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A catalog such as Beat Records, with its roots in the '60s may have a difficult logistic. Beat Records changed many times head quarter up to moving to Via Filippo Nicolai 16 from the late '80s up to nowadays. Such a company catalog, sensibly grown during 55 years of life, was always needing more space and so, recently, the label decided to find a new place where to agglomerate various storages spread through Rome. What does all the above things have to do with They Call Him Trinity? A lot, while archiving some tapes in order to prepare our forthcoming transfer, the label found them. Six 24-track master tapes belonging to the original recording session. Priceless material stored in crates in a corner, still there to be archived since a preceding moving. A brief e-mail exchange with our co-publishers of Carosello, a meeting in Milan with Adriana Branchini and Dario Giovannini, to get their support and they proceeded with this recovery project. The first release of this score is dated January 1971, this 2021 December the 50th year will expire. With all due precautions Beat Records transferred the tapes and organized a remastering session in Trafalgar studios, Enrico De Gemini experience, responsible of West catalog, guided the recovery and restoration. Surprises weren't late, the recording was perfect, the crisp sound could be remastered in a brilliant stereo. One of the most beloved Western soundtracks of all time is going to live a second youth with a great dynamic, not saturated, the various ingredients and still tasting the mixed amazing resulting effect. And there is a lot of unreleased material, an amazing deguello version featuring a trumpet instead of the flugelhorn, a beautiful alternate version of "Di Fronte Ai Killers", of "Un Cowboy e Due Ragazze", and a lot of unreleased takes of "Trinity's Valley" in which Franco De Gemini harmonica is prominent. Mastering by Enrico De Gemini; graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini.
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LP version. 180 gram color vinyl. A catalog such as Beat Records, with its roots in the '60s may have a difficult logistic. Beat Records changed many times head quarter up to moving to Via Filippo Nicolai 16 from the late '80s up to nowadays. Such a company catalog, sensibly grown during 55 years of life, was always needing more space and so, recently, the label decided to find a new place where to agglomerate various storages spread through Rome. What does all the above things have to do with They Call Him Trinity? A lot, while archiving some tapes in order to prepare our forthcoming transfer, the label found them. Six 24-track master tapes belonging to the original recording session. Priceless material stored in crates in a corner, still there to be archived since a preceding moving. A brief e-mail exchange with our co-publishers of Carosello, a meeting in Milan with Adriana Branchini and Dario Giovannini, to get their support and they proceeded with this recovery project. The first release of this score is dated January 1971, this 2021 December the 50th year will expire. With all due precautions Beat Records transferred the tapes and organized a remastering session in Trafalgar studios, Enrico De Gemini experience, responsible of West catalog, guided the recovery and restoration. Surprises weren't late, the recording was perfect, the crisp sound could be remastered in a brilliant stereo. One of the most beloved Western soundtracks of all time is going to live a second youth with a great dynamic, not saturated, the various ingredients and still tasting the mixed amazing resulting effect. And there is a lot of unreleased material, an amazing deguello version featuring a trumpet instead of the flugelhorn, a beautiful alternate version of "Di Fronte Ai Killers", of "Un Cowboy e Due Ragazze", and a lot of unreleased takes of "Trinity's Valley" in which Franco De Gemini harmonica is prominent. Mastering by Enrico De Gemini; graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini.
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Digitmovies release the original soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi for the film Brothers Till We Die (original title La Banda Del Gobbo). Franco Micalizzi composed and conducted one of his most iconic OSTs for the crime drama genre with this soundtrack. Within the soundtrack emerges a recurring main theme, using a Moog synthesizer, that is then developed by an energetic woodwind section. It is then reprised in slow and fast versions. There is plenty of instrumental dance music and a romantic ballad with vocals. The leitmotif is alternated with suspenseful phrases written for strings. Directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi, the film stars: Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Isa Danieli, Sal Borgese, Luciano Catenacci, Francesco D'Adda, Sandra Cardini, Guido Leontini, Mario Piave, Jimmy il Fenomeno, Solvy Stubing. After Almost Human, Umberto Lenzi returns to crime drama with Brothers Till We Die, once again starring the Cuban actor Tomas Millian. Here the actor plays both the roles of the twin brothers: one brother is the ferocious "hunchback" and the other is a likeable swindler called "monnezza" who lives in the suburbs of Rome. The first is a ruthless criminal, the second a soft-hearted thief. During a robbery, the hunchback's partners betray him and he is forced to hide out at his friend's house. He then begins implementing his plan to take revenge. When the police are not able to find the hunchback's hiding place, they turn to his twin brother. During a dangerous car chase, the hunchback's car swerves and ends up in the Tiber River ... but the corpse is never found.
