‣12/10/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: UN UOMO A METÀ (1966) (Part 1)
Director: Vittorio De Seta (1923-2011)
link Certified in Italy on 17 August 1966.
jpg Premiered in Venice on 4 September 1966.
link Composer, Orchestrator: Ennio Morricone – Conductor: Bruno Nicolai – Opening credits:
jpg Orchestra: Unione Musicisti di Roma
Choir: I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni
Two cues from the soundtrack were released around the time the movie came out.
2:26 – A1a – Accettare, comprendere, questo il senso, il segreto (cue 7 on 2012 CD)
1:04 – A1b – Accettare, comprendere, questo il senso, il segreto (not on 2012 CD)
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Released on vinyl single:
Accettare, comprendere, questo il senso, il segreto / La battaglia di Algeri – RCA Italiana PM45-3350 – Italy – 1966
linkFront:
jpg A-side label: "con I Cantori Moderni di Alesandroni"
jpg "Numero di catalogo PM45-3350 – Anno 1966"
link The B-side is the "Algeri: 1 novembre 1954" piece from LA BATTAGLIA DI ALGERI (1966). – About the soundtrack:
link The score was also used for ballet shows in the concert hall, choreographed by Pieter van der Sloot.
For this occasion Morricone conceived a 23-minute compilation of the film's music, naming it "Requiem per un destino".
The ballet was first performed in Perugia in January 1967. (Ennio Morricone, In His Own Words, page 182)
Broadcast on TV in June 1967 – Rai 2, 17 June 1967, 9:15 pm. (Radiocorriere 1967, #24, page 76)
‣12/10/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: UN UOMO A METÀ (1966) (Part 2)
23:08 – Requiem per un destino (compiled music from UN UOMO A METÀ)
The "Requiem per un destino" suite was first released on promo 2LP:
Ennio Morricone – General Music GM 33/01-1, 33/01-2 – Italy – April 1970 (entire A-side of LP 1)
link Front cover:
jpgData on inner side of tri-fold cover, sections 1 and 2: "GM 33/01-1 – Lato A – Requiem per un destino – 1966 – dal film UN UOMO A METÀ – Unione Musicisti di Roma diretti da Bruno Nicolai – Maestro del coro: A. Alessandroni"
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jpgA-side label of LP 1: "GM 33/01-1 – 04/70 – Requiem per un destino – 23 minuti - Stereo"
jpg About this 2LP:
linkReleased on 9LP:
Ennio Morricone, ...Un mondo di musica – Reader's Digest RDIS 42 1/9 – Italy – 1974 (LP 5, entire B-side)
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link Back cover of LP 5:
jpg B-side label of LP 5: "Requiem per un destino – Musica per un'azione coreografica [choreographic performance]"
jpg Released on CD:
Requiem per un destino / Venuta dal mare – GDM Legend 4217 – Italy – 2012
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jpgTotal time of the "Requiem per un destino" suite: 23:08 – All cues in stereo.
The "Venuta dal mare" suite (14:32) is from the film ECCE HOMO (1968). – About the soundtrack:
link Short cue taken from the ending of the film:
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Bob Hendrikx
Notes on 2LP: ENNIO MORRICONE (GM 33/01-1, 33/01-2) (1970)
