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colonne sonore film peplum, la guerra di troia, la leggenda di enea, giovanni fusco, digitmovies
14.52

 
- la Guerra di Troia
- la leggenda di enea
(1961 / 1962)


composer: giovanni fusco

label: digitmovies

AKA: la Guerre de Troie, The Trojan Horse, The Trojan War, The Wooden Horse of Troy / The Avenger, The Last Glory of Troy, War of the Trojans

total duration: 01.47.09

soundtrack style: fantasy adventure peplum



   


tracks

DISC 1 (LA GUERRA DI TROIA)

01. Prologo
02. La Guerra Di Troia (Titoli)
03. La Città Di Troia
04. La Sfida
05. Arrivo A Troia
06. Preghiera Di Creusa E Arrivo Di Paride
07. Prova Di Forza
08. Duello E Partenza Di Enea
09. L'Esercito Di Enea E Battaglia
10. Squilli Di Guerra
11. L'Esercito Si Ritira
12. L'Attacco E Seconda Battaglia
13. Morte Di Acate E Invasione Dell'Accampamento
14. Enea E Creusa
15. Nuovo Attacco
16. La Fine Della Guerra E Il Piano Di Ulisse
17. Il Cavallo Di Troia
18. Tradimento E Agguato Nella Notte
19. L'Incendio Di Troia
20. Uccisione Di Paride E Combattimento Di Enea
21. Morte Di Creusa E Esodo (Finale)

Bonus Tracks

22. La Guerra Di Troia (Titoli - Mix Senza Coro)
23. Morte Di Creusa E Esodo (Finale - Mix Senza Coro)

DISC 2 (LA LEGGENDA DI ENEA)

01. La Leggenda Di Enea
02. Uomini A Cavallo
03. Incontro Tra Due Popoli
04. In Cammino
05. Al Riparo!
06. Arrivo Di Enea
07. Drance E I Ricordi Di Enea
08. Enea, L'Eeroe
09. Gara Con I Cavalli
10. Balletto A Corte
11. Esibizione Di Turno
12. Esibizione E Vittoria Di Enea
13. Popolo In Rivolta
14. Discorso Di Turno Al Re
15. L'Arrivo Dei Rutuli E Morte Di Eurialo
16. L'Esercito Dei Rutuli Avanza
17. All'Attacco!
18. Battaglia E Morte Di Camilla
19. I Caduti Ed Enea Sul Cocchio
20. Enea E Lavinia
21. Duello Di Enea E Turno
22. Enea Uccide Turno
23. Futura Nascita Di Roma (Finale)

Bonus Track

24. Incontro Tra Due Popoli (Versione Alternativa)

 
 
further information
DOUBLE CD
8 page colour booklet containing background notes, various promotional material and images from the movies
 
