Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a completely new edition of Ennio Morricone’s masterful score for Elio Petri’s masterpiece from 1969, INDAGINE SU UN CITTADINO AL DI SOPRA DI OGNI SOSPETTO. Academy-Award winner of Best Foreign Film in 1970, the film stars Gian Maria Volonte and Florinda Bolkan in a quintessential example of social and protest cinema.
The intricate plot concerns a high-ranking police inspector who kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion.
The iconic score written by Ennio Morricone is the pivot point of a grotesque substratum of black comedy that blurs over a subversive and iconoclastic drama. Starting from the instrumentation used?mandolin, classical guitar, out-of-tune piano, bassoons, synthesizer and mouth harp?the interpretation of the piece, careless, somewhat dirty and imprecise, brilliantly evokes the murkiness insinuated by the images.
The album of INDAGINE has been released many times, both on vinyl and CD?although until the first simultaneous American and French LP releases in 1981, only a 45-rpm single with the two main themes had existed. But it was always in mono until, in 2007, Cinevox released an expanded edition with the original album in mono and some film versions and alternates remixed in stereo from an incomplete multi-track. Now, thanks to the discovery of the original elements, we are able to present the original album and all the film versions and alternates in full stereo for the first time. Since there was room, we have included the remastered mono album, as it featured unique mixes and takes.
This 2025 edition was mixed, restored and mastered by Chris Malone and produced by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler. The accompanying booklet includes an essay by Miguel Angel Ordonez discussing the film and score.
エンニオ・モリコーネが1969年に発表したエリオ・ペトリ監督の傑作『殺人捜査』のスコアを新装完全盤でお届け！
トラックリストジャン・マリア・ヴォロンテとフロリンダ・ボルカン主演のこの映画は、1970年アカデミー賞外国映画賞を受賞し、社会派・プロテスト映画の真髄を表現している。
その複雑なプロットは、愛人を殺害した高官の警部が、自分が疑われないことを証明するために、わざと自分の犯行であることを示す手がかりを仕掛けるというもの。
エンニオ・モリコーネが書き下ろした象徴的なスコアは、破壊的で象徴的なドラマの上に滲むブラック・コメディのグロテスクな基層の要となっている。マンドリン、クラシックギター、調律の狂ったピアノ、ファゴット、シンセサイザー、口琴といった楽器の使用から始まり、無頓着で、どこか汚く、不正確な楽曲の解釈は、映像が暗示する濁りを見事に喚起している。
『殺人捜査』のアルバムは、レコードとCDの両方で何度もリリースされているが、1981年に初めてアメリカとフランスで同時にLPがリリースされるまでは、2つの主要テーマを収録した45回転のシングル盤しか存在しなかった。しかし、2007年にシネヴォックスがオリジナル・アルバムのモノラルと、不完全なマルチトラックからステレオにリミックスされたフィルム・バージョンとオルタネイトを含む拡張盤をリリースするまで、このアルバムは常にモノラルだった。今回、オリジナル・エレメントが発見されたおかげで、初めてオリジナル・アルバムとすべてのフィルム・バージョンと別バージョンをフル・ステレオでお届けすることができる。余裕があったので、ユニークなミックスとテイクをフィーチャーしたリマスター・モノ・アルバムも収録。
この2025年版は、クリス・マローンがミックス、修復、マスタリングを行い、クラウディオ・フイアノとダニール・ウィンクラーがプロデュースした。付属ブックレットには、ミゲル・アンヘル・オルドニェスによる映画とスコアについてのエッセイが掲載されています。
限定500枚。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a completely new edition of Ennio Morricone’s masterful score for Elio Petri’s masterpiece from 1969, INDAGINE SU UN CITTADINO AL DI SOPRA DI OGNI SOSPETTO. Academy-Award winner of Best Foreign Film in 1970, the film stars Gian Maria Volonte and Florinda Bolkan in a quintessential example of social and protest cinema.
The intricate plot concerns a high-ranking police inspector who kills his mistress and deliberately plants clues indicating his responsibility for the crime in a sardonic test to prove that he is above suspicion.
The iconic score written by Ennio Morricone is the pivot point of a grotesque substratum of black comedy that blurs over a subversive and iconoclastic drama. Starting from the instrumentation used?mandolin, classical guitar, out-of-tune piano, bassoons, synthesizer and mouth harp?the interpretation of the piece, careless, somewhat dirty and imprecise, brilliantly evokes the murkiness insinuated by the images.
The album of INDAGINE has been released many times, both on vinyl and CD?although until the first simultaneous American and French LP releases in 1981, only a 45-rpm single with the two main themes had existed. But it was always in mono until, in 2007, Cinevox released an expanded edition with the original album in mono and some film versions and alternates remixed in stereo from an incomplete multi-track. Now, thanks to the discovery of the original elements, we are able to present the original album and all the film versions and alternates in full stereo for the first time. Since there was room, we have included the remastered mono album, as it featured unique mixes and takes.
This 2025 edition was mixed, restored and mastered by Chris Malone and produced by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler. The accompanying booklet includes an essay by Miguel Angel Ordonez discussing the film and score.
The Original Album (stereo)
1. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (titoli) 3:29
2. Ripresa l’indagine 1:16
3. Taglio primo 2:12
4. Indagine 4:36
5. Miraggio secondo 3:27
6. Indagine insabbiata 2:10
7. Miraggio terzo 1:59
8. Miraggio 2:35
9. Taglio secondo 1:31
10. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (finale) 4:12
Bonus Tracks (stereo)
11. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (alternate) 3:04
12. Miraggio (versione singolo lato B) 2:04
13. Taglio primo (alternate 1) 1:38
14. Miraggio (alternate) 1:57
15. Taglio secondo (alternate) 1:00
16. Miraggio secondo (alternate) 2:55
17. Taglio primo (alternate 2) 1:48
18. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (alternate extended ending) 4:26
The Original Album (mono)
19. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (titoli) 3:34
20. Ripresa l’indagine 1:16
21. Taglio primo 2:12
22. Indagine 4:36
23. Miraggio secondo 3:27
24. Indagine insabbiata 2:10
25. Miraggio terzo 1:59
26. Miraggio 2:35
27. Taglio secondo 1:31
28. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (finale) 4:12
29. Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (unused) 3:13
Total Disc Time: 77:23