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C6040
Caldera Records is proud to present Ennio Morricone’s music for Roberto Faenza’s film “Sostiene Pereira”.
When Antonio Tabucchi’s novel “Sostiene Pereira – Pereira Maintains” in the English language – was published in 1994, it became an immediate literary sensation. The novel’s leading character is the titular Pereira, a newspaper editor who is responsible for compiling the paper’s cultural pages. However, Pereira is not interested in publishing his political views. If all of Portugal was out on the streets demonstrating against the government, Pereira would quietly sit at home and read a good book. He is not a supporter but an enabler. His political reluctance is challenged when he meets a young man named Rossi. Pereira’s life soon changes radically.
Screenwriter and director Roberto Faenza was a perfect choice to turn the novel into a feature film. The Italian film maker had for decades depicted revolts against tyrannical governments. Here, he cast Marcello Mastroianni as the overweight editor who suffers from a heart problem. Popular French actor Daniel Auteil played Pereira’s doctor, Nicoletta Braschi (“Life is Beautiful”) and Marthe Keller (“Marathon Man”) were splendidly cast in minor roles.
The director had tasked Ennio Morricone with writing music for his feature debut “Escalation” in 1967, and they had worked together ever since. By 1995, their collaboration spanned seven films, eight including “Sostiene Pereira.” The latter is one of Morricone’s most ingenious works for a Faenza film. It is intricate and subversive, subtle and stimulating. For the first time, the composer worked with Portugese singer Dulce Pontes when they recorded the song “A brisa do coração” which makes its appearance several times in the film and is presented here both in its original form and in a shorter, edited version. His score subtly features Fado, a Portugese style of music in which a woman as the singer is accompanied by one or two guitars. Morricone’s score consists of several themes and motifs the composer cleverly weaves together. “Sostiene Pereira” starts with a rhythmic pattern for wood blocks, one that recurs throughout the score and serves as its backbone before several instrumental groups consecutively join in with various motifs. The score is intricately developed in that Morricone uses all these various separate elements in other cues but in different arrangements and constellations.
Ennio Morricone’s rich and vibrant score was released on CD in 1995. In collaboration with Sony Music Germany, we are proud to re-release it with detailed liner notes by Stephan Eicke, featuring Christopher Slaski’s precise transcription of the film’s main theme for study purposes. The 40th CD-release of Caldera Records also features elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was produced by Stephan Eicke and John Elborg.
Music Composed and Conducted by Ennio Morricone
Album Produced by Stephan Eicke
Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke
1. A brisa do coração (La Brezza Del Cuore) (6:51)*
2. Il Simbolo (6:31)
3. Vendetta (1:18)
4. Chitarre (4:52)
5. Sostiene Pereira (3:35)
6. Valori Ritrovati (3:55)
7. Assassinato (2:49)
8. Manifestazioni (1:57)
9. Sostiene Pereira (Edit Version) (3:25)
10. Rotativa (4:12)
11. A brisa do coração (Edit Version) (6:27)*
*sung by Dulce Pontes
For more information and sound clips please visit:
www.caldera-records.com/portfolio/sostiene-pereira/
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Smart move. This was getting rare n sought after. (Edit spelling lol)
clips sound great
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Smart move. This was getting rare n sort after.
To be perfectly honest, I decided to release this myself simply because a seller on eBay refused to give me a discount on the OOP disc. I refuse to be a victim.
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Well done. We like your thinking! 
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Wow, Stephan, thank you very much for releasing this! An immediate buy for me.
I was hoping for a re-release of this elegant score, especially considering the original issue is rare and expensive.
But why this ugly 'newspaper' design?! I'm sure my dear friend Luis M. Rojas can do much better.
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I own the vinyl release from 2017. It's a good and mostly pleasant score with some difficult suspense parts like any other Morricone score. Very Mediterranean with its instrumentation and feel. Contrary to the description however, I feel that this really is more of a monothematic "theme and variations" kind of score where everything derives from the great title song. Is there a reason why a cue called Clandestino from the original album isn't included?
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The exclusion of the album track Clandestino is uncomprehended...
Ah, like so many things in life. Why do men have nipples? What is the appendix good for? Why doesn't Amazon pay taxes?
The track Clandestino wasn't available for licensing from Sony. Don't ask me why. Some things will always remain a mystery. Like where the monolith in Utah came from.
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The exclusion of the album track Clandestino is uncomprehended...
Ah, like so many things in life. Why do men have nipples? What is the appendix good for? Why doesn't Amazon pay taxes?
The track Clandestino wasn't available for licensing from Sony. Don't ask me why. Some things will always remain a mystery. Like where the monolith in Utah came from.
Utah?
This was in my garden this morning
![](http://i.ibb.co/3rmTRLM/garden.jpg" alt="garden" border="0">)
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There's a monolith turned up on the Isle of Wight too.
Probably Caldera's fault. 
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How do you actually order this? I can't find any way to do it.
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I think the track u want is Clandestino.
See if you can find a sample then you can work out yourself if you love it enough to buy another cd or just download the 1 track.
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