John Barry returned to the genre of the passionate thriller that he had already explored in Body Heat, offering an intense, bittersweet tour de force in his signature melodic style, with a memorable love theme and long suspense passages.

Previously released by Prometheus Records in a limited edition in 2002 and long out of print, this new release includes around three minutes of previously unreleased material. Produced by Neil S. Bulk, remixed and mastered by Mike Matessino from the ½″ 3-track original masters courtesy of MGM, the CD includes a 12-page full-color booklet with informative liner notes by John Takis.

 

 

[Digitmovies: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - ZORRO]

Davon abgesehen hat Digitmovies gestern auch zwei echte Neuheiten ausgeliefert:

Salvare la faccia - Benedetto Ghiglia

La venere di Cheronea - Giovanni Fusco

 

[Dutton Vocalion: John Ireland Film Music]

Manchmal ist man auch überrascht, dass im Rahmen der bei arte gesendeten restaurierten Stummfilme in manchen Fällen dann doch keine dazugehörigen Alben erscheinen. Ich hätte zum Beispiel gedacht, das zum Beispiel Eduard Künnekes Musik für "Das Weib des Pharao" noch mal eine eigene CD spendiert bekommt. 

[Intrada: Kickstarter-Projekt DIAL M FOR MURDER (Dimitri Tiomkin)]

Bei Tiomkin wundert mich ja, dass alle den immerhin in einer längeren Suite vorliegenden "Strangers" dem quasi unveröffentlichten "I Confess" vorziehen.

[Soundtracks auf Vinyl: Der LP-Sammelthread]

CD kommt nun doch noch.

https://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/6435-les-levres-rouges-daughters-of-darkness.html

[Craft Recordings: Vince Guaraldi - IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN]

Dito... da ich Guaraldis Weihnachtsalbum ganz gerne mag. Die Tapes von "Pumpkin" galten ja ohnehin als verloren, daher nicht ganz verwunderlich, wenn da jetzt wirklich so ein Kompromiss-Album kommt.

[Craft Recordings: Vince Guaraldi - IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN]

Scheint aber wohl von den Music-and-Effects-Tapes zu stammen, wenn ich das bei FSM richtig verstanden habe.

[Soundtracks auf Vinyl: Der LP-Sammelthread]

Ich denke, dass sich 1000 Exemplare eben auch mit der Popularität unter Genre-Fans erklären lässt. Und De Roubaix ist  ein Komponist, der eben auch Hörer jenseits der kleinen Filmmusik-Welt anspricht.

[Soundtracks auf Vinyl: Der LP-Sammelthread]

Ja, könnte sein... sind ja in letzter Zeit so ein paar Scores auf LP only erschienen, bei denen sich vermutlich auch eine Zweitauswertung auf CD auch noch gelohnt hätte. Aber auch da ist bisher nix gekommen.

Ob da jetzt auch noch Delerues "Malpertuis" kommt? Eine LP gab es ja, auf CD bisher nur die Suite auf dem Universal-France-Sampler.

[Soundtracks auf Vinyl: Der LP-Sammelthread]

Das wäre vor allem auch etwas für mich... einer meiner Lieblings-Scores von De Roubaix für einen meiner Lieblingsfilme. Aber mit LPs fange ich jetzt erst gar nicht mehr an. Würde mich auch wundern, wenn da nicht auch noch mal eine CD von einem anderen Label folgt.

[Intrada: RAVENWOLF TOWERS (Richard Band)]

Vermute eh, dass es sich hier auch wieder um eine Art Freundschaftsdienst für Band handelt. Es sei ihm auch gegönnt.

[Intrada: NATE AND HAYES (2CD) (Trevor Jones)]

Der Film lief ja neulich erst auf Tele 5 und da frage ich mich, ob da nicht schon die 40-minütige Albumversion nicht schon womöglich zu lang ist.

[Osteuropäische Filmmusik]

Wenn man allerdings manisch, hysterisches Kino mag (like moi), ist dessen Filmschaffen natürlich eine Goldgrube (mir fehlt aber auch so manches aus seiner Filmografie. Habe gerade erst vor einigen Wochen seiner Opernverfilmung "Boris Godunov" geschaut. Den Puristen wird es schütteln, ich fands dufte. ^^

[Fanderson: Barry Gray - Doppelgänger]

Wäre ja super, wenn es nicht eine Fanderson-Erpresser-Edition wäre.

[La-La-Land Records: Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection]

Ich glaube, der Score könnte dich auch ansprechen... schöner 70s-Modernism...scheint auch ein Sonderfall in Colombiers Schaffen darzustellen. 

Bei youtube hat jemand Musik-und-Fox-Aufnahmen reingestellt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fUd4EpzHYE

 

[La-La-Land Records: Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection]

Großartig! Und gleich bei den ersten Ankündigungen 5-6 Must-haves und einen zumindest schon mal potentiell interessanten Titel für mich dabei! Nur den Faltermeyer... da lass ich anderen Fans gerne den Vortritt.

[UNSANE von David Wilder Savage (alias Thomas Newman)]

Und die Verfilmung von Jaffes Romans wurde seinerzeit von Thomas' Vater Alfred vertont.

[Kurz & knapp: Sammelthread für "kleine" Veröffentlichungen]

Ja, war auch erst positiv überrascht, aber war ja wieder irgendwie klar, dass dieses Album wieder eine Lafond-Schöpfung ist.

[ORSON WELLS' THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND von Michel Legrand]

Das war schon länger klar, dass der erstmal Netflix exklusiv kommt. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, war Netflix auch an den Kosten der Restaurierung beteiligt. Ich denke, der wird sich er noch eine begrenzte Kinoauswertung bekommen.

Jedenfalls nett, das mit Legrand der letzte noch lebende Welles-Komponist den Film vertont.

[Music Box Records: Francis Lai at Universal Pictures]

Ay! Dann muss ich wohl auch mal langsam meine Bestellung aufgeben, der Titel wird ja bei Music Box schon langsam knapp.

[Music Box Records: Francis Lai at Universal Pictures]

"House of Cards" kenne ich aus dem Film. Das ist in der Tat ein hübscher Pop-Thriller-Score mit einem tollen Titelsong.

[16. Hofbauer-Kongress in Nürnberg (Januar 2017)]

Wie eine FB-Bekanntschaft mal sagte: Jürgens hielt sich für einen Vertreter der Hochkultur, stand aber in Wirklichkeit dem Sleaze viel näher.  

[16. Hofbauer-Kongress in Nürnberg (Januar 2017)]

"Der zweite Frühling" (übrigens mit Musik von Cipriani)... unglaublich aber wahr, aber sowas lief seinerzeit wirklich mal im Nachtprogramm von Vox, bevor der Sender sich in spießige Gleichförmigkeit gefügt hat.