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For the first time on CD, the complete original soundtrack for Italia A Mano Armata by the great maestro Franco Micalizzi. An excellent score by the maestro that for this movie created a polyhedral soundtrack with a good deal of funk, whose powerful energy is given by the brass section of the orchestral. Included is the track "The No Peace Pursuit", selected by director Quentin Tarantino, included in the soundtrack of Grindhouse (2007). If you love the '70s it's a soundtrack you can't miss! Included a 12-page booklet with a long interview (edited in English by John Bender) done by the critic/journalist Fabio Babini, Sandro Symeoni poster reproduction, and a lot of stills. 2020 restyled edition with alternate poster on the cover.
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For Da Corleone A Brooklyn, Franco Micalizzi composed and conducted an original soundtrack which contains all the elements of a genre that still has a large audience of loyal enthusiasts, even after decades. The nostalgic main theme is performed by an orchestra with wind and rhythms typical of this genre. It is introduced in the opening credits and reprised throughout the OST. There is no shortage of suspense or action music following the storyline and there are interventions with a marranzano (an instrument from Sicily). Maestro Micalizzi wrote a second recurring theme, a motif with a pop flavor which is reprised in several fast and slow orchestral versions. For this album, the stereo master tapes of the original recording session were used. Directed in 1979 by Umberto Lenzi, Da Corleone A Brooklyn stars: Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola, Laura Belli, Van Johnson, Biagio Pelligra, Venantino Venantini, Sonia Viviani, Tom Felleghy, Nando Marineo, Salvatore Billa, Giovanni Cianfriglia. After the assassination of Salvatore Santoro in Rome, commissioner Giorgio Berni is sent to Palermo to work on the case with the local commissioner Danova since there are good reasons to suspect that the mafia is involved. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Sturges of the New York Police Department stops a man who claims his name is Vito Ferrando, a suspected drug trafficker without a residence permit. Sturges sends a report to Palermo stating that Ferrando is actually the mafia boss Michele Barresi, a man who has repeatedly escaped the law. Barresi is cleared of charges for the crime in Rome, but people close to him are killed, including his girlfriend Liana Scala, and Francesco Santoro. One of the assassins, Salvatore Scalia, who is Liana's brother and Barresi's former trusted man, falls into the hands of the police during an armed conflict. Giorgio Berni obtains permission from his superiors to transfer the prisoner to America so that his testimony can be used to frame Barresi. The journey is full of dangers as the mafiosi try to eliminate the incriminating witness. Berni hides out at his ex-wife Paola's house and then manages to get to New York, but he cannot prevent Scalia's death. But Scalia has left a written testimony.
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LP version. For Da Corleone A Brooklyn, Franco Micalizzi composed and conducted an original soundtrack which contains all the elements of a genre that still has a large audience of loyal enthusiasts, even after decades. The nostalgic main theme is performed by an orchestra with wind and rhythms typical of this genre. It is introduced in the opening credits and reprised throughout the OST. There is no shortage of suspense or action music following the storyline and there are interventions with a marranzano (an instrument from Sicily). Maestro Micalizzi wrote a second recurring theme, a motif with a pop flavor which is reprised in several fast and slow orchestral versions. For this album, the stereo master tapes of the original recording session were used. Directed in 1979 by Umberto Lenzi, Da Corleone A Brooklyn stars: Maurizio Merli, Mario Merola, Laura Belli, Van Johnson, Biagio Pelligra, Venantino Venantini, Sonia Viviani, Tom Felleghy, Nando Marineo, Salvatore Billa, Giovanni Cianfriglia. After the assassination of Salvatore Santoro in Rome, commissioner Giorgio Berni is sent to Palermo to work on the case with the local commissioner Danova since there are good reasons to suspect that the mafia is involved. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Sturges of the New York Police Department stops a man who claims his name is Vito Ferrando, a suspected drug trafficker without a residence permit. Sturges sends a report to Palermo stating that Ferrando is actually the mafia boss Michele Barresi, a man who has repeatedly escaped the law. Barresi is cleared of charges for the crime in Rome, but people close to him are killed, including his girlfriend Liana Scala, and Francesco Santoro. One of the assassins, Salvatore Scalia, who is Liana's brother and Barresi's former trusted man, falls into the hands of the police during an armed conflict. Giorgio Berni obtains permission from his superiors to transfer the prisoner to America so that his testimony can be used to frame Barresi. The journey is full of dangers as the mafiosi try to eliminate the incriminating witness. Berni hides out at his ex-wife Paola's house and then manages to get to New York, but he cannot prevent Scalia's death. But Scalia has left a written testimony.
