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FA6514 Slalom / Snow Job
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part 1-12

SLALOM (1965)

Slalom is a adventure-comedy directed by regular Morricone collaborator Luciano Salce, starring Vittorio Gassman and Adolfo Celi. They play Lucio and Riccardo, two friends who, take a skiing holiday in the Italian Alps with their wives. After some comedy hi-jinks where Lucio falls down in the snow a lot, and then ditches his wife to try to seduce a beautiful woman he spies off-piste, he unwittingly becomes involved in an unexpectedly serious international espionage plot involving counterfeit American dollars and sexy female assassins. The film will be of interest to fans of Bond franchise as it features the aforementioned Celi (the lead villain from Thunderball), as well as Daniela Bianchi (the Bond girl from From Russia With Love) as Nadia, a mysterious and sultry secret agent with a hidden talent for firing machine guns!

Morricone’s score is one of those unusual Euro-thriller scores which features an array of jazz and pop-inflected orchestral action music sequences, has a lush and sexy romance piece, and is anchored by a wholly bizarre main theme. That main theme, “Slalom,” is a wildly upbeat and infectious melody kept in time with a battery of snare drums. The main melody is carried mainly by an electric guitar accompanied by tubular bells and brass, but is frequently enlivened by the sound of a man whistling, as well as a small choir making ‘doo doo’ and ‘la la’ noises or chanting the name of the film!

Slalom is one of the most popular non-western scores Morricone wrote during the period; the Dagored label released both a vinyl EP and a CD in 2000, but this was superseded by a 58-minute release of the full score by GDM Music in 2013, and this recent edition is the recommended one for anyone wanting to experience Morricone’s brand of quirky adventure music at its fullest potential.

Track Listing 1. Slalom – Titoli (1:55), 2. Sestriere (2:23), 3. Un Cafè Sulla Banchina (2:52), 4. Un Agente in Egitto (2:46), 5. Incontro Magico I (3:05), 6. Assassinio Nella Sciovia (4:29), 7. Una Sera in Albergo (2:33), 8. Marcette Grottesche (0:47), 9. Un Omicidio Misterioso (1:11), 10. Slalom – Titoli [Versione Film] (1:31), 11. In Pericolo (0:45), 12. Sul Treno (2:40), 13. Corsa Nel Deserto (2:14), 14. Incontro Magico II (3:12), 15. Sperduto a El Cairo I (8:11), 16. Sestriere [Versione Alternativa] (2:23), 17. Slalom [Versione] Alternativa (1:56), 18. Passeggiata Nella Neve (1:17), 19. Rapimento Grottesco (1:02), 20. Sperduto a El Cairo II (4:21), 21. Incontro Magico III (2:10), 22. Slalom [Single Version] (2:25), 23. Sestriere – Finale (2:28). GDM Music 4304, 58 minutes 36 seconds.
August 13, 2017
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No.
Name
Listen
001
Slalom (titoli) (01:55)
002
Sestriere (02:23)
003
Un cafe sulla banchina (02:52)
004
Un "agente" in Egitto (02:46)
005
Incontro magico I (03:05)
006
Assassino nella sciovia (04:29)
007
Una sera in albergo (02:33)
008
Marcette grottesche (00:47)
009
Un omicidio misterioso (01:11)
010
titoli versione film (01:31)
011
In pericolo (00:45)
012
Sul treno (02:40)
013
Corsa nel deserto (02:14)
014
Incontro magico II (03:12)
015
Sperduto a El Cairo I (08:11)
016
Sestriere ( versione alternativa) (02:23)
017
Slalom (versione alternativa) (01:56)
018
Passeggiata nella neve (01:17)
019
Rapimento grottesco (01:02)
020
Sperduto a El Cairo II (04:21)
021
Incontro magico III (02:10)
022
Slalom ( single version) (02:25)
023
Sestriere (Finale) (02:28)
Attachment: About Jonathan Broxton
Jon is a film music critic and journalist, who since 1997 has been the editor and chief reviewer for Movie Music UK, one of the world’s most popular English-language film music websites, and is the president of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Over the last 20+ years Jon has written over 3,000 reviews and articles and conducted numerous composer interviews. In print, Jon has written reviews and articles for publications such as Film Score Monthly, Soundtrack Magazine and Music from the Movies, and has written liner notes for two of Prometheus Records’ classic Basil Poledouris score releases, “Amanda” and “Flyers/Fire on the Mountain”. He also contributed a chapter to Tom Hoover’s book “Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today’s Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring”, published in 2011. In the late 1990s Jon was a film music consultant to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and worked with them on the films “Relative Values” with music by John Debney, and “The Ring of the Buddha” with music by Oliver Heise, as well as on a series of concerts with Randy Newman. In 2012, Jon chaired one of the “festival academies” at the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. He is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the premier nonprofit organization for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working motion pictures, television, and multimedia. (Here)
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