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Notes on Soundtrack: UN FIUME DI DOLLARI (1966) (Part 1)
aka THE HILLS RUN RED
Director: Lee W. Beaver (real name: Carlo Lizzani) (1922-2013)
link Certified in Italy on 31 August 1966.
jpg Premiered in Italy on 9 September 1966.
link Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor: Leo Nichols (real name: Ennio Morricone) – Opening credits:
jpg On vinyl and CD releases the conductor credit is ascribed to Bruno Nicolai.
Choir: I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni
Lyricist (track 17): Gianni Sanjust (1934-)
Lyricist (track 1,15): Audrey Nohra (aka Audrey Nohra Stainton, aka Audrey Stainton Nohra) (19??-2011)
Vocals (tracks 1,15,17): Gino (full name: Gino Spiachetti) (2010 CD, page 8 of booklet)
Voice (tracks 2,8,9,14,16 on 2010 CD): Gianna Spagnulo (MSV #94, page 37)
2:06 – A – Quel giorno verrà (track 17 on 2010 CD)
2:12 – B – Un fiume di dollari (track 16) – Play:
mp3 First released on vinyl single:
Quel giorno verrà / Un fiume di dollari – Ricordi International SIR 20-029 – Italy – September 1966
link Front:
jpg Back:
jpg A-side label:
jpg B-side label:
jpg "Numero di catalogo SIR 20-029 – Anno 09-1966"
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‣10/03/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: UN FIUME DI DOLLARI (1966) (Part 2)
0:35 – A – (from 0:00 to 0:35) Un fiume di dollari (not on 2010 CD)
link 1:40 – B – Home To My Love (track 1 on 2010 CD)
First released on vinyl single:
The Hills Run Red / Home To My Love – Seven Seas HIT-1414 – Japan – 1967
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link Front:
jpg A-side label: "The Hills Run Red – Instrumental – 1:38"
jpg B-side label: "Home To My Love – Gino – 1:48"
jpg1:37 – B4 – The Hills Run Red (track 2 on 2010 CD)
First released on LP:
Great Western Film Themes, Vol. 2 – United Artists UAS 29064 – UK – 1969
link Front:
jpgB-side label: "1:42"
jpg 1:40 – A1 – Home To My Love
1:37 – A2 – The Hills Run Red
1:35 – A3 – Fifteen Miles To Prison
0:54 – A4 – Fiesta del sol
1:59 – A5 – Dreams Into Dust
1:15 – A6 – Ecstasy Of Strings
2:19 – A7 – Memories Of Rebecca
0:58 – A8 – The Fury Of Fire
1:51 – B1 – The River Of Dollars
2:35 – B2 – Five Card Draw
1:39 – B3 – The Girl With Golden Hair
1:25 – B4 – Doing Time
2:52 – B5 – Blind Obsession
1:24 – B6 – Vindication
2:44 – B7 – Home To My Love – Play:
mp3 15 tracks (corresponds to tracks 1 to 15 on 2010 CD)
Released on bootleg LP:
The Hills Run Red – POO LP-103 – USA – 1978
link A-side label:
jpg B-side label:
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Notes on Soundtrack: UN FIUME DI DOLLARI (1966) (Part 3)
The above 15 tracks plus the tracks from the 1966 single, released on 12CD:
The MGM Soundtrack Treasury – Film Score Monthly FSM Box 03 – USA – 2008 (CD 10, tracks 1-17)
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link "Mastered from multiple copies of the 1978 bootleg vinyl, which itself was taken from an unreleased album master. Tracks 2 and 8 are mastered from a ¼-inch tape source. Tracks 16 and 17 are mastered from the 1966 single."
link The same 17 tracks released on CD:
The Hills Run Red – Quartet Records QRSCE 007 – Spain – 2010
link Front:
jpg Back:
jpg 17 tracks – Total time (including duplicated cues): 31:05 – All tracks in mono.
Unreleased:
SIAE entry: "Come Along and Sing" – Heard in the movie. – Same theme as "Doing Time". – Lyrics by Audrey Nohra.
(Maestro #8, page 30)
Director Carlo Lizzani & Composer Ennio Morricone:
1965 – THRILLING
link 1966 – UN FIUME DI DOLLARI
link1966 – SVEGLIATI E UCCIDI
link1974 – MUSSOLINI, ULTIMO ATTO
link 1975 – STORIE DI VITA E MALAVITA
link 1976 – SAN BABILA ORE 20: UN DELITTO INUTILE
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