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THE STATUE
Music Composed and Conducted by Riz Ortolani
Limited edition of 350 units
Quartet Records presents the premiere release of great Riz Ortolani comedy gem!. Directed by Rod Amateau in 1971, starring David Niven, Virna Lisi, Robert Vaughn and John Cleese.
Based on the play of Australian playwright Alex Coppel, The Statue tells the story of Alex Bolt (Niven), a British linguist whose development of a universal language makes him an international sensation and the recipient of a Nobel prize. Ambitious diplomat Roy Whiteley commissions Bolt’s wife to sculpt a statue of her husband which can be erected at a London square, but the 18-foot nude of the linguist poses a special challenge...
The score of The Statue is a breezy affair spearheaded by its title song "Charlie" whose instrumental version opens the CD. The insane globetrotting affair is augmented by similarly colorful cues, making this score Riz Ortolani's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Highlights include Alex’s futile attempts at taking a few photos during a boat trip (Seq. 4) and the Zorba-inspired sirtaki cue for our hero’s trip to the Meteora monasteries in Greece (Seq. 7).
This albums marks the first ever release of this short but catchy score, containing the album mock-up prepared by Maestro Ortolani himself in 1971, but it had finally never released. Mastered by Claudio Fuiano from the stereo album tapes, courtesy of The Riz Ortolani Estate, with a pristine sound. The 8-page full color booklet features liner notes by Gergely Hubai discussing the film and the score.
This album is now on stock. For order, more info and listen audio samples, please visit www.quartetrecords.com
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Having recently gotten The Statue, I can now speculate that this item would have most likely surfaced onto GDM had that label not ceased issuing non-Morricone titles after 2014.
The Statue continued to remain in the pipeline of the mini-Ortolani (posthumous) revival,
though I guess that Quartet either inherited the album masters from Dell-Orso or else emerged as the most successful bidder.
As for the music, Ortolani gratefully avoids any cartoonish mickey-mousing and each cue comes across as an easy listening number (not unlike an album of Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass).
If one likes brassy instrumentals with some ethnic flavorings, then one should not bypass The Statue.
[FYI, The Statue is no longer erected @ Intrada  ]
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Not seen the film zardoz, it was rare for italian thrillers to make uk tv in the 70s let alone a comedy/farce.
Im seriously captivated by virna lisi and ive never been disappointed by an ortolani score ive heard - he is a much better composer than his existing status among the usual italian composers.
Valachi papers is the one im waiting for.
Equally this sounds great - despite the fact the plot is a little odd.
Its also known among cd producers that italian comedies, non morricone, are the kiss of death saleswise so kudos to quartet, as you say, for this release.
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Any easily-offended thin-skins wish to take apart THE STATUE by Riz Ortolani?
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And judging from their expressions and the angle of the statue's leg, he seems a bit small!
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And judging from their expressions and the angle of the statue's leg, he seems a bit small!
He could be erect!
Only if dresses tongue right
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