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Sounds exciting!
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I have a feeling that there will be some Italian stuff in there.
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FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE?
That could be the ' released but largely 'uncomplete'.
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What about some Bruno or DeMasi.
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BEAT is pretty much exclusively Italian scores, correct? What are some legendary Italian titles that are completely unreleased and that fans of Italian film music have been wanting for decades? Maybe a Nino Rota score? "I Vitelloni" or "Le Notti Bianche?" Maybe Carlo Savina's original material for "Lisa and the Devil?" The original tracks for Alessandro Cicognini's "The Bicycle Thief? Ennio Morricone's "Danger: Diabolik?" (this would be massive - I almost think this is it based on the clue they gave)
Any Italian scores that fans have been wanting expanded for decades that anybody can think of? For me, the discovery of decent/good/great-sounding tapes for Rota's "La Strada" would be amazing. On a similar note, a miraculously good-sounding version of Rota's "War and Peace" would be great, but I understand that is impossible for various reasons having to do with the way it was recorded.
Any other ideas?
I would say "No" to all your proposals above. The real Beat label fans in Italy to which the label caters for the most part have totally different preferences which have nothing to do at all with most of the titles you mention. Has Beat for example ever released an old Rota title? No.
Nowadays it´s all about 70s/80s Italian genre stuff, mainly from the horror, police or comedy genres, maybe even from the Spaghetti western genre. Many fans in Italy for example have long wish lists with a lot of Italian 80s comedy scores which almost nobody knows in foreign countries. So this stands in total contrast to what gets wished here on the FSM board. Please keep this in mind.
I would above all expect a Terence Hill/Bud Spencer title from the 70s like PARI E DISPARI, I DUE SUPERPIEDI QUASI PIATTI or even PIEDONE D´EGITTO which so many collectors in Italy (and also in Germany) have asked for at Beat during the last one or two decades, almost driving them nuts. I am quite sure that one of the three so-called Holy Grails will be a De Angelis title for one of these Hill/Spencer movies - above all as Beat has now a very good working relationship with Cabum which is the label of the De Angelis brothers.
All three titles will certainly be Italian ones and people who expect any US titles or at least titles by US composers will be heavily disappointed.
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Thank you very much for your insight, Stefan.
I'm also a big fan of '70s/80s Italian cult films/scores, so I would certainly be pleased with everything you've speculated. If we're thinking '70s and '80s, maybe Pino Donaggio fits? Though he has a lot of fans in the US, I know he's far more famous in Italy. "Un sussurro nel buio" (1976) or "Nothing Underneath" (1985) would both be wonderful choices.
Donaggio´s UN SUSSURRO NEL BUIO would at least be a possibility - much more so than any of the 50s Rota titles which you mentioned and which will definitely not be released by Beat.
On another note, what are some famous '70s and '80s Italian comedy scores that might be considered? I actually really like Italian comedy films and scores but my exposure is limited.
There are a lot of Detto Mariano 80s comedy scores which have their fans and are quite popular in Italy, but not in foreign countries. For example LA CASA STREGATA from 1982 or CORNETTI ALLA CREMA from 1981. I think there also some more De Anglelis comedy scores like the L´ALLENATORE NEL PALLONE one which Beat had already issued just a few years ago. Or some Bruno Zambrini scores. These are all scores which nobody on this board would probably ever think about.
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