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FA6709 Il giardino delle delizie / Garden of Delights
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part 3-37

IL GIARDINO DELLE DELIZIE (1967)

Il Giardino Delle Delizie is an introspective Italian drama written and directed by Silvano Agosti. It stars Maurice Ronet as a man named Carlo, unhappily married to Carla (Evelyn Stewart), who begins to question his life, his relationships, and the ethical and moral and ramifications over the course of a surreal night with his wife; as the night progresses he struggles with the decision over whether to stay with Carla, or leave her for his mistress (Lea Massari). It’s all very Italian, and never gained much of an international reputation.

The first score cue on the album is vastly different from what follows it: the opening “Adonai” is a driving piece of orchestral rock music led by a heavy electric guitar riff, modern percussion, a screaming trumpet, and an incongruous but brilliantly-incorporated harpsichord. The whole thing is topped off by yelping vocals performed by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni. It’s quite brilliant. “Nel Profondo dell’Eros,” on the other hand, is an eerie exploration of shimmering tones for strings and light electronics, which often descend in to abstract and chaos that is quite difficult to describe, other than is feels like the sound of an orchestra tuning up, but more organized.

The title track “Il Giardino Delle Delizie (Primo)” features the ghostly tones of soprano Edda dell’Orso against a bank of eerie strings, while the subsequent “Il Giardino Delle Delizie (Secondo)” contines down the same path, sans vocals. The conclusive “Peccato Originale” is perhaps the most abstract piece of all: faraway vocals, string figures, and unusual processed sound effects fade in and out of the cue over the course of more than several minutes, testing the patience of the listener.

Il Giardino Delle Delizie is an odd duck of a score, which starts out with a maniacally upbeat rock track, but then settles down into a series of unusual tonal explorations which, unfortunately, only dedicated devotees of Morricone’s work will feel the need to check out. The soundtrack for Il Giardino Delle Delizie is an elusive one; although the main title theme does crop up on one or two of the more comprehensive Morricone collections, the complete work has never been released. The best bet for collectors appears to be this 2004 release from GDM Records, which pairs just over 15 minutes of score from this film with selections from the 1987 film Quartiere and the 1995 film L’Uomo Proiettile.

Track Listing: 1. Adonai (3:10), 2. Nel Profondo dell’Eros (1:06), 3. Il Giardino Delle Delizie (Primo) (5:38), 4. Il Giardino Delle Delizie (Secondo) (2:33), 5. Peccato Originale (4:26). GDM Records, 16 minutes 51 seconds.
July 9, 2020
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001
Adonai (03:04)
002
Nel profondo dell'Eros (01:02)
003
Il giardino delle delizie (primo) (05:34)
004
Il giardino delle delizie (secondo) (02:29)
005
Peccato originale (04:19)
Attachment: About Jonathan Broxton
Jon is a film music critic and journalist, who since 1997 has been the editor and chief reviewer for Movie Music UK, one of the world’s most popular English-language film music websites, and is the president of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Over the last 20+ years Jon has written over 3,000 reviews and articles and conducted numerous composer interviews. In print, Jon has written reviews and articles for publications such as Film Score Monthly, Soundtrack Magazine and Music from the Movies, and has written liner notes for two of Prometheus Records’ classic Basil Poledouris score releases, “Amanda” and “Flyers/Fire on the Mountain”. He also contributed a chapter to Tom Hoover’s book “Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today’s Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring”, published in 2011. In the late 1990s Jon was a film music consultant to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and worked with them on the films “Relative Values” with music by John Debney, and “The Ring of the Buddha” with music by Oliver Heise, as well as on a series of concerts with Randy Newman. In 2012, Jon chaired one of the “festival academies” at the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Krakow, Poland. He is a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the premier nonprofit organization for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working motion pictures, television, and multimedia. (Here)
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