Piero Piccioni - Travolti Da Un Insolito Destino Nell'Azzurro Mare D'Agosto Aka Swept Away - Import CD Limited Edition

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Piero Piccioni

Description:

The soundtrack to the 1974 (released in Japan in 1978) Italian comedy film "Nostalgia...", directed and written by Lina Wertmüller and starring Mariangela Mellato, Giancarlo Giannini, and others, is now available to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its release. One of the definitive scores for which Piero Piccioni, in charge of the music, won Italy's prestigious David di Donatello Award. The soundtrack matches the film's exotic setting. Maestro Piccioni's unmistakably Mediterranean and jazzy touch on samba, bossa nova, and lounge music is accompanied by Afro-Latin-tinged percussion and vibraphone, layered with Hammond organ and gorgeous acoustic guitar, Nora Orlandi's wordy vocals make for a breezy, languid, summery song in the tradition of Italian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. But there is no compromise in the orchestral, mood-setting, romantic highlights, or eerie, enigmatic synthesizer instrumentals. Lengthy compositions form an almost surreal, hazy flow of sound, soundscapes to the desert island that defines the film's story. Completely remastered from the original archival master tapes and released as a 2LP and CD digipak. 発売・販売元 提供資料 （2024/07/22） Piero Piccioni may not have had the name recognition of his contemporary and countryman Ennio Morricone, but he wrote his share of notable film scores, of which this one -- for Lina Wertmuller's Swept Away (not that abysmal remake starring Madonna) -- is one of the choicest. An almost dream-like, surreal quality pervades this score, with its long, languid melodic lines and lush orchestral passages -- interspersed with gorgeous acoustic guitar sections and organ cadenzas -- that flow off of this soundtrack. The music manages to encompass jazz, samba and classical material with astonishing effectiveness, haunting and moody throughout. The resulting album, which has been largely unheard and unavailable during the CD era, is almost as substantial a listening experience as the movie was to watch. It was a keeper in 1975 and an instant classic, which it remains more than three decades on. Track it down on CD if you can, or on vinyl if you have to. ~ Bruce Eder Rovi

Tracklisting:

1.Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
2.Spirale d'amore
3.Vertigo
4.Significa amore
5.Distesa estate
6.Andante improvviso
7.Las encantadas
8.Turquoise
9.L'isola misteriosa
10.Guitars
11.Insolita luce azzurra
12.Turquoise - 2
13.Distesa estate - 2
14.Andante improvviso - 2
15.Insolita luce azzurra - 2
16.Spirale d'amore - 2
17.Turquoise - 3 - Vers. Lunga
18.Turquoise - 4
19.Vertigo - 2
20.Spirale d'amore - 3
21.Turquoise - 5 - Vers. piano
22.Andante improvviso - 3
23.Turquoise - Finale