The Morricone Collection: “Teorema” (1968)

With one side dedicated to Morricone’s original score to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s surrealist psychological drama, “Teorema,” and the other dedicated to Mozart’s “Messi da Requiem,” listeners are treated to two of the greatest (if not THE two greatest) composers of any era.

Morricone’s score starts heavy and foreboding, with sharp strings and otherworldly voices, before turning ebullient and playful halfway through with bouncy harmonies, twangy guitar and poppy drum beats, including some bittersweet horn arrangements along the way that would not have felt out of place on any number of the Maestro’s Spaghetti Western scores.

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 6th film, “Teorema,” which the Criterion Channel describes as “a cooly cryptic exploration of bourgeois spiritual emptiness,”stars Terrence Stamp (“The Limey“) as the mysterious “visitor” who seduces an entire Milanese family.

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Listen to the “Teorema” score here:

Watch the BFI trailer for “Teorema” here”

Watch “Teorema” on the Criterion Channel here:

Watch “Teorema” on Mubi here:

Watch “Teorema” for free on YouTube here:

Read Roger Ebert’s review of “Teorema” here: