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QR 457CD
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Quartet Records, in collaboration with Gruppo Sugar, presents the CD premiere of the delicious Detto Mariano comedy score for the Maurizio Nichetti classic, Ratataplan (1979). The film was written and directed by Maurizio Nichetti, whose specialization was pantomime acting and who also stars in the film. The wordless movie stars Nichetti as Colombo, an engineer who is known for coming up with unusual solutions to problems. In a number of colorful vignettes, you see him invent brilliant contraptions such as a breakfast machine, the secret of eternal life and even a dancing robot. The score composed by Detto Mariano is as colorful as Colombo's inventions. The main theme is a vocal duet, reflecting on the film's optimistic message that even an oddball like the hero can find a mate. Colorful source cues for the flats around Colombo's loft are augmented with great music for the film's memorable set pieces, including a theatrical performance where a cardboard piano comes to life and a couple of infectious disco songs to which the dancing robot can jam. CAM released a 33-minute LP in 1979; for this edition, the program has expanded to offer the complete score. Mastered by Claudio Fuiano from stereo session master tapes provided by Gruppo Sugar. Comes in a richly illustrated package featuring liner notes by Gergely Hubai that discuss both film and score.
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DDJ 021DLX-CD
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After Il Ragazzo Di Campagna another release dedicated to maestro Detto Mariano, with this CD release featuring two unreleased soundtracks, La Casa Stregata and Mia Moglie E' Una Strega. Two movies with a common male protagonist, Renato Pozzetto, facing some esoteric plots, in the former movie in a bewitched mansion, in the latter having married a right a witch. Co-star gorgeous Gloria Guida and beautiful Eleonora Giorgi. Two scores waited since a long time by maestro's fans, finally available in full displaying the typical sound of this never too much celebrated artist, unfortunately recently late, to whom Beat Records dedicate this release. The music of La Casa Stregata and Mia Movlie E' Una Strega are in jewel case with a 16-page deluxe booklet, liner notes by Andrea Morandi, master by Claudio Fuiano, graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini.
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MPI 004LP
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Musica Per Immagini present the first vinyl release of Detto Mariano's Delitto Al Ristorante Cinese, the second original soundtrack in the so-called "delitti" series. It's another classic iteration of the crime-comedy films that came out of the partnership between director Bruno Corbucci and actor Tomas Milian, a special connection that had started with the great success of Squadra Antiscippo (1976) and was followed by eleven more pictures, all centered on the character of Nico Giraldi, a former criminal who, while having become a cop, was unwilling to give up his in your face attitude and the Roman slang of the city's thieves. The score by the Italian composer is a mix of sounds characterized by a unique investigation of musical timbre. Nine tracks that cross the entire sound spectrum: electronic pulses, funk rhythms, jazz, and Mediterranean sounds, and some oriental atmospheres.
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DDJ 020DLX-CD
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Il Ragazzo Di Campagna is the first of a series of tributes that Beat Records will release to honor the career of the famous composer, Detto Mariano. This CD features the brilliant complete score, mastered by Enrico De Gemini. On the cover is the original poster of the movie, with Renato Pozzetto on his tractor with his girlfriend. Includes 16-page booklet edited by Daniele De Gemini featuring his own liner notes.
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DDJ 4502EP
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Beat Records present this 7" vinyl to celebrate, and not forget, maestro Detto Mariano, who unfortunately passed away in this awful 2020. Il Ragazzo Di Campagna is the first of a series of tributes that the label realize to honor the famous composer's career. This 7" features the brilliant main titles on the A side, and a disco version on the B side, sung by the OST vocalist, Patrizia Tapparelli. Il Ragazzo Di Campagna is the mandatory choice to start with this memory flux Beat Records dedicate to the artist, one of the most iconic movie from the glorious '80s, with a delightful score, also available in a complete edition on CD. The cover features the original poster of the movie, on the front and on the vinyl; on the back cover is a photograph of Renato Pozzetto on his tractor in Milan downtown. Mastering by Enrico De Gemini. Graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini. Includes an extra print of the cover, numbered and on deluxe paper. Green and white vinyl; edition of 400 (numbered).
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PNY 3305LP
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1983's Amore tossico (Toxic Love) is a legendary cult film, a stark and unflinching look at Italy's "junkie generation." Director Claudio Caligari approached the film more like a documentary than a work of fiction, casting recovering junkies as his actors; Caligari "imagined it more as a straight-up visual ethnography, hyperreal, replete with humor in the most grotesque situations -- like life." Accompanying Caligari's stark imagery and story is the soundtrack by Detto Mariano -- a prolific composer, arranger, and pianist -- who wrote the entirety of the score on his Fairlight Series IIx, a now-revered synthesizer that had just been released in 1983. The sound is therefore scary and up-to-date, a true companion to the vivid and rough imagery of the movie. This led the composer to a brand-new level of engagement; the machine is the tool, hence the music becomes something like the Italian answer to the industrial revolution. Coming from an academic background, Detto Mariano knew little of industrial music, but in fact Amore tossico can easily be associated with such pioneers of the genre as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire. The soundtrack is dark, angular, harsh, and -- just at times -- funky, rivalling the intensity of Carpenter's The Thing (1982) or Throbbing Gristle's Heathen Earth (IRL 004CD/LP, 1980). Never before available on any format, this soundtrack has been mastered from the original tapes and is now available as a deluxe 140-gram LP in a gatefold sleeve with a bonus CD of the entire album plus a reproduction of the original film poster.
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