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ARTIST
TITLE
La Banda Del Gobbo
FORMAT
CD

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CDDM 084CD CDDM 084CD
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RELEASE DATE
10/5/2018

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.