55 years ago, the fourth Western movie directed by Sergio Leone, C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST, was screened for the first time, and in the plans of the director, should have closed the circle of his engagement with this cinematic genre. Compared to the Dollars Trilogy, the movie marks an important stylistic change; it's an epic full of allegories, with an immensely powerful script. Considered by many to be Ennio Morricone's masterpiece, it marks an evolution in his music, which often takes over for the images. Exceptional collaborators such as Edda Dell'Orso, Alessandro Alessandroni and Franco De Gemini are the main actors of this score, the director of which is the Maestro. It is to one of them, Franco De Gemini, whom Beat Records in collaboration with Universal Music Publishing wish to dedicate this 50th anniversary edition, in a guise you've never experienced before. An accurate remastering by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler corrected a few formal imprecisions of the wonderful previous editions as well as some minor stereophonic flaws, and now we can finally say we have an album that meets our expectations for such a milestone edition of this score. But the surprises don't stop there. Five years after the death of the popular Ferraran harmonica player, the entire recording sessions of the score were discovered, over three hours long, including studio chatter from which we extracted a small recording of Franco's voice while he is conducting sound tests to find the best sound for his harmonica in a particular scene. We present this gift to you at the end of the album as a memorial to this great harmonica artisan, a sonic cameo as a little witness to his industriousness. The CD comes in a jewel case with a richly-illustrated, 24-page booklet featuring liner notes by Daniele De Gemini, along with 4 collector's plasticized cards, all gathered in a hard box external case. Limited to only 500 copies, it's a meeting with cinema and music history that can't be missed.
トラックリスト
1. C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST 3:41 2. L'UOMO 1:01 3. IL GRANDE MASSACRO 2:38 4. ARRIVO ALLA STAZIONE 0:53 5. L'ORCHESTRACCIA 2:22 6. L'AMERICA DI JILL 2:45 7. ARMONICA 2:25 8. LA POSADA N. 1 1:37 9. UN LETTO TROPPO GRANDE 1:30 10. JILL 1:45 11. FRANK 1:49 12. CHEYENNE 1:14 13. LA POSADA N. 2 1:31 14. LA POSADA N. 3 1:16 15. EPILOGO 1:12 16. SUL TETTO DEL TRENO 1:18 17. L'UOMO DELL'ARMONICA 3:27 18. IN UNA STANZA CON POCA LUCE 5:06 19. L'ATTENTATO 4:37 20. RITORNO AL TRENO 0:56 21. MORTON 1:34 22. COME UNA SENTENZA 3:06 23. DUELLO FINALE 3:33 24. L'ULTIMO RANTOLO 1:43 25. NASCITA DI UNA CITTA 4:22 26. ADDIO A CHEYENNE 2:37 27. FINALE 4:09
55年前、セルジオ・レオーネ監督の4作目の西部劇『ウエスタン』が初上映され、監督の計画では、このジャンルの映画との関わりの輪を閉じるはずだった。"ドル"三部作と比較すると、この映画は重要なスタイルの変化を示している。寓意に満ちた叙事詩であり、非常に力強い脚本である。エンニオ・モリコーネの最高傑作と言われるこの映画は、しばしば映像の代わりを務める彼の音楽の進化を示す。エッダ・デッロルソ、アレッサンドロ・アレッサンドローニ、フランコ・デ・ジェミニといった類まれな共演者たちが、このスコアの主役であり、監督はマエストロである。その中の一人、フランコ・デ・ジェミニに、BEAT RECORDSはユニバーサル音楽出版と共同で、この50周年記念エディションを捧げたい。
トラックリストクラウディオ・フィアーノとダニエル・ウィンクラーによる正確なリマスタリングにより、以前の素晴らしいエディションにあったいくつかの形式的な不正確さや、ステレオフォニックな小さな欠陥が修正され、このスコアの節目となるエディションに対する期待に応えるアルバムがついに完成したと言える。
しかし、驚きはそれだけにとどまらない。フェラーラの人気ハーモニカ奏者の死から5年後、このスコアのコンプリート・レコーディング・セッションが発見されたのだ。3時間を超える長尺で、スタジオでの雑談も含まれており、その中から、あるシーンでハーモニカのベスト・サウンドを探すためにサウンド・テストを行っているフランコの声がわずかに録音されている。アルバムの最後に、この偉大なハーモニカ職人への記念として、また彼の勤勉さの小さな証人として、音のカメオとしてこのプレゼントを贈ります。
CDはジュエルケース入りで、ダニエレ・デ・ジェミニによるライナーノーツが掲載された24ページの豊富なイラスト入りブックレットと、4枚のコレクターズカードが、ハードボックスの外箱に収められている。
限定500枚、見逃すことのできない映画と音楽の歴史との出会いである。（機械翻訳）
55 years ago, the fourth Western movie directed by Sergio Leone, C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST, was screened for the first time, and in the plans of the director, should have closed the circle of his engagement with this cinematic genre. Compared to the Dollars Trilogy, the movie marks an important stylistic change; it's an epic full of allegories, with an immensely powerful script. Considered by many to be Ennio Morricone's masterpiece, it marks an evolution in his music, which often takes over for the images. Exceptional collaborators such as Edda Dell'Orso, Alessandro Alessandroni and Franco De Gemini are the main actors of this score, the director of which is the Maestro. It is to one of them, Franco De Gemini, whom Beat Records in collaboration with Universal Music Publishing wish to dedicate this 50th anniversary edition, in a guise you've never experienced before.
An accurate remastering by Claudio Fuiano and Daniel Winkler corrected a few formal imprecisions of the wonderful previous editions as well as some minor stereophonic flaws, and now we can finally say we have an album that meets our expectations for such a milestone edition of this score.
But the surprises don't stop there. Five years after the death of the popular Ferraran harmonica player, the entire recording sessions of the score were discovered, over three hours long, including studio chatter from which we extracted a small recording of Franco's voice while he is conducting sound tests to find the best sound for his harmonica in a particular scene. We present this gift to you at the end of the album as a memorial to this great harmonica artisan, a sonic cameo as a little witness to his industriousness.
The CD comes in a jewel case with a richly-illustrated, 24-page booklet featuring liner notes by Daniele De Gemini, along with 4 collector's plasticized cards, all gathered in a hard box external case.
Limited to only 500 copies, it's a meeting with cinema and music history that can't be missed.
1. C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST 3:41
2. L'UOMO 1:01
3. IL GRANDE MASSACRO 2:38
4. ARRIVO ALLA STAZIONE 0:53
5. L'ORCHESTRACCIA 2:22
6. L'AMERICA DI JILL 2:45
7. ARMONICA 2:25
8. LA POSADA N. 1 1:37
9. UN LETTO TROPPO GRANDE 1:30
10. JILL 1:45
11. FRANK 1:49
12. CHEYENNE 1:14
13. LA POSADA N. 2 1:31
14. LA POSADA N. 3 1:16
15. EPILOGO 1:12
16. SUL TETTO DEL TRENO 1:18
17. L'UOMO DELL'ARMONICA 3:27
18. IN UNA STANZA CON POCA LUCE 5:06
19. L'ATTENTATO 4:37
20. RITORNO AL TRENO 0:56
21. MORTON 1:34
22. COME UNA SENTENZA 3:06
23. DUELLO FINALE 3:33
24. L'ULTIMO RANTOLO 1:43
25. NASCITA DI UNA CITTA 4:22
26. ADDIO A CHEYENNE 2:37
27. FINALE 4:09