Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, presents a 50th-anniversary remastered edition of the cult-classic score by Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY; SACCO E VANZETTI; NOVECENTO; THE MISSION; CINEMA PARADISO) for Dario Argento’s 1971 giallo THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (IL GATTO A NOVE CODE), starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden and Catherine Spaak.
The film is about a newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist who try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company’s top-secret experimental research projects; in doing so they become targets of the killer.
Ennio Morricone can be considered the inventor of the giallo sound, as he was the inventor of the Spaghetti Western sound or the political-cinema sound. For The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Morricone demonstrated his uncanny ability to range from melodies of exquisite, lyrical beauty to some of the most uncompromising and alienating avant-garde sound experimentation ever heard in film.
This anniversary edition, produced by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler, has been completely rebuilt and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes. The full-color booklet includes in-depth liner notes by Jeff Bond.
廃盤商品。ダリオ・アルジェント監督の名を一躍知らしめたサスペンスホラー。エンニオ・モリコーネのカルト・クラシック・スコアが第1世代のマスターテープから再構成、完全リマスターした50周年記念盤としてリリース！限定500枚。
トラックリスト見てはいけないものを見た―アルジェントが仕掛けた深紅の迷宮! 本国イタリアでは大ヒットを記録した、異能作家ダリオ・アルジェントの名を一躍高めたミステリーサスペンス。 新進脚本家ダルダーノ・サケッティらと創作したユニークなシナリオ、トレードマークの一人称カメラを多用した縦横無尽に移動する映像、超クローズアップを織り交ぜたリズミカルでスピード感溢れる編集。欧州とハリウッドの実力派スターを配した豪華なキャスティングも含め、若きシネフィル=アルジェントの才気が横溢した一篇。
【ストーリー】 盲目の元新聞記者アルノ(K・マルデン)はある晩、姪のロリーを連れて散歩中、街路に停められた車の中で言い争う2人の人間を“目撃"した。その夜、彼の自宅近くの染色体研究所に強盗が入り、続いて同じ研究所の所員が駅のホームから線路に突き落とされて殺される。被害者が車中で口論していた男だと知ったアルノは、青年記者ジョルダーニ(J・フランシスカス)と共に事件を推理。染色体研究所の関係者が怪しいと睨むが、狂える殺人者は幼いロリーを誘拐し、アルノを脅迫し始める・・・。
監督：ダリオ・アルジェント、出演：ジェームズ・フランシスカス、カール・マルデン。1970年イタリア／西ドイツ／フランス。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, presents a 50th-anniversary remastered edition of the cult-classic score by Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY; SACCO E VANZETTI; NOVECENTO; THE MISSION; CINEMA PARADISO) for Dario Argento’s 1971 giallo THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (IL GATTO A NOVE CODE), starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden and Catherine Spaak.
The film is about a newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist who try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company’s top-secret experimental research projects; in doing so they become targets of the killer.
Ennio Morricone can be considered the inventor of the giallo sound, as he was the inventor of the Spaghetti Western sound or the political-cinema sound. For The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Morricone demonstrated his uncanny ability to range from melodies of exquisite, lyrical beauty to some of the most uncompromising and alienating avant-garde sound experimentation ever heard in film.
This anniversary edition, produced by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler, has been completely rebuilt and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes. The full-color booklet includes in-depth liner notes by Jeff Bond.
1. Ninna nanna in blu (Titoli) (2:37)
2. 1970 (8:39)
3. Sottintesi (2:18)
4. Parabola dal paradosso (2:56)
5. Paranoia prima (3:19)
6. Paranoia seconda (1:29)
7. Dissociazione (2:43)
8. Dissociazione seconda (3:01)
9. Passeggiata notturna (Film Version) (5:38)
10. Metafora finale (2:31)
11. Placcaggio (2:33)
12. Passeggiata notturna (Alternate) (3:41)
13. Placcaggio (Alternate) (2:32)
14. Il gatto a nove code (12:29)
15. Ninna nanna in blu (Single Version) (2:46)
16. Placcaggio (Single Version) (3:19)
17. Il gatto a nove code (Suite) (8:16)