Saimel Records proudly presents on this CD the world premiere release of Carlo Rustichelli´s complete ori-ginal score for the 1959 historical adventure movie LA NOTTE DEL GRANDE ASSALTO (THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT ATTACK) which was a French-Italian co-production directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and sta-rred a cast of French and Italian actors such as Agnes Laurent, Sergio Fantoni, Kerima, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart and Alberto Farnese.
The action takes place in 1488: The ruthless commander Cesare Borgia wants to extend his reign in Northern Italy. He instructs his Captain to seize the castle of Count Fabio in the Apennine Mountains by subterfuge in order to conquer the territory of Forli owned by Countess Caterina Sforza. Together with a band of vagabonds Caterina´s nephew Marco - under the pseudonym Mar-co Volterra - tries to prevent Borgia´s plans and all ends in a large-scale impressive night attack on the castle from which the film´s Italian title originated.
Rustichelli who literally scored hundreds of films during his long career was one of the most versatile and distinguished Italian film composers, he had an inimitable lyrical symphonic style and an immense melodic gift. The score for LA NOTTE DEL GRANDE ASSALTO was composed around the same time at the end of 1959 as his masterful one for the peplum ANNIBALE ? a few striking similarities between both works can be heard in some of the battle music tracks ? and with a duration of more than 70 minutes must be one of the longest of his career. It is music of great vita-lity, with a wealth of thematic ideas, lush, passionate and often in an almost operatic tone. The Main Title which underscores Marco´s flight from the Borgia henchmen on horseback immediately grabs the listener´s attention due to its pulsating drive and is followed by the bold, and brassy motive for Marco himself which will be extensivelly developed in the battle scenes during the last third of the film.
For the band of thieves Rustichelli provides a catchy and jaunty little march in his immedia-tely recognizable style which gets all kind of variations whereas the love theme has a slight Renais-sance flavour and is even a bit reminiscent of similar melodies later on composed by Georges Dele-rue in France. Another delicate tune is the Spanish song “Mora Moraima” wich is heard in vocal and isntrumental versions throughout the score.
There is quite a lot of rugged and rhythmically agile music for the various knife and sword duels , but Rustichelli pulls out all the stops for the lengthy attack on the castle near the end of the movie which has a duration of more than 10 minutes and is almost continuously scored with breath-taking dramatic power.
Although the film itself may be little-known among soundtrack aficionados today, the epic, rich and varied score written with such commitment and enthusiasm by the Maestro Rus-tichelli is worthy to be rediscovered on its own on this CD as a large-scale symphonic poem from the Italian Golden Age of film music. - from the label
発売日：2019.9.27
トラックリスト
01. The Chase 1:26 02. At Caterina Sforza's Court 0:33 03. Band of Thieves 1:59 04. Marco Meets Isabella 2:08 05. Escape to the Castle 1:19 06. In the Castle 1:37 07. Countess Isabella 2:22 08. Maya's Song (Mora Moraima)* 2:34 09. Fight to the Death 2:55 10. Marco Leaves the Castle 3:41 11. Maya and Captain Zanco 1:21 12. Cesare Borgia's Plans 1:21 13. Count Fabio to the Rescue / The Trap / Fabio's Death 4:45 14. Treacherous Murder 0:55 15. The Duel 2:28 16. Marco Sneaks Into the Castle 3:58 17. Marco and Isabella 2:30 18. Betrayal and Terror 2:42 19. Maya and Zanco / Imprisonment / Isabella and Zanco 2:53 20. Marco Is Set Free / The New Band of Thieves 2:16 21. Maya Informs Marco / Battle Preparations 2:47 22. The Battle Begins 3:35 23. Storming the Castle 5:59 24. Isabella Gets Freed From Prison 2:45 25. Caterina Sforza's Troops Intervene 4:09 26. The Final Duel 2:39 27. Cesare Borgia Departs 1:34 28. Finale 2:18 Bonus Track: 29. Main Title / The Chase 3:08 30. Maya's Song (Instrumental Version) 2:46 * Vocals: Lina Lancia Music composed by Carlo Rustichelli Conducted by Pier Luigi Urbini
フランス・イタリア合作、1959年製作のスペクタクル史劇「大夜襲」のオリジナル・サウンドトラック完全盤、世界初リリース！ アルナルド・マロスとジュゼッペ・スコテーゼ合作のシナリオをジュゼッペ・Ｍ・スコテーゼが監督。音楽を受けもったのはカルロ・ルスティケリ。出演するのは「壮絶鬼部隊」のファウスト・トッツィ、ケリマ、セルジオ・ファントーニなど。フェラニアカラー・トータルスコープ。
トラックリストファビの城はアペニン山脈の中腹、スフォーザ大公の国とセザーレ・ボルジアの領土の中間にあった。スフォーザ公国侵略を計ったボルジアはまずファビを手に入れるため二人の腹心をファビにつかわした。文人マルテーズと残忍なザンコである。スフォーザ公国の領主キャゼリンは事態を憂慮して甥のマルコ（セルジオ・ファントーニ）を流れ者の武士としてファビの城にのりこませた。そこでマルコはザンコの情婦であるジプシー娘マヤ（ケリマ）にボルジア一味の悪企みを聞いた。が、ザンコは早くも、城主ファビ伯を殺してしまった。とり残された伯の娘イサベラ姫（アグネス・ローレン）はザンコとマルテーズの思いのままになった。姫を恋するようになっていたマルコは姫を救けようとした。しかし二人はザンコに捕えられた。ザンコはマルコを拷問し姫に結婚をせまった。マルコを愛する姫の心は動いた。かくして今や手中に入った城にボルジアがやってくることになった。彼がやってくる前夜縛めを脱したマルコはこの地方のすべての無法者を集め、城に夜襲をかける計画をたてた。朝、ボルジアが城についた時既に城はマルコのひきいる一団が占領していた。ボルジアの前でマルコはザンコの悪らつな罪を告発し、二人だけの決闘を求めてザンコを倒した。ボルジアは自分の領土に退却していった。かくして、マルコとイサベラは結ばれ、ファビの城に新しい領主として住むことになった。
Saimel Records proudly presents on this CD the world premiere release of Carlo Rustichelli´s complete ori-ginal score for the 1959 historical adventure movie LA NOTTE DEL GRANDE ASSALTO (THE NIGHT OF THE GREAT ATTACK) which was a French-Italian co-production directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and sta-rred a cast of French and Italian actors such as Agnes Laurent, Sergio Fantoni, Kerima, Fausto Tozzi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart and Alberto Farnese.
