Robert Ashley and his Orchestra- Themes from Italian Films

Can’t quite remember how much I paid for this.  There is no price which would normally indicate $1 but it was in my personal collection and I seem to recall I paid $6 bucks for this some time ago. At the time, my budget was $5 and under so I guess for that reason, it was absorbed into my stash, but now that I am forced to raise the limits, I can put this one on the blog.  I got it for my favorite Italian movie song, “El N. Zumbon” or the song from “Anna”.  Various versions have been posted on this blog.

This album, released by MGM Records, is as the title suggests, a collection of songs from Italian films.  I am not sure if Robert Ashley is the same US composer, known for incorporating electronic techniques in his works or not. In fact I kind of doubt it.  Not sure when this record came out either.  A lot of question marks from this album.

Which I may be more inclined to answer if it were a better album.  I found it too slow paced for my liking.  I felt the version of “Anna” was just flat and had no life to it.  Hence, it is not being used as a sample.  I also wondered why “More” from Mondo Cane was not on here although it may have something to do with the release date of the album.  So for a sample, I took a song from the 1953 film I sette dell’Orsa maggiore , or Hell Raiders Of The Deep.  Here is “Malasierra” penned by P.G. Redi.

The poor version of “Anna” doomed this record for me so meh.

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