Lalo Schifrin è uno dei compositori della silver age più distinti, ancora in attività oggi. Probabilmente il più influente quando irruppe nel cinema e nella televisione negli anni 60, la sua sintesi unica di Jazz, sinfonico pop e avanguardia si stava invigorendo. Per la prima volta Film Score Monthly presenta una collezione espansa di film per il cinema di Schifrin degli anni '60 che comprende un quitetto di colonne sonore originali MGM e registrazioni degli album.
Rhino! (1964) fu la prima colonna sonora hollywoodiana di Schifrin, scritta per un'avventura basata su di un safari con Robert CUlp, Harry Guardino e Shirley Eaton. Schifrin venne raccomandato dalla MGM Records (di cui era uno degli artisti) in qualità di risposta per Hatari! di Henry Mancini. Schifrin portò a compimento la colonna con una colonna sonora sinfonica e vibrante con strumentazioni esotiche africane e molti temi memorabili.
Once a Thief (1965), è la seconda colonna di Schifrin per la MGM, a base di jazz per il film di Ralph Nelson con Alain Delon, Jack Palance e Ann-Margret. La colonna sonora di Schifrin a tratti dinamica e poetica fu considerata dalla critica uno dei rari ed autentici usi dell'idioma in un film Hollywoodiano. L'album include sia la colonna sonora originale (inedita) e l'LP del 1965 per Verve Records, Once a Thief and Other Themes (che include parti di The Man From U.N.C.L.E e Joy House oltre ad alcuni brani non facenti parte di colonne sonore)
Il terzo CD ci offre quella che probabilmente è la colonna sonora più celebre del compositore per la MGM, The Cincinnati Kid (1965), il film di Norman Jewison con Steve McQueen nei panni di un giocatore d'azzardo di New Orleans negli anni '30. Schifrin ha composto una colonna sonora blues incentrata su di un tema per armonica, cantata (parole di Dorcas Cochran) nei titoli di coda da Ray Charles. L'album ci offre sia l'album MGM (un ibrido di colonna sonora originale e nuove registrazioni) e la colonna sonora originale completa così come venne registrata per il film, incluse molte tracce alternative e inutilizzate.
Il CD 4 e 5 ci offrono due colonne sonore dei tardi anni '60 con cui MGM tentò di costruire le carriere delle stars di The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Robert Vaughn (1967 The Venetian Affair) e David McCallum (1968 Sol Madrid) facendoli comparire separatamente in storie non correlate a base di spionaggio internazionale.
Le colonne sonore di Schifrin per entrambi i film sono eccellenti, pulsanti motivi da guerra fredda per The Venetian Affair (con cymbalon) e latin pop jazz per Sol Madrid (contornato da una partitura classica).
Il CD5 si conclude con una assortimento di tracce bonus realizzate da Schifrin per la MGM in quegli anni, inclusi temi dalla serie TV Medical Center, Teh Mask of Sheba e Earth II. Il set da 5 CD, a parte poche tracce è in un eccellente stereo, rimasterizzato dall'originale 35mm a tre tracce (per le colonne sonore originali) o dai master quarto di pollice a due tracce (per gli album). Liner notes a cura di un esperto del compositore, Jon Burlingame.
