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le casse, ennio morricone, vadim music
14.20

 
le casse
(1971)


composer: ennio morricone

Label: vadim music

AKA: the Burglars, le casse

soundtrack style: thriller action crime

format: Limited edition 7" (45 RPM), Numbered

Reissue



   


tracks
SIDE A

Le Casse

SIDE B

Rodeo

 
 
further information

7" (45 RPM) reissue

Limited Edition

Numbered

Inner sleeve

 
description
After the recent reissue of Le Clan des Siciliens, Vadim continues its exploration of the fruitful and exemplary musical collaboration between Henri Verneuil and Ennio Morricone.
Two years following this stroke of genius, the two came face to face again with a new masterpiece illustrating the epic clash between thief Jean-Paul Belmondo and cop Omar Sharif.
Filmed in Greece, this anthological car-chase film benefits once more from an outstanding soundtrack.
The main theme, powerful and nervous, is the track we can't forget, while the array of other tracks prove once again the talents of the Italian maestro.
Originally released as a coveted LP, today Vadim has uncovered 2 missing tracks from the album.
The first is variation on the main theme, a touch more pop, warmed by subtle vocals and a lighter rhythm.
The b-side also revisits an existing track, the magnificent Rodeo, entirely re-orchestrated by Bruno Nicolai, Morricone's loyal orchestrator and himself the composer of a number of now cult anthological scores and soundtracks.
This 7" invites you to discover 2 rarities that complete and give a new perspective to a score that demands to be rediscovered without delay.
 
story

This French-made feature was based on a 1957 Hollywood "B" effort The Burglar.
Both films were inspired by the same David Goodis novel.
Gallic crime-flick icon Jean Paul Belmondo play a slick jewel thief who steals a valuable emerald.
He is stalked by cop Omar Sharif, who when he catches up to Belmondo reveals himself to be a fellow crook, interested only in a piece of the action.
Diane Cannon plays the gun moll role created by Jayne Mansfield in the 1957 film.
Burglars ends with a set-to in a Greek grain elevator, where Sharif is smothered in a cascade of wheat a climax later borrowed for the American crime thriller Witness.

Cast:
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Robert Hossein, Renato Salvatori, Dyan Cannon, Nicole Calfan, José Luis de Villalonga

Director:
Henri Verneuil

 

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