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DGST 040CD
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Digitmovies release, for the first time as a complete edition on CD, Marcello Giombini's soundtrack for the horror film Enter The Devil ("L'Ossessa") (1974). Giombini (July 8, 1928 Rome-December 12, 2003 Assisi) experimented with symphonic music, electronic music and also religious music with a rock beat during his career. For cinema he wrote numerous soundtracks including the well-known ones from the Sabata trilogy of spaghetti westerns, for the cult horror film Antropophagus (1980) and the main score for the Italo-German science fiction film Mission Stardust (1967). For the present CD the mono master tapes (with the exception of two tracks in stereo) from the original recording session were used. The composer wrote an experimental electronic soundtrack with gloomy and dramatic passages as well as female voices for the satanic litanies and demonic sabbaths. The evil atmosphere is broken up by enjoyable pieces such as a samba and the recurring "Tema dell'ossessa", an extremely lyrical and sad motif. Edition of 300.
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CDDM 265CD
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2014 release. Digitmovies release for the first time on CD, Marcello Giombini's original soundtrack for the film Le Sette Fatiche Di Alì Babà ("The Seven Tasks Of Ali Baba). For this CD, Digitmovies were able to use the mono master tapes of the original recording. The author composed a recurring main score in a Middle Eastern Arabian Nights style, alternating between suspenseful music and music with violent and dramatic motifs for the battle scenes. Giombini transforms the main melody into a delicate and exotic love theme, contrasting with the exciting action scenes. Directed in 1962 by Emimmo Salvi, the film starred Rod Flash (real name Iloosh Khoshabe), Bella Cortez, Furio Meniconi, Salvatore Furnari, Omero Gargano, Aristide Massari, Mario Polleti, Yvonne Sire, Amedeo Trilli, and Liliana Zagra. In the city of Sesame, Ali Baba is ordered to bring a golden crown to King Hassam. Hassam and his people have been taken over by the tyrant Mustafa. In order to save his people, Hassam must bring him the city's treasure-the crown, but Ali Baba refuses to do it. He goes to the tyrant to try to bargain but is arrested and tortured. He is able to escape thanks to Loto, Hassam's daughter, who helps him flee. Ali Baba then gets an army together and hides them in the "Valley of the Shadows" to wait for Mustafa. Mustafa is defeated and held prisoner and Ali Baba is finally able to be with Loto.
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FD 5008CD
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2015 release. Fifth Dimension present a reissue of Marcello Giombini's Astromusic Synthesizer, originally released in 1981. Another great synthesizer artist and pioneer, this time from Italy, Giombini's work date back to the early '60s and maybe even beyond considering he was born in 1928. In the mid-to-late '60s, he became quite active in the field of western movie soundtracks. Astromusic Synthesizer is a concept album on the zodiac signs and the music it contains could not be more diverse. The elements that unite all the tunes are the entirely synthetic, yet warm analog sound and the surreal, spaced-out atmosphere. Several different basic genres deliver the inspiration from which Marcello Giombini forms his melodies, harmony patterns, and rhythm structures. There are tunes you will easily recognize as pop songs with a typical '60s approach, concerning the melody writing, there are baroque elements, and even pure soundscapes that make you feel like being trapped in the interior of a thinking machine. The synthetic sound adds a futuristic shine to each composition. The mood changes are dramatic: You will float down a peaceful river of dreams at one point and then become swallowed by a vortex of musical fury that projects a galactic battle before your third eye. Indeed, the whole album could work as a soundtrack for an epic science fiction movie whose story drags you far out into space. If you love movies such as The Black Hole (1979) and enjoy the compositions of other synthesizer heroes such as Mort Garson, you will treat Astromusic Synthesizer as a precious musical treasure. Fans of '70s synthesizer music should give this a listen.
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MGLP 101LP
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Mondo Groove present a reissue of Marcello Giombini's Computer Disco, originally released in 1982. Computer Disco is the greatest Euro-synth, disco album of early '80s and now it's finally being reissued by Mondo Groove. Computer Disco is the most Kraftwerk-ian Italian production. Marcello Giombini was a pioneer of early sequencers and on this cult LP, he produced cheesy, cosmic synth pop, with a little bit of Italo disco mixed in. Every fan of '70s/'80s synthesizer music and electronic DJs should put this in their collection. Original artwork restored.
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