[Thor Joachim Haga]

Friday is erotica time!

Here’s the next Cipriani score I’d like to highlight. EDEN NO SONO (1980) was a Japanese-Italian erotica take on the old BLUE LAGOON premise, which reads: “A young pick-pocket meets a sheltered teenage girl at an art museum while trying to lift her wallet. He falls in love with her and lures her to deserted strip of beach where he pretends his stolen motorbike has broken down and they are stranded. An unlikely romance follows.”

This is lighter, more romantic, more classical than FEMINA RIDENS above. But also pop beats, some harmonica, guitars. And lovely woodwinds. Only 21 minutes long, but well worth exploring. Spotify appears to have an expanded edition, but the soundtrack cover cuts off above the chest, whereas the original is more revealing.