2025年12月、グイド・デ・アンジェリスとエンツォ・カステラッリが同席したMusic Day Romaの会場にて、我々は作曲家と監督のサイン入り、わずか50枚限定の特別盤アナログ盤としてこのサウンドトラックを発表した。イベントでエンツォは、これまで隠そうとしたことのない、この映画に対する彼の並々ならぬ愛情を改めて明かしたが、その理由を理解するのは難しくない。（いつものように）卓越したインスピレーションに満ちた演出、彼の最も忠実なパートナーの一人であるフランコ・ネロの演技、優れたセンスと技巧で紡がれた物語そのもの、カリブ海を舞台とした設定、陰謀、水中での冒険、そして海の最も魅力的な捕食者の一つであるサメの存在??サメは戦闘シーンを含む多くの場面で、まるで本物の俳優のように演出されています。 エンツィーノ（父が彼をそう呼んでいた）がこの映画に抱く愛情の主な理由は、フランコ・ネロが演じていたキャラクターにノックアウトされるあの壮大なシーンにあると私は確信している。『シャーク・ハンター』の撮影現場で、あの驚くほど見事に撮影されたノックアウトパンチを食らわせたことについて、監督が友人を何度からかったことだろう。ジャンル映画を愛するすべての人にとって、これはまさにカルト的な名シーンであり、狂気じみたスコアが彩る素晴らしい映画の集大成となっている。このシーンは、私たちがなぜ今もなおジャンル映画を愛し、グイド＆マウリツィオ・デ・アンジェリスによる音楽を愛し続けているのかを、改めて思い出させてくれる。
Beat Records is proud to present the world premiere on CD of the complete original motion picture soundtrack for the movie Il cacciatore di squali, directed in 1979 by Enzo G. Castellari. Superstar Franco Nero is Mike Di Donato, an Italian-American with a mysterious past dominated by a terrible event from which he is probably fleeing, leads the life of a good savage on a deserted island with his own version of Friday, played by Marta Miller, the gorgeous Argentinian actress with a prolific career in genre cinema. There are obviously many differences between this and Defoe's Crusoe, as this is a contemporary story that merely takes some aesthetic inspiration from the aforementioned novel, mainly the isolation from civilization and immersion in nature. In this movie, we have a lot of modern-day elements such as the struggle against authoritarianism, technology, bullying attitudes from the not-too-specific organization with which Mike was employed, and the search for a lost treasure hidden inside a plane 120 meters below the surface of the ocean which apparently can only be retrieved by the protagonist. To accomplish this feat, Mike seeks the collaboration of Acapulco (Jorge Luke) and faces a series of inconveniences and hostility, with everything playing out in the presence of the sea's most dangerous predator. Also notable is the remarkable performance by the director as a mysterious killer who is operating in the background while evil (or would-be evil) criminals such as Ramon (Werner Pochat), Donovan (Michael Forest), and Gomez (Eduardo Fajardo) pursue their agenda aided by their minions.
The soundtrack was composed by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis during a deeply influential period in music history, as 1979 was the moment in which the disco music phenomenon was spreading like wildfire across the world, infusing every creative endeavor with its powerful energy, and the brothers Maestro were no exception. The main titles burst from the speakers with great skill, creating a musical transition from a quiet seaside scene into Mike's dynamic fight with a shark. Pulsating grooves, nervous guitars, derailing brasses, breaks artfully edited into sync, and the general musical tension creates a magnet for the spectator, glued onto the screen with both eyes and ears. We have plenty of orchestrations of this theme, literally everything. In one version, the rhythm section hits like Sylvester, another time with strings in the style of Sister Sledge, then here comes the brass as if it were a Bee Gees cue, but holy Mary, it's undeniably the De Angelis bros, and you recognize them in the details, accents, and overall orchestration. If only I had them here while writing these notes, I would hug them gratefully for the umpteenth fucking cool emotion popping up from this time capsule. Two other musical themes in the score lend a hand, one for lighter, more comedic situations and everyday life, and a series of tense electronic cues accentuated by a few live instruments.
