L'Assoluto Naturale

"L'assoluto naturale" is a 1969 flm based on the eponymous novel by Goffredo Parise and directed by Mauro Bolognini Many of his flms have been scored by Ennio Morricone. The two leading actors are Sylva Koscina and Laurence Harvey. The film is a bourgeois sentimental drama which was very popular in that era - lead by the well known theme "Metti, una sera a cena"; it's a soundtrack that blends classical, jazz, pop and lounge music in various reworkings of the main theme, a typical Morriconne trademark. Among the orchestrations directed by Bruno Nicolai, the track "Assalito dalle rondini" stands out, an abstract composition for strings characterised by tension-laden dissonances and dramatic orchestrations. Originally released in 1969 and reissued in a few subsequent editions, the soundtrack of L'assoluto naturale has not been on vinyl for 40 years. This new release with remastered audio and a new sleeve layout delivers this excellent soundtrack in a classy layout.