CD REVIEW - I LUNGHI CAPELLI DELLA MORTE + NEWS FROM CINEMEDIA & SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT


I Lunghi Capelli Della Morte
Music by Carlo Rustichelli
Digitmovies CDDM112 (Italy)
25 Tracks 42:07 mins

Carlo Rustichelli's complete score for the 1964 witchcraft horror I Lunghi Capelli Della Morte, directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Barbara Steele, is here issued for the first time, having been prserved in the C.A.M. Archives all these years. At the time of the film's release, only a 45 was released and both these tracks are included at the end of the disc.
The score opens in very dramatic fashion, with the title track, which develops into a kind of fateful processional, complete with tolling bell. A more brooding version features in the next track "Adele Karnstein," with the spare "Tamuri di Morte" and the doom-laden variations of the main theme in the two-part "Verso il Roco" following, for the execution scenes.
A Theremin-like instrument introduces the tense and dramatic "Il Roco Della Strega;" and the instrument is featured throughout the score, to provide a suitably eerie atmosphere.
Much similar tension and drama follows in many of the subsequent tracks, but there are also low-key moments like "Triste Ricordo" and the church organ-lead "Matrimonio." Continuing the religious feel, Rustichelli composed a requiem for orchestra and male choir for ""Anima Mea."
For the 4-minute finale "La Fine di Kurt," the composer wrote "a kind of diabolical tarantella," introduced by tolling bells, which brings the score to a furious conclusion.
The disc is accompanied by the usual booklet, featuring mostly black & white stills from the film, plus full-colour original artwork, together with Claudio Fuiano's introductory notes. Go to www.digitmovies.com.

From: CineMedia

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