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LP version. Yellow vinyl. Digitmovies release the original soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi for the film Brothers Till We Die (original title La Banda Del Gobbo). Franco Micalizzi composed and conducted one of his most iconic OSTs for the crime drama genre with this soundtrack. Within the soundtrack emerges a recurring main theme, using a Moog synthesizer, that is then developed by an energetic woodwind section. It is then reprised in slow and fast versions. There is plenty of instrumental dance music and a romantic ballad with vocals. The leitmotif is alternated with suspenseful phrases written for strings. Directed in 1977 by Umberto Lenzi, the film stars: Tomas Milian, Pino Colizzi, Isa Danieli, Sal Borgese, Luciano Catenacci, Francesco D'Adda, Sandra Cardini, Guido Leontini, Mario Piave, Jimmy il Fenomeno, Solvy Stubing. After Almost Human, Umberto Lenzi returns to crime drama with Brothers Till We Die, once again starring the Cuban actor Tomas Millian. Here the actor plays both the roles of the twin brothers: one brother is the ferocious "hunchback" and the other is a likeable swindler called "monnezza" who lives in the suburbs of Rome. The first is a ruthless criminal, the second a soft-hearted thief. During a robbery, the hunchback's partners betray him and he is forced to hide out at his friend's house. He then begins implementing his plan to take revenge. When the police are not able to find the hunchback's hiding place, they turn to his twin brother. During a dangerous car chase, the hunchback's car swerves and ends up in the Tiber River ... but the corpse is never found.
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Digitmovies is releasing the original soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi for the film Merciless Man (original title Genova A Mano Armata). Franco Micalizzi wrote one of his best OSTs for the Poliziesco genre with this one (the main theme is one of Micalizzi's favorites and he often performs it live in concert with his orchestra Big Bubbling Band). The OST opens with the strong main score written for woodwinds and percussion, which is then reprised with different arrangements throughout the film. It is also alternated with moments of suspense. The violent urban jungle atmosphere is broken by "Sambamba", a sunny pop piece with a Latin sound written for choir and orchestra. For this album, the master tapes of the recording session were used. Directed in 1976 by Mario Lanfranchi, the film stars Tony Lo Bianco, Maud Adams, Adolfo Celi, Howard Ross, Barbara Vittoria Calori, Fiona Florence, Luigi Bonos. After being expelled from the CIA, an American ex-cop sets up a detective agency in Genoa. There he is known as "The American", although he has Sicilian origin. He is hired to investigate the seizure and murder of a famous ship owner and get back the billion lire requested as ransom. After numerous ups and downs, the detective manages to get to the murderer.
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LP version. Digitmovies is releasing the original soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi for the film Merciless Man (original title Genova A Mano Armata). Franco Micalizzi wrote one of his best OSTs for the Poliziesco genre with this one (the main theme is one of Micalizzi's favorites and he often performs it live in concert with his orchestra Big Bubbling Band). The OST opens with the strong main score written for woodwinds and percussion, which is then reprised with different arrangements throughout the film. It is also alternated with moments of suspense. The violent urban jungle atmosphere is broken by "Sambamba", a sunny pop piece with a Latin sound written for choir and orchestra. For this album, the master tapes of the recording session were used. Directed in 1976 by Mario Lanfranchi, the film stars Tony Lo Bianco, Maud Adams, Adolfo Celi, Howard Ross, Barbara Vittoria Calori, Fiona Florence, Luigi Bonos. After being expelled from the CIA, an American ex-cop sets up a detective agency in Genoa. There he is known as "The American", although he has Sicilian origin. He is hired to investigate the seizure and murder of a famous ship owner and get back the billion lire requested as ransom. After numerous ups and downs, the detective manages to get to the murderer.
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2011 release. Digitmovies presents for the first time on CD Franco Micalizzi's complete original soundtrack, in full stereo, by for the war movie Il Grande Attacco (aka "The Biggest Battle") directed in 1978 by Umberto Lenzi and starring an all-star cast: Giuliano Gemma, Henry Fonda, John Huston, Samantha Eggar, Stacy Keach, Helmut Berger, and Edwige Fenech. During the Olympic games of 1936 delegates from different countries meet in Germany and their fates will cross again during World War II: the German officer Roland, General Foster, an Irish professor, another German. At the end they all will die and only one American returns home to his wife and children. The scenario of war and the various human affairs are highlighted by the brilliant orchestral OST by Franco Micalizzi which Cinevox had issued on a vinyl album at the time of the film's release. For this CD Digitmovies have had access to the stereo master tapes of the original session that allowed the label to discover new material completely restored and digitally remastered with the full approval of the author. Micalizzi has composed a heroic march as main theme which gets alternated with dramatic themes and mysterious music commenting on the military actions. The harsh atmosphere of war is broken by the song "Winter In Berlin" performed by the beautiful voice of Maggie Mac Neal. A proper rescue and preservation for the delight of all fans of the legendary Umberto Lenzi and Franco Micalizzi.
