Digitmovies releases for the very first time
on CD the complete OST in mono by Fiorenzo Carpi for the movie
Un'Anguilla Da 300 Milioni directed in 1971 by Salvatore Samperi,
with the scenario written by Samperi himself with Aldo Lado
and starring Ottavia Piccolo, Lino Toffolo, Rodolfo Baldini,
Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ricky Gianco.
Bissa (Toffolo) is a former partisan who lives as an illegal
fisherman in the valley of Caorle.
One day Vasco (Ferzetti), who was his superior during the
resistance, unexpectedly visits him.
The man asks him to take care of his daughter Tina (Piccolo),
who is searching for seclusion and relax after coming off
drugs.
With the help of Lino (Baldini), another young illegal fisherman,
Bissa agrees to attend the girl by giving hospitality to her
in a cane shed at the river.
Some time later the tragic news arrives that the girl's father
was killed in a car accident, but in reality the man was not
the parent, but the kidnapper.
The girl, an angel outside, but a devil inside, persuades
the two men to ask for a ransom of three hundred millions
of liras to set her free so that together they can escape
to America and live a rich life.
Fate is sometimes cruel and the girl kills the two men by
taking possession of the whole sum.
The girl's diabolical plan is foiled by a smart fishing guard
(Adorf), who knocks down the girl and steals the loot.
This CD project is possible thanks to Martina Carpi, the
daughter of the composer, who till today has preserved the
mono master tapes of the original session arranged and conducted
by Bruno Nicolai, and to the friends at Beat Records who have
licensed us this film music rarity.
For this plot which is half comedy and half Giallo, Fiorenzo
Carpi has written a very varied score based on the folk song
Anguille E Libertà (Tr. 1, Tr. 26) which is reprised
in instrumental version in Tr. 5, Tr. 7, Tr. 9, Tr. 16, Tr.22.
This nostalgic theme with a popular flavour (typical of the
composer) is alternated with suspense music with dissonant
passages which renders the adequate Giallo colour of the story
in Tr. 6, Tr. 11, Tr. 12, Tr. 13, Tr. 14, Tr. 15, Tr. 20,
Tr.23, Tr. 24, little marches (Tr. 8, Tr. 17), themes for
liturgical organ (Tr. 10, Tr. 18) and Beat music (Tr. 2, Tr.
3, Tr. 19, Tr. 25).
A proper rescue and preservation of a rare OST by the unforgettable
Fiorenzo Carpi and Bruno Nicolai. |
