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Quartet Records in collaboration with Cinevox Records presents a collection of renowned Italian composer Franco Bixio that showcases four premiere scores on a 2-CD set.
Track ListDirected by Italian actor Renzo Merusi, DESERTO DI FUOCO (1971) is a heist adventure film set in the Sahara Desert as outlaw El Marish (George Wang), smuggler Jean (Giuseppe Addobbati) and tagalong girlfriend Juana (Edwige Fenech) get mixed up in an illegal weapons deal. Bixio’s music relies heavily on exotic percussion to represent the African setting and tops it off with a memorable main theme and several cues sprinkled with Edda dell’Orso’s voice. The killer main title has been included in several compilations, but this is the first official presentation of the surviving score, arranged and conducted by Roberto Pregadio.
ISTANTANEA PER UN DELITTO (1975), directed by Arthur Saxon (aka Mario Imperoli), is an erotic thriller about a down-on-his-luck gigolo whose obsession with taking S&M-inspired photographs gets him into trouble and leads to him being charged with a crime he has no recollection of committing. The unique soundtrack features a collection of songs composed by Franco Bixio (two of them in collaboration with Franco Micalizzi) and recorded by the British-Italian band Motowns for a rare LP released in 1971. For this film, the composer reused these songs and augmented them with a handful of cues?previously unreleased?written specifically for the film.
Rino Di Silvestro’s DIARIO SEGRETO DA UN CARCERE FEMMINILE (1974) (aka WOMEN IN CELL BLOCK 7) is one of the cornerstones of women-in-prison movies, featuring cult actress Anita Strindberg going undercover in a jail in order to clear her father’s name in a heroin deal gone wrong. Bixio’s catchy and bloomy score has been released on LP before, but this first CD edition is expanded to include previously unreleased bonus tracks.
Finally, Claudio Racca’s IL TUO PIACERE E IL MIO (1973), starring Ewa Aulin, Barbara Bouchet, Sylva Koscina and Lionel Stander, is a ribald sex comedy inspired on the one hand by Honore de Balzac’s short stories and on the other hand by Pasolini’s way of retelling classic tales of folk culture with a strong erotic bend. In this, the score’s premiere release, we hear Bixio’s personal interpretation of Baroque court music with a tuneful comedic twist, plus a special song performed by the composer himself.
These four scores are presented on two discs produced and mastered by Claudio Fuiano from original master tapes courtesy of Cinevox. The richly illustrated 16-page booklet contains liner notes by Gergely Hubai discussing each film and score in detail. Limited 300 copies. ---from the label.
DISC 1
DESERTO DI FUOCO (1971)
1. Deserto di Fuoco (titoli) (2:07)
2. Deserto di Fuoco (agguato) (1:40)
3. Deserto di Fuoco (solitudine e nostalgia) (2:45)
4. Deserto di Fuoco (al buio tra le dune) (2:24)
5. Deserto di Fuoco (momento sexy) (4:00)
6. Deserto di Fuoco (caccia selvaggia) (3:17)
7. Deserto di Fuoco (epico beat) (2:04)
8. Deserto di Fuoco (ombre pericolose) (1:39)
9. Deserto di Fuoco (combattimento) (2:52)
10. Deserto di Fuoco (oasi) (2:23)
11. Deserto di Fuoco (in viaggio) (3:06)
12. Deserto di Fuoco (notturno) (2:22)
13. Deserto di Fuoco (finale) (2:07)
ISTANTANEA PER UN DELITTO (1975)
The original album
14. I want to Die (4:04)
15. Move On Out (3:12)
16. Wings of a Bird (3:51)
17. Promise (2:32)
18. My Sleeping Lady (2:41)
19. Eagle (3:33)
20. Back to My Baby (3:07)
21. My Kind of Loving (2:36)
22. Woman Pig (2:12)
23. A Trip Around the World (8:41)
Bonus tracks
24. Istantanea per un delitto (psichedelico ‘700) (1:29)
25. Istantanea per un delitto (shake) (3:20)
26. Istantanea per un delitto (sequenza ossessiva) (1:37)
27. Istantanea per un delitto (sequenza psichedelica) (3:07)
DISC 2
DIARIO SEGRETO DA UN CARCERE FEMMINILE (1974)
The original album
1. Daniela (2:03)
2. Shock (0:19)
3. Fuga in mi minore per un inseguimento (1:54)
4. Er carcere de Roma (2:20)
5. Contrasto di sensi (0:56)
6. Qualche volta un po’ d’amore (1:56)
7. Avvertimento (1:36)
8. Distensione (1:46)
9. Mamma Santissima (1:24)
10. Se manca la liberta’ (1:18)
11. Consiglio di mala (2:22)
12. Celle scure (2:35)
13. Circospezione (0:51)
14. Notte nel carcere (1:39)
15. Lettera da un carcere femminile (2:59)
16. Daniela (2:03)
Bonus tracks
17. Avvertimento (ansia oltre le sbarre) (2:42)
18. Lettera da un carcere femminile (versione voce e chitarra) (2:28)
19. Mamma Santissima (minacce) (2:54)
20. Celle scure (versione lunga) (4:19)
IL TUO PIACERE E’ IL MIO (1973)
21. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (titoli) (3:00)
22. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (al castello) (1:01)
23. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (desir d’amour) (0:34)
24. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (corteggiamento) (1:33)
25. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (momento sacro) (1:22)
26. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (dichiarazione) (1:42)
27. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (belle dame) (1:25)
28. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (momento militare) (1:11)
29. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (saltarello) (1:18)
30. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (effusioni) (2:08)
31. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (dolcezza) (1:22)
32. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (incontro d’amore) (2:05)
33. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (piaceri proibiti) (4:48)
34. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (teneri baci) (0:52)
35. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (titoli di coda) (2:04)
36. Il tuo piacere e’ il mio (titoli di coda alternativi) (2:56)