DISC 1:
Rhino! (1964)
Music Composed and Conducted by Lalo Schifrin
Prologue/Zululand 5:15
The Lion and the Doctor 0:49
The Hunter's Way/They'll Be Chewing Up Your Carcass/The Attack 2:07
Village Street 0:55
Baboon's Blues/Baboon's Blues Encore 2:16
Safari 3:54
Shooting at the Target/Zebra Demise/My Diagnosis 2:39
Poacher's Paradise 1:43
Julo Julie Chant/Julo Julie Chant Encore/Dance Part 1/Dance Part 2 2:58
Drunken Entrance/Drunken Exit/Now Listen, Doc/I'm Sorry But I'm Not Ready/River Bank/Next Morning/The Chase 2:24
The River/Heavy Traffic 1:53
Python/It's Clear Dear/Cruel Pool 2:40
Smart Aleck Alec/Counterattack 2:44
Juppo/Food for Thought/Fantastic Fight 4:24
The Cobra Strikes Again 1:15
Recovery/Rhino/Dance of the Rhinos/Rhino's Distrust/I Got Myself a Cow 10:26
Transporting Rhino/Epilogue 1:45
Total Disc Time: 50:50
DISC 2:
Music From the Motion Picture: Once a Thief and Other Themes—Lalo Schifrin (1965)
Arranged and Conducted by Lalo Schifrin
Blues A-Go-Go 2:53
Once a Thief (An M-G-M Motion Picture) Vocal by Irene Reid 2:10
Insinuations 3:36
The Right to Love (Reflections) Vocal by Irene Reid 3:11
The Cat (From the M-G-M Motion Picture Joy House) 2:41
The Man From Thrush (Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) An M-G-M–NBC Television Series 3:03
Roulette Rhumba (Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) An M-G-M–NBC Television Series 2:11
Return to Trieste (From the M-G-M Motion Picture Once a Thief) 4:09
The Joint (From the M-G-M Motion Picture Once a Thief) 4:28
Once a Thief (instrumental) (An M-G-M Motion Picture) 3:02 Total Time: 31:44
Once a Thief (1965)
Original Film Soundtrack
Music Composed and Conducted by Lalo Schifrin
Bang Blues 0:53
Square Head 1:46
Sargatanas 2:10
The Answer Is No/This Time It's Different 1:46
Another World 2:19
Before I Met You/Kris 2:45
I Am Not Your Mommy 1:58
Dark Bedroom/Unemployment 1:38
Juice Blues/Basta 1:58
The Joint 1:38
Ling Funeral Service 1:27
Stolen Vehicle/Back to Trieste/Suppose We Don't Come 3:04
You Drive/Lighted Tunnel 1:55
The Boat 0:36
The Pinned Note/Early Morning Alley 2:16
Bad News/Once a Thief 2:05 Total Time: 30:49
Total Disc Time: 62:40
DISC 3:
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Music From the Original Soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin
The Cincinnati Kid (Vocal by Ray Charles) 2:22
So Many Times 2:03
New Orleans Procession 3:18
Shooter 3:22
The Man 2:42
The Cock Fight 1:37
The Cincinnati Kid (Instrumental Version) 3:01
Melba 4:02
Dialogue in the Rain 3:02
The Chase 1:38
All Packed 1:22
The Game 2:01
At the Farm 3:21
Total Time: 34:14
Original Film Soundtrack
Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin, Conducted by Robert Armbruster
Loser/Gambling Man 2:05
Lancey's Arrival/Christian/Deal 'Em Up 1:54
The Rest of Your Life/Double or Nothing/When You Are Back 1:09
I'm All Packed/The Man's Cane 1:29
Cockfight 1:34
Mr. Slade 1:06
Walking Away Blues/Dialogue With the Rain 1:09
Walking Down/At the Farm 1:44
So Many Times 2:26
The Most Important Thing/Melba/All Packed 2:15
New Deck, Please/A Deuce to the Man 1:28
Shooter/No Sale 2:50
My Bet/Five Thousand/Jack of Diamonds 1:33
Walking Down/You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet 1:20
Total Time: 24:35
Bonus Tracks
Theme From The Cincinnati Kid 2:12
In Memoriam/Oh Didn't He Ramble (Bob Cole & J.R. Johnson) 5:13
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning (Tom Delaney & Pearl Delaney, Sung by Emma Barrett) 3:17
