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Oct 31, 2024 - 4:11 AM
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Amer Zahid
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Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents a revised, remastered and expanded edition of Riz Ortolani’s famous score for the shocking and successful mondo movie ADDIO ZIO TOM, directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi in 1971.
This epic re-creation of the atrocities of the American slave trade was both condemned as depraved exploitation and hailed as an unprecedented cry of black anguish and rage. The DETROIT CHRONICLE hailed it as “a graphic, moving, nerve-racking film.” Legendary film critic Pauline Kael called it “the most specific and rabid incitement to race war.” It became one of the most reviled films of its time, despite being an international success.
Composer Riz Ortolani’s versatile career needs little introduction, especially when it comes to mondo films. He has been the genre’s foremost composer since his conception of MONDO CANE and his Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated song “More.” Ortolani’s filmography includes several mondo movies such as AFRICA ADDIO, MONDO CANDIDO, BRUTES AND SAVAGES and the most quintessential example of the genre, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. While the quality of the films may have varied over the years, Ortolani created a solid, almost foolproof recipe for adorning these colorful shock documentaries with a fitting score.
ADDIO ZIO TOM’s iconic theme song, titled “Oh My Love,” was performed by the composer’s wife, Katyna Ranieri, and became a hit, being performed by various singers over the years. Instrumental versions of the theme are interspersed throughout the movie, usually reserved for some of the more poetic images. The composer provides everything from dramatic motifs to prog rock, driving rhythms and even circus marches, in an ironic counterpoint that bridges historical differences, used to show the amoral ways of contemporary society, while it is also memorably used for a slave escape sequence.
The original 13-track program (RCA OLS 8) was released on CD in Japan in 1994 (RCA BVCP 1042), and the first European reissue added five more tracks (GDM CD CLUB 7089). This edition presents another five previously unreleased tracks, bringing the total to 50 minutes and making it the most complete presentation of ADDIO ZIO TOM. The album was conceived by Claudio Fuiano, restored and mastered by Chris Malone from the original stereo master tapes, and includes liner notes by the much-missed Gergely Hubai in one of his last collaborations with us.
https://quartetrecords.com/product/addio-zio-tom/
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Samples sound good.
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Some great cues sprinkled throughout this one, but that recurring goofy march ruins the overall listening exerience for me.
Summed up expertly.
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Still a good score, and easy to untick any tracks you aren't fond of. I do it with nearly all saloon piano music, Circus music, Clown music etc.
All Ortolani upgrades are most welcome.
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That's the one sung by Katyna Ranieri, yes?
Mentioned in description. I do so hate it when they leave the singer credit off - I've spent too much of my life listening to other songs on Italian scores trying to identify the singer! (Swan, Christie, Edda, Guilia, Gianna, Peter, Alessandro, Don, Maurizio, etc etc).
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Nov 1, 2024 - 5:05 AM
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Urs Lesse
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That's the one sung by Katyna Ranieri, yes?
Mentioned in description. I do so hate it when they leave the singer credit off - I've spent too much of my life listening to other songs on Italian scores trying to identify the singer! (Swan, Christie, Edda, Guilia, Gianna, Peter, Alessandro, Don, Maurizio, etc etc).
Yes, it is. While I can understand your complaint, I am quite sure that in this case, I was actually able to find the song pretty easily – the song title is sung in such a hyper-clear fashion that – I think – all it took me was googling literally just "Oh my love".  (P.S.: I vaguely believe the song credit was not at YouTube back then)
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Bill.
Talking of Don (Powell), do you have a link to some info about him.Wherever I go I end up with Slade.
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This also came in my last quartet order. Giving it another spin and I really enjoy it. I didn't have it in any form, prior. There's a theme that crops up a few times ( eg. tr 7 & 11) and it's really catchy. Track 8 sounds more like a sea faring adventure rather than a slave market. The only track I'm not keen on is the song.
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