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Quartet Records is glad to present its new release
UN GENIO, DUE COMPARI, UN POLLO / SONNY & JED
Music Composed and Conducted by Ennio Morricone
Limited Edition of 500 units
Release date: 08/26/2014
Remastered reissue with two long out-of-print and hard-to-find Ennio Morricone pop comedy-western scores, composed during his final period of work in the genre.
Un genio, due compari, un pollo (aka The Genius, 1975) was produced by Morricone’s long-time partner Sergio Leone, directed by Damiano Damiani (L’isola di Arturo, Confessione di un commissario, Quien Sabe?) and starred Terence Hill and Miou-Miou. The score composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone is among one of his best efforts for the genre, full of different leitmotifs and themes, including the cue “Cavalcata…Per Elisa,” one of the most bizarre and remarkable pieces of music created by the Roman maestro.
La Banda J. & S. – Cronaca Criminale del Far West (aka Sonny & Jed, 1972), was directed by spaghetti-western maestro (and frequent Morricone collaborator) Sergio Corbucci (Il Mercenario, Il Grande Silenzio, Navajo Joe, I Crudeli) and starred Tomas Milian, Susan George and Telly Savalas. For this road-western about two outcast criminals running away from a bounty hunter, Morricone provided a short but consistently delightful score, dominated by a memorable main theme and featuring a beautiful love theme, played by the harmonica of Franco De Gemini.
Both scores have been previously issued on LP and CD (The Genius from the Hexacord label, and Sonny & Jed from Digitmovies), but each sold out quickly and has been out of print for years. Now, full remastered by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler from first-generation master tapes (courtesy of Sugar) these two essential westerns scores are reborn. The package includes a 16-page full color booklet with liner notes and a detailed cue-by-cue analysis by Randall D. Larson.
This title is available for order and shipping from now!. Please visit www.quartetrecords.com
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"La Banda J& S" wasn't exactly out of print I guess: the digitmovies edition is currently on sale @intermezzo. I think both editions will share the same tracklisting.
...on the other hand, "Un Genio" was in my top 3 reissue wish-list .
Great pairing as well: both scores rank among my favourites Morricone westerns.
"La Banda J&S" is out of print from the label for years. If any retail have stock copies is another matter.
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Aug 26, 2014 - 2:30 PM
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slint
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How about expanding FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE?
It would be nice if someone could explain why SEVEN GUNS FOR THE McGREGORS and SEVEN WOMEN FOR THE McGREGORS can't be released, but otherwise, I don't see a big difference between a re-issue and an expanded issue, especially some recent ones with just a few alternates. Still, I am not really into re-masters, mostly because every time they say "improved" sound, and I found that many times for Italian releases this is not really true (although I have no idea about that one, I'm sure Quartet have high standards). Of course I still view favourably the re-issue of out of print titles even if I already have them. In the last 3-4 years, it seems that labels are giving us the "final" edition of all Morricone soundtracks, with or without extra tracks, and it is kind of nice to check them off the list, assuming that it is all we are going to have.
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Aug 26, 2014 - 3:49 PM
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morrifan
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Still, I am not really into re-masters, mostly because every time they say "improved" sound, and I found that many times for Italian releases this is not really true (although I have no idea about that one, I'm sure Quartet have high standards).
To be fair, let's proceed carefully here in praising Italian releases from one label while questioning those from other labels: chances are Claudio Fuiano is the man behind ALL remasters :-)
I certainly trust the team of Claudio F. and Daniel W.
Of course I still view favourably the re-issue of out of print titles even if I already have them. In the last 3-4 years, it seems that labels are giving us the "final" edition of all Morricone soundtracks, with or without extra tracks, and it is kind of nice to check them off the list, assuming that it is all we are going to have.
This.
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Great release! I'm buyin'.
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The Genius contains quite a lot of unreleased music (including a short but superb 'deguello' piece
for guitar, trumpet and choir) so it would have been nice with an expanded CD release. Oh well.
The tapes with the recording session of The Genius are lost or destroy, nothing found in the Sugar or composer archives. The album version is the only available source. Sorry.
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Thanks!