Italian Soundtracks
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There are a few classics:
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1955 – L’Ultimo Paradiso
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1955 – Continente Perduto
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1957 – Timbuctù
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1959 – Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1959 – Nel Segno di Roma
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1960 – Ester E Il Re
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1960 – L’Assedio di Siracusa
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1961 – Il Relitto
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1962 – Venere Imperiale
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1963 – Kali-Yug, La Dea Della Vendettaand then his first Horror/western scores are the best
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1964 – Il Castello dei Morti Vivi
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1964 – Sfida A Rio Bravo
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1965 – 5000 Dollari Sull’Asso
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1965 – L’uomo Dalla Pistola d’Oro
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino – 1965 – Gli Uomini dal Passo PesanteQuartet just released a batch of interesting Italian titles, by the likes of Ortolani, Bacalov, Fusco etc. – https://quartetrecords.com/.
Any of you Italo buffs familiar with any of these? I’m particularly intrigued by the Giovanni Fusco, because of the Antonioni connection. Only on LP.
(I already have Morricone’s STATO INTERESSANTE, I should add).
Sadly not familar with these. But I figure Fusco is underrepresented. Btw, my mind totally skipped the LP part in the newsletter since I don’t buy new LPs and they often just re-release.
(I already have Morricone’s STATO INTERESSANTE, I should add).
I thought I had to but can’t find it. Does it have a totally different english name maybe?
One of de Masi’s most famous scores, and a great western affair that is more US-sounding than Morricone-sounding, weirdly. Although a little bit of both, I suppose (the bassline is definitely Morricone).
If we include compilations and library music, we must have more film music from Italy than any country other than the U.S. And if our film music accumulation skews slightly to the U.S., that says more about proximity and availability more than anything.
If we include compilations and library music, we must have more film music from Italy than any country other than the U.S. And if our film music accumulation skews slightly to the U.S., that says more about proximity and availability more than anything.
Yes, it’s something I’ve alluded to a couple of times in this thread. I find it fascinating that Italy was such a MASSIVE powerhouse in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Both in regards to film (running the gamut from genre flicks to arthouse cinema) and film scores. Morricone would have been enough in itself, but so many other great composers of the era that have been mentioned in this thread, each of them very prolific. And then the industry falls almost completely into oblivion in the 80s onwards. I mean, there are still some fine Italian films and scores being produced, but it’s largely a parenthesis in comparison. It’s that RISE and FALL thing I find interesting.
So that automatically means a LOT to collect. Not strange that this particular period of Italian film music has such a large amount of dedicated fans.
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