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The Morricone Collection: “Senza Sapere Niente Di Lei” (1969)

The Maestro

Cam Sugar releases The Maestro’s “dreamy, dark-tinged and psychedelic giallo score” on double LP yellow vinyl.

From Cam Sugar’s website:

Senza Sapere Niente di Lei (1969, Luigi Comencini) is one of the first scores composed by Ennio Morricone for a Giallo movie, just ahead of the great season of the cult Italian thrilling genre forged by Dario Argento.

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The soundtrack perfectly mirrors the philosophy behind the Morricone Segreto series, not only for its extraordinary dark-tinged and psychedelic vibes, but also because of the rarity of the score, which so far has surprisingly remained unreleased on vinyl (with the exception of two tracks included on a 1980 CAM anthology LP, now pretty much impossible to find).

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With “Senza Sapere Niente di Lei” Morricone composed one of his most dreamy and ethereal scores, with a sweet and delicate theme unfolding in a lullaby to the rhythm of a valzer, and interpreted in multiple keys: from lounge-jazz to experimental music. The final result is a sensual and suave sound that well matches the quintessential morbid style of Giallo cinema and of the film’s plot. In Milan, in winter time, a young lawyer (Philippe Leroy) meets a girl with a mysterious past (Paola Pitagora), falling in love with her and inevitably heading towards irreparable consequences.”

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The Film:

From Wikipedia:

Unknown Woman (ItalianSenza sapere niente di lei; ‘Without knowing anything about her’) is a 1969 Italian giallo film produced and directed by Luigi Comencini. It is based on the novel La morale privata by Antonio Leonviola.[1] For this film Paola Pitagora was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for best actress.[2]

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