For the first absolute time on disc the original score composed and conducted by Bruno Nicolai for the film directed in the 1973 by Jess Franco, Una vergine tra i morti viventi (aka "A virgin among the living dead", "Christina, princesse del'erotisme"). Jess Franco has realized a film rich of all those elements that characterize its long Filmography like erotism, esoterism, perversion, mystery and the music of Bruno Nicolai reflects perfectly that alarming atmosphere in continuous equilibrium between the good and the evil, the light and the darkness, love and death.This third volume dedicated to the music of M°Nicolai for the Cinema of Jess Franco, after "Eugenie De Sade' 70" (available on double CD set CDDM030) and "99 women" (available on CD CDDM034), is possible thanks to the master tapes survived (in mono mix) recently discovered in the Edipan vaults. In the opening credits Bruno Nicolai is credited also as creator of sound special effects, in fact the score is characterized by electronic sinket according to the canons of the Italian Contemporary Music of which the composer it is one of the most important representatives. The film and the Cd open with a suspenseful and mysterious theme given by an introduction of harp with echo, celesta, in order to develop itself in a chaotic, much modern and rhythmic motif, with sacred flavour given by a liturgical organ (tr.1) reprised in tr.3 and tr.13. This score features several atonal music themes for strings with additional distorted electric guitar like in tr.2., tr.6, tr.8., tr.9. Bruno Nicolai has written a wonderful love theme for the main character of Christine, a sweet and melancholic theme performed by the crystal voice of Edda Dell'Orso (tr.11, tr.12, tr.23). "Lounge" style music does not lack like the elegant orchestral bossa vocalized by Edda Dell'Orso (tr.7), pieces for solo piano (tr.5, tr.14, tr.19) and the rock-dance floor music, between sacred and profane, for the scene of the satanic ritual(tr.21).
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