Requiem per un Gringo
Quartet Records - QR521
| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Original Album | |||
| 1. | Sandstorm | 2:18 | |
| 2. | Twilight | 2:15 | |
| 3. | The moon and you | 1:51 | |
| 4. | Trouble in Store | 0:59 | |
| 5. | Fear and Pleasure | 1:47 | |
| 6. | Feather weight heart | 1:40 | |
| 7. | Pistols Galore | 1:55 | |
| 8. | Don’t look now | 1:31 | |
| 9. | Moody mountain | 1:01 | |
| 10. | Take that | 1:38 | |
| 11. | Far from now | 0:38 | |
| 12. | Single handed | 1:01 | |
| 13. | The Price of a Gun | 1:00 | |
| 14. | Heartbeat | 1:47 | |
| 15. | Cloudy Prairy | 1:39 | |
| 16. | Follow me | 1:46 | |
| 17. | Thoughtless Greenery | 1:38 | |
| 18. | Misty tree | 2:56 | |
| Bonus tracks | |||
| 19. | Requiem per un gringo (Nocturne) | 2:57 | |
| 20. | Requiem per un gringo (Waiting) | 1:49 | |
| 21. | follow me (Film version) | 1:01 | |
| 22. | Requiem per un gringo (Cavalcade) | 1:48 | |
| 23. | Requiem per un gringo (Cavalcade #2) | 1:06 | |
| 24. | Requiem per un gringo (Ambush) | 1:32 | |
| 25. | Requiem per un gringo (Fear in the night) | 2:36 | |
| 26. | Requiem per un gringo (Guitar cantina) | 3:01 | |
| 27. | Requiem per un gringo (Western story) | 1:33 | |
| 28. | Requiem per un gringo (Bandidos) | 1:55 | |
| 29. | Requiem per un gringo (Nostalgic moment) | 1:58 | |
| 30. | Requiem per un gringo (Before the attack) | 2:13 | |
| 31. | Requiem per un gringo (Gringo) | 2:29 | |
| 32. | Requiem per un gringo (Suite in stereo) | 4:11 | |
| 59:28 |
Requiem per un Gringo
Added on Sunday, May 28, 2023
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a remastered, expanded edition of the classic Angelo Francesco Lavagnino western score for a most unusual duel.
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a remastered, expanded edition of the classic Angelo Francesco Lavagnino western score for a most unusual duel.
Directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino in 1968, Requiem Per Un Gringo made use of unorthodox costume and set design and a great plot device to say something new in the genre. Based on the idea of a Ulysses-like character who uses his brain against his violent opponents, the film tells the story of peace-loving bounty hunter Ross Logan who takes revenge on his brother’s killers by turning his foes against each other while using a natural phenomenon to defeat them.
Starting off with the “Sandstorm” song performed by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni, the opening credits use familiar Sergio Leone-inspired titles of aggressively tinted movie scenes played against animated opening credits.
The score features two different organs, including a church organ for Logan’s love of astronomy. Some of the other highlights include haunting vocal effects, Lavagnino’s signature percussion work over sustained organ notes, and “Follow Me,” a dance number that unwittingly sows seeds of discontent within the gang of marauders.
A selection of 18 tracks was issued on LP by Cinevox when the film came out, and the same program (plus an 11-minute suite with unreleased cues and takes) was reissued in a Lavagnino western compilation on Saimel in 2006.
This new CD, produced by Claudio Fuiano and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes courtesy of Cinevox, features the original program augmented with previously unreleased cues and a bonus suite of surviving stereo cues.
The lavishly illustrated 12-page liner notes by Gergely Hubai discuss the film and the score.
Limited edition: 300 units
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