Requiem Per Un Gringo

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Cinevox Records, presents a remastered, expanded edition of the classic Angelo Francesco Lavagnino western score for a most unusual duel.

Directed by Eugenio Martin and Jose Luis Merino in 1968, REQUIEM PER UN GRINGO made use of unorthodox costume and set design and a great plot device to say something new in the genre. Based on the idea of a Ulysses-like character who uses his brain against his violent opponents, the film tells the story of peace-loving bounty hunter Ross Logan who takes revenge on his brother's killers by turning his foes against each other while using a natural phenomenon to defeat them.

Starting off with the "Sandstorm" song performed by I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni, the opening credits use familiar Sergio Leone-inspired titles of aggressively tinted movie scenes played against animated opening credits. The score features two different organs, including a church organ for Logan's love of astronomy. Some of the other highlights include haunting vocal effects, Lavagnino's signature percussion work over sustained organ notes, and "Follow Me," a dance number that unwittingly sows seeds of discontent within the gang of marauders.

A selection of 18 tracks was issued on LP by Cinevox when the film came out, and the same program (plus an 11-minute suite with unreleased cues and takes) was reissued in a Lavagnino western compilation on Saimel in 2006. This new CD, produced by Claudio Fuiano and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation master tapes courtesy of Cinevox, features the original program augmented with previously unreleased cues and a bonus suite of surviving stereo cues. The lavishly illustrated 12-page liner notes by Gergely Hubai discuss the film and the score.

1: Sandstorm
2: Twilight
3: The Moon and You
4: Trouble in Store
5: Fear and Pleasure
6: Feather Weight Heart
7: Pistols Galore
8: Don't Look Now
9: Moody Mountain
10: Take That
11: Far from Now
12: Single Handed
13: The Price of a Gun
14: Heartbeat
15: Cloudy Prairy
16: Follow Me
17: Thoughtless Greenery
18: Misty Tree
19: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Nocturne)
20: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Waiting)
21: Follow Me (Film Version)
22: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Cavalcade)
23: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Cavalcade #2)
24: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Ambush)
25: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Fear in the Night)
26: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Guitar Cantina)
27: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Western Story)
28: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Bandidos)
29: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Nostalgic Moment)
30: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Before the Attack)
31: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Gringo)
32: Requiem Per Un Gringo (Suite in Stereo)

Composer: Angelo F. Lavagnino

Number of Discs: 1

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