In December 2025, during Music Day Roma in the presence of Guido De Angelis and Enzo Castellari, we presented the soundtrack in a special vinyl release of only 50 copies featuring the signatures of the composers and the director. An the event, Enzo confirmed something he's never tried to hide, which is his enormous love for this movie, and it's not difficult to understand the reasons: his (as always) notable and inspired direction, the performance of one of his most faithful collaborators, Franco Nero, the story itself, developed with great taste and skill, the Caribbean setting, the intrigue, the underwater adventures, and the presence of one of the ocean's most fascinating predators, the shark, directed like a true actor in many scenes, including the fights. I'm convinced that the main reason for the affection that Enzino (as my father used to call him) has for this movie lies in the epic scene where Franco Nero is knocked out by the character he was playing. I wonder how many times the director has pulled his friend's leg for that amazingly-filmed knockout punch he gave him on the set of Il cacciatore di squali. For all lovers of genre cinema, it's such a cult scene that crowns an amazing movie featuring a crazy score that reminds us, once again, why we still love genre movies and the music by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. The CD is offered in a transaparent jewel case featuring a 12 pages booklet. Graphic layout and liner notes by Daniele De Gemini, mastering by Enrico De Gemini. Limited edtion to 500 copies.
トラックリスト
A Side 1 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 1 4:05 2 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 2 2:18 3 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 3 3:13 4 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 4 1:34 5 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 5 2:08 6 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 6 2:35 7 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 7 1:59
B side 1 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 15 1:34 2 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 16 4:39 3 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 17 1:24 4 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 18 1:30 5 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 19 2:22 6 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 20 3:13 7 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 21 2:01 8 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 22 0:54
Total Lenght: 36:03 Music composed, orchestrated and performed by Guido DE ANGELIS (SIAE), Maurizio DE ANGELIS (SIAE) ? & c 1979 EAR Edizioni Musicali (SIAE)
1979年にエンツォ・G・カステラッリが監督した映画『シャーク・ハンター』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックがリリース！
