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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2011 at 19:37
Our friend David wrote a nice RPI review that I wanted to acknowledge.  Bravo dude!  Clap

 Io Sono Nato Libero by BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO album cover Studio Album, 1973
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Io Sono Nato Libero
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Rock Progressivo Italiano

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5 stars You just know when you're hearing world-class musicians. Not some extremist steroidal athletes trying to outplay their peers or cooler-than-cool avant guarders stirring the sh*t storm (though I dearly love both), but players who'd passed through those stages and came out seasoned, focused but mellowed, and ready to truly compose at a level few even approach. When you add a breathtaking mix and exquisite fidelity, Io Sono Nato Libero is an album that deserves and perhaps even outshines every bit of praise it has gotten. No big surprise, I guess; leave it to the Italians for quality art production. And then there's that year again, 1973, right on schedule.

I don't much buy into Prog influences here-- Banco was more in line with a grand Italian tradition of musical identity and innovation, and don't sound much at all like ELP or Tull or anyone else ascribed to them. The Bros. Nocenzi are also another example of how well two keyboards can be utilized, and the advantages of a pair who turned any sibling rivalries into a perfectly attuned unit. Marcello Todaro's guitars blend when required and shine when needed, Calderoni/D'Angelo sound as if they were joined at birth, and Francesco Di Giacomo finishes the Nocenzi's pieces with pining emotion and sincerity, turning them into proper songs. The material here, as 'Canto Nomade per un Prigioniero Politico', is so carefully conceived and finished that it could be mistaken, I suppose, for something it was never intended to be: like Muzak. Nothing new for Prog of course, the eternally misidentified, misunderstood and misrepresented genre. Jazz abounds everywhere on the record but always quite deliberate and at the service of the music. Stunning Mediterranean sunsets, brief deviations, and flavors of the East permeate regularly. 'Non mi Rompete' takes us on a ride down the Grand Canal past the Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, 'La Citta Sottile' is a haunting beauty with droning jazz and a touch of darkness, and 10-minute 'Dopo..Niente e Piu lo Stesso' is a standout, maybe the highlight, and will please most proggies.

In all honesty I probably would not have liked this album even just ten years ago, and there is no denying its polished, pristine surface and Di Giacomo's bleeding-heart singing is not for everyone. Or even for a significant percentage of music listener. Heck I'd be surprised if the average Prog fan likes Banco. But that doesn't mean this isn't one of the finest recordings ever achieved by a rock band. Elegant, clean, and filled with marvelous stuff. What more could one want?


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Yes, that is an uncommonly good review. Clap
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^ Indeed it is. Thumbs Up
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Thumbs Up Brilliant review !
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hellogoodbye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2011 at 17:55
What a silence these days ! Let's get out of our confortable graves with a Mario Bava's horror movie.  
Music : LIBRA. (1977)
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

What a silence these days ! Let's get out of our confortable graves with a Mario Bava's horror movie.  
Music : LIBRA. (1977)
 
 
 
 
Sweet Dreams Cool
 
I literally got this cd in the mail today and i'm really looking forward to it.I heard one track off of a sampler and was impressed enough to order it.
Listening right now to A PIEDI NUDI's "Eclissi".Damn this is heavy ! I completely forgot how hard this rocked.I enjoy the Italian vocals too.
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The listenning of soundtrack music is very strange. Most of the times you haven't seen the film and you have to build your own images with sounds. I was bored with all kinds of music when I started to listen to Ost. I found my happiness in italian soundtracks. Morricone, Cipriani, Nicolai, Migliardi, Micalizzi, Ortolani, Trovajoli, Goblin, Rota  ...etc,  made me loved  RPI. Maybe because of the language. There is a great influence between Ost and RPI. For example, the choruses in the beginning of Ys are pure Morricone. Someday I will write a list of the essential ones.
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

The listenning of soundtrack music is very strange. Most of the times you haven't seen the film and you have to build your own images with sounds. I was bored with all kinds of music when I started to listen to Ost. I found my happiness in italian soundtracks. Morricone, Cipriani, Nicolai, Migliardi, Micalizzi, Ortolani, Trovajoli, Goblin, Rota  ...etc,  made me loved  RPI. Maybe because of the language. There is a great influence between Ost and RPI. For example, the choruses in the beginning of Ys are pure Morricone. Someday I will write a list of the essential ones.
 
