Quartet Records, in collaboration with Camille 3000 and the Piero Piccioni estate, presents the premiere CD release of a delightful score by Piero Piccioni (FUMO DI LONDRA, COLPO ROVENTE, CAMILLE 2000, I GIOVANI TIGRI) for Luigi Comencini’s film LO SCOPONE SCIENTIFICO, a 1973 Italian comedy-drama starring Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten and Bette Davis. The story is about an aging and wealthy American woman who journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur, George, to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife, Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple’s dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter, Cleopatra, seeks revenge on her parents’ behalf.
Piero Piccioni composed a colorful, bittersweet score, dominated by a celebrated theme for piano and orchestra, as well as a beautiful love theme. The score also features a bossa, a waltz and a tango. A coveted promotional LP was released by General Music in 1973, currently one of the composer’s most expensive LPs when one appears on the second-hand market. This is the first CD edition thanks to the discovery of the original tapes vaulted at the Piccioni estate. The album has been restored and mastered by Chris Malone, and is packaged in a three-sided folding digipack. Limited 500 copies
ピエロ・ピッチオーニ（軽蔑、ミネソタ無頼、マッチレス殺人戦列、脱獄の用心棒、など）が音楽を担当した、ルイジ・コメンチーニ監督、アルベルト・ソルディ、シルヴァーナ・マンガーノ、ジョセフ・コットン、ベティ・デイヴィス出演の映画の映画『LO SCOPONE SCIENTIFICO』（1973年イタリア製コメディドラマ）の楽しいスコアが初CD化！
トラックリストストーリーは、年老いた裕福なアメリカ人女性が、運転手のジョージと毎年ローマに行き、貧しいペッピーノとその妻アントニアとカードゲーム「スコポーネ」をするというもの。彼女は最初の賭け金を寄付し、最終的にゲームに勝利して、夫婦の勝利と生活向上の夢を打ち砕く。やがて娘のクレオパトラが両親に代わって復讐を果たす。
ピエロ・ピッチョーニが作曲した色彩豊かでほろ苦いスコアは、ピアノとオーケストラのための有名なテーマと美しい愛のテーマで占められている。ボッサ、ワルツ、タンゴもある。1973年にジェネラル・ミュージックから発売されたプロモーションLPは、現在、中古市場で最も高価なLPのひとつとなっている。これは、ピチオーニ邸に保管されていたオリジナル・テープの発見による初のCD化である。クリス・マローンによる修復とマスタリングが施され、三つ折りのデジパックに収められている。限定500枚。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Camille 3000 and the Piero Piccioni estate, presents the premiere CD release of a delightful score by Piero Piccioni (FUMO DI LONDRA, COLPO ROVENTE, CAMILLE 2000, I GIOVANI TIGRI) for Luigi Comencini’s film LO SCOPONE SCIENTIFICO, a 1973 Italian comedy-drama starring Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten and Bette Davis. The story is about an aging and wealthy American woman who journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur, George, to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife, Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple’s dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter, Cleopatra, seeks revenge on her parents’ behalf.
Piero Piccioni composed a colorful, bittersweet score, dominated by a celebrated theme for piano and orchestra, as well as a beautiful love theme. The score also features a bossa, a waltz and a tango. A coveted promotional LP was released by General Music in 1973, currently one of the composer’s most expensive LPs when one appears on the second-hand market. This is the first CD edition thanks to the discovery of the original tapes vaulted at the Piccioni estate. The album has been restored and mastered by Chris Malone, and is packaged in a three-sided folding digipack. Limited 500 copies
1. Lunga storia d’amore (2:29)
2. Roma amara (2:52)
3. Roma romana (2:17)
4. Swinging Waltz (3:41)
5. Cocktails from Manhattan (3:11)
6. Lunga storia d’amore (2) (2:44)
7. Gioco di Carte (3:45)
8. Gioco di Danari (2:46)
9. Tango Scopone (1:42)
10. Lunga storia (1:14)
11. Roma di un tempo (2:46)