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No, dont recall much if anything of the film other than Volonte in it. I do remember that slightly discordant fading in and out of the crazy strings (something of a Morricone steal but a good one) - I do remember- as I did on many occasion - wondering whether it was worth recording the rest of the music, but that typical piccioni beat made me leave the tape running. Was glad I did as it was a slow burner.
Not up to Puppet on a chain level but good.
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Dec 15, 2012 - 7:03 AM
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After I mentioned Swept Away... By An Unusual Destiny In The Blue Sea Of August I had to listen to it again the music floats around before it slowly melts it does not take too much for me to imagine that I'm floating somewhere on an ocean. The music and the vocals seem to drift past and all around you like a gentle breeze and the horizon is some way off in the distance. 
Very true, wayoutwest! When I listen to Swept Away, I think 'Mediterranean'.
It so closely matches the film in tone & feel, I'm hard pressed to think of a similarly effective soundtrack in that style, either in Piccioni's body of work or of another composer. It's a majestic score...
Regarding the expanded version of Swept Away released earlier this year...as great as it is, it is still somewhat incomplete. Beat Records have done a great job with this expanded version, so it feels somewhat cruel to point this out. However, the only reason I even noticed is because the 2 tracks I was looking most forward to hearing on the cd aren't there. After having seen the film several times over the years & picked up on those cues quite often - I immediately noticed their absence on the cd.
1- opening title track used over the intro in the film is not on the CD. There are two versions of it on the CD, I think they are tracks #1 & 11 - neither of these versions are heard in the film (at least to my ears). They are close, but the mix is quite different in places in the film version.
2- track #4 on the CD, 'Significa amore', is not the version used in the film. This piece plays shortly after the arrival of Gennarino & Raffaella on the island, as she is sitting near a creek, washing Gennarino's clothing. The version in the film is much slower & leisurely in its pacing.
However, regarding point #2......I did a bit of looking around, & I found a score that Piccioni did for a television documentary, called L'Italia Vista Dal Cielo. (It's available on Itunes) Track #11 from that score is the very same version used in Swept Away. Judging from other italian films of the period, they used to 'borrow' pieces of music from one film & use them in others.
So for some reason, they took a track from Italia Vista Dal Cielo, used it in Swept Away, but created another version for the soundtrack album, which is never actually heard in the film. Weird...
Before I drive everyone crazy with this, there is one other track I was always curious about in the film. It plays on a radio in the background, toward the very end of the film, as the two main character speak over the telephone for the last time. It's not by Piccioni, but by an artist called Sandro Giacobbe. The song is Signora Mia. It's of the period, but it recalls the film for me in the same way as Piccioni's score does.
So I hope this all doesn't sound like sour grapes, picking over a few excluded tracks. Beat has done a fantastic job on the soundtrack, it's probably the most complete version we could ever hope to have. But damned if that version of the opening title track is still out there somewhere on an undiscovered master tape..!
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Dec 15, 2012 - 8:29 AM
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slint
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Up to 1975...
Not yet released (tapes likely exist):
1958 Racconti d'Estate
1959 I Magliari
1961 L'Assassino
1961 La viaccia
1962 L'Attico
1962 Anima Nera
1962 Il Demonio
1962 Il Mafioso
1965 Io la Conoscevo Bene
1968 Niente rose per OSS 117
1969 Addio, Alexandra
1969 Toh, è Morta la Nonna!
1969 Le Altre
1969 Giovinezza, Giovinezza
1971 Stress
1975 Fratello Mare
LPs not yet released on CD:
1959 Il Mondo Di Notte
1960 Il Gobbo
1961 Il Mondo di Notte Numero 2
1962 Il Diavolo
1964 Tre per una rapina
1964 La Corde au Cou
1964 I Tre Volti
1970 Le Coppie
1972 Lo Scopone scientifico
1972 Le Sorelle Materassi
Could be expanded:
1961 Romolo e Remo [CAM, 1995, 31 min.]
1962 Senilità [CAM, 1992, 31 min.]
1962 La Commare Secca [CAM, 1993, 42 min.]
1962 La Città Prigioniera [CAM, 1993, 34 min.]
1962 Una Vita Violenta [CAM, 1992, 41 min.]
1963 Un Tentativo Sentimentale [CAM, 1991, 40 min.]
1964 Tre Notti d'Amore [CAM, 1993, 22 min.]
1964 La Fuga [CAM, 1993, 31 min.]
1964 La Vita Agra [CAM, 1993, 36 min.]
1965 il momento della verità [CAM, 1991, 38 min.]
1965 agente 077 dall'oriente con furore [Tsunami, 1998, 39 min.]
1970 Uomini Contro [Point, 1995, 37 min.]
1971 ...Dopo di Che, Uccide Il Maschio e lo Divora [Screentrax, 2001, 30 min.]
1971 Due Maschi per Alexa [Screentrax, 2001, 15 min.]
1972 L'Italia Vista del Cielo [Verita Note, 2009, 19 min.]
1972 Una Tomba Aperta, Una Tomba Vuota [Beat, 1995, 21 min.]
1974 Lucky Luciano [Soundtrack Listeners, 1995, 31 min.]
May be expanded(?):
1971 Puppet on a Chain [Point, 2001, 32 min.]
1974 Il Bacio [Beat, 1995, 49 min.]
Could benefit from a new release, and perhaps some additonal tracks(?)
La Decima Vittima, Fumo di Londra, Scusi, Lei è Favorevole o Contrario?, Camille 2000, Colpo Rovente, Inghilterra Nuda, Contestazione Generale, Il Dio Sotto la Pelle
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Beat Records has announced now on their website an entire Piero Piccioni CD series - probably with many scores owned by Sugar/CAM - for the rest of this year.
Great news:
"2012 has been the year dedicated to Francesco de Masi and his wonderful scores for Western movies (coming soon the last chapter of the series!), 2013 monographic series will be dedicated to a great Maestro, unfortunately no more among us, Piero Piccioni. This series avails of choices made with great attention with the aim to compile a chronological selection that lasts more than two decades.
The starting year is 1959, the first score chosen is among those that mostly deserved a complete release: I MAGLIARI, directed by Francesco Rosi with Renato Salvatori, Alberto Sordi, Belinda Lee. So, for this noir milestone directed by a great Italian artist finally we have the chance to homage the gorgeous relevant soundtrack done by an author who will become the most important collaborator of the director. Jazz urban sonorities, a great cover version of the popular 'Fever' and a lot of high quality music. A first meeting you can't miss with the first of a series of releases dedicated to one of the inhabitants of the Italian cinematic Olympus.
The CD is released in jewel case, mastering by Claudio Fuiano, liner notes by Roberto Pugliese (colonnesonore.net) and graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini."
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