‣25/04/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: SECRET OF THE SAHARA (1987) (Part 1)
aka IL SEGRETO DEL SAHARA – aka LE SECRET DU SAHARA
360-minute TV mini-series, 4 episodes, aired on RAI 1, from 3 January to 24 January 1988.
link First episode: Sunday 3 January 1988, from 8:30 pm. to 10:05 pm. (Radiocorriere 1988, #1, page 72)
Director: Alberto Negrin (1940-)
link Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor: Ennio Morricone – Opening credits:
jpg "Saharan Dream" (track 16 on 2007 CD) – Vocals: Amii Stewart – Lyricist: Leonie Gane – Closing credits:
jpg French version (not on 2007 CD): "Secrets du Sahara" – Lyricists: Leonie Gane, Jean-Pierre Lang – Vocals: Debbie Davis
Recorded at BMG Ariola Studios, Rome.
Orchestra and Choir: Not credited
Voice (track 22 on 2007 CD): Edda Dell'Orso (1935-)
Bass Flute (tracks 1,3,21): Paolo Zampini
Violin (track 5): Franco Tamponi (1925-2010)
Bass Tuba (tracks 9,13,14): Carlo Ingrati
Flute: (track 18): Paolo Zampini
Closing credits:
jpg 4:21 – A1 – Secret of the Sahara
4:26 – A2 – Red Ghosts
3:21 – A3 – Sholomon
2:52 – A5 – Kerim
3:02 – A6 – The Hawk
4:27 – B2 – The Myth and the Adventure
3:23 – B3 – Anthea and the Desert
1:50 – B4 – Farewell Orso
1:37 – B5 – Death of Tamameth
1:54 – B6 – Secret of the Sahara
3:47 – B7 – First Dedication
3:24 – B8 – Second Dedication – Play:
mp3 2:22 – B9 – Miriam and Philip
3:07 – 10 – Saharan Dream – Vocals: Amii Stewart (1956-)
Released on LP:
Secret of the Sahara – RCA Original Cast BL 71559 – Italy – 1987
link
‣25/04/2020 Bob Hendrikx
Notes on Soundtrack: SECRET OF THE SAHARA (1987) (Part 2)
The above 16 tracks released on LP:
Secret of the Sahara – RCA Original Cast BL 71559 – Italy – 1987
link 10:11 – A4 – The Mountain (aka "La creazione", recorded in 1964) – About this track:
link 02:04 – B1 – The Golden Door (aka "Torre di Babele", recorded in 1964) – About this track:
link A-side label: Composed, Arranged, Directed by Ennio Morricone – Track A4: Conducted by Franco Ferrara.
jpgB-side label: Track B1: Conducted by Franco Ferrara
jpg"Numero di catalogo BL 71559 – Anno 1987"
link 3:00 – 7 – Secrets du Sahara – Vocals: Debbie Davis (1959-)
The same 16 tracks, with the addition of this French-sung vocal, were released on CD:
Les secrets du Sahara – RCA/BMG BD 71947 – Europe – 1987
link Front:
jpg Back: "L. Gane, J.P. Lang, E. Morricone – Voix solo: Debbie Davis – Recordings made in BMG Ariola Studios, Rome"
jpg 3:41 – 17 – Dance of the Snakes – Play:
mp3 2:31 – 18 – Dance of the Chess Game
1:45 – 19 – Meeting Orso
2:44 – 20 – Tale from Poland
3:34 – 21 – Tuareg
4:27 – 22 – Secret of the Sahara – Voice: Edda Dell'Orso – Play:
mp3 First released on CD:
Secret of the Sahara – GDM/Hillside 4107 – Italy – 2007
link Back:
jpg 20 tracks (22 minus tracks 4 and 7) – Total time: 62:51 (74:56 minus 12:15) – All tracks in stereo.
Other editions:
link Director Alberto Negrin & Composer Ennio Morricone – See:
link
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