Quartet Records presents a remastered reissue of one of the most celebrated collaborations between Ennio Morricone and Giuseppe Tornatore, the composer's most important partner during the last twenty years of his career. Together they achieved great success in Italian and international cinema with films such as CINEMA PARADISO, STANNO TUTTI BENE, THE LEGEND OF 1900, MALENA and THE BEST OFFER, among others. A PURE FORMALITY (1994) is an intense Kafkaesque noir drama (starring Gerard Depardieu and Roman Polanski at his best as an actor) about a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath from running madly and with no clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious.
Ennio Morricone offers one of his best efforts for a Tornatore film, with a haunting main theme, a very nostalgic song performed by Depardieu ("Ricordare"), dramatic tension cues and introspective violent music. The score is mainly dark and fatalistic, in a style that the Italian maestro was experimenting with at the time (in scores such as IN THE LINE OF FIRE, WOLF, DISCLOSURE and THE STENDHAL SYNDROME).
The original album of A PURE FORMALITY was released at the time by Sony Classical and reissued by GDM in 2013. This is a remastered reissue of the generous 50-minute album program, remastered by Chris Malone. The booklet includes an in-depth essay by film music writer John Takis discussing the film and score.
エンニオ・モリコーネとジュゼッペ・トルナトーレの最も称賛されたコラボレーションの一つがリマスター再発売！
トラックリストトルナトーレはモリコーネのキャリア最後の20年間における最重要パートナーであった。両者は『ニュー・シネマ・パラダイス』『みんな元気』『海の上のピアニスト』『マレーナ』『鑑定士と顔のない依頼人』など、イタリアおよび国際的な映画界で大きな成功を収めた。『形だけの儀式』（1994年）は、長らく新作を発表せず世捨て人となった著名な作家を描いた、強烈なカフカ的ノワールドラマである（ジェラール・ドパルデュー主演、俳優としてのロマン・ポランスキーが最高の演技を見せる）。嵐の夜、身分証明書もなく、必死に走った息切れ状態で、最近の出来事をはっきり覚えていない彼が警察に保護されると、警部は疑念を抱く。
エンニオ・モリコーネはトルナトーレ作品のために最高の努力を捧げ、心に残るメインテーマ、デパルデューが歌う非常にノスタルジックな曲（“Ricordare”）、劇的な緊張感の音楽、内省的な暴力的な音楽を提供している。このスコアは主に暗く宿命論的で、イタリアの巨匠が当時試みていたスタイル（『ザ・シークレット・サービス』『ウルフ』『ディスクロージャー』『スタンダール・シンドローム』などのスコア）を踏襲している。
『記憶の扉』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックは当時ソニー・クラシカルより発売され、2013年にGDMより再発された。本作はクリス・マローンによるリマスターを施した、50分という充実した収録時間を誇るアルバムの再発盤である。ブックレットには映画音楽評論家ジョン・タキスによる、作品とスコアを論じた詳細なエッセイが収録されています。
限定500枚。
Quartet Records presents a remastered reissue of one of the most celebrated collaborations between Ennio Morricone and Giuseppe Tornatore, the composer's most important partner during the last twenty years of his career. Together they achieved great success in Italian and international cinema with films such as CINEMA PARADISO, STANNO TUTTI BENE, THE LEGEND OF 1900, MALENA and THE BEST OFFER, among others. A PURE FORMALITY (1994) is an intense Kafkaesque noir drama (starring Gerard Depardieu and Roman Polanski at his best as an actor) about a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath from running madly and with no clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious.
Ennio Morricone offers one of his best efforts for a Tornatore film, with a haunting main theme, a very nostalgic song performed by Depardieu ("Ricordare"), dramatic tension cues and introspective violent music. The score is mainly dark and fatalistic, in a style that the Italian maestro was experimenting with at the time (in scores such as IN THE LINE OF FIRE, WOLF, DISCLOSURE and THE STENDHAL SYNDROME).
The original album of A PURE FORMALITY was released at the time by Sony Classical and reissued by GDM in 2013. This is a remastered reissue of the generous 50-minute album program, remastered by Chris Malone. The booklet includes an in-depth essay by film music writer John Takis discussing the film and score.