description
Digitmovies proudly presents the sixth volume of the series dedicated to the Italian Peplum releasing on a double Cd for the first time the two complete original soundtracks composed by Giovanni Fusco for the movies La guerra di Troia (The Trojan War) directed by Giorgio Ferroni in 1961 and its sequel La leggenda di Enea (The avenger) directed by Albert Band in 1962, both starring the mythic Steve Reeves in the role of Aeneas.
M° Fusco has been a prolific composer for the screen, starting his career in the far 1936, when he was just 30, scoring the movies Joe il rosso and Il cammino degli eroi to Amore e rabbia (1969) and La confessione (1970) released posthumous in the theatres.
A great artistic relationship between Giovanni Fusco and Michelangelo Antonioni (passed away recently) merits a special mention (L'avventura of 1960, L'eclisse of 1962, Il deserto rosso of 1964).
Besides, the composer has worked in every genre scoring adventure movies like I pirati della Malesia (1964), Spaghetti Westerns like Giarrettiera Colt (1968), giallo movies like La morte non ha sesso (1968) and also serious movies like La guerra è finita (1966), I sovversivi (1967), Il giorno della civetta (1968).
For the Peplum genre, Giovanni Fusco has signed the two symphonic scores La guerra di Troia and La leggenda di Enea giving excellent results and demonstrating his versatility: that of a great musician who deserves to be discovered again.
This project was made possible thanks again to the help of C.A.M. in whose archives the complete original master tapes recorded that time in mono have survived.
CD 1 contains the complete score from the movie La guerra di Troia.
Beside Steve Reeves, the movie features a cast of noted faces like Juliette Mayniel as Creusa Aeneas' wife, John Drew Barrymore as Ulysses, Edy Vessel as Helen, Lidia Alfonsi as Cassandra, Warner Bentivegna as Paris and Mimmo Palmara as Ajax.
The Ost opens with Prologo (Tr. 1) introduced by a heroic fanfare then continuing with a slow and quiet motif.
The same motif is reprised by the choir in Titoli di testa (Tr. 2) where a percussive, epic and virile war theme used for the scene where the city of Troy is shown (Tr. 3) is developed.
For the scene of the chariots challenge, Fusco creates a brilliant and joyful introduction developed then by a slow and mysterious theme for brass (Tr. 4), reprised in Tr. 5 with a semi-religious flavour.
For the scene of Creusa's pray, the author composed a pastoral theme for oboe and harp (Tr. 6).
Its second part, a vibrant fanfare, backgrounds Paris' arrival.
Several dramatic music themes underscore the scenes of bloody battles (Tr. 7, Tr. 8, Tr. 11, Tr. 12, Tr. 13, Tr. 15).
For Enea's and Creusa's love Giovanni Fusco wrote a delicate love theme for flute, oboe and harp (Tr. 14), while for the nocturne scene, in which Ulysses' soldiers exit from the wooden horse's belly, Fusco composed a slow and mysterious theme performed by woodwinds and percussions with gong effects (Tr. 18).
As bonus tracks we enclose no choir versions of Titoli di testa and Finale.
CD 2 contains the complete Ost from La leggenda di Enea.
Together with Steve Reeves, the film stars other noted faces of the Italian Cinema like Liana Orfei (from the famous circus family) as Camilla, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Eurialo, Gianni Garko as Turno, king of the Rutuli.
In the role of the little Ascanio, Aeneas' son, we find Charles Band (the director's son) who later (in the '80s and in the '90s) became the boss of production companies specialized in sci-fi and horror movies: Empire Pictures e Full Moon.
For the opening credits (Tr. 1) Giovanni Fusco wrote a slow pastoral march performed by flutes and percussions.
For the gallop scene the author provided a mysterious theme of suspense (Tr. 2).
A mixture of burlesque ballet and a semi-religious march accompanies the scene of the meeting of two races (Tr. 3).
This Ost is also rich of dramatic and aggressive themes underscoring battle scenes: Tr. 9,Tr. 11,Tr. 12,Tr. 16,Tr. 18,Tr. 21, but also of mysterious and of ancient flavoured pieces as Tr. 6,Tr. 7,Tr. 8,Tr. 13,Tr. 14.
For the court ballet Giovanni Fusco wrote a percussive tribal theme with pastoral flavour (Tr. 10).
The movie and our Cd close with a heroic motif that underscores the future birth of Rome (Tr. 23).
As bonus track we enclose an alternate version of the track Incontro tra due popoli (Tr. 24).
 
story

la Guerra di Troia
Steve Reeves gives the most dramatically demanding performance of his career (and a surprisingly good one) in The Trojan Horse.
Essentially a retelling of the final year of the siege of Troy from the point of view of Aeneas (Reeves), the movie is filled with fascinating portrayals.
Aeneas, taking the interpretation from the poet Virgil, is the wisest of the Trojans and, after ten years of war, has become the leading advocate for finding an end to the fighting.
His wisdom and nobility have earned him a place at the table with King Priam and the other rulers, which puts him at odds with the vain, jealous Paris and his Helen.
Opening with the slaying of Hector by Achilles, the film is steeped in complex personal relationships and mythological conceits.
John Drew Barrymore is the other name actor here, playing Ulysses as a clever, cynical, and bold warrior among the Greeks.
Reeves brings real nobility to Aeneas and relies on his acting skills as much as his physique to bring off this movie, often mixing the two in a script filled with ironies, as when Aeneas must kill a Greek warrior for whom he earlier expressed respect.
Along with Reeves' two Hercules films from the end of the 1950s, and Vittorio Cottafavi's Hercules and the Captive Women, this is one of the best examples of Italy's sword-and-sandal genre.

Cast:
Steve Reeves, Lydia Alfonsi, Luciana Angelillo, John Drew Barrymore, Nerio Bernardi, Arturo Dominici, Juliette Mayniel, Mimmo Palmara, Carlo Tamberlani, Edy Vessel, Nando Tamberlani

Director:
Giorgio Ferroni


la leggenda di enea
Etruscan slavers opress the Trojans, leading to a revolt, started by Aeneas and his fellow gladiators...

Cast:
Steve Reeves, Carla Marlier, Liana Orfei, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Gianni Garko, Mario Ferrari, Lulla Selli, Maurice Poli, Luciano Benetti

Director:
Giorgio Venturini

 

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