トラックリストスーパースター、フランコ・ネロが演じるのは、恐ろしい出来事に支配された謎めいた過去を持ち、おそらくその出来事から逃れるようにして、無人島で「フライデー」の役割を果たす女性（ジャンル映画で多作なキャリアを持つアルゼンチン出身の美しい女優、マルタ・ミラーが演じる）と共に、「善良な野人」のような生活を送るイタリア系アメリカ人、マイク・ディ・ドナートです。これはデフォーの『ロビンソン・クルーソー』とは明らかに多くの違いがある。というのも、本作は現代を舞台とした物語であり、前述の小説から単に美学的インスピレーションを得ているに過ぎないからだ。主に、文明からの隔離と自然への没入という点においてである。この映画には、権威主義との闘い、テクノロジー、マイクが勤めていた（あまり特定されていない）組織からのいじめ的な態度、そして海面下120メートルの飛行機の中に隠された失われた財宝の探索など、現代的な要素が数多く盛り込まれている。その財宝は、どうやら主人公にしか回収できないらしい。
この偉業を成し遂げるため、マイクはアカプルコ（ホルヘ・ルーク）の協力を求め、数々の困難や敵意に直面するが、そのすべてが海で最も危険な捕食者の目の前で繰り広げられる。また、ラモン（ヴェルナー・ポチャット）、ドノヴァン（マイケル・フォレスト）、ゴメス（エドゥアルド・ファハルド）といった（悪、あるいは悪になりそうな）犯罪者たちが手下たちの助けを借りて自らの目的を追求する中、裏で暗躍する謎の殺人鬼を演じた監督自身の見事な演技も注目に値する。
サウンドトラックは、音楽史において極めて影響力の大きかった時期にグイド＆マウリツィオ・デ・アンジェリス兄弟によって作曲された。1979年は、ディスコ音楽という現象が世界中に野火のように広がり、あらゆる創造的な取り組みにその強力なエネルギーを吹き込んでいた時代であり、マエストロ兄弟も例外ではなかった。メインタイトルは巧みな手腕でスピーカーから炸裂し、静かな海辺のシーンからマイクとサメの激しい戦いへと音楽的な移行を創り出す。脈打つグルーヴ、神経質なギター、暴走するブラス、巧みに同期して編集されたブレイク、そして全体的な音楽的緊張感が観客を惹きつけ、目と耳の両方でスクリーンに釘付けにする。
このテーマのオーケストレーションは山ほどあり、文字通りあらゆるものが揃っている。あるバージョンではリズムセクションがシルベスター・スタレックのように炸裂し、別のバージョンではシスター・スレッジ風のストリングスが響き、そこへビー・ジーズのキューのようなブラスが加わる。だが、聖母マリアよ、これは紛れもなくアンジェリス兄弟の仕業であり、細部やアクセント、全体的なオーケストレーションから彼らの手腕が感じ取れる。もしこの解説を書いている今、彼らがここにいてくれたら、このタイムカプセルから湧き上がる、もう数え切れないほどのクソかっこいい感情に感謝して、彼らをぎゅっと抱きしめたいところだ。スコアには他にも2つの音楽テーマが貢献している。1つは、より軽やかでコメディチックな場面や日常生活のためのもの、もう1つは、いくつかの生楽器によって強調された、緊張感あふれる一連のエレクトロニックなキューである。
2025年12月、グイド・デ・アンジェリスとエンツォ・カステラッリが同席したMusic Day Romaの会場にて、我々は作曲家と監督のサイン入り、わずか50枚限定の特別盤アナログ盤としてこのサウンドトラックを発表した。イベントでエンツォは、これまで隠そうとしたことのない、この映画に対する彼の並々ならぬ愛情を改めて明かしたが、その理由を理解するのは難しくない。（いつものように）卓越したインスピレーションに満ちた演出、彼の最も忠実なパートナーの一人であるフランコ・ネロの演技、優れたセンスと技巧で紡がれた物語そのもの、カリブ海を舞台とした設定、陰謀、水中での冒険、そして海の最も魅力的な捕食者の一つであるサメの存在??サメは戦闘シーンを含む多くの場面で、まるで本物の俳優のように演出されています。
エンツィーノ（父が彼をそう呼んでいた）がこの映画に抱く愛情の主な理由は、フランコ・ネロが演じていたキャラクターにノックアウトされるあの壮大なシーンにあると私は確信している。『シャーク・ハンター』の撮影現場で、あの驚くほど見事に撮影されたノックアウトパンチを食らわせたことについて、監督が友人を何度からかったことだろう。ジャンル映画を愛するすべての人にとって、これはまさにカルト的な名シーンであり、狂気じみたスコアが彩る素晴らしい映画の集大成となっている。このシーンは、私たちがなぜ今もなおジャンル映画を愛し、グイド＆マウリツィオ・デ・アンジェリスによる音楽を愛し続けているのかを、改めて思い出させてくれる。
このLPはカラー（ブルー）バージョンで発売。グラフィックデザインはダニエレ・デ・ジェミニ、マスタリングはエンリコ・デ・ジェミニが担当。
限定450枚。 --- レーベルより（機械翻訳）
Beat Records is proud to present the world premiere on CD of the complete original motion picture soundtrack for the movie Il cacciatore di squali, directed in 1979 by Enzo G. Castellari. Superstar Franco Nero is Mike Di Donato, an Italian-American with a mysterious past dominated by a terrible event from which he is probably fleeing, leads the life of a good savage on a deserted island with his own version of Friday, played by Marta Miller, the gorgeous Argentinian actress with a prolific career in genre cinema. There are obviously many differences between this and Defoe's Crusoe, as this is a contemporary story that merely takes some aesthetic inspiration from the aforementioned novel, mainly the isolation from civilization and immersion in nature. In this movie, we have a lot of modern-day elements such as the struggle against authoritarianism, technology, bullying attitudes from the not-too-specific organization with which Mike was employed, and the search for a lost treasure hidden inside a plane 120 meters below the surface of the ocean which apparently can only be retrieved by the protagonist.