Pierre it is such a pleasure to read your thoughts.I always read your posts with interest.Thanks !
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In spite of my poor vocabulary !!! It is a great compliment. Thank youWink
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

The listenning of soundtrack music is very strange. Most of the times you haven't seen the film and you have to build your own images with sounds. I was bored with all kinds of music when I started to listen to Ost. I found my happiness in italian soundtracks. Morricone, Cipriani, Nicolai, Migliardi, Micalizzi, Ortolani, Trovajoli, Goblin, Rota  ...etc,  made me loved  RPI. Maybe because of the language. There is a great influence between Ost and RPI. For example, the choruses in the beginning of Ys are pure Morricone. Someday I will write a list of the essential ones.
 
Pierre it is such a pleasure to read your thoughts.I always read your posts with interest.Thanks !
 
Ditto!  And John, same goes for you.  I love hearing what you both are listening to.  (Although, John, I still can't really get into the metal stuff. Embarrassed)
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I love the soundtrack Osanna did for the film Milano Calibro 9
     Never heard the soundtrack to Schock, but i love Libra, so will have to remedy that situation!
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The Osanna's soundtrack is great too, Doug, more psyche and rough than the Libra's one that uses funk, jazz and electronic.  
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

The Osanna's soundtrack is great too, Doug, more psyche and rough than the Libra's one that uses funk, jazz and electronic.  
 
I must admit this is a whole new world for me when you start talking Italian soundtracks. I mean i'm familiar with a few but i'm going to have to check out some of these that Pierre and others have mentioned.Thanks.
And thankyou Todd as usual for the nice words, and hey you might not be into Metal but you leave me in the dust when it comes to RPI.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

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Well done David also from me. Clap
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Here are some Morricone’s stuffs. Some examples among many. I have chosen albums (and specific editions) with not too much repetitions of the different themes.  It’s a problem with soundtrack music. Sometimes too much repetitions kill the music in you. These ones look like albums (about 26 to 40 minutes). Enjoy !

 

GIU  LA TESTA (The maestro’s masterpiece. Edizione speciale 35 anniversario 2 CD)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VKYYHA7-w&feature=fvst

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LDCF22i8w&feature=related

 

 

LE CLAN DES SICILIENS (THE SICILIAN CLAN Cam’s edition)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpj59hICwT4

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUFJfco3vBY&feature=fvwrel

 

LA BANDA J & S (2008 Digitmovies)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DOomOWwgDs

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-18dk__q_QA&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ2RLn0KThg&feature=related

 

Ps : You can also start with the fantastic compilation Mondo Morricone Vol 1

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^I love Morricone, Pierre.

My father has been working with movies and theater since the end of the 50s(retired now since he´s almost 300...), and he´s always told me stories about the industry. Actors, scripts, music, lighting, directors and whatnot. 
I remember watching those old spaghetti westerns back when I was a mere toddler, and it was the music that drew me in - still does. Morricone not only revitalized the movie soundtrack, but he also incorporated the modern orchestra into the scene - using a wide variety of instruments to create atmospheres and suspense. Just like RPI - he also fused the melody and footwork of his nation´s classical composers, but he added a lot of folk elements to the mix with tiny flutes, guitars and mandolins. In that aspect, I think he inadvertently created another dimension to these Sergio Leone flicks. The music suddenly became a story line in itself, not that this hadn´t been done before, but personally I think a lot of the soundtrack music prior to Morricone was just a mirror effect of what was happening on screen - telling you how to feel in the given moment. Who can forget the ending of Ben Hur or Gone with the wind? Those movies tell you how to feel, whereas Morricone was much more understated IMO. Now calling him understated almost sounds like a joke - I know, but when you look at the mechanics of the scenes, his music accompanies, then things aren´t that clear cut.

Of course there are scenes where he deliberately showers "the bad and evil" in frightening notes - that indicates their true nature, but I always thought he had a playful twist to it. Like Darth Vader in all of his frightening presence, but then wearing a pink skirt... 
There´s always something beneath the obvious textures with Morricone, and to me that is what makes him one of the greatest music composers inside the film industry.  
 


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Great post ! Thanks very much Clap !
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To continue with the crossover RPI / Soundtrack, a very nice and understated Goblin from 1977.
 
 
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Great post ! Thanks very much Clap !

Thanks PierreSmile
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