king ubu Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Yesterday I saw Elio Petri's great movie "Todo Modo" (featuring Marcello Mastoianni, Gian Maria Volonte and Michel Piccoli). The soundtrack was by Morricone, but: Charles Mingus composed and recorded a soundtrack for this picture, too (released as the B-side of "Cumbia Jazz Fusion" on Atlantic in the seventies). Now: why was Mingus' soundtrack not used? Anyone knows this? In my opinion, the Morricone-score is alright, but I know not many scores by Morricone that are so pale, so far in the background. Mingus' music, on the other hand, might have been almost too strong... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Ubu, in the liner notes to the original 'Cumbia & Jazz Fusion' Atlantic LP, Nat Hentoff mentioned that 'because of deadline problems that had to do with Petrie, Mingus's score was not used for the European version of the film. When Petrie gets an American distributor for the movie, Mingus's music will be part of the American version.' Doubt that this was ever the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Thanks, brownie! I don't think this movie will ever make (or has ever made) it to the US. Seems a very *european* (and extremely italian) picture soaked in the seventies. But I love this kind of movie! As I have the Rhino CD, I don't have any liners, so thanks! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 You mean Rhino didn't reprint the original liner notes? THAT sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 You mean Rhino didn't reprint the original liner notes? THAT sucks! Now you're asking I'm not sure, but I think they didn't. Must check. ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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