Digitmovies continues its journey into the Peplum genre by releasing on CD for the first time ever, as Volume XXI of the series, the complete OST by Mario Nascimbene (Milan, 1913 - Rome, 2002) for the film “Le Baccanti” (aka “The Bacchantes”), based on the tragedy by Euripides, directed in 1961 by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Pierre Brice, Alberto Lupo, Akim Tamiroff, Taina Elg, Alessandra Panaro. The goddess Minerva is angry with the city of Thebes so that she drained their wells. King Pentheus (Lupo) decides to make a human sacrifice and therefore chooses the daughter of the prophet Tiresias (Tamiroff) called Manto (Panaro), but the god Dionysus (Brice), who takes pity on her, rescues her. Meanwhile Pentheus discovers that his servant Lacdamo (Mattioli) is destined to become king on the grounds of a prophecy: the man is arrested, but nevertheless the prophecy fulfills itself and Lacdamo will marry Manto. Mario Nascimbene, the great experimenter of new sounds with his prodigious invention of the Mixerama, was one of the first Italian composers for whom the doors of Hollywood opened during the 50s by scoring movies like “Alexander the Great”, “ The Vikings”, “Solomon and Sheba”, “The Barefoot Contessa” and who was very prolific in our country. For our CD (42:22) we used every note recorded in the mono master tapes of the original sessions. For “Le Baccanti” the composer has written an epic and mystical theme for orchestra and chorus for the beginning which then develops into a frantic hunt for strings that accompanies the dance of the Bacchantes during the Main Title (Tr.1). This motif alternates with some ballets in honor of Dionysus (Tr.2, Tr.7, Tr.14) as well as with suspense and mystery music (Tr. 3, Tr.8, Tr.10, Tr.16). A proper rescue and preservation of the Italian Silver Age as a tribute to the musical art of the great Mario Nascimbene. ＊レーベルより抜粋
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01. LE BACCANTI (Seq.1-Titoli) 2:19 02. LE BACCANTI (Seq.2) 2:16 03. LE BACCANTI (Seq.3) 2:03 04. LE BACCANTI (Seq.4) 4:15 05. LE BACCANTI (Seq.5) 0:32 06. LE BACCANTI (Seq.6) 2:59 07. LE BACCANTI (Seq.7) 1:23 08. LE BACCANTI (Seq.8) 1:32 09. LE BACCANTI (Seq.9) 2:11 10. LE BACCANTI (Seq.10) 2:33 11. LE BACCANTI (Seq.11) 0:40 12. LE BACCANTI (Seq.12) 3:51 13. LE BACCANTI (Seq.13) 2:14 14. LE BACCANTI (Seq.14) 3:15 15. LE BACCANTI (Seq.15) 2:48 16. LE BACCANTI (Seq.16) 3:46 17. LE BACCANTI (Seq.17 - Finale) 3:04
ジョルジオ・フェローニ監督（「荒野の１ドル銀貨」）によるギリシャ神話を、映画化した史劇。オリジナル・サウンドトラック完全盤で世界初リリース！
