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colonne sonore originali, war goddess, riz ortolani, quartet records
20.70

 
war goddess
(1974)


composer: riz ortolani

label: quartet records

AKA: Le Guerriere Dal Seno Nudo, Le Amazzoni, The Amazons, Les Amazones

total duration: 01.09.10

soundtrack style: adventure peplum



   


tracks

01. Le Amazzoni
02. Sulla Riva del Mar Morto
03. Echi E Trasparenze
04. La Battaglia Delle Amazzoni
05. All'Ombra Dei Cedri
06. Le Amazzoni (Una Ragione per Amore)
07. Montagne Blu
08. La Lunga Attesa
09. Rimpianto E Paura
10. Le Amazzoni
11. Le Amazzoni (Titoli)
12. All'Ombra Dei Cedri (2)
13. La Lunga Attesa (Long Version)
14. La Battaglia Delle Amazzoni (3)
15. Sulla Riva del Mar Morto (2)
16. La Battaglia Delle Amazzoni (4)
17. Le Amazzoni (coro feminile)
18. Montagne Blu (2)
19. Le Amazzoni (Marcia)
20. Echi E Trasparenze (2)
21. Le Amazzoni (Finale)

Tracks 01-10 The Original Japanese Album
Tracks 11-21 Previously Unreleased

 
 
further information

Limited edition 500 copies

16-page booklet with film stills and liner notes by Gergely Hubai, discussing the director, the composer, the score and the special role of Le Amazzoni within Italian cinema

 
description & story

Premiere CD release of the complete Riz Ortolani score, written as a cheeky homage to peplum scores for Terence Young's 1974 War Goddess.

Although he is still best known as the director of four of the first three James Bond pictures, Terence young's career contains its fair share of odd titles, including this Italian historic film which was made a decade after the golden age of the pepla.
Starring Alena Johnston, Sabine Sun, Malisa Longo and Luciana Paluzzi, Le Amazzoni is a campy picture about the life of amazons who are forced to mate with men in order to keep their tribe alive - unfortunately the new Queen is starting to fell for his intended mate with tragic consequences.

Previous releases of Riz Ortolani's score contained precious little of the actual film tracks which make their debut here.
The first 10 tracks is the program of the original Cinedisc LP (partially released on CD by Point Records in 1995), while tracks 11-22 contain the actual takes used in the film.
The score's central theme is a playful march for the amazons, followed by several beautiful romantic set pieces for the relationship of Queen Antiope and Prince Theseus.
The program also contains a huge battle track and haunting suspense material for the tribe's dark rituals.

 

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