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Oct 22, 2021 - 5:26 AM
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Amer Zahid
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THE CAT O'NINE TAILS
50th Anniversary Remastered Edition
Music by Ennio Morricone
Ref: QR466
Availabilty: IN STOCK
Categories: CD
Limited edition: 500 units
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, presents a 50th-anniversary remastered edition of the cult-classic score by Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY; SACCO E VANZETTI; NOVECENTO; THE MISSION; CINEMA PARADISO) for Dario Argento’s 1971 giallo THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (IL GATTO A NOVE CODE), starring James Franciscus, Karl Malden and Catherine Spaak.
The film is about a newspaper reporter and a retired, blind journalist who try to solve a series of killings connected to a pharmaceutical company's top-secret experimental research projects; in doing so they become targets of the killer.
Ennio Morricone can be considered the inventor of the giallo sound, as he was the inventor of the Spaghetti Western sound or the political-cinema sound. For The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Morricone demonstrated his uncanny ability to range from melodies of exquisite, lyrical beauty to some of the most uncompromising and alienating avant-garde sound experimentation ever heard in film.
This anniversary edition, produced by Claudio Fuiano and Dániel Winkler, has been completely rebuilt and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes. The full-color booklet includes in-depth liner notes by Jeff Bond.
Tracklist
1. Ninna nanna in blu (Titoli) (2:37)
2. 970 (8:39)
3. Sottintesi (2:18)
4. Parabola dal paradosso (2:56)
5. Paranoia prima (3:19)
6. Paranoia seconda (1:29)
7. Dissociazione (2:43)
8. Dissociazione seconda (3:01)
9. Passeggiata notturna (Film Version) (5:38)
10. Metafora finale (2:31)
11. Placcaggio (2:33)
12. Passeggiata notturna (Alternate) (3:41)
13. Placcaggio (Alternate) (2:32)
14. Il gatto a nove code (12:29)
15. Ninna nanna in blu (Single Version) (2:46)
16. Placcaggio (Single Version) (3:19)
17. Il gatto a nove code (Suite) (8:16)
https://quartetrecords.com/product/the-cat-onine-tails-il-gatto-a-nove-code/
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What a mess of a score.
This is one of my favourite Morricone scores !
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It has both lovely tracks (ninna nanna) and plenty tension tracks. If malone has done it then its bound to sound better than ever. It works brilliant with the film and creates a crackling atmosphere of tension.
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A perfect score for people like me who love 12-tone music, dissonance... and bass guitar (beware : "Ninna nanna in blu" is the only lyrical track, and is absolutely not representative of the whole score).
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I noticed that track 17 "Il gatto a nove code (suite)" is longer on this release than on the GDM (8:16 instead of 05:24, and the title is "Il gatto a nove code #2 on the GDM)... Is it an error, or is the score expanded ?
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This score would make an ideal birthday present for TallGuy and Graham Si Que Watt. They love this stuff. 
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Oct 26, 2021 - 7:21 AM
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couvee
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I just received' Cat O'Nine Tails' from Quartet and imported it into iTunes to compare it with the GDM-release from 2006. Now I don't hear that much difference anymore. Getting back to the samples on the Quartet site I noticed that it is a sound volume issue that confused me, the samples were louder and so I heard more detail. But if you crank up the volume in iTunes it sounds almost the same.
Back to the mastering of the new Quartet vs. GDM of 2006, the new CD sounds almost the same, but perhaps a little less 'in your face'. I really noticed a difference in track 15 Ninna nanna in blu (Single Version) where the piano features more prominent vis à vis the organ, especially in the first minute. Like it is a different mix. The organ lower in the background. Also at the 2-minute mark the distorted sound of the (electric?) piano on the GDM is much better on the Quartet release. Also some sort of buzz can be heard at the start of the track on the GDM that is absent on the Quartet. You can also hear a more prominent buzz at the beginning of 1970 on the GDM, this is less noticeable on the Quartet.
I'm sure there are people with much better equipment than what I have who can make a better judgement than I can. But some tracks sound a little louder on the old GDM, a little harsher perhaps. Finally the track Dario Argento speaks! with the interview by Claudio Fuiano is absent on the Quartet, but Il gatto a nove code Suite (Quartet track 17 8:16) is longer and slightly different from the track Il gatto a nove code #2 (GDM track 17 5:49).
Whether it is worth to buy the new version is totally up to you. I would say if you have the GDM that's probably good enough. If you don't own this score yet, I would choose the Quartet over the GDM. Myself, I'm glad I picked this new Quartet up. As a fan of Dario Argento films I want to have this in the best possible version. For me the improved Single version (track 15) was reason enough, what a gorgeous theme!
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[...] Whether it is worth to buy the new version is totally up to you. I would say if you have the GDM that's probably good enough. If you don't own this score yet, I would choose the Quartet over the GDM. Myself, I'm glad I picked this new Quartet up. As a fan of Dario Argento films I want to have this in the best possible version. For me the improved Single version (track 15) was reason enough, what a gorgeous theme!
Thanks couvee for taking the time to compare the two versions. I hope to receive my copy soon !
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