KTUH: The Cookbook: Recipes of Sound 3/23/10 Gianfranco Pienzio

Gianfranco Pienzio & Enrico Pieranunzi Liberi Armati Pericolosi OST (Beat Records) 2008

- Yet again BEAT records in Italy pull another great score out of their what seems like bottomless vaults, this cop thriller from 1976 was directed by Romolo Guerrieri and starred Stefano Patrizi, Max Delvs and also respected actor Tomas Milian. The music score was the work of Composers Gianfranco Plenzio and Enrico Pieranunzi. The sound that is achieved on this soundtrack is one that fuses dramatic music with a pop laced jazz style. Listening to this on the first occasion I was reminded somewhat of the style of British composer and jazz musician Roy Budd, because Plenzio utilises piano a great deal within the work, which is very effective. The composer employs harmonica alongside light sounding brass, understated percussion and piano with a sparing use of saxophone on the opening track, which creates an almost sunny sounding composition that one would play to accompany a drive in the country or a walk on a summers day. The theme is repeated on track two, but is arranged in a very different way with the composer engaging keyboards, and vibes combined to open the cue, harmonica returns with a laid back sounding percussion as background, then Plenzio introduces jazz flute very much in the style of Schifrin adding a touch of coolness to the proceedings. - John Mansell - Cinema Score/Soundtrack

1. Dance Cleopatra 3:32 Prince Buster
2. Grigio Perla 3:05 Gian Franco Pienzio
3. Brazilian Greens 2:22 Laurindo Almeida
4. Its About Time I Made a Change 2:43 Deloris Ealy
5. Love Is Like An Old Old Man 3:32 Spanky Wilson
6. Slowly But Surely 2:36 Randy Hobbs
7. What Price 3:18 Nathan Williams
8. Tell Her 2:21 Fred Williams & the Jewels Band
9. Coming Home Baby 3:32 Harry Stoneham & Johny Eyden
10. Tighten Up 2:44 Al Escobar
11. Brother Where Are You 4:42 Freddie Cole
12. Marriage Is A State Of Vibes 3:38 Dave Hamilton
13. An Afterthought 1:12 Black Widow
14. Hector Pt.2 2:03 Village Callers
15. Hector 2:38 Village Callers
16. Walkin' 3:41 Shirley Scott
17. Our Mambo 8:54 Afro Blues Quintet & 1
18. Jungle Grass 4:12 The Aquarians
19. Funeral do Lavrador 1:54 Zelia Barbosa
20. Foxy Gypsy 6:08 Monk Montgomery
21. Andalusan Nights 4:42 Ray Bryant
22. No Jive 5:12 The Frank Derrick Total Experience
23. Big Spliff 5:58 Ralph Thomas
24. Constant Wind 4:23 Johnny Pate
25. Silvertime 5:52 Roland Kovac New Set
26. Afro-Spanish Omlet 2:38 Cannonball Adderley
27. Illustrium 9:23 Art Ensemble of Chicago
28. Work It Out "Melody Undecided" 2:43 Sarah Fabio Webster
29. Black Back "Sheeba's Puppies" 2:35 Sarah Fabio Webster
30. Black Satin Amazon Fire Engine Cry Baby 6:11 Gylan Kain
31. Congo Mulence 3:07 Machito And Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble
32. Sandalia Dela 3:08 Duke Pearson
33. Bluesongo 4:4 Sonny Rollins
34. Searchin' 4:05 Ahmed Abdul-Malik
35. Tema Pro Gaguinho 3:18 Dom Salvador Trio
36. Latin Blues 4:59 Orquesta La Fantastica
37. Low Gravy - Paul Gonsalves
38. Around 3/4 TIime 6:02 Jazz Quintet 60
39. The Hand Of Love 6:21 Paul Chambers
40. Home is Africa 8:44 Horace Parlan
41. Easy Does It 4:59 Bobby Timmons
42. African Village 12:02 McCoy Tyner

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