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Beat Records is pleased to reissue on CD the wonderful OST by Ennio Morricone for the drama film I figli chiedono perché, directed in 1972 by Nino Zanchin with a screenplay by Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Nino Zanchin, photography by Eliseo Caponera, music by Ennio Morricone, and a cast featuring Susanna Melandri, Rosemary Dexter, Umberto Orsini, Habib Namouchi, Helga Bellgho, Jeannie Berlin, Mohamed Bosif.
The Plot:
In a small Palestinian village, Michèle, a Jewish girl, dates Karim, an Arab boy. The sympathy and affinity between them grows stronger despite the vast social differences between their two separate and irreconcilable worlds: on one side, a wealthy, upper-class family of entrepreneurs living in a luxurious villa, revered by their servants and immersed in every comfort; on the other, a poor, extended family living squeezed into a couple of small rooms in a house in a working-class neighborhood of the city. Although the innocent games of children are the center of a seemingly peaceful dimension, the terrifying political tension that foreshadows an impending war looms. At the first signs of war, Michèle's family decides to leave the country, traumatizing the little girl, who is experiencing a childhood crush that binds her emotionally to Karim in an increasingly visceral way. The children ask, "Why does man divide what God has joined?"
The music:
Despite winning the 1974 Giffoni Film Festival, no music from the film was released until 1994, when Point Records/GDM (PRCD 102) released a double-feature CD including selections from Cuore di mamma (1969). We had to wait until 2003 for the complete soundtrack supervised by Maestro Morricone to be released on vinyl (RED 146-1) and CD (RED 146-2) by Dagored. After more than twenty years, this OST returns on CD with a duration of 43:40, prepared using the mono masters from the original recording sessions.
Ennio Morricone composed a poignant love theme with the crystalline voice of Edda Dell'Orso, who vocalizes on a melody for piano and orchestra. The main theme, "Tema" (Tr.1), is reprised for guitar and strings in "Nuovi angeli" (Tr.3) and for oboe and large orchestra (Tr.8). The composer also wrote a series of pieces dominated by avant-garde and psychedelic atmospheres created by the harp with echo and reverberation effects to represent the enchanted world of a fairy tale in contrast to the horrors of war: "Arpa-Fata Morgana prima" (Tr.5), "Arpa-Fata Morgana seconda" (Tr.10), "Arpa" (Tr.14), and "Arpa (versione Arpe II)" (Tr.19). Worthy of note is "Fiaba seconda" (Tr.16), a thrilling piece with a mystical-religious flavor featuring Edda's vocals accompanied by the Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni choir and orchestra (Tr.16). This reissue represents an excellent opportunity to pay homage to the colossal musical artistry of the genius Ennio Morricone.
- Beat Records
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