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spasmo, ennio morricone, digitmovies
€ 15.50

 
Spasmo
(1974)


composer: ennio morricone

label: digitmovies

AKA: the Death Dealer

total duration: 00.40.28

soundtrack style: thriller action horror mystery



   


tracks

01. Bambole
02. Spasmo
03. Stress Infinito
04. Bambole (Single Version) # 2
05. Spasmo # 2
06. Stress Infinito # 2
07. Bambole # 3
08. Spasmo # 3
09. Stress Infinito # 3
10. Bambole # 4
11. Spasmo # 4
12. Stress Infinito # 4
13. Bambole # 5

 
 
further information
8 page colour booklet containing introduction, synopsis, cast list, colour movie stills and poster art
 
description
For Spasmo directed by Umberto Lenzi, M° Morricone has created a score full of tension based on dissonant music of contemporary art, mixing the orchestra with electronic sounds (tr. 3, tr. 6, tr. 9, tr. 12) to describe all the macabre and disquiet side of the plot.
This terror atmosphere is broken by two recurrent main themes.
The first is called Bambole, a slow motif for orchestra and choir with Pop flavour introduced in the opening titles (tr. 1), reprised first in a choir-less version (tr. 4), then in a slower take played by liturgical organ with an echo effect on the guitar in the background (tr. 7).
After a slightly different orchestration of this particular motif (tr. 10) the CD ends with a take used for the Finale (tr. 13) with an arrangement similar to the opening titles.
The other main theme called Spasmo is a sacred and solemn adagio that Ennio Morricone varies in the score from an orchestral version (tr. 2) to one using liturgical organ (tr. 5, tr. 11) and to a madrigal style version using voices (tr. 8).
For this definitive edition we used the stereo master tapes of the original recording session preserved in the RCA vaults.
 
story

Directed by Umberto Lenzi, Spasmo centers on a discovery made by Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend on what was meant to be a romantic stroll.
At first, the couple happens on what appears to be a corpse, but upon further inspection, they see that the woman is still alive.
As luck would have it, Christian meets the strange woman (Suzy Kendall) on a yacht party several days later, and quickly finds himself tangled in an affair.
During a hotel room tryst, another man breaks in and savagely beats Christian.
Quite accidentally, Christian ends up shooting the intruder with his own gun.
In what is perhaps the most bizarre twist of events thus far, the body disappears, leaving Christian in the middle of yet another mystery.

Cast:
Guido Alberti, Robert Hoffman, Suzy Kendall, Adolfo Lastretti, Ivan Rassimov

Director:
Umberto Lenzi

 

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