Digitmovies is pleased to release for the very first time
on CD complete and in full stereo the OST by Carlo Savina
for the movie Indagine Su Un Delitto Perfetto shot in 1978
by Giuseppe Rosati, but credited with the pseudonym of Aaron
Leviathan.
The film distances itself from the tradition of several Argento-like
giallo movies of the '70s:
The movie recalls, both plot-wise and with regard to the typical
London setting, the classic thriller novels by Agatha Christie.
The death of a multinational company's chairman induces the
three candidates for the chairmanship to plot the ones against
the others.
One of the three simulates a deadly car accident to carry
out his perfect criminal plan by starting to physically eliminate
the contending other ones.
Together with his partner the murderer will succeed in eluding
the police's suspicions.
Although the movie had not few production problems, the result
is more than very good and succeeds in keeping the interest
in the plot strong, also thanks to the very good cast:
Joseph Cotten, Leonard Mann and Adolfo Celi play the three
contending persons for the chairmanship, while they are surrounded
by three female presences:
Alida Valli, Janet Agren and Gloria Guida.
Moreover, the London setting, the care of the interiors and
the total absence of all those elements “stolen”
from the Argento movies and abused in the Italian Giallo movies
of the early '70s, give the movie a classic Giallo touch,
typically of British inspiration that recalls the early 70s
Giallo movies of European origin such as Delitto A Oxford,
7 Cadaveri Per Scotland Yard, ecc...
For the making of this CD we could use the stereo master
tapes of the original session still preserved in the Savina
estate.
Carlo Savina has written a rhythmic main theme a mixture of
Jazz, Progressive and Disco where the voice of Edda Dell’Orso
is featured (Tr. 1) and reprised then in Tr. 3, Tr. 4, with
atonal variations (Tr. 13, Tr. 14) and in Finale (Tr. 15).
The OST is quite short, but very effective in describing the
ambiguous side of the plot with a series of suggestive themes
with abstract, macabre and mysterious sounds (Tr. 2, Tr. 5,
Tr. 6, Tr. 7, Tr. 9, Tr. 10, Tr. 11, Tr. 12) alternated with
source music with solo piano (Tr. 8).
A proper rescue and preservation on record as tribute to the
music art of the great Carlo Savina. |
