Quartet Records is proud to present the explosive coupling of two scores written for the same film: Ugo Liberatore's softcore island fantasy Bora Bora (1968).
Telling the story of a young couple named Roberto and Marita, Bora Bora explores the differences between the technically advanced Western culture and the primitive native societies of Polynesia. Marita had left France behind to pursue exotic adventures, but her estranged husband Roberto follows her to get her back. Once on Bora Bora, he also gets immersed in the culture of Polynesia, is inspired to liberate himself by the paintings of Gauguin and even makes love to a strange museum patron named Susanne.
Starring Corrado Pani, Haydée Politoff and Doris Kunstmann, Bora Bora was originally produced as a French-Italian co-production in 1968, which was picked up for American distribution by American International Pictures in 1970. The film was slightly re-edited, the actors were dubbed and the complete musical score was changed as a result. The score for the Italian version was written by Piero Piccioni, who created a fun, easy-listening exotica score with memorable percussion work. The score was conducted by Bruno Nicolai features contributions by the choir of Alessandro Alessandroni. The American score was written by AIP's in-house composer Les Baxter, who revisits his early exotica roots in this immensely memorable, nostalgic soundtrack that's as great of as concept album as it is a successful film score. Both scores had been released already: Piccioni's music was put out on LP by Cinevox and a slightly expanded CD as well. Our program contains the complete material from the recording sessions with several alternates that didn't even made it to the film. Les Baxter's music was released on LP by the short-lived American International Records and hasn't been released on CD until now. Actual LP masters with this re-recording versions have long since vanished, so this release is mastered from mint condition stereo copy of album.In addition to releasing the highly sought-after original soundtrack, we're proud to present the complete score from the film, courtesy of the MGM vaults,including several unreleased bits and pieces (the restored album is in stereo, the additional material is in mono).
The generous 16-page booklet is richly illustrated with titillating artwork and rare stills from the film. Liner notes by rejected score expert Gergely Hubai discuss the film, Piccioni's and Baxter's music, plus a detailed explanation on why score replacements like this were so prominent in the 1960s.
Track listing
CD-1 BORA BORA
Colonna sonora originale della Cinevox
Music Composed by Piero Piccioni Conducted by Bruno Nicolai
The Original Album
1 Tahiti (3:16)
2 Bora Bora (4:09)
3 Tamoure' Festival (3:17)
4 Blue Rhythm Festival (3:46)
5 Magic of Tahiti (2:02)
6 Eros in Hiro (4:57)
7 Tamoure' Nella Sera (3:07)
8 Tahiti Tamoure´ (1:30)
9 I'isola Incantata (3:25)
10 Bora Bora (#2) (4:26)
Bonus tracks
11 Blue Rhythm Festival (#2) (1:05)
12 Magic of Tahiti (#2) (1:50)
13 Tamoure' Festival (#2) (1:03)
14 Magic of Tahiti (#3) (3:03)
15 Blue Rhythm Festival (#3) (2:23)
16 Bora Bora (#3) (2:04)
17 Magic of Tahiti (#4) (1:28)
18 Eros in Hiro (#2) (4:25)
19 Magic of Tahiti (#5) (1:06)
20 Eros in Hiro (#3) (1:33)
21 Magic of Tahiti (#5) (1:46)
22 Bora Bora (#4) (1:06)
23 Magic of Tahiti (#6) (3:13)
24 Bora Bora (#5) (4:19)
25 Blue Rhythm Festival (#3) (4:35)
26 Magic of Tahiti (#7) (2:11)
27 Tahiti (alternate version) (3:08)
Total Time Disc: 76:23
CD-2 BORA BORA
Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed And Conducted by Les Baxter
The Original Album
1 Bora Bora (main title theme) (3:44)
2 Coral Cliffs (2:46)
3 Star Dreams (2:25)
4 Amber Skin (2:09)
5 Papaya (2:37)
6 Emerald Sea (2:33)
7 Dock at Papaete (1:45)
8 White Sands (2:44)
9 Schooner (2:16)
10 Trade Winds (2:01)
11 Time and Pleasure (3:01)
The Film Score
12 Bora Bora (#1) (0:47)
13 Bora Bora (#2) (2:05)
14 Bora Bora (#3) (1:24)
15 Bora Bora (#4) (2:08)
16 Bora Bora (#5) (1:20)
17 Bora Bora (#6) (1:04)
18 Bora Bora (#7) (2:34)
19 Bora Bora (#8) (1:12)
20 Bora Bora (#9) (2:23)
21 Bora Bora (#10) (1:53)
22 Bora Bora (#11) (2:04)
23 Bora Bora (#12) (1:20)
24 Bora Bora (#13) (0:39)
25 Bora Bora (#14) (2:27)
26 Bora Bora (#15) (1:10)
27 Bora Bora (#16) (2:41)
28 Bora Bora (#17) (0:38)
29 Bora Bora (#18) (1:42)
30 Bora Bora (#19) (1:33)
31 Bora Bora (#20) (2:01)
32 Bora Bora (#21) (0:43)
33 Bora Bora (2:46)
Total Time Disc: 64:23
COLONNA SONORA ORIGINALE DELLA CINEVOX DI
PIERO PICCIONI
ORIGINAL MGM MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK BY
LES BAXTER
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Quartet Records is proud to present
Piero Umiliani's hit soundtrack to
Pino De Martino obscure softcore island fantasy Le isole dell'amore (1970).
