Digitmovies issues Guido & Maurizio De Angelis’ “Street law” (aka “Il cittadino si ribella”) OST on CD.
SOUNDTRACK
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis composed a score that will certainly always be one of
the most remarkable of their long and lucky career. An OST based on a recurring
theme, that highlights the loneliness and desperation of a citizen rising up against
injustice and urban racket. Charming sounds between rock and country,
accompanied by harmonica, mark out this total evergreen score. Suspended moods
between psychedelia and noir, with flute, electric guitars, Moog synthetizer and
drums. Back then RCA had released just a 7-inch record (TBBO 1074) with
“Goodbye my friend”, performed by Susi & Guy, and “Drivin’ all around” by Guy. In
2002 GDM Music published the background soundtrack on CD, for the first time ever
(CD CLUB 7007), it was then re-issued with a more elaborate artwork. The LP
version was published by AMS (LP 120) in 2016.
DIRECTION AND CAST
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari in 1974 and starring Franco Nero, Barbara Bach,
Renzo Palmer, Giancarlo Prete, Romano Puppo, Massimo Vanni, Renata Zamengo,
Nazzareno Zamperla.
PLOT
In Genova, during a bank robbery, Carlo Antonelli gets taken hostage, beaten up and
abandoned in a car by three bandits. Since the police seems unwilling to help him,
he swears to himself to be the one who finds and kills the criminals. With his camera,
he catches a young thief named Tommy red-handed. By blackmailing him, Carlo
forces Tommy to find some weapons and to introduce him to some of the most
dangerous felons. Among them, Antonelli finds the three thieves, finds out their
hideout and calls the police. The criminals manage to flee, maybe warned by
someone inside the police station. Antonelli doesn’t give up and, helped out by his
friend Tommy, fakes his own kidnapping to force the intervention of the policemen.
While they comb through the underworld, the three criminals try to kill Antonelli.
During the fight, they die but, unfortunately, so does Tommy.
TRACK LIST
01. IL CITTADINO SI RIBELLA (main titles) 1:38
02. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (slow version) 2:36
03. DRIVIN' ALL AROUND (instrumental version) 2:54
04. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (rock version) 3:32
05. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (slow version #2) 3:08
06. IL CITTADINO SI RIBELLA (main titles reprise) 2:05
07. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (vocal version) 3:32
08. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (slow version #3) 3:14
09. IL CITTADINO SI RIBELLA (country mood) 1:39
10. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (rock version #2) 4:01
11. DRIVIN' ALL AROUND (instrumental version) 2:54
12. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (rock version #3) 2:34
13. DRIVIN' ALL AROUND (vocal - single version) 3:11
14. IL CITTADINO SI RIBELLA (main theme reprise #2) 3:39
15. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (rock version #4) 3:49
16. GOODBYE MY FRIEND (vocal - single version) 4:03
- Format
- CD
