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AKA:
Bloody Avenger
Blut eines Bullen (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
For a Silver Dollar
Knell, the Bloody Avenger (USA) (video title)
Policeman's Blood (UK) (video title)
Pour un dollar d'argent (France)
First ever release of the inedit score composed by Alessandro Alessandroni for the 1977 action movie.
Limited hand numbered edition of 500 copies.
Deluxe 12 pages color booklet and outer carton slipcase.
The music for SANGUE DI SBIRRO (directed by Alfonso Brescia, starring Jack Palance, George Eastman and Jenny Tamburi) was recorded on November 15th 1976 at the Orthophonic Recording Studio in Rome under the supervision of the supporting sound-engineer Sergio Marcotulli and for more than thirty years it remained ""unheard"", but thanks to the perfect state of conservation of the reels containing the original sessions, it is now possible to pay homage to one of the most prolific composers of the Italian cinema. The credits, as requested by the director, call back to mind the known Theme from Shaft , written by Isaac Hayes (who won the Oscar prize in 1972), giving voice to a kind of cover version, totally instrumental reread in a personal way. Sangue di Sbirro, rich of dramatic situations suggested by action, is framed around themes motivated by the bass and drums grooves, emphasized by an excellent wind section, on which solo instruments alternate each other in a free improvisation. Alessandroni directs a jazz-funk combo enumerating some of the biggest exponents of Italian jazz; in the insistent 6/8 of ""Sbirro in fuga"" it is possible to distinguish the illustrious Dino Piana at the trombone and Enrico Pieranunzi at the piano. A homage to the sensuality put into music is the track ""Luxury"" where is the voice of Giulia De Mutiis that inspires the atmosphere Imbued with eroticism of a probable American night club in the 70's. The famous whistle of Maestro Alessandroni in ""Tema di Susie"" is capable of recreating an absorbing sweet and intimate melody for a rendezvous or a farewell between lovers, but it can also slip in the rhythmic ""Philadelphia"" as an instrument. The soundtrack is definitely at a fast tempo; besides we are in the funky golden age.
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