Day Of Anger

Description

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italy, celebrates the centenary of Maestro Riz Ortolani with the ultimate edition of his classic, killer score for DAY OF ANGER (I giorni dell'ira, 1967), an iconic spaghetti western directed by Tonino Valerii and starring Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma. The film,one of the most beloved by fans of the genre, is about a scruffystreet sweeper who becomes the pupil of a famed gunfighte, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Riz Ortolani' score findshim at the height of his creative powers, blending sweeping orchestral themes, tense
action motifs and moments of surprising lyrical beauty into a uniquely sophisticated musical experience.
While Ennio Morricone's influence often dominates discussions of music for Italian westerns, Ortolani's
approach to DAY OF ANGER reveals a distinct voice--elegant, dramatic and melodic. The unforgettable main theme (rediscovered by Tarantino and included in his filmDjango Unchained) captures the films atmosphere of revenge, ambition and moral conflict,while recurring motifs demonstrate the composer's remarkable ability to balance raw tension with emotional depth.
Albums were released by RCA in 1967 in mono (the Italian LP) and stereo (the U.S. edition). Both featured
the same track listing, though with diffeent mixes, takes and edits on some tracks. That LP program was subsequently released on CD, but always in the Italian mono version until the two most recent reissues, which also included the filmscore in stereo. For this new 2-CD edition, we have included the complete score in stereo, in addition to the mono and stereo albums, from their respective original elements. The audio for this release (supervised by Claudio Fuiano) has been restored and mastered by Chris Malone; the package includes an essay by JeffBond.
This soundtrack remains an essential chapter in the history of the Italian western and a shining example of Riz
Ortolani's extraordinary legacy as one of Europe's greatest filmcomposers.