For the first time on CD is issued the soundtrack by Armando
Trovajoli from one of the most famous Italian Television mini-series:
Ligabue.
A TV 3 part mini-series directed by Salvatore Nocita in 1977
that narrates the story of the painter Antonio Laccabue known
as Ligabue performed by a very good Flavio Bucci.
Armando Trovajoli has written a deep and touching score, dominated
by a big sense of melancholy and loneliness.
The main theme, of big emotional impact and considered as one
of the most noted to the audience of the TV scores fans, is
represented by an organ ostinato with brief and fast performance
of strings and brass with modern sonorities that recall the
progressive sound.
For this CD, the stereo master tape of the original LP has been
used properly restored and remastered in digital.
The track Partigiani, existing on the original LP, has been
eliminated from the tracks list on suggestion of the composer
himself.
However the CD contains an expanded version of a theme, plus
a totally inedit track. |
The Italian artist Ligabue grew up as a withdrawn
child in Switzerland, speaking a hodge-podge of Italian and
German.
On his return to Italy, he takes up residence by the banks of
the Po river, but his uncouth speech and his near-mad behavior
cause him to be shunned and ridiculed.
In the movie, he is portrayed as a child-like figure who is
encouraged by a local sculptor to paint on canvas.
Even when he is beginning to gain some recognition as a painter,
Ligabue (Flavio Bucci) still behaves like a wild, untamed woodland
creature.
This film is an adaptation of an Italian television series based
on a book by Cesare Zavattini exploring the life of the artist
and his works.
Cast:
Flavio Bucci, Carlo Bagno, Andréa Ferréol, Pamela
Villoresi, Alessandro Haber, Giuseppe Pambieri, Renzo Palmer,
Guido Tasso, Giuseppina Galimberti
Director:
Salvatore Nocita |
