Piero Umiliani has once again composed an excellent soundtrack, this time for Luigi Scattini\u2019s film \u201cSVEZIA, INFERNO E PARADISO\u201d (Sweden, Heaven and Hell). One of those so-called \u2018mondo movies\u2019, the film had been entirely filmed in Sweden, probably encountering great difficulties. Actually, some highly dramatic scenes are not reconstructions, but feature real people as opposed to actors, as for instance the one portraying a meeting of a group of junkies or another of a night at a lesbian club. Umiliani\u2019s music is able to emphasize the different moods of the movie: at times dramatic, on other occasions ironic or peaceful.<\/p>\n
This soundtrack has three different themes. The first one accompanies the opening credits and constitutes the leitmotif of the movie. It was developed in four different versions: \u201cYOU TRIED TO WARN ME\u201d, with Lydia McDonald\u2019s voice, \u201cSTOCCOLMA MY DEAR\u201d, \u201cLADY WAITRESS\u201d and \u201cMIDSUMMER NIGHT\u201d.
\nThe second one is a brilliant and captivating slow movement, recorded in four variants as the previous one: the lullaby-paced \u201cSLEEP NOW, LITTLE ONE\u201d, also sung by Lydia McDonald, and three different interpretations entitled \u201cSOLITUDINE\u201d: a strings version, a jazzy one featuring the excellent Antonello Vannucchi playing the organ and a final one with Alessandro Alessandroni\u2019s choir.
\nThe third motif, delivered in three different versions \u2013 \u201cLE RAGAZZE DELL\u2019ARCIPELAGO\u201d, \u201cFASHION MODELS\u201d and \u201cTOPLESS PARTY\u201d \u2013 emphasizes, as clearly indicated by the songs titles, a long series of scenes dedicated to the not so covered bodies of the beautiful Swedish girls. The last track mentioned in particular, is an arrangement in which appears one of our best soloists, the guitarist Carlo Pes.<\/p>\n
The LP also includes three other compositions: \u201cVIOLENZA\u201d, \u201cESSERE DONNA\u201d and \u201cEVA SVEDESE\u201d (a perfect track for those who danced the \u2018shake\u2019, a fad dance that became popular in Italy during the late 60s, with bassist Maiorana and drummer Roberto Podio). Although this soundtrack is very different from Umiliani\u2019s more jazz-oriented works (\u201cI SOLITI IGNOTI\u201d, \u201cSMOG\u201d, \u201cUNA BELLA GRINTA\u201d), he actually shows once again that jazz is at the basis of his musical sensitivity: jazz elements occasionally emerge especially from the interpretation of the soloists, that under Umiliani\u2019s wise direction were able to outperform themselves.<\/p>\n
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