{"id":5166,"date":"2012-07-04T01:28:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T05:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2012-07-04T01:31:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T05:31:34","slug":"cd-detective-un-ring-of-death-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5166","title":{"rendered":"CD: Detective, Un \/ Ring of Death (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Avanz Records (Japan)\/ Released: 1997<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 21tracks \/ (49:28)<\/p>\n

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Composer: Fred Bongusto<\/p>\n

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Like French crooner \/ composer Serge Gainsbourg, Italian singer Fred Bongusto<\/a> dabbled in film scoring, and in the crime drama Un detective<\/strong> \/ Ring of Death<\/strong> Bongusto wrote an addictive main theme for jazz orchestra, featuring piano and vibes.<\/p>\n

Detective<\/strong> is essentially a monothematic score, and title theme is oft-repeated, but there are some effective extrapolations which Bongusto uses to underscore violence, deep suspicion, and the personal turmoil of rogue Det. Belli. In \u201cUn detective\u201d he takes a short piano figure and turns it into a freeform chord progression, with keyboards and rippling drums; with \u201cMystery Version\u201d Bongusto streamlines the melody for trumpet plus edgy sounds from cymbals, drums, and bass clarinet; and in \u201cMurderer Theme\u201d he reworks his melody into a discordant music box variation for piano.<\/p>\n

The love theme for Det. Belli and pretty model Sandy is reworked into an intimate piece for keyboards, acoustic guitar, and brushed drums; and later in the film a string orchestra version is used to accentuate the gradual tenderness that develops between detective and his potential murder suspect.<\/p>\n

Bongusto\u2019s writing isn\u2019t big on elaborate theme development, but unlike Stelvio Cipriani, he\u2019s more adept in deconstructing a theme for an instrumental ensemble that\u2019s more appropriate to a scene\u2019s mood to ensure its dramatic functionality. There is a heavy element of repetition within the album, but many cues tend to flow between straight and abstract quotations and variations, giving the album a mercurial quality.<\/p>\n

In spite of the score\u2019s obvious high quality, it\u2019s only appeared in complete form via a 1997 Japanese CD. The album also includes a few source cues (the rock-styled \u201cParty Music\u201d with funky organ), plus a vocal theme version with Shirley Harmer\u2019s singing style not dissimilar from 007 crooner Shirley Bassey.<\/p>\n

As typical of late sixties & early seventies Italian scores, Detective<\/strong> is close-miked and brilliantly engineered, giving the recording a fat analogue quality that\u2019s very<\/em> soothing.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Film Review<\/a> — Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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