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Jan 16, 2014 - 11:52 AM
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blue15
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Seddok/Lycanthropus - Armando Trovajoli (CDDM249)
"Digitmovies ventures, again, in the field of the horror genre, publishing for the first time on CD, the complete OST by Armando Trovajoli for the films "Atom Age Vampire" and "Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory." For our CD (duration 73:32) we used the mono master tapes of the original recording session. A CD to keep in its consecrated the Art of Music Armando Trovajoli and for those who love the genre of cinema."
Anonimo Veneziano - Stelvio Cipriani (DPDM013)
"Digitmovies is pleased to present, in de-luxe digipack edition, the OST by Stelvio Cipriani, complete and in full stereo, to the classic movie “The Anonymous Venetia." For our new CD with a duration of 71:52 we used first-generation master tapes on a full stereo album and the original recording sessions, and with the approval of the author, it is divided into three sections: the first, containing the album of the era, the second, film versions and alternate takes published for the first time, and the third, two pieces of which the author took a new version for piano and keyboards. The disc closes with a nice audio message from the great composer to his fans in Italian and English. This CD wants to pay tribute to a cult film of international cinema and the fabulous music art of the legendary Cipriani."
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Terrific! The Cipriani is a classic and I'm always eager to discover new Trovaioli. Especially in the horror genre!
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Jan 16, 2014 - 12:24 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN was a 1970 Italian film that Allied Artists released in an English-language version in the U.S. on 14 September 1971. It starred Tony Musante and Florida Bolkan as an unsuccessful musician-conductor and his estranged wife. As its title suggests, the production was filmed on location in Venice. The film was the first of five directorial efforts by Enrico Maria Salerno, who as an actor appeared in over 100 productions. He also co-wrote the script.
When THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN opened in Italy, Variety’s Rome correspondent said that although the film was “a two-character dramatic promenade through Venice,” it also had a “soap opera quality that, while not haunting, [could] bring tears to the eyes of many” and perhaps account for “boxoffice at home.” That prediction proved accurate, as THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN quickly became one of 1970’s top grossers in Italy. But not so in the U.S., where most critics agreed with Newsday’s Jerry Parker that “what we get is an expensive tour of Venice” burdened with “sometimes irreverent commentary (“My God the water stinks.”) and a plot that reminded one of “a kind of Venetian LOVE STORY.”
In fact, a number of critics compared the film to LOVE STORY, even though THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN was produced first. The Village Voice called it “a mongoloid offspring of LOVE STORY and DEATH IN VENICE.” Cue magazine’s William Wolf said “Even the music to this intended tearjerker has the familiar ring of the theme from LOVE STORY.” But in a mixed notice, the New York Daily News’ Kathleen Carroll declared that a comparison to LOVE STORY was “unfair.” “There is nothing mawkish about this film, nor is it the sleek, well-manufactured tearjerker that LOVE STORY was,” she wrote. Carroll particularly liked Florinda Bolkan, whom she called “the film’s greatest asset . . . who with her striking—if not beautiful—features looks like a woman who has suffered through loving well, if not wisely.”
Those critics who didn’t compare the film to LOVE STORY just found THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN to be “completely worthless” (Roger Ebert) and “bad enough to be quite funny” (Vincent Canby).
The most appreciated aspect of the film has been its Stelvio Cipriani score, which has been released on CD many times. The film itself was released on a hard-to-find cassette in 2000, and on an even-harder-to-find PAL DVD, that had no English-subtitles.
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THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN was a 1970 Italian film that Allied Artists released in an English-language version in the U.S. on 14 September 1971. It starred Tony Musante and Florida Bolkan as an unsuccessful musician-conductor and his estranged wife. As its title suggests, the production was filmed on location in Venice. The film was the first of five directorial efforts by Enrico Maria Salerno, who as an actor appeared in over 100 productions. He also co-wrote the script.
When THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN opened in Italy, Variety’s Rome correspondent said that although the film was “a two-character dramatic promenade through Venice,” it also had a “soap opera quality that, while not haunting, [could] bring tears to the eyes of many” and perhaps account for “boxoffice at home.” That prediction proved accurate, as THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN quickly became one of 1970’s top grossers in Italy. But not so in the U.S., where most critics agreed with Newsday’s Jerry Parker that “what we get is an expensive tour of Venice” burdened with “sometimes irreverent commentary (“My God the water stinks.”) and a plot that reminded one of “a kind of Venetian LOVE STORY.”
In fact, a number of critics compared the film to LOVE STORY, even though THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN was produced first. The Village Voice called it “a mongoloid offspring of LOVE STORY and DEATH IN VENICE.” Cue magazine’s William Wolf said “Even the music to this intended tearjerker has the familiar ring of the theme from LOVE STORY.” But in a mixed notice, the New York Daily News’ Kathleen Carroll declared that a comparison to LOVE STORY was “unfair.” “There is nothing mawkish about this film, nor is it the sleek, well-manufactured tearjerker that LOVE STORY was,” she wrote. Carroll particularly liked Florinda Bolkan, whom she called “the film’s greatest asset . . . who with her striking—if not beautiful—features looks like a woman who has suffered through loving well, if not wisely.”
Those critics who didn’t compare the film to LOVE STORY just found THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN to be “completely worthless” (Roger Ebert) and “bad enough to be quite funny” (Vincent Canby).
The most appreciated aspect of the film has been its Stelvio Cipriani score, which has been released on CD many times. The film itself was released on a hard-to-find cassette in 2000, and on an even-harder-to-find PAL DVD, that had no English-subtitles.
A film I have never seen. As far as I am aware it didn't get a release in Ireland and I don't think it was shown in the UK either? The music by Cipriani is very nice and this latest reissue seems to be worth getting, especially for anyone who doesn't already have it of course.
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youtube clips wont give an indication of the CD sound quality, and in terms of content, they might not reflect the original score as some foreign films were re-scored in USA.
Hi, Last Child.
YouTube has a video on each track from this Digitmovies CD, so if you haven't already gotten SEDDOK/LYCANTHROPUS you can explore some more...
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