LA MANO SPIETATA DELLA LEGGE
is an hyperviolent police story movie directed in 1973 by Mario
Gariazzo, with two of the best international actors such as
Philippe Leroy (a police commissioner) and Klaus Kinski (a ferocious
killer).
The movie plot is a mix of typical Italian police story and
mafia genres of that period.
Commissioner Gianni De Carmine (Philippe Leroy) and his superiors,
investigate upon some mafia murders.
All the witnesses , however, get killed, by a killer (Kinski).
As the commissioner finds out that some noticeable people are
involved within mafia's designs, he is heavily beated at first,
then has his girlfriend killed and finally he is moved into
another city.
La mano spietata della legge is one of the most violent italian
police story movies of those years, professionally directed
with an extreme realistic touch both in dialogues as in the
scenes.
Although the movie's budget was low, Gariazzo was able to make
an enjoyable film, which perfectly reflects the mood of those
years in Italy: Gli anni di piombo.
The movie score is by Stelvio Cipriani.
Cipriani emphasizes the dramatic events with high tension tunes
and rhythmic sequences.
The wonderfull main theme is arranged differently, in many different
scenes, to professionally remark the highlights of the movie.
The original soundtrack of La mano spietata della legge is released
by Digitmovies in its full original lenght and in full stereo.
L'UOMO DELLA STRADA FA GIUSTIZIA
was directed by Umberto Lenzi, directorof famous Giallos and
Police Movies.
The film is one of the Police Movies with a dramatic touch
that could alsobe considered as a part of the Giustizieri
series like the splendid Il cittadino si ribella by Enzo G.Castellari.
The story is about the murdering of a young girl,daughter
of an engineer, during a jewellery robbery.
The father,discontented with the inefficiency of the police,
decides to deal out justice and manages to kill some villains.
Because of a mistake, the real murderer will be killed by
the police.
Lenzi is able to show us the social moral crisis of the '70s
with tangible realism.
Digitmovies presents for the first time on record the complete
original motion picture soundtrack by Bruno Nicolai in stereo.
Until now only a few tracks were available on a promotional
sonorization album of C.A.M.
Bruno Nicolai composed a jazz theme for piano accompanied
by percussion, and developed later with sax and orchestra.
A perfect musical comment to describe the urban reality of
those years.
Introduced in Titoli di testa (Tr. 1) this particular theme
is reprised throughout the score (Tr. 5, Tr. 7, Tr. 16, Tr.
19, Tr. 20).
Action and suspense music emphasizes the character of a citizen
who wants to deal out justice on his own (Tr. 2, Tr. 4, Tr.
9, Tr. 11, Tr. 12, Tr. 15).
To emphasize the sadness of the protagonist, Bruno Nicolai
also provided a delicious romantic theme for piano, celesta
and strings (Tr. 3), reprised in Tr. 6, Tr. 8, Tr. 10, Tr.
13, Tr. 18.
Lounge music cannot be missed, such as a rock shake (Tr. 14)
and a slow dance-like piece (Tr. 17).
As a bonus track we include an alternate version of Titoli
di coda (Tr. 21).
IL GRANDE RACKET
Prolific director Enzo G.Castellari, best known for his Westerns
and for Police Movies, demonstrates with his movie Il grande
racket that he is one of the few Italian directors who is
capable of doing action movies with professionalism and sensibility.
The film tells the story of police marshal Palmieri (played
by Fabio Testi) struggling with a group of criminals blackmailing
shop owners in Rome.
Hindered by his superiors because of his violent methods Palmieri
is getting dismissed.
Together with the victim of the racket the ex-cop decides
to take revenge on the criminals and their bosses.
Il grande racket together with Milano odia la polizia non
può sparare by Lenzi and Luca il contrabbandiere by
Fulci is one of the most violent Italian police movies.
The particularly violent scenes include the rape of the daughter
of a restaurateur and the murdering of the wife of a champion,
burned alive by the criminals.
The final scene including the long gun-fight between Palmieri
and the criminals in the factory is a true homage to the Italian
Cinema Western.
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis are the composers of this
original motion picture soundtrack that Digitmovies presents
here for the first time on record in its complete form and
in full stereo.
The main theme of Il grande racket, introduced in Titoli di
Testa (Tr. 1) and reprised in numerous variations (Tr. 5,
Tr. 9, Tr. 13, Tr. 16), perfectly match the action scenes,
using solo rock guitars, percussions and keyboards that results
in something between hard rock and progressive rock.
Tracks 2, 10 and 12, dominated by bass, drums and bongos,
emphasize the most intense and violent moments of the movie.
The pieces using obsessive sounds and hallucinatory voices
(Tr. 4, Tr. 8, Tr. 14, Tr. 15) enrich the unquiet moments
of this soundtrack.
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