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FA6506 Idoli controluce
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part I-14

Idole Controluce is an unusual fictional film about Ugo Sanfelice, a journalist who is assigned to write a biography of the real-life Argentine soccer star Omar Sivori, who played for Italian team Juventus from 1957 onwards, and won the coveted European Footballer of the Year award in 1961. Being unable to secure an interview with the reclusive star, the journalist instead meets a different player, Nanni Moretti, who slowly reveals the details of his own life – his early career in a small provincial team, his debut alongside Sivori, and how the excesses fame eventually cost him his fiancée and his once-promising career. The film stars Massimo Girotti as Sanfelice, Gaspare Zola as Moretti, and Sivori as himself, and was directed by Enzo Battaglia.

Morricone’s score for Idole Controluce is quite lovely; it’s anchored by main theme, “Le Meno Importante,” for lilting strings, softly cooing voices, trilling pianos and a prominent plucked bass, which is somehow nostalgic and optimistic, but has a bittersweet quality of regret and missed opportunities. The score also produced at least three popular hit songs, “Il Simitero è Meravigliosa” and “Si Può Morire” performed by I Gufi, and “Le Cose Piú Importanti,” which Morricone co-wrote and which was performed by Pierfilippi.

The score for Idole Controluce has only been released once on CD, by GDM Music in 2005, paired with the score for the 1964 film E la Donna Creò l’Uomo. 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. Le Cose Piú Importanti (performed by Pierfilippi) (2:09), 2. Sophisticated Boy (2:06), 3. Le Meno Importanti (4:10), 4. Relax in Solitudine (2:28), 5. Rendez-Vous (2:32), 6. Le Meno Importanti – Version with Guitar (2:23), 7. Le Meno Importanti – Version with Choir (2:03). GDM Music 2058, 17 minutes 51 seconds.
August 13, 2017
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001
Le Cose Piu' Importanti (02:09) Bardotti-Moricone; sung by Pierfilippi
002
Sophisticated Boy (02:06)
003
Le Meno Importanti (04:10)
004
Relax In Solitudine (02:28)
005
Rendez-Vous (02:32)
006
Le Meno Importanti (02:23) version with guitar
007
Le Meno Importanti (02:03) version with choir / tracks 01 - 07 from: Idoli Controluce (1965)
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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