MATCHLESS (MISSION TOP SECRET)

For the first time available the complete Original Soundtrack of MATCHLESS, which includes the music composed by Ennio Morricone and the electronic tracks composed by Gino Marinuzzi Jr. MATCHLESS was directed in 1966 by Alberto Lattuada, starring Patrick O’Neal, Ira Von Furstemberg, Donald Pleasence, Henry Silva and Nicoletta Machiavelli.

In 1982 the monthly publication Quaderno 13, Circuito Cinema series, Ermanno Camuzio wrote that the tracks had been composed four hands by Ennio Morricone and Piero Piccioni. Later the municipality of Venice, the publisher of the series CIRCUIT CINEMA, published a new Quaderno 13 [1] with the additions and corrections desired by Ennio Morricone in the chapter titled “Response and motivation to the choices of Quaderno 13” by Ennio Morricone (p.4-5). Specifically, with regards to MATCHLESS, E. Morricone declared: Piero Piccioni non c'entra affatto (Piero Piccioni has to do nothing at all with it).

The director of Matchless - Alberto Lattuada - may sound familiar to you. That's because he co-directed Variety Lights with Federico Fellini in 1950 and has worked on numerous Italian and European films including Mafioso (1962) and Stay As You Are (1978) starring Marcello Mastroianni and Natassia Kinski in her first starring role. While Matchless is certainly not Lattuada's best work, it's still a lot of fun and more entertaining than most James Bond imitations. Not only does it boast a catchy music score by Ennio Morricone and Gino

Marinuzzi, Jr. but it features a wide range of interesting locations, spanning the globe from New York (glimpses from the top of the Pan Am building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the subway) to London to Munich.

The special effects are goofy (how about that scene where Arabella is carried down a corridor by the invisible 'Matchless'?) and Mike Myers of the Austin Powers films would love the pop-art opening credit sequence, set amid an array of multicolored test tubes and beakers filled with bubbling liquids.

De-Luxe booklet with 16 pages of rare archive photos and text in English and Italian.

16 Tracks
Total Time 34’39”