Featuring 9 bonus tracks, this 2018 Dagored limited edition (500 copies) of Morricone’s score to the 1966 Italian crime thriller “Svegliati E Uccidi” (aka “Wake Up & Die,” aka “Wake Up & Kill,” aka “Too Soon To Die”) is the first time the complete soundtrack has been available on vinyl. Described as “dark and powerful,” this early work from Morricone showcases his mastery of not just film scores, but pop songs, too, as evidenced by the stirring, mournful opening track “Una Stanza Vuota” (“An Empty Room”) sung by the film’s lead actress, Lisa Gastoni, who also starred in the Morricone-scored films “Grazie Zia,” “Maddalena,” and “I Pugni In Tasca” (aka “Fists In The Pocket”).
Listen to the song here:
https://youtube.com/watchv=khFesfrt244%3Fsi%3DRuOWPlr43gE_JeFF
Thanks to Babbel.com, I can (almost) understand all the lyrics. I’ll attempt to translate below (with just a little help from Google Translate):
Una stanza vuota (An empty room)
e tu, che mi hai lasciato (and you, who left me)
con il cuore pieno di te, (with a heart full of you)
e non ti vedo. (and I don’t see you)
Torna, torna indietro, (Come back, come back)
voglio darti tutti i miei giorni. (I want to give you all my days)
Torna da me, da me! (Come back to me, to me!)
Se in un mondo matto per me (If in a world, crazy for me)
ti sei perduto, (you are lost,)
cerca di capire. (try to understand)
Purchase the record here:
https://www.discogs.com/release/13042939-Ennio-Morricone-Svegliati-E-Uccidi-
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