Although he is not as well known as Ennio Morricone or Piero Piccioni, Piero Umiliani may be the most colorful and experimental film composer of the Italian silver age. An avid fan of jazz and the producer of Italy's first bebop record, Umiliani had scored almost 150 movies and recorded a number of highly-sought after concept albums that turned out to be influential in the shaping of Italian film scoring. His score to Svezia, Inferno E Paradiso (1968) is also famous for Mah Na' Mah Na, the hit novelty song popularized by The Muppets.
Le isole dell'amore was an obscure Italian skin flick, which now is remembered for its entertaining and highly addictive soundtrack by Umiliani, who creates a score from the colorful mixture of tribal percussion and a haunting choir. The world of Pacific music is also mixed with Western sensibilities due to a couple of hippies appearing in the story: banjo, saxophone and a Hammond organ are called upon to compliment this portion of the story. The rich tapestry of odd, seemingly distant instruments made the score a big hit among lounge DJs in the 1990s and we're here to reignite the old flame.
Le isole dell'amore had been released two times already, but our CD restored by Claudio Fuiano contains over 40 minutes of previously unreleased music from the recording sessions, including many rare alternates and film versions that round out the score. 8-page liner notes by Gergely Hubai discuss the film, the composer, the score and the exotica movement.
CD-1 BORA BORA
Colonna sonora originale della Cinevox
Music Composed by Piero Piccioni Conducted by Bruno Nicolai
The Original Album
1 Tahiti (3:16)
2 Bora Bora (4:09)
3 Tamoure' Festival (3:17)
4 Blue Rhythm Festival (3:46)
5 Magic of Tahiti (2:02)
6 Eros in Hiro (4:57)
7 Tamoure' Nella Sera (3:07)
8 Tahiti Tamoure´ (1:30)
9 I'isola Incantata (3:25)
10 Bora Bora (#2) (4:26)
Bonus tracks
11 Blue Rhythm Festival (#2) (1:05)
12 Magic of Tahiti (#2) (1:50)
13 Tamoure' Festival (#2) (1:03)
14 Magic of Tahiti (#3) (3:03)
15 Blue Rhythm Festival (#3) (2:23)
16 Bora Bora (#3) (2:04)
17 Magic of Tahiti (#4) (1:28)
18 Eros in Hiro (#2) (4:25)
19 Magic of Tahiti (#5) (1:06)
20 Eros in Hiro (#3) (1:33)
21 Magic of Tahiti (#5) (1:46)
22 Bora Bora (#4) (1:06)
23 Magic of Tahiti (#6) (3:13)
24 Bora Bora (#5) (4:19)
25 Blue Rhythm Festival (#3) (4:35)
26 Magic of Tahiti (#7) (2:11)
27 Tahiti (alternate version) (3:08)
Total Time Disc: 76:23
CD-2 BORA BORA
Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music Composed And Conducted by Les Baxter
The Original Album
1 Bora Bora (main title theme) (3:44)
2 Coral Cliffs (2:46)
3 Star Dreams (2:25)
4 Amber Skin (2:09)
5 Papaya (2:37)
6 Emerald Sea (2:33)
7 Dock at Papaete (1:45)
8 White Sands (2:44)
9 Schooner (2:16)
10 Trade Winds (2:01)
11 Time and Pleasure (3:01)
The Film Score
12 Bora Bora (#1) (0:47)
13 Bora Bora (#2) (2:05)
14 Bora Bora (#3) (1:24)
15 Bora Bora (#4) (2:08)
16 Bora Bora (#5) (1:20)
17 Bora Bora (#6) (1:04)
18 Bora Bora (#7) (2:34)
19 Bora Bora (#8) (1:12)
20 Bora Bora (#9) (2:23)
21 Bora Bora (#10) (1:53)
22 Bora Bora (#11) (2:04)
23 Bora Bora (#12) (1:20)
24 Bora Bora (#13) (0:39)
25 Bora Bora (#14) (2:27)
26 Bora Bora (#15) (1:10)
27 Bora Bora (#16) (2:41)
28 Bora Bora (#17) (0:38)
29 Bora Bora (#18) (1:42)
30 Bora Bora (#19) (1:33)
31 Bora Bora (#20) (2:01)
32 Bora Bora (#21) (0:43)
33 Bora Bora (2:46)
Total Time Disc: 64:23 |