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2007 release. After Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Può Sparare (1974) and Roma A Mano Armata (1976), Umberto Lenzi returns to the police movie genre with La Banda Del Gobbo (aka "Brother Till We Die") (1977) starring again Cuban actor Tomas Milian. Here the actor plays two roles: the very ferocious "Gobbo" (Hunchback) and the likeable scoundrel "Monnezza" (Garbage). The first one is a pitiless and merciless criminal while the second character is a good-hearted petty thief. During a robbery "Gobbo" is betrayed by his companions, forced to hide in a girlfriend's house where he prepares his ferocious plan of revenge. As police cannot discover Gobbo's hiding-place, they look up his twin brother Monnezza. During a spectacular chase, Gobbo's car skids and falls into the river Tiber. Nevertheless, his corpse remains undiscovered... Umberto Lenzi, a Tuscan director with an incredible activity of making movies of various genres (from giallo to police movies, from horror to cannibal movies) expertly directs this milestone of the Italian police movies genre. The action scenes in La Banda Del Gobbo proves his excellence in the genre and come of the best of his unforgettable career. Digitmovies present the second volume dedicated to the Italian police movies: for the very first time on record the complete original motion picture score by Franco Micalizzi, one of the most prolific composers of the Italian cinema. Micalizzi became famous around the world for his OST for the cult Western Lo Chiamavano Trinità (1970), but also for his other famous OST of "Poliziotteschi" (police movies) like Italia A Mano Armata (1976), Roma A Mano Armata (1976), Napoli Violenta (1976), Il Cinico, L'infame E Il Violento (1977). For La Banda Del Gobbo, Franco Micalizzi wrote a sparse, but effective score based on a main theme introduced by the electric piano then developed by Moog, brass, and percussions in a funky mood. This motif is reprised several times throughout the score, sometimes with slow, another time with fast renditions. Franco Micalizzi also composed suspense music for strings and various tracks of source music like a "Sirtaki", a disco music tune, a romantic ballad for voice and orchestra, church music for organ, and funeral music.
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2007 release. Digitmovies presents, for the first time on CD, two original scores composed and conducted by Franco Micalizzi: Sei Jellato Amico, Hai Incontrato Sacramento (aka "You're Jinxed, Friend, You've Met Sacramento) and I Due Volti Della Paura (aka "The Two Faces Of Terror"). These two OSTs were released on the top rare Pegaso Library Series. This CD was realized using the stereophonic master tape of the original 33 rpm albums that has been preserved in the RCA Archives until today. Sei Jellato Amico, Hai Incontrato Sacramento is a Western movie from 1972 directed by Giorgio Cristallini and starring American actor Ty Hardin. Following the huge theatrical and musical success of Lo Chiamavano Trinità, Franco Micalizzi was engaged to write the score for this motion picture. Like in the case of Trinità, Micalizzi blends the traditional symphonic orchestra with pop sound: the main theme is spiritual beat for orchestra and choir, pure pop concerning the use of brass and percussions. The theme is reprised with a burlesque. This OST features frequent participation of the extraordinary harmonica of Franco De Gemini as well as the incredible voice of Edda Dell'Orso. Distorted electric guitars accompany the trumpet in the melancholic Deguello evoking the atmosphere of Sergio Leone's cinema. The score is enriched with airy romantic themes, suspense and action music, folklore tunes, and with a fabulous gospel for solo male voice, choir, and orchestra. I Due Volti Della Paura is a 1972 giallo directed by Tullio Demicheli, starring Gorge Hilton, Luciana Paluzzi, Anita Strindberg, and Fernando Rey. During the early '70s many giallo movies were released in the theaters with music scores by Ennio Morricone and Bruno Nicolai. Franco Micalizzi composed an OST with sound typical for that period. After an introduction of a classical flavored adagio, the main theme is developed with a beat arrangement vocalized by Edda Dell'Orso. The main theme is then reprised with a romantic mood for organ, bass guitar, and orchestra, with a shake dancefloor version, in a fast "chase" with bongos and female voice, and as a slow adagio with Edda's voice. Apart from dissonant suspense themes, Micalizzi provided another classic flavored theme, but with beat arrangement vocalized by Edda. The OST concludes with a long track for liturgical organ and with an aggressive shake.
