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Oct 31, 2024 - 4:01 AM
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Amer Zahid
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Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Sony EMI Italia, presents a completely revised, restored and remastered edition of THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS, Ennio Morricone’s masterpiece for the no less masterful film by Valerio Zurlini from 1976.
Co-produced between Italy, France, Germany and Spain, the film features a large cast of European film stars that includes Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giulianno Gemma, Helmut Griem, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Philippe Noiret, Max Von Sydow and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Based on the novel by Dino Buzzati, it’s an intimate epic about Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo, who is assigned to the isolated old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic, fearsome Tartars.
Although Zurlini worked assiduously with composer Mario Nascimbene, for this, his last film, he required the collaboration of Ennio Morricone for the film’s score.
Morricone wrote a score for a large orchestra, using the organ as a lead instrument to describe the immensity of the desert. Mystical, romantic, nostalgic, THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS is one of the Roman maestro’s greatest works and one of his personal favorites.
A General Music LP appeared in 1976 with an extensive selection of the score, but unfortunately its first appearance on the digital market with the 1997 CD was disappointing, as the sound was sourced from vinyl since the master tapes were apparently missing. GDM’s subsequent release in 2011 recovered the master album in good stereo sound and added a handful of mono bonus tracks and film versions taken from the music stems. For this edition, Chris Malone has restored and remastered the stereo album master tapes and the stems from the ground up, including the same material as the previous GDM release. The album is produced by Dániel Winkler and Claudio Fuiano, and the package includes a 16-page booklet with in-depth liner notes by film music writer John Takis
https://quartetrecords.com/product/il-deserto-dei-tartari-the-desert-of-the-tartars/
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I may get this. Previous were a bit rubbish sounding.
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Hi Laurent, do you only have the Screentrax release? The GDM release was a vast improvement on sound quality as taken from the album master.
The film is superb, great photography and atmosphere with memorable acting and another excellent performance from Giuliano Gemma (such an underrated actor, he is brilliant in THE IRON PREFECT as well).
The limited edition DVD also had a CD which I believe has the improved album master recording.
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Why does this have info for Escape by Victor Reyes?
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Why does this have info for Escape by Victor Reyes?
Amer copy/pasted quickly to be first announcer, too quickly, but went immediately underground.
He was last seen going back into his basement. Turning the light off and shutting the door behind him.
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A newly remastered edition of this sublime score? Sign me up! Nice artwork too
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"Victor Reyes also provides an unusual, unclassifiable score—highly melodic, urban, intimate, acoustic. It is performed basically with school and toy instruments (to which he adds the sound of a cello that speaks as the protagonist) along with strings, harmonium, guitar, drums, percussion and piano."
That's a funny way to spell Ennio Morricone...
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Oct 31, 2024 - 11:09 AM
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Wedge
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The actual website text:
Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Sony EMI Italia, presents a completely revised, restored and remastered edition of THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS, Ennio Morricone’s masterpiece for the no less masterful film by Valerio Zurlini from 1976.
Co-produced between Italy, France, Germany and Spain, the film features a large cast of European film stars that includes Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Giulianno Gemma, Helmut Griem, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Philippe Noiret, Max Von Sydow and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Based on the novel by Dino Buzzati, it’s an intimate epic about Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo, who is assigned to the isolated old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic, fearsome Tartars.
Although Zurlini worked assiduously with composer Mario Nascimbene, for this, his last film, he required the collaboration of Ennio Morricone for the film’s score.
Morricone wrote a score for a large orchestra, using the organ as a lead instrument to describe the immensity of the desert. Mystical, romantic, nostalgic, THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS is one of the Roman maestro’s greatest works and one of his personal favorites.
A General Music LP appeared in 1976 with an extensive selection of the score, but unfortunately its first appearance on the digital market with the 1997 CD was disappointing, as the sound was sourced from vinyl since the master tapes were apparently missing. GDM’s subsequent release in 2011 recovered the master album in good stereo sound and added a handful of mono bonus tracks and film versions taken from the music stems. For this edition, Chris Malone has restored and remastered the stereo album master tapes and the stems from the ground up, including the same material as the previous GDM release. The album is produced by Dániel Winkler and Claudio Fuiano, and the package includes a 16-page booklet with in-depth liner notes by film music writer John Takis.
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Why does this have info for Escape by Victor Reyes?
Anyway, I thought Bill Conti wrote (adapted) the score for Escape to Victor Reyes
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Great and unique Ennio score, with, I think Mikael established, featuring the sublime organ playing of George Carnini. Now this has had the Malone treatment without doubt it's gonna sound even more breathtaking.
I've seen the film, it was screened on BBC2 back in the 1970s when terrestrial uk tv often played Italian and French films. Hardly ever anymore. Which is a great crime. The music combined with the lone rider travelling across the dunes of the desert is just magical.
I think this will be a fantastic release and will get rave reviews once it starts landing on doormats.
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