Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents a remastered and expanded reissue of the 1979 sci-fi-horror classic score by Franco Micalizzi for STRIDULUM (aka THE VISITOR)
The film, directed by Giulio Paradisi (aka Michael J. Paradise) is the genre-bending Italian cult film that mixes together a wide range of influences from ROSEMARY’S BABY to THE OMEN, from THE FURY to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Powerful wonder-child Katy Collins could be a force for good and evil as two rival factions of otherworldly entities battle for her soul. After paralyzing her mom with a gunshot, Katy is torn between the two sides represented by a diverse cast that includes John Huston, Franco Nero, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Lance Henriksen, Mel Ferrer and Sam Peckinpah.
Franco Micalizzi’s masterful score is as colorful as the many jazz and funky source materials the film builds upon. The overpowering main theme is repeated for each new step in the battle for Katy, while other elements include electronic textures for the supernatural powers at play, distressing moments for bird attacks and energetic montage cues for the hospital sequences as Katy’s mom is to be saved.
The soundtrack album released by RCA in 1979 was a big success, and it was reissued on CD by Digitmovies in 2011 with a good amount of previously unreleased tracks. For this new, remastered edition we located the original master tapes that contain not only more material and unreleased film versions but also a great discovery: three versions of the song “Sadness Theme” (performed by a studio singer in New York and composed by Micalizzi) that was originally written for the main titles but ultimately not used.
Claudio Fuiano has produced this new CD under the supervision of maestro Franco Micalizzi; Chris Malone has restored and remastered the audio. The lavishly illustrated 12-page booklet includes notes by Gergely Hubai that discuss both film and score. Limited edition: 500 units
神と悪魔の関係を、宇宙の誕生以来続いてる二つの種族の闘いに置き換えた1979年の変種ＳＦホラーのオリジナル・サウンドトラックがエクスパンデッド＆リマスターでリリース！出演はメル・ファーラー、グレン・フォード、ランス・ヘンリクセン、ジョン・ヒューストン、サム・ペキンパー、フランコ・ネロなど多彩なキャストが出演。
トラックリストフランコ・ミカリッツィの見事なスコアは、この映画がベースにしている数々のジャズやファンキーな原作と同じくらいカラフルだ。圧倒的なメイン・テーマは、ケイティをめぐる戦いの新たなステップごとに繰り返され、その他の要素としては、超自然的な力が働くときの電子的なテクスチャー、鳥の襲撃の悲惨な瞬間、ケイティの母親が救われる病院のシークエンスのエネルギッシュなモンタージュ・キューなどがある。
1979年にRCAからリリースされたサウンドトラック・アルバムは大成功を収め、2011年にDigitmoviesから未発表曲を追加してCDで再発された。この新しいリマスター盤のために、オリジナル・マスターテープを探し出し、より多くの音源や未収録の映画バージョンだけでなく、メインタイトルとして書き下ろしたが本編では結局使用されなかった3バージョンの歌曲“Sadness Theme”と大きな発見をした。
巨匠フランコ・ミカリッツィの監修のもとこの新しいCDを制作、クリス・マローンがオーディオの修復とリマスタリングを行った。豪華な12ページのブックレットには、ゲルゲリー・フバイによる映画とスコアについての解説が掲載されている。限定500枚。
これは、太古より続く善と悪の物語
はるか昔…宇宙に破壊と荒廃をもたらす存在ザティーンがあった。長い戦いの末にザティーンは討伐されるのだが、地球に無数の悪魔の種を残していた。
長い時が経ち、ザティーンは邪悪な因子を持つ一人の少女ケイティを見つけるのだった。ケイティはまだ自分の力に完全に覚醒せず片鱗を見せる程度であったが、そこにザティーンの邪悪なる力の復活を目論む謎の組織が近づいていた…。
ケイティは次第に邪悪なる因子を発現し始める。母バーバラにペットの鷹をけしかけ新たに子供を作ることを強要し、更には偶然を装い発砲事故で車椅子生活にしてしまう。だが、それでも上手く行かない事に痺れを切らした謎の組織は刺客を送り込み、バーバラを人工授精させてしまう…。
監督：マイケル・Ｊ・パラダイス。1979年イタリア。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents a remastered and expanded reissue of the 1979 sci-fi-horror classic score by Franco Micalizzi for STRIDULUM (aka THE VISITOR)
The film, directed by Giulio Paradisi (aka Michael J. Paradise) is the genre-bending Italian cult film that mixes together a wide range of influences from ROSEMARY’S BABY to THE OMEN, from THE FURY to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. Powerful wonder-child Katy Collins could be a force for good and evil as two rival factions of otherworldly entities battle for her soul. After paralyzing her mom with a gunshot, Katy is torn between the two sides represented by a diverse cast that includes John Huston, Franco Nero, Glenn Ford, Shelley Winters, Lance Henriksen, Mel Ferrer and Sam Peckinpah.
Franco Micalizzi’s masterful score is as colorful as the many jazz and funky source materials the film builds upon. The overpowering main theme is repeated for each new step in the battle for Katy, while other elements include electronic textures for the supernatural powers at play, distressing moments for bird attacks and energetic montage cues for the hospital sequences as Katy’s mom is to be saved.
The soundtrack album released by RCA in 1979 was a big success, and it was reissued on CD by Digitmovies in 2011 with a good amount of previously unreleased tracks. For this new, remastered edition we located the original master tapes that contain not only more material and unreleased film versions but also a great discovery: three versions of the song “Sadness Theme” (performed by a studio singer in New York and composed by Micalizzi) that was originally written for the main titles but ultimately not used.
Claudio Fuiano has produced this new CD under the supervision of maestro Franco Micalizzi; Chris Malone has restored and remastered the audio. The lavishly illustrated 12-page booklet includes notes by Gergely Hubai that discuss both film and score. Limited edition: 500 units
1. Stridulum Theme (4:29)
2. Here’s the Dream (2:36)
3. Running Away From Jerzy (3:29)
4. Sadness Theme (3:28)
5. Distressing Sequence (2:42)
6. Hospital Sequence (1:56)
7. Voices For Sadness Theme (1:43)
8. Jerzy Again (4:27)
9. Sadness Theme (Second Part) (1:12)
10. Atmosphere (2:40)
11. Back in the Hospital (2:27)
12. Distressing Sequence (#2) (1:12)
13. Stridulum Theme (#2) (1:13)
14. Distressing Sequence (#3) (5:10)
15. Jerzy Again (#2) (1:03)
16. Atmosphere (#2) (2:27)
17. Sadness Theme (2nd part-take2) (1:00)
18. Stridulum Theme (#3) (4:52)
19. Atmosphere (#3) (3:08)
20. Jerzy Again (#3) (1:32)
21. Sadness Theme (Vocal) (3:23)
22. Atmosphere (#4) (6:17)
23. Stridulum Theme (#4) (1:44)
24. Sadness Theme (Vocal #2) (2:01)
25. Atmosphere (#5) (3:18)
26. Sadness Theme (Vocal #3) (2:53)
Total Disc Time: 74:40