トラックリスト神々が、地上に降りていた大昔、ギリシャの若き神バッカス（ピエール・ブリス）は多くの巫女を従え、人間の姿をかりて各地を遍歴した後、生れ故郷テーベに向った。テーベ王ペンテオは母アガヘにそそのかされて、バッカスを酒と狂宴によって人々を惑わすペテン師と断じ、バッカス崇拝を固く禁じていた。さて、テーベにバッカスが着いたのは、長い旱魃によって人間が喘いでいた最中で、盲目の予言者ティレシアは、この異変こそ王の不遜と罪悪に怒ったバッカスの神罰だと告げた。王は神の怒りを鎮めるためティレシアの娘マントをいけにえに捧げようと決意した。皇太后のアガベは「王位の正統な継承者である若きラクダモ（ラフ・マッティオーリ）が恋人のマントと結婚すれば、ペンテオ王の運命は破滅に陥るであろう」とある女予言者から聞いていたので、マントを亡きものにして自分たちの安泰を図ろうと策動したわけだ。ラクダモは愛するマントを救うべく、近く王妃となる美女ディルチェ（タイナ・エルグ）にマントの命乞を王にとりなして貰うよう頼んだ。が、王は聞き容れなかった。ディールチェはマントを救うことができるのはバッカス以外にないとティレシアから聞かされた。ある夜、バッカスのいる山の巨大な洞窟の前でディルチェや娘たちの踊りが最高潮に達した時、忽然と一人の美青年が現われ、マントの救出を約してくれた。果たせるかな、神殿前の広場でいけにえに儀式が始められた折も折、物凄い稲妻とともに豪雨になった。そして、ラクダモがマントを助け、チローネ山中に逃れた。一方、ディルチェは美青年こそ実はバッカスと知り、せめて彼の身辺にいたいものと、巫女になった。チローネ山に攻め入った王の軍勢はディルチェたち巫女の反撃に遭って全滅、王もラクダモの正義の剣に斃れた。任務を終えたバッカスは神々の世界に戻り、王位についたラクダモはマントと結ばれた。出演：タイナ・エルグ、ピエール・ブリス。1961年伊。
Digitmovies continues its journey into the Peplum genre by releasing on CD for the first time ever, as Volume XXI of the series, the complete OST by Mario Nascimbene (Milan, 1913 - Rome, 2002) for the film “Le Baccanti” (aka “The Bacchantes”), based on the tragedy by Euripides, directed in 1961 by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Pierre Brice, Alberto Lupo, Akim Tamiroff, Taina Elg, Alessandra Panaro. The goddess Minerva is angry with the city of Thebes so that she drained their wells. King Pentheus (Lupo) decides to make a human sacrifice and therefore chooses the daughter of the prophet Tiresias (Tamiroff) called Manto (Panaro), but the god Dionysus (Brice), who takes pity on her, rescues her. Meanwhile Pentheus discovers that his servant Lacdamo (Mattioli) is destined to become king on the grounds of a prophecy: the man is arrested, but nevertheless the prophecy fulfills itself and Lacdamo will marry Manto. Mario Nascimbene, the great experimenter of new sounds with his prodigious invention of the Mixerama, was one of the first Italian composers for whom the doors of Hollywood opened during the 50s by scoring movies like “Alexander the Great”, “ The Vikings”, “Solomon and Sheba”, “The Barefoot Contessa” and who was very prolific in our country. For our CD (42:22) we used every note recorded in the mono master tapes of the original sessions. For “Le Baccanti” the composer has written an epic and mystical theme for orchestra and chorus for the beginning which then develops into a frantic hunt for strings that accompanies the dance of the Bacchantes during the Main Title (Tr.1). This motif alternates with some ballets in honor of Dionysus (Tr.2, Tr.7, Tr.14) as well as with suspense and mystery music (Tr. 3, Tr.8, Tr.10, Tr.16). A proper rescue and preservation of the Italian Silver Age as a tribute to the musical art of the great Mario Nascimbene. ＊レーベルより抜粋
01. LE BACCANTI (Seq.1-Titoli) 2:19
02. LE BACCANTI (Seq.2) 2:16
03. LE BACCANTI (Seq.3) 2:03
04. LE BACCANTI (Seq.4) 4:15
05. LE BACCANTI (Seq.5) 0:32
06. LE BACCANTI (Seq.6) 2:59
07. LE BACCANTI (Seq.7) 1:23
08. LE BACCANTI (Seq.8) 1:32
09. LE BACCANTI (Seq.9) 2:11
10. LE BACCANTI (Seq.10) 2:33
11. LE BACCANTI (Seq.11) 0:40
12. LE BACCANTI (Seq.12) 3:51
13. LE BACCANTI (Seq.13) 2:14
14. LE BACCANTI (Seq.14) 3:15
15. LE BACCANTI (Seq.15) 2:48
16. LE BACCANTI (Seq.16) 3:46
17. LE BACCANTI (Seq.17 - Finale) 3:04