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May 26, 2023 - 3:25 AM
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Lokutus
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Limited edition: 300 units
https://quartetrecords.com/product/requiem-per-un-gringo/
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a remastered, expanded edition of the classic Angelo Francesco Lavagnino western score for a most unusual duel.
Directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino in 1968, REQUIEM PER UN GRINGO made use of unorthodox costume and set design and a great plot device to say something new in the genre. Based on the idea of a Ulysses-like character who uses his brain against his violent opponents, the film tells the story of peace-loving bounty hunter Ross Logan who takes revenge on his brother’s killers by turning his foes against each other while using a natural phenomenon to defeat them.
Starting off with the “Sandstorm” song performed by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni, the opening credits use familiar Sergio Leone-inspired titles of aggressively tinted movie scenes played against animated opening credits. The score features two different organs, including a church organ for Logan’s love of astronomy. Some of the other highlights include haunting vocal effects, Lavagnino’s signature percussion work over sustained organ notes, and “Follow Me,” a dance number that unwittingly sows seeds of discontent within the gang of marauders.
A selection of 18 tracks was issued on LP by Cinevox when the film came out, and the same program (plus an 11-minute suite with unreleased cues and takes) was reissued in a Lavagnino western compilation on Saimel in 2006. This new CD, produced by Claudio Fuiano and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes courtesy of Cinevox, features the original program augmented with previously unreleased cues and a bonus suite of surviving stereo cues. The lavishly illustrated 12-page liner notes by Gergely Hubai discuss the film and the score.
The Original Album
1. Sandstorm (2:18)
2. Twilight (2:15)
3. The moon and you (1:51)
4. Trouble in Store (0:59)
5. Fear and Pleasure (1:47)
6. Feather weight heart (1:40)
7. Pistols Galore (1:55)
8. Don’t look now (1:31)
9. Moody mountain (1:01)
10. Take that (1:38)
11. Far from now (0:38)
12. Single handed (1:01)
13. The Price of a Gun (1:00)
14. Heartbeat (1:47)
15. Cloudy Prairy (1:39)
16. Follow me (1:46)
17. Thoughtless Greenery (1:38)
18. Misty tree (2:56)
Bonus tracks
19. Requiem per un gringo (Nocturne) (2:57)
20. Requiem per un gringo (Waiting) (1:49)
21. follow me (Film version) (1:01)
22. Requiem per un gringo (Cavalcade) (1:48)
23. Requiem per un gringo (Cavalcade #2) (1:06)
24. Requiem per un gringo (Ambush) (1:32)
25. Requiem per un gringo (Fear in the night) (2:36)
26. Requiem per un gringo (Guitar cantina) (3:01)
27. Requiem per un gringo (Western story) (1:33)
28. Requiem per un gringo (Bandidos) (1:55)
29. Requiem per un gringo (Nostalgic moment) (1:58)
30. Requiem per un gringo (Before the attack) (2:13)
31. Requiem per un gringo (Gringo) (2:29)
32. Requiem per un gringo (Suite in stereo) (4:11)
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Off. I'm in heaven, cha,cha,cha!
Ordered.
I wonder if the lyrics to sandstorm will be included?
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2 spag lavs a few days apart? Mmm
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2 spag lavs a few days apart? Mmm
Like I said above, ,Bill- I'm in heaven.....
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This has some Good Bad and Ugly vibe. Was it released before that movie?
'68.
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Just finished it. Double the original's length, more or less. Definitely sound improvement. Though I may have heard a couple of age related imperfections but nothing too bad.
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I had the LP of this. Same cover. Was very rare for a few years when everyone collected spags. Always liked the score.
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Do the liner notes for this offer a chronological program?
Yavar
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Do the liner notes for this offer a chronological program?
Yavar
No. And there's only about 3/4 paragraphs about the music. Though the order, here, is different than the previous two releases ( which were the same, I think).
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I had the LP of this. Same cover. Was very rare for a few years when everyone collected spags. Always liked the score.
The flip cover is much better. Better than looking right up Lang's nose.
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The liner notes say that two different types of organ were used- one for purpose a, the other for purpose b. ( don't have the cd at hand).
Also I think he preferred accordion over trumpet, too.
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Probably did his own whistling coz the others were busy. 
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No. And there's only about 3/4 paragraphs about the music. Though the order, here, is different than the previous two releases ( which were the same, I think).
Oh, that’s a shame! Kinda surprising since Gergely Hubai likes to make his own isolated scores. I ordered it anyway because I liked the samples. If anyone here figures out a proper chronological order please let me know!
Yavar
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Oh, that’s a shame! Kinda surprising since Gergely Hubai likes to make his own isolated scores. I ordered it anyway because I liked the samples. If anyone here figures out a proper chronological order please let me know!
The former Tsunami and Saimel CDs from 1997 and 2006 presented a more or less chronological order of the 18 tracks which had been on the original Cinevox LP album from 1968. This new Quartet CD presents these same 18 tracks in the order of the original LP which of course doesn´t follow the order of the film at all..
So if you want to have a chronological order of at least those 18 tracks, maybe the Saimel CD would then be better for you:
https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/9097/R%C3%A9quiem+Para+El+Gringo
To make a chronological order of all the tracks including the bonus ones which hadn´t been on the original LP could become a bit difficult if you don´t have access to the cue sheets with all the M numbers as some tracks get repeated in the movie itself and in addition there are various versions of the film around with a few scenes either cut or edited differently.
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I’d be happy with even a rough chronological program…
Yavar
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