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2010 release. Digitmovies issuing for the first time on CD Franco Micalizzi's complete original soundtrack for the cult TV mini-series Albert E L'uomo Nero (aka "Albert And The Boogie Man") which had been broadcasted in three episodes by Italian television in 1976. The series was directed by Dino B. Partesano. While running in the country around a big villa close to Ravenna where he lives with his dad and his aunt Teresa, little Albert, a kid only ten-years-old, finds the corpse of his father's second wife near a canal. Albert is a child with a big imagination who through his fantasy and through games succeeds to fill all of the arid affective void around him and at the same to react to such a scary discovery. His real and recurrent nightmare is represented by the boogie man, a menacing figure whose face is covered with a ski mask and who by night smuggles into Albert's house. Only commissioner Gandini, who investigates into the murder of his stepmother, believes the kid who thanks to his details will let the policeman discover an unbelievable truth. In 1976 RCA had issued a 45rpm single with two tracks in full stereo by Franco Micalizzi. For this CD Digitmovies have used the original single stereo master tape and the complete mono master tapes vaulted in the RCA archives with all the music score written and recorded for the TV mini-series with the approval of the author himself. Micalizzi succeeded in creating the perfect musical atmosphere of the little protagonist by composing an OST with modern sounds (represented through the Moog keyboard performed by the author) with colors between pop and progressive, at the same time fascinating and macabre. The OST is based on two main themes which the composer reprises with continuous variations: "Albert E L'uomo Nero", with the typical giallo sound, as background music for the investigations about the mystery. And "Tema Di Albert", a sweet and nostalgic motif for the little protagonist with a lullaby flavor. Micalizzi has written suspense music where the strings are featured to describe all the macabre psychological darkness that surrounds the child, and also in pure police movie style. Besides the recent DVD which has given the chance to the youngest generation to discover this very good TV program, Dgitimovies sincerely wants to pay tribute to the excellent music score by Franco Micalizzi.
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2013 release. Digitmovies publish for the first time on CD Franco Micalizzi's original soundtrack, in full stereo, for Delitto A Porta Romana ("Crime In Porta Romana"). Directed in 1980 by Bruno Corbucci and starring Tomas Milian, Bombolo, Olimpia Di Nardo, Nerina Montagnani, Leo Cavero, Marina Frajese, Elio Crovetto, Franco Diogene, Elisabetta Odino, Aldo Ralli, Lino Patruno, Tony Scarf, Jimmy il Fenomeno, and Massimo Vanni. A petty thief called Venticello (Bombolo) is raiding a house in Milan Porta Romana when the owner's wife and her lover arrive. Venticello is hiding under a bed, on which, as well as the embrace, the murder of the woman takes place. The unfortunate thief can see a scar on the heel of the murderer, but in following flight he is stopped and charged with murder. The marshal Nico Giraldi (Milian), a friend of the suspect and awaiting the birth of his firstborn, is called to Milan to investigate the case, temporarily leaving his wife in Rome (Di Nardo), waiting to give birth, and the deaf grandmother (Montagnani). After a series of events, including a chase in the streets of Milan, Nico is finally able to find the killer. Delitto A Porta Romana is the seventh adventure of Nico Giraldi, the character created by Mario Amendola and Bruno Corbucci and played 11 times on the screen, from 1976 to 1984, by actor Cuban Tomas Milian. Like the previous films and the subsequent, Delitto A Porta Romana is a successful mix between the detective and the Italian comedy genres. To achieve the CD under the supervision of the composer himself, Digitmovies were able to access the stereo master tapes of the original recording session. Franco Micalizzi has written a main theme in funky style that alternates with a popular motif for the protagonist that the author develops and resumes as a relentless tarantella symphonic used for wild police chases. Do not miss out on the atmosphere of mystery and suspense typical of the genre.
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Yet another jewel reissued for the first time by Sonor Music Editions, originally released as a promo-only edition on the cult Pegaso label. This score was written in 1972 for the giallo film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring George Hilton, Luciana Paluzzi, and Anita Strindberg. A sleazy psychedelic lounge masterpiece featuring sinister and thrilling themes. Fine, intense atmospheres accompanied by magnificent vocals from the bewitching Edda dell'Orso, along with harpsichord, glistening e-piano vamps, phased flute, and amazing cinematic beats and breaks. Restored audio; pressed on high-quality 180-gram vinyl.
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