Il Federale

Digitmovies proudly wants to celebrate the 45 years of legendary Film Music by composer Ennio Morricone releasing on CD the complete score composed and orchestrated by Maestro Ennio Morricone in year 1961 for Luciano Salce ‘s “Il federale” (“The fascist”) starring Ugo Tognazzi. This Cd release is again possible thanks to the big help of C.A.M. friends who did keep for until today the session mono master tapes and Maestro Ennio Morricone himself who authorized every selected track. This score is historically very important cause it represents Maestro Morricone’ s absolute first Film Scoring assignment and also the first record of his so big discography. In fact in year 1961 RCA released a (Hyper Top rare today!) EP single (RCA PME-30-447) containing some selections from the score (mostly editings of various takes that were really cut versions, while here we have restored these takes, presenting them for the first time in their uncut form. The tracks of the original single are here all enclosed: Tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10,16,17, 22 (while the track 6 called “Colloquio delle fragole” was a mistaken title featuring on the EP single different music that did not correspond at all to the right film scene, so apart the track title, the right music appears here on record for the first time. Ennio Morricone has written an orchestral score (conducted by Pierluigi Urbini) dominated by a lovely March called “Marcia del viaggio” , a funny military theme like a real Scherzo for Orchestra, introduced in “Titoli” (tr.1) and then reprised with variations in the score (tr.7,9,12). The other main theme is called “Tema di Bonafè” for the character of Professor Bonafè (Georges Wilson) (tr. 4 & tr.18) a mystic motif with a semi-religious flavour. The score alternates humoresque music passages (tr.4,5,11,14,15) to other dramatic ones (tr.5,tr.21). This score written by a young Morricone is a music jewel containing many elements so typical of his later style that he has delevoped and matured during the following four decades and half. Thank you M° Morricone for 45 years of legendary Film Music! Limited edition compact disc - 12 full colour pages de-luxe booklet.