Press Release from Beat:
Beat Records is relaunching on the market the classic Western OST by Nora Orlandi and Robby Poitevin for the film La morte non conta i dollari (aka Death at Owell Rock), directed in 1967 by Riccardo Freda (under the pseudonym George Lincoln), with a screenplay by Giuseppe Masini and Riccardo Freda, photography by Gábor Pogány, editing by Anna Amidei, music by Nora Orlandi and Robby Poitevin, produced by Enrico Cogliati Dezza for Cinecidi, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Mark Damon, Stephen Forsyth, Luciana Gilli, Pamela Tudor, Luciano Pigozzi, Nello Pazzafini, Ignazio Spalla , Hardy Reichelt, Mariella Palmich, Lidia Biondi, Aldo Cecconi, Alessandro Gottlieb, Renato Chiantoni, Spartaco Conversi, Dino Strano, Francesco Tensi, and Maurizio Tocchi.
At the time of the film's release, not a single note from the score was released, and it wasn't until 2007 that GDM Music issued the complete original soundtrack on CD for the very first time. The title has been absent from the market for many years, so this reissue with improved sound will make all Spaghetti Western fans around the world happy. Nora Orlandi and Robby Poitevin composed an orchestral score introduced by the “Titoli di testa” (Tr.1), a rhythmic adventurous theme with a nostalgic flavor for trumpet, orchestra and choir. The central musical motif is a recurring love theme with choir accompaniment (Tr.2,4,15), with the addition of the harmonica (Tr.8) as well as a version sung by Raoul (Tr.21). The entire dramatic side of the story is underlined by music of suspense and mystery (Tr.3,5,7,10,18,19,20). Classical pieces with a religious flavor are performed on organ and guitar (Tr.12,14,17), plus there is some Latin American folk music (Tr.13,16) and a square dance (Tr.9). Nora Orlandi performs an evocative ancient ballad (Tr.6) that is reprised with wordless vocals (Tr.11). This CD of ours with a total duration of 56:30 comes from the mono masters of the original sessions, plus six rare stereo bonus tracks that were found on another master, perhaps conceived for a record that never saw the light of day in 1967.
