Excellent Erotica Earworms
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I’ve always found that erotica films have excellent scores. I leave the interpretation loose — you can include both sex thrillers like BASIC INSTINCT or sexploitation lounge like ORGASMO NERO if you wish. But perhaps more erotica than straight-up romantic films. I especially like synth variations (which gives me an opportunity to add an extra ‘E’ – Excellent Electronic Erotica Earworms’), but jazz, funk, orchestral, it all qualifies.
I have loads of recommendations, but I’ll try to mention them peacemeal. And I hope you have some too.
I’ll start off with Ennio Morricone’s METTI, UNA SERA A CENA (1969), which is his usual suave lounge style, with flirtatious female vocalizations, and several variations thereof:
I probably would have 1000s, but I can mention this new release from last week
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/cosi-cosipiu-forte-daniele-patucchi/qtxq5npzxogvbDaniele Patucchi is really one of my favourite, see also
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/il-sesso-della-strega-daniele-patucchi/cqmzz5z2p148aI am sure they are on streaming platforms, but I don’t use streaming.
Also I like to call this music “orchestral lounge”, as directly following the “orchestral beat” music from a few years earlier. Orchestral lounge is more romantic, jazz and classical, while orchestral beat has a more Anglo style with hammond organ and surf guitars. I wouldn’t say it is Erotica music necessarily, as it was used in some crime, westerns or comedy films, even though, yes, it is most commonly associated with Giallo and Sexy films.
Interestingly, I think orchestral lounge has a relatively strong connection with Brazil. The post-bossa and post-samba orchestral pop music of Brazil in the 1970s is quite similar to the Italian music of the same period. I mean Ennio Morricone even arranged an album by Chico Buarque in 1971.
Yeah, I can get why it’s hot in Brazil (the music, I mean, obviously the temperatures are).
Thanks for that recommendation, slint! I’m aware of Patucchi by name, but never set out to explore his work. Loved those clips, and thanks for giving me the nudge. Meanwhile, here’s another Morricone entry from 1978. COSI COME SEI, one of the more famous ones; he was also an expert in this “genre”:
COSÌ COME SEI was among my early “foundational” albums, I bought the LP some time in the 80s. I’m pretty sure it must have been among my first five or six Ennio Morricone albums. I’ve never actually seen the movie.
WILD ORCHID (1989)
Music by Paradise.
Full score sadly unreleased.
One of my holy grails.
Two tracks on the song album.WILD ORCHID (1989)
Music by Paradise.
Full score sadly unreleased.
One of my holy grails.
Two tracks on the song album.Gorgeous!
I have a few more Morricones to share before I move on to another composer. First is LA VENEXIANA (1986), easily in my top 10 scores of Morricone, period. Set in medieval times (nothing like medieval erotica!), and directed by frequent Morricone collaborator Mauro Bolognini, Morricone is at his most heartbreaking, haunting self with a central theme that melts me every time.
A great Eroica earworm.
Funnily, I always thought that Beethoven piece did indeed allude to ‘erotica’ for many years – as in ‘romantic’ – until I realized it meant ‘heroic’. 😀
Last Morricone for now, but one has to mention LOLITA (1997) as well, which is also generally considered to be in the erotica genre. Morricone is less lounge here, and more wistful and symphonic given the problematic relationship on display. Those delicate woodwinds give off an air of innocence. The strings seem to explore outwards, as if trying to find themselves – much like the titular character.
Moving on to another Italian.
Separating between erotica and romantic films can sometimes be tricky if you haven’t seen the films, but I’m fairly confident Francesco de Masi’s UNA HISTORIA D’AMORE (1967) is more of a romantic film, whereas his LESBO (1969) fits our criteria. It’s all laidback, sensual cocktail lounge grooves here and a beautiful listening experience. Sometimes with a wistful quality, which makes everything better.
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