When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional, adapted by Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes) 1:47
I'm All Packed (alternate) 1:22
Cockfight (alternate) 1:36
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #1) 0:13
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #2) 0:13
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #3) 0:15
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #4) 0:16
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #5) 0:17
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #6) 0:13
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #7) 0:16
You Just Ain't Ready for Me Yet (version #2, pick-up #8) 0:11
Total Time: 18:10
Total Disc Time: 76:59
DISC 4:
The Venetian Affair (1967)
Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin, Conducted by Robert Armbruster
Song: ''Our Venetian Affair'' Music by Lalo Schifrin, Lyrics by Hal Winn, Sung by Julius LaRosa
Venice After Dark 2:07
N.Y. at Dusk/The One to Spare 1:37
Venetian Dialogue/The Credentials 1:05
Next of Kin/The Back Door 1:34
Claire's Blues (short version) 1:51
Open Gate/The Unsolved Affair 2:13
Unconcerned/The Other Venice/Venetian Affair 3:51
Around the Corner 1:26
At the Convent/Sandra 1:48
His Name Is Goldsmith 2:08
No Fright/A New Beginning 2:01
Fenner/Wahl/Ballard 2:49
As Long as We Are Together 1:44
I Didn't Lie to You/Hypodermic Persuasion 4:08
Subliminal Horror/Narco/Venetian Chase 4:36
A Lonely Silhouette/Our Venetian Affair 1:55
Total Time: 37:31
Bonus Tracks
Claire's Blues (long version) 3:44
Lonely Silhouette (retake)/The Affair Is Over 1:19
Our Venetian Affair (long version) 1:57
Main Titles (Piazza San Marco) (cimbalom) 1:09
Total Time: 8:15
Sol Madrid (1968)
Album Program
Composed and Arranged by Lalo Schifrin
Conducted by Lalo Schifrin and Robert Armbruster
Sol Madrid (Main Theme) 2:04
Fiesta 1:38
Stacey's Bolero 2:38
The Burning Candle 2:30
Adagietto 2:59
Sol Madrid (Main Theme) 1:55
The Golden Trip 2:40
Charanga 2:26
El Patio 2:29
Villanova's Villa 2:19
Bolero #2 2:08
Villanova's Chase 2:09
Total Time: 28:22
Total Disc Time: 74:21
DISC 5:
Sol Madrid (1968)
Complete Film Soundtrack
Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin, Conducted by Lalo Schifrin and Robert Armbruster
Main Title/The Burning Candle 4:14
Frightened Stacey/Mexican Waters 1:45
Adagietto for Guitar and Orchestra 2:59
Dietrich 1:21
Cantina Rock 2:55
Villanova's Cocktail Music 0:52
Sol Madrid's Theme 1:55
Mariachi Street Music #1 1:38
Mariachi Street Music #2 2:08
Worried Stacey/Scarpi/Heroin Bag/The Pump 3:49
Headlights/Pressure/More Pressure/Ingenious 6:00
Mexican Dance Music 1:20
A Demanding Lover 1:55
Turn On, Search Out 1:59
Mexican Street Music 1:00
Charanga #1 2:22
Dangling Bloody Hand/To Get Some Air 1:10
Charanga #2 2:26
Guajiro From the Distance (short version) 2:13
Villanova's Villa/Villanova's Chase/Villanova's Fight 5:14
What Really Counts 1:09
Total Time: 51:10
Sol Madrid Bonus Tracks
El Patio (guitar) 6:51
Guajiro From the Distance (long version) 3:11
Total Time: 10:04
Lalo Schifrin at M-G-M: Bonus Tracks (1963–1971)
Theme From Medical Center 2:46
The Haunting (Inspired by the M-G-M Motion Picture The Haunting) 2:24
Venice After Dark (The Venetian Affair, single recording) 2:40
Our Venetian Affair (The Venetian Affair, single recording) 2:17
Main Title (The Mask of Sheba) 1:21
A New Hope/Earth II Theme (Earth II) 2:33
Total Time: 14:16
Total Disc Time: 75:43 |
