Ennio Morricone has composed a very "rural" score with the sounds, that represent the life of the protagonist. Although integrated within modern society, the soul of this man is always directed to his past, to his land, to the teachings of his father which he could never leave behind. This adherence to the homeland is expressed through deliberately wild and almost enraged vocal performances of Edda Dell'Orso. Ennio Morricone has composed music which reflects the bucolic atmosphere of this tale through a series of archaically flavoured themes played by instruments like recorder and mandolin. Among the recurrent themes there are a mysterious motif, dramatic music for dissonant strings and a lounge theme with the typical Morricone sound. The main theme is reprised for recorder and guitar and there is Baroque music for the puppet theater played by woodwinds and percussions. Our LP contains two bonus tracks, unreleased alternate takes of the original album versions which will surely be quite attractive for fans and scholars of the music of Ennio Morricone.
TRACK LIST
Side A
1. TEMA POPOLARESCO 3:48
2. PASSIONE E MISTICISMO 3:01
3. MUSICA DI STRADA N°1 4:27
4. SOLO VIOLINI 4:41
5. TEMA BORGHESE 3:30
Side B
1. MUSICA DI STRADA N°2 3:03
2. TEMA POPOLARESCO INTERROTTO 1:19
3. PICCOLA INTRODUZIONE PER UN TEATRINO DI BURATTINI 2:45
4. NOTTURNO SENZA LUNA 4:31
5. TEMA BORGHESE (versione 2) 3:29
6. TEMA POPOLARESCO (versione 4) 3:50