| Digitmovies releases for the very first time
on CD the complete editions in full stereo of the OSTs for the
two Italian cult TV series Orzowei and Il Marsigliese which
were composed by the prolific brothers Guido & Maurizio
De Angelis.
Based on the novel Orzowei written by Alberto Manzi and issued
in 1955, the story was adapted into 13 episodes of an international
TV hit series which was produced in 1976 by Italian and German
companies.
It was directed by the French filmmaker Yves Allégret
and starred Peter Marshall as Isa/Orzowei, the British star
Stanley Baker, Doris Kunstmann, Vincenzo Crocitti, Bonne Lubega.
This TV program was broadcasted in Italy in early 1977 and
presented again with a version especially re-edited for cinema
theaters called Orzowei Il Figlio Della Savana.
Isa, a white child abandoned in the forest of South Africa,
is found and raised like a son by an old great warrior and
by an old woman, both of them belonging to the Swazi people,
an ethnic grouping of the Bantu tribe.
Due to his white skin he is jokingly called Orzowei, the found.
After his escape from the Swazi village, he takes refuge to
a forest where he is adopted as a son by Pao, the sage man
of a Bosciman tribe.
At the end Orzowei will really have to fight against the Swazi,
the people who had brought him up as a child, and to defeat
Mesei, his arch enemy.
Il Marsigliese is another cult TV series broadcasted by Italian
Television in three episodes from 28th September to 12th October
1975, directed by Giacomo Battiato and starring Marc Porel,
Lina Polito, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Corrado Gaipa, Renato Mori,
Isa Danieli, Giovanni Polito, Biagio Pelligra, with screenplay
by Luciano Codignola and also Battiato.
A breathtaking thriller where Porel plays a young man from
Marseille who, as soon as he has arrived in Neaples, causes
a feud among local camorra men and Sicilian mobsters, with
a big climax placed in Genoa.
In those days only two singles were issued:
Orzowei, a very big International record hit and Il Marsigliese.
This CD has been possible thanks to the stereo mastertapes
which have been well preserved in the RCA archives.
Concerning Orzowei, besides the 45 rpm single versions Orzowei
and Le Notti Di Orzowei we have also added alternate takes
of the famous theme song like a different mix, the instrumental
version, an evocative version with an echoed solo flute, the
very cool Karaoke version, an alternate take of Le Notti Di
Orzowei without flute (all the original material discovered
on the master tapes, if we consider that possibly in the TV
series library music was re-used).
The OST of Il Marsigliese is based on Napoli Oggi, a recurring
tarantella main theme with variations, alternated with Giallo/Noir
music with fascinating lounge shades and with Il Marsigliese,
a moving theme with popular flavour (the Love Theme), one
of the most beautiful compositions of the two mythic brothers.
Two OSTs of the '70s Italian TV CULT which we absolutely wanted
to rescue and preserve on this CD with a long duration to
honour the musical art of Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. |
