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FA6505 I pugni in tasca / Fist in His Pocket
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part I - 13

I PUGNI IN TASCA [FISTS IN THE POCKET] (1965)

I Pugni in Tasca, known in English as Fists in the Pocket, is an intense family psycho-drama that marks the debut of influential filmmaker Marco Bellocchio. Lou Castel, Mariano Mase, and Paola Pitagora star as siblings, all but one of whom are epileptics, who look after the elderly blind mother, and who are supported financially by the only non-epileptic brother, Augusto. Tension and drama boils to the surface when one of the other brothers, Alessandro, decides that Augusto would be better off is he did not have to look after them all, and decides to murder his mother, his sister, and then kill himself, so that Augusto can be free.

Morricone’s score for the film speaks to the broken psyches of these disturbed family members, and underscores the drama with music based around a chillingly beautiful central theme for a solo boy soprano vocal, accompanied byimpressionistic accents for piano, chimes and harp which become fractured and dissonant as the piece progresses. To accompany this central idea, Morricone also composed several pieces of lounge jazz source music, which offer a slightly surreal edge to the film, juxtaposing 1960s instrumental pop against the increasingly desperate acts.

The score for I Pugni in Tasca has been released a couple of times on CD, the best of which is the 2009 release by GDM Music. The main theme can also be found on the comprehensive 15-CD compilation Ennio Morricone: The Complete Edition, released by GDM Music in 2008.

Track Listing: 1. I Pugni in Tasca #1 (3:30), 2. Chiuso Nel Bagno (2:19), 3. Stranissimi Giochi #1 (3:07), 4. Subdolo #1 (2:11), 5. Non È Un Dramma (3:28), 6. I Pugni in Tasca #2 (2:07), 7. Lounge Music #1 (4:00), 8. Subdolo #2 (1:52), 9. Lounge Music #2 (2:07), 10. Stranissimi Giochi #2 (1:48), 11. Twist (2:25), 12. Lounge Music #3 (1:49), 13. Finale (1:55). GDM Music 7064, 36 minutes 58 seconds.
August 13, 2017
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001
I pugni in tasca (03:30)
002
Chiuso nel bagno (02:19)
003
Stranissimi giochi (03:07)
004
Subdolo (02:11)
005
Non è un dramma (03:28)
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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