Teorema, Pasolini

Teorema

Contrasting extremes of atonality and pop ballads the three Ennio Morricone soundtracks selected on this CD include Teorema (1968), Vergogna Schifosi (1969) and La Stagione Dei Sensi (1969).

Teorema directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini is the best known of the three films, its themes are connected to the pioneerism that had so value at the period. The themes Theorem and Frammenti are pure atonality. Just as visitor presence (Terence Stamp) unbalances the family, Morricone disrupts the music that defines between melodically or climatically. The themes are unknown musical entities. Do not threaten or comfort, just sound, mysterious and indefinable. In stark contrast Fruscio di Foglie Verdi and Beat 3 are typical pop music tracks from the 60s and L'Ultima Corrida, with its mariachi trumpet, could have been on some western score.

More melodic and pop-oriented, the soundtrack of La Stagione Dei Sensi includes reference to rock in Gloria, Tell Me Tell Me and some bossa nova in Una Voce Allo Spechio. Highlights include the totally retro sensuality in Sospendi Il Tempo and abstraction for trumpet and organ in Dynamic Per 5/1. The valse for strings of In Tre Quarti complete a panel of multi references that could only have been conceived in this period and in European cinema then at the height of the alternative and renewing.

The variety follows in Vergogna Schifosi also guided the pop and humor. The main theme (Girotondo) is almost a child playground song. Some vocal emissions border on experimentation, especially the wide undulating beauty of Un Altro Mare. The presence of exceptional Edda Dell'Orso in vocalizations highlights Vergogna Schifosi as an item of special interest to fans of Morricone soundtracks.