The action takes place in 1488: The ruthless commander Cesare Borgia wants to extend his reign in Northern Italy. He instructs his Captain to seize the castle of Count Fabio in the Apennine Mountains by subterfuge in order to conquer the territory of Forli owned by Countess Caterina Sforza. Together with a band of vagabonds Caterina´s nephew Marco - under the pseudonym Mar-co Volterra - tries to prevent Borgia´s plans and all ends in a large-scale impressive night attack on the castle from which the film´s Italian title originated.
Rustichelli who literally scored hundreds of films during his long career was one of the most versatile and distinguished Italian film composers, he had an inimitable lyrical symphonic style and an immense melodic gift. The score for LA NOTTE DEL GRANDE ASSALTO was composed around the same time at the end of 1959 as his masterful one for the peplum ANNIBALE ? a few striking similarities between both works can be heard in some of the battle music tracks ? and with a duration of more than 70 minutes must be one of the longest of his career. It is music of great vita-lity, with a wealth of thematic ideas, lush, passionate and often in an almost operatic tone. The Main Title which underscores Marco´s flight from the Borgia henchmen on horseback immediately grabs the listener´s attention due to its pulsating drive and is followed by the bold, and brassy motive for Marco himself which will be extensivelly developed in the battle scenes during the last third of the film.
For the band of thieves Rustichelli provides a catchy and jaunty little march in his immedia-tely recognizable style which gets all kind of variations whereas the love theme has a slight Renais-sance flavour and is even a bit reminiscent of similar melodies later on composed by Georges Dele-rue in France. Another delicate tune is the Spanish song “Mora Moraima” wich is heard in vocal and isntrumental versions throughout the score.
There is quite a lot of rugged and rhythmically agile music for the various knife and sword duels , but Rustichelli pulls out all the stops for the lengthy attack on the castle near the end of the movie which has a duration of more than 10 minutes and is almost continuously scored with breath-taking dramatic power.
Although the film itself may be little-known among soundtrack aficionados today, the epic, rich and varied score written with such commitment and enthusiasm by the Maestro Rus-tichelli is worthy to be rediscovered on its own on this CD as a large-scale symphonic poem from the Italian Golden Age of film music. - from the label
発売日：2019.9.27
01. The Chase 1:26
02. At Caterina Sforza's Court 0:33
03. Band of Thieves 1:59
04. Marco Meets Isabella 2:08
05. Escape to the Castle 1:19
06. In the Castle 1:37
07. Countess Isabella 2:22
08. Maya's Song (Mora Moraima)* 2:34
09. Fight to the Death 2:55
10. Marco Leaves the Castle 3:41
11. Maya and Captain Zanco 1:21
12. Cesare Borgia's Plans 1:21
13. Count Fabio to the Rescue / The Trap / Fabio's Death 4:45
14. Treacherous Murder 0:55
15. The Duel 2:28
16. Marco Sneaks Into the Castle 3:58
17. Marco and Isabella 2:30
18. Betrayal and Terror 2:42
19. Maya and Zanco / Imprisonment / Isabella and Zanco 2:53
20. Marco Is Set Free / The New Band of Thieves 2:16
21. Maya Informs Marco / Battle Preparations 2:47
22. The Battle Begins 3:35
23. Storming the Castle 5:59
24. Isabella Gets Freed From Prison 2:45
25. Caterina Sforza's Troops Intervene 4:09
26. The Final Duel 2:39
27. Cesare Borgia Departs 1:34
28. Finale 2:18
Bonus Track:
29. Main Title / The Chase 3:08
30. Maya's Song (Instrumental Version) 2:46
* Vocals: Lina Lancia Music composed by Carlo Rustichelli Conducted by Pier Luigi Urbini