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 Posted:   Jun 16, 2018 - 9:34 PM   
 By:   .   (Member)

I see nothing listed for this soundtrack, apart from a poor 1-minute synth rendition of the Main Title on a compilation. But I watched this British movie on TV a few nights ago and it had a neat and noir-ish score, dark and mysterious for the most part, with a jazzy theme appearing now and then. The preposterous-but-enjoyable film stars an entertainingly-devious Robert Newton plotting revenge against his wife's lover.
I'm wondering if anyone knows about any past or present (or possibly future) availability of this score.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 16, 2018 - 10:31 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

Here is the actual main and end title of the film (short as they are):




And, there is a 6-minute piano reduction suite from the score on this 1999 Chandos compilation CD.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 16, 2018 - 10:47 PM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

Here is that Massimo Palumbo piano recording:

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2018 - 2:44 AM   
 By:   Stefan Schlegel   (Member)

About three minutes of Rota´s OBSESSION ("Themes from the film") are available on this British "Golden Age of Light Music - From Stage and Screen" CD:
https://www.guildmusic.com/shop/wbc.php?tpl=produktdetail.html&pid=8098#

The recording by Sidney Torch and his orchestra was made in 1950 and had at that time been released on a 78 rpm disc on the British Parlophone label.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2018 - 7:42 AM   
 By:   OnyaBirri   (Member)

Wow, this will provide Jim Cleveland with a new Obsession to become obsessed with!

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2018 - 11:00 AM   
 By:   Rozsaphile   (Member)

I suspect that most of us were unaware of Nino Rota until the Fellini films became popular in the mid-1950s. In fact his earliest movie credit was in 1933. And his last in 1979. That's a career longevity to rival that of John Williams. But then you realize that Rota died at the relatively early age of 67. Amazing!

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 17, 2018 - 8:51 PM   
 By:   .   (Member)

Thanks for the responses. Hopefully there's more of the score that will be released at some point.

 
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