Digitmovies ventures into the world of the
Italian police cinema, for the first time on LP, in full stereo
the OST the mythic Stelvio Cipriani for Italian cult police
movie Squadra Volante.
Squadra Volante was directed in 1974 by Stelvio Massi and
starred Tomas Milian as inspector Tomas Ravelli and Gastone
Moschin as his arch enemy, a bandit called the Marseilles
man, the remaining cast including Mario Carotenuto, Ray Lovelock
and Stefania Casini:
The gang of the Marseilles man assaults an armoured car in
the city of Pavia by way of pretending to be a movie troupe
which is shooting a movie.
Inspector Ravelli (Milian) from Marseilles interpol investigates
into this case after heaving received a tip-off about the
facts.
His presence is also motivated because some years ago the
Marseilles man (Moschin), chief of the criminal gang, had
killed his wife by chance in front of a supermarket, which
is the reason why he wants to get quits with him.
After chases and brutal killings there is the climax at the
end where Ravelli, who has thrown away his police card, kills
the Marseilles man.
For Squadra Volante Cipriani has written a recurrent pleasant
and brilliant lounge-style theme, almost in contrast with
the sense of bitter revenge which pervades the character played
by Tomas Milian, introduced on side A: Tr. 1, Tr, 3 and on
side B: Tr. 1, Tr. 3 and Tr. 6 (a long alternate version,
maybe conceived for a 45 rpm single that never saw the light
in those days).
This romantic theme gets alternated with dance floor music
on side A: Tr. 2, Tr. 5 and Tr. 7; on side B: Tr. 2, Tr. 4,
Tr. 5. |
