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FA6908 La stagione dei sensi / Season of the Senses
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part 7-78

LA STAGIONE DEI SENSI (1969)

La Stagione dei Sensi is an Italian comedy-drama directed by Massimo Franciosa and written by Dario Argento. It tells the story of six teenagers – four girls (Edda Di Benedetto, Laura Belli, Eva Thulin, and Susanne von Sass) and two boys (Gaspare Zola and Ugo Adinolfi) who take a trip on motorboat, and become stranded on an island when they run out of gasoline. There they meet the reclusive Luca (Udo Kier), who hides a dark secret, and introduces the innocent youths to a world of mystery, sensuality, and eroticism.

Morricone’s score is unusual in that it is comprised mostly of original songs rather than score; three beat/pop songs ( “Gloria”, “Tell Me Tell Me”, and “Laila Laila”) performed in Italian by Patrick Samson in a vocal style that only be described as ‘aggressively constipated’, and two lounge/symphonic compositions featuring the unmistakable vocals of Edda Dell’Orso (“Una Voce Allo Specchio,” the gorgeously ethereal “Sospendi Il Tempo”).

Morricone’s actual score I limited to just three cues: the groovy and enticing “Sytar”, which uses Indian ragas along with romantic orchestral strings to create an unusually compelling sound; “Dinamica Per 5+1,” which is unusual, gloomy, and apparently almost entirely improvised, comprising a series of unusual textures for bass guitar, percussion, piano, and a trumpet that is undergoing some sort of unspeakable torture; and “In Tre Quarti,” a lush and beautiful waltz that cleanses the score like a warm breeze.

My choice for the best release of the soundtrack is the CD release from British label Curci, which pairs is with five tracks from the film Vergogna Schifosi; there is also a 2008 release on the Fin de Siècle label which pairs both scores with music from the 1968 film Theorem. Overall, this is a weird one; good as a curio, and especially worthwhile if you’re an Edda dell’Orso aficionado.

Track Listing: 1. Gloria (3:40), 2. Una Voce Allo Specchio 1 (2:57), 3. Sytar (3:33), 4. Tell Me Tell Me (2:50), 5. Sospendi Il Tempo (1:56), 6. Laila Laila (8:05), 7. Una Voce Allo Specchio 2 (1:03), 8. Dinamica Per 5+1 (4:51), 9. In Tre Quarti (2:08). Curci CU-005, 31 minutes 03 seconds.
Oct. 3, 2020
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Gloria (H.Nohra) (03:40)
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Una voce allo specchio (02:57)
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Sytar (03:33)
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Tell me tell me(H.Nohra) (02:50)
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Sospendi il tempo (01:56)
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Laila laila(H.Nohra) (08:05)
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Una voce allo specchio (01:03)
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Dinamica per 5+1 (04:51)
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In tre quarti (02:08)
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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