Digitmovies is glad to present on CD the
complete OST in full stereo by Carlo Savina for the Italian
Gothic movie La Cripta E L'Incubo directed by Camillo Mastrocinque
and starring Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Pieranna Quaglia,
José Campos, Ursula Davis.
Laura (Ambesi), the daughter of count Ludwig Karnstein (Lee),
is subject to continuous and terrible nightmares which cause
the gir's conviction that she herself is the reincarnation
of Sheena (Quaglia), her ancestor which had been accused of
witchcraft.
Friedrich Klauss (Campos), a young restorer, has been asked
by the count to look up the library's manuscripts and
to find out if Sheena's features are hidden in a painting
within the castle.
But the mysterious and fascinating Ljuba (Davis) arrives at
the castle...
In 1992 Cinevox Record issued fourteen selections of the
score in stereo (except Titoli which had only been rescued
in mono) in the CD compilation Fantafestival Volume 3.
Our present CD with the complete OST has been realized by
using the stereophonic master tapes of the original session
which have been pefectly preserverd till now thanks to the
precious help of Cinevox Record and of the Savina estate.
The composer has written an orchestral OST which, maybe because
of the presence of the legendary Christopher Lee, calls to
mind the classic sounds of the British Hammer films with a
range of gloomy and tensive themes (Tr. 3, Tr. 4, Tr. 9, Tr.
10, Tr. 16, Tr. 18) alternated with a recurring and sad love
theme (Tr. 8, Tr. 11, Tr. 14) and mysterious atmospheres obtained
through organ and disturbing sound effects (Tr. 2, Tr. 6,
Tr. 12, Tr. 15, Tr. 19, Tr. 22).
A proper rescue and preservation of the Italian Silver Age
and of the musical art of Carlo Savina. |
