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La Settima Donna (1978), also known as The Last House On The Beach, is a disturbing thriller directed by Franco Prosperi and set in a secluded cottage overlooking the Tyrrhenian sea, starring Florinda Bolkan, in the role of Sister Cristina, governess of five female students on a short vacation, rehearsing their Shakesperean end-of-year play. Roberto Pregadio's brilliant music is not surprisingly, functional and almost disconnected from the bloody images: there is no overwhelming sense of disturbance for the listener. The soundtrack of La Settima Donna was published only once, in CD format, attached to the rare DVD of the film, gaining new life on vinyl thanks to Musica Per Immagini. Some of the eleven tracks of the score are characterized by an easy listening mood and united by a psychedelic feel, in harmony with the progressive atmospheres found in albums such as A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) and Meddle (1971) by Pink Floyd. However, the English band is not the only reference for the jazz pianist, who quotes a piece by Bryan Ferry, entrusting it to the voice of Ray Lovelock, one of the three kidnappers. After that, the Sicilian composer remodels an international hit by Donna Summer, background of the sequence in which the nun is forced to strip naked in front of her tormentors.
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CDDM 185CD
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2011 release. Digitmovies release, for the first time on CD, Roberto Pregadio's score for the comic western movie Franco E Ciccio Sul Sentiero Di Guerra (aka "Paths Of War") directed in 1969 by Aldo Grimaldi and starring Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Renato Baldini, Adler Gray, Joseph P. Persaud, Turam Quibo, Stelvio Rosi, Gianni Solaro, Lino Banfi, Salvatore Campochiaro, and Wolff Fischer. Franco and Ciccio, both soldiers of the Bourbon army in Sicily, are forced to flee when Garibaldi's soldiers arrive. After being hidden in an unsent box at an export company, the two friends are shipped to America. They join up the American army and busily fight Indians. Then, after having made nothing but troubles and having abandoned the army, they run away into the desert. Finally, they accept to marry the daughters of an Indian chief and to join the tribe. In 1969 Cinevox Record released a vinyl album which contained 16 selections in mono. For the realization of this CD, Digitmovies used the mono master tapes of the recording sessions and discovered nine unreleased tracks. They properly digitally restored and remastered the original tapes. Roberto Pregadio has written a very charming score alternating dramatic symphonic music with funny motifs where also the marranzano (Jew's harp) is featured, accompanied by the electric guitar in a lounge style, as adequate background for the two unforgettable Sicilian comedians. This CD wants to be a sincere tribute to the art of Roberto Pregadio, Franco Franchi, and Ciccio Ingrassia.
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