{"title":"Piero Piccioni","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiero Piccioni, born in Torino on December 6, 1921, was a renowned soundtrack composer. Initially following his father's footsteps as a lawyer, he eventually left the legal profession to pursue his passion for music. A highly skilled pianist and organist, Piccioni gained recognition within the Italian film industry by playing for friends and colleagues. It was director Michelangelo Antonioni who first encouraged him to compose for the big screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the pseudonym Piero Morgan, Piccioni specialized in a soft jazz style that became his trademark. He collaborated with notable figures such as comedian\/director Alberto Sordi and directors Alberto Lattuada, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, Francesco Rosi and more. His compositions graced films like \"Blow Up,\" \"Zabriskie Point,\" \"After The Fox,\" and \"The Stranger.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePiccioni passed away on July 23, 2004 in Rome at the age of 82. His legacy lives on through his timeless contributions to film soundtracks.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"colpo-rovente","title":"Colpo Rovente","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiero Zuffi made this bizarre film set in the seedy underbelly of Off-Broadway productions, hippie communities, S\u0026amp;M bars and bike gangs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story follows a serial killer on the loose and an investigator looking into an heiress’ kidnapping. With the help of editor Franco Arcalli, the movie was reconfigured into an effective fever dream with a non-linear structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce more the music composed by maestro Piero Piccioni is better than the movie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wonderful kaleidoscope of psychedelic oddness favors the composer’s jazz roots and strong percussion work, but also features delightful bursts of source music as well as the self-contained brilliance of the occasional set pieces - including background scores for the experimental productions of the Off- Broadway world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis highly addictive score, impossible to find on the original LP released by RCA in 1970 and reissued on vinyl only by South Korean label Beatball can finally benefit from a meticulous restoration from the original master tapes, thanks to the involvement of Piccioni’s family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blind Faith Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50392767398219,"sku":"2045850","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Colpo_rovente_Original_Motion_Picture_Sountrack_6d8bc7fd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726411423"},{"product_id":"tropicale","title":"Tropicale","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough rare and unreleased cuts from the Cam Sugar archive, \u003ci\u003eTropicale\u003c\/i\u003e traces the incendiary liaisons between Italian film music and tropical culture in the 1960s across bossa nova, samba, Latin jazz, exotica, calypso, mambo and other tropical rhythms. Featuring music by the likes of Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni, Bruno Nicolai, Armando Trovajoli and many more cult composers, the collection stands as the dancing side of the Dolce Vita years when Italian cinema, and society as a whole, looked for escapism via exotic music, design and lifestyle. Across 26 tracks – 8 of which are completely unreleased and 13 never before published on digital format - the South-American and Caribbean soundscapes meet with the flamboyance of Italian jazz resulting in a one-of-a-kind hybrid of Mediterranean and Latin melodies and sensitivities, bursting with congas, igniting percussion, tense double-bass riffs, horns and uplifting drum breaks. 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TRE FRATELLI, winner of four Nastro di Argento and nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film, stars Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Andrea Ferr?ol. It's a strong and moving drama about the relationships of three brothers who return to the village where they were born after the death of their mother.  Piero Piccioni composed a deeply delicate score dominated by one of his most beautiful themes: a bittersweet melody for piano and strings that dominates the score in different and intimate versions. Although it was one of the most desired scores by the composer's fans, and one of his greatest efforts in the last part of his career, the score of TRE FRATELLI has remained unreleased until today (only one track was released on a French vinyl dedicated to the Rosi-Piccioni collaboration in the early eighties). This edition includes the complete score from original master tapes vaulted in mint condition at the Piccioni estate and transferred in high resolution. 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The story is about an aging and wealthy American woman who journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur, George, to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife, Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple's dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter, Cleopatra, seeks revenge on her parents' behalf.  Piero Piccioni composed a colorful, bittersweet score, dominated by a celebrated theme for piano and orchestra, as well as a beautiful love theme. The score also features a bossa, a waltz and a tango. A coveted promotional LP was released by General Music in 1973, currently one of the composer's most expensive LPs when one appears on the second-hand market. This is the first CD edition thanks to the discovery of the original tapes vaulted at the Piccioni estate. 