Crudeli/Revolver [Original Soundtrack]

2 CD set bevat I crudeli (The hellbenders) en Revolver.gelimiteerde oplage van 300 stuksI CRUDELI (The hellbenders) 1967Aka THE HELLBENDERS (1967) is a western directed by Sergio Corbucci. Starring inthe leading roles Joseph Cotton, Norma Bengell and Al Mulock. The story: The civilwar is over but the southern army’ captain Jonas (Cotton) does not want to accept thedefeat. Together with his sons and a certain Kitty, during an ambush they exterminatea northern squadron and take possession of a great spoil , hiding it in a coffin.Whiletraveling by stagecoach , the troops that stop them Colonel states that in the coffinthere are the remains of General Allen and Kitty is his widow. After various adventures,and after the coffin is exchanged for another containing the remains of a banditwas killed , the entire family of Colonel is exterminated. A bad role for Cotton in a mediocrewestern. For director Corbucci It was after NAVAJO JOE (1966) is the secondcollaboration with Morricone. At the end they had worked together on seven films,all westerns. The music as usual works very great in the film and also on cd. What elsecould we expect from a composer who is famous for his western scores? In the filmthe maestro uses the pseudonym of Leo Nichols. The trumpet frequently present inthe score is played by Nunzio Rotondo. The use of the voices of I Cantori Moderni diAlessandroni gives the score an extra dimension. In track 3 “Un monument” we hearthe uncredited voice of Edda dell’Orso. The western style is sometimes a bit jazzy as intrack 4 “Minacciosamente lontano”. There is a lot of solo percussion underlined withthe trumpet and piano as the key instruments in the score. The music is sometimes abit atonal and experimental, after all, it was his early period. Even without violins orcello’s in this score, the style of Morricone is recognizable right from the first notesand imitated by many other composers who wrote western scores. Nobody yet couldequal the qualities of Ennio Morrione. His typical style of composition and orchestrationmade him a classic. It took eleven years for the first track to appear on LP in1978. In the year 2000 the first cd was released with the complete score on it. Now theremastered score in a limited edition.TRACKLIST:Total Time: 41:3901 I crudeli 2:3602 Prima dell’assalto 1:5603 Un monumento 2:3104 Minacciosamente lontano 2:4105 La congiura 3:3506 Dopo la congiura 1:5707 I crudeli (#2) 1:1808 Attesa del nulla 4:0109 Un monumento (#2) 2:1810 Seconda congiura 2:1211 I crudeli (the widow) 2:0512 La congiura (#2) 2:4713 Un monumento (#3) 1:5314 I crudeli (#3) 1:4915 La congiura (#3) 3:1016 I crudeli (#4) 2:2517 Un monumento (#4) 1:55REVOLVER (The good thief) 1973A thriller directed by Sergio Sollima in 1973. Starring Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi andAgostina Belli in the leading roles. Anna, wife of Vito, deputy director of the penitentiaryin Milan , is kidnapped by a gang of mobsters who ask for her release a detaineeminor is freed . Vito helps the prisoner to escape , and with him goes in search of hiswife . But then he realizes that at the base there are a lot more complex intrigues , withbig political and economic interests.A sophisticated build-up film that starts as thrillerin the style of a Dirty Harry movie, is increasingly subversive and makes the policemana despicable bastard. Director Sergio Sollima worked together with composerEnnio Morricone in this movie for the 5th and last time. The soundtrack begins with asong in French with the Italian title: “Un Amico” by Bevilacqua – Desage – Morricone,sung by Daniel Beretta using a falsetto voice. The track has an orchestral version intrack 6, another vocal by Daniel Beretta in a lower key with the accompaniment of atwelve string guitar in track 11, a version for trumpet in track 18 and finally a versionfor synthesizer in track 21. The track “Revolver” is a particularly inspired compositionand with a unique rhythm. Of course back in different orchestrations . There are alsoreferences to popular themes , as in the song “ Anna “ in the tracks 3 and 13 or “ Quasiun Vivaldi “ in the tracks 4 and 14 , but the music is strictly original , with modernpop arrangements.The use of electronics together with the orchestra gives some of themusic a tension that works admirably in the film and on cd.TRACKLIST:Total Time: 61:5901 Un amico 2:3502 Revolver 12:3903 Anna 2:0404 Quasi un Vivaldi 1:5405 Pericolo per Anna 1:4606 Un amico (titoli) 2:3507 Inseguimento e fuga 3:3708 In un bar 2:2209 Rapimento 2:2710 In un altro bar 2:0711 Un amico (versione chitarra 12 corde) 1:1012 Revolver (suspense) 1:4413 Anna (#2) 2:2714 Quasi un Vivaldi (#2) 3:0415 Inseguimento e fuga (#2) 3:2616 In un altro bar (#2) 2:0317 Rapimento (#2) 1:3718 Un amico (versione tromba) 2:3219 In un altro bar (#3) 2:4920 Inseguimento e fuga (#3) 3:3421 Un amico (versione synth) 2:43