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FA6704 Dalle ardenne all'inferno / Dirty Heroes
Auther: Jonathan Broxton

ENNIO MORRICONE REVIEWS, Part 2-26

DALLE ARDENNE ALL’INFERNO [DIRTY HEROES] (1967)

Dalle Ardenne all’Inferno, known in English as Dirty Heroes, is an Italian war film directed by Alberto de Martino, starring Frederick Stafford as the leader of a gang of Allied soldiers plotting to steal some diamonds from a fortified Nazi German bunker during the Battle of the Ardennes at the end of World War II. The film – which also starred John Ireland and several James Bond alumni (Daniela Bianchi from From Russia With Love, Adolfo Celi from Thunderball, Anthony Dawson from Dr. No, Curt Jürgens who would later star in The Spy Who Loved Me) – was one of the first of the so-called “macaroni combat” war films inspired by the American film The Dirty Dozen The Dirty Dozen, but it was not well reviewed, and received a great deal of criticism for its poor acting and screenplay, slow pacing, and numerous logical errors.

The score is built mostly around two recurring main themes. The “Ardennes Theme March” is a wonderfully dark, imposing piece for staccato percussion, tolling bells, punchy brass, and a masculine choral element which eventually gives way to a rousing refrain for an impressive bank of trumpets. “Christine’s Theme” is the theme for Daniela Bianchi’s character, the unhappy wife of the German commander who helps the Allies with their mission; her theme is a pretty, but slightly bittersweet melody for longing woodwinds, harp glissandi, a tinkling mandolin, swooning strings, and a soothing choir.

The complete soundtrack was released for the first (and, to date, only) time in 2009 by Beat Records, although as is usually the way of things it includes five versions of the main Ardennes Theme march, six versions of Christine’s Theme, to pad out the running time to over an hour. Both themes can also be found on the comprehensive 15-CD compilation Ennio Morricone: The Complete Edition, released by GDM Music in 2008.

Track Listing: 1. Ardennes Theme Marcia (3:26), 2. Open Sesame (1:43), 3. Flee, Guys (3:33), 4. Peek-a-Boo (1:45), 5. Tema di Cristine (1:32), 6. Impossible Job (2:48), 7. Tema di Cristine (1:58), 8. Tema di Cristine (1:39), 9. Papers and Diamonds (3:16), 10. Tema di Cristine (1:57), 11. Cristine’s Doubt (2:04), 12. Action Plan (2:13), 13. L’Ultimo Respiro (2:08), 14. Lunga Attesa (2:26), 15. Last Breath (2:31), 16. Circling Line (3:01), 17. Cornering the Story (3:09), 18. Tema di Cristine (1:16), 19. Dawn of Love (3:13), 20. Ardennes Theme Marcia (2:17), 21. Ardennes Theme Marcia (2:12), 22. Falling From The Sky (2:35), 23. After the Battle (3:48), 24. Tema di Cristine (2:40), 25. Ardenne’s Theme Shortcut (0:40), 26. Ardennes Theme Marcia (LP Version) (2:50). Beat Records CDCR-86, 62 minutes 40 seconds.
August 20, 2017
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Tema di Cristine
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Lunga Attesa
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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