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Despite Giuliana's inability to transform herself into a good housewife, his relationship with Pietro continues to flourish, because he seems to find enjoyment in each of his wife's many mistakes. The reason for their union lies not in love but, perhaps, in a genuine sympathy, as strong as it is mutual. The story has become a minor classic with each new representation. On both stage and screen the themes of everyday life, and the more complex and existential ones, are addressed. The subtle irony of the work relies on recounting problematic events in a carefree tone: realities such as abortion, death, separation and the couple's incommunicability are underplayed with naturalness. The funny events of the film are commented on by Piero Piccioni's music, published for the first time on vinyl by Musica Per Immagini, with an harmonious tracklist. For this first orchestra rehearsal with the director, which will be followed by other important soundtracks, the composer makes an effective and elegant synthesis: on the one hand he reworks moods and aesthetic intuitions of some previous and happy experiences, while on the other he identifies and anticipates the first bars of that unmistakable sound between bossa nova, funk and lounge nuances that will characterize almost all the production of the Seventies. In fact, the Turin-native artist simplifies in a positive sense the articulated harmonic structures that have always distinguished his authorial figure – where the so called jazz features are to be considered more than central in the musical texture, as prominent elements of the harmonic syntax – and he tries a melodic reduction that will make the compositions more catchy or memorized, but not easier for this. Lightness of spirit and rarefied elegance are the keys of this new Dionysian world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Musica Per Immagini","offers":[{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50446872445259,"sku":"2205394","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0605832677460_e9568478_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727065085"},{"product_id":"a-modern-gentleman","title":"A  Modern Gentleman","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiero Piccioni undoubtedly was the most “dandy” of Italian film music composers. The most stylish one, in art as in life. On the centenary of the composer’s birth, Cam Sugar celebrates his art with a compilation that draws from both his well-know and lesser-known works, alongside a precious handful of tracks that, surprisingly, have remained fully unreleased until today. The result is a journey of rediscovery of the unique, dazzling and unmistakable sound of the Turin-born composer. The silky, sensual and emotional “Piccioni's touch” can be detected in every single composition he happened to work on during his long career which spanned jazz, bossa nova, funk, disco, and orchestral music. It is a touch that gives harmony and coherence to a corpus of soundtracks that stands out as one of the most prestigious and important discographies in the world: eternal music destined to last forever, without ever sounding out of place, just like the timeless elegance of Italy and Piccioni.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cam Sugar","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP | x2","offer_id":50459430814027,"sku":"1137381","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f2c90c31-1fdc-4813-917f-2e197bab2060_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727222106"},{"product_id":"fatevi-vivi-la-polizia-non-interverra","title":"Fatevi Vivi La Polizia Non Interverr","description":"\u003cp\u003eA commissar with his hands tied and a gentleman godfather. A gang of ruthless kidnappers and a couple of parents ready to pay any amount to hold their missing daughter again. 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Synthesis of a different mood from that adopted by his peers, exemplary in Ambushers, played by bass, guitar and piano, plus the string section in counterpoint. True hip hop break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the depths of the tracklist, it is easy to identify the third axis of the project, The Persuaders, thanks to the irresistible rhythm of the brass. The Sicilian Mafia motif is also distinctive, punctuated by the traditional sound of the Jew's harp. Another distinguishable aspect of Piero Piccioni's work is the wealth of themes. 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The Italian version was narrated by Giuseppe Rinaldi, while Edmund Purdom provided the English dub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe score features the mixture of cool tunes that one would expect from a mondo – especially from Piero Piccioni, who scored relatively few titles in this genre. In fact, a lot of the original music he wrote for the film wasn’t included in the film; a former sound editor, Vittorio De Sisti, used several previous Piccioni cues for other movies to create the score heard in the film, so even key cues such as the main title are actually only available on the soundtrack album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInghilterra Nuda\u003c\/i\u003e was previously released on CD in 2005 in a limited edition by the Japanese label Avanz Records. While that release had more tracks, its bonus material was actually tracks from other Piccioni scores that De Sisti edited into the film. 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One of Piero Piccioni’s definitive scores, the soundtrack matches the 1974 film’s exotic setting defined by his signature touch on samba, bossa nova and lounge music, enhanced by wordless vocals by Nora Orlandi in the best Italian cinematic tradition. 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Like the film itself, the music evokes a constant sense of tension, a dark atmosphere, and a profound unease that perfectly matches the narrative of this political thriller. The film moves through imposing and symbolic architecture, desolate spaces, and centres of power, with Rosi’s direction amplifying the sense of isolation and helplessness. The soundtrack plays a crucial role in underscoring the charged atmosphere of suspicion and dread. Piero Piccioni, a maestro of film scoring, crafts a composition that intertwines melodic sophistication with emotional depth. His music never overpowers the visuals but subtly accompanies them, amplifying the moral and political ambiguity of the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe soundtrack is built around recurring motifs that become almost obsessive, reflecting the film's paranoid climate. The harmonic choices, often dissonant, create a persistent sense of unease. 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In recent years, it has found new life in the age of streaming, being extensively rediscovered and sampled within the hip-hop and lo-fi communities. Maestro Piero Piccioni remains one of the brightest shining stars among Italian composers from the golden age of cinema, soundtracks, and library music. With a prolific career that includes more than 300 film scores, Piccioni began his journey in the world of cinema in Rome during the 1950s. At the time, he was practicing law but soon began composing for film, developing a particularly close working relationship with directors Francesco Rosi and Alberto Sordi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong his vast body of work—especially his collaborations with Sordi -Amore Mio Aiutami stands at the pinnacle of Piccioni’s oeuvre, showcasing his style of composition and production. 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