To accomplish this feat, Mike seeks the collaboration of Acapulco (Jorge Luke) and faces a series of inconveniences and hostility, with everything playing out in the presence of the sea's most dangerous predator. Also notable is the remarkable performance by the director as a mysterious killer who is operating in the background while evil (or would-be evil) criminals such as Ramon (Werner Pochat), Donovan (Michael Forest), and Gomez (Eduardo Fajardo) pursue their agenda aided by their minions.
The soundtrack was composed by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis during a deeply influential period in music history, as 1979 was the moment in which the disco music phenomenon was spreading like wildfire across the world, infusing every creative endeavor with its powerful energy, and the brothers Maestro were no exception. The main titles burst from the speakers with great skill, creating a musical transition from a quiet seaside scene into Mike's dynamic fight with a shark. Pulsating grooves, nervous guitars, derailing brasses, breaks artfully edited into sync, and the general musical tension creates a magnet for the spectator, glued onto the screen with both eyes and ears.
We have plenty of orchestrations of this theme, literally everything. In one version, the rhythm section hits like Sylvester, another time with strings in the style of Sister Sledge, then here comes the brass as if it were a Bee Gees cue, but holy Mary, it's undeniably the De Angelis bros, and you recognize them in the details, accents, and overall orchestration. If only I had them here while writing these notes, I would hug them gratefully for the umpteenth fucking cool emotion popping up from this time capsule. Two other musical themes in the score lend a hand, one for lighter, more comedic situations and everyday life, and a series of tense electronic cues accentuated by a few live instruments.
In December 2025, during Music Day Roma in the presence of Guido De Angelis and Enzo Castellari, we presented the soundtrack in a special vinyl release of only 50 copies featuring the signatures of the composers and the director. An the event, Enzo confirmed something he's never tried to hide, which is his enormous love for this movie, and it's not difficult to understand the reasons: his (as always) notable and inspired direction, the performance of one of his most faithful collaborators, Franco Nero, the story itself, developed with great taste and skill, the Caribbean setting, the intrigue, the underwater adventures, and the presence of one of the ocean's most fascinating predators, the shark, directed like a true actor in many scenes, including the fights.
I'm convinced that the main reason for the affection that Enzino (as my father used to call him) has for this movie lies in the epic scene where Franco Nero is knocked out by the character he was playing. I wonder how many times the director has pulled his friend's leg for that amazingly-filmed knockout punch he gave him on the set of Il cacciatore di squali. For all lovers of genre cinema, it's such a cult scene that crowns an amazing movie featuring a crazy score that reminds us, once again, why we still love genre movies and the music by Guido & Maurizio De Angelis.
The CD is offered in a transaparent jewel case featuring a 12 pages booklet. Graphic layout and liner notes by Daniele De Gemini, mastering by Enrico De Gemini.
Limited edtion to 500 copies.
A Side
1 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 1 4:05
2 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 2 2:18
3 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 3 3:13
4 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 4 1:34
5 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 5 2:08
6 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 6 2:35
7 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 7 1:59
B side
1 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 15 1:34
2 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 16 4:39
3 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 17 1:24
4 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 18 1:30
5 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 19 2:22
6 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 20 3:13
7 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 21 2:01
8 Il cacciatore di squali - seq. 22 0:54
Total Lenght: 36:03
Music composed, orchestrated and performed by Guido DE ANGELIS (SIAE), Maurizio DE ANGELIS (SIAE)
? & c 1979 EAR Edizioni Musicali (SIAE)