L'ARMATA BRANCALEONE

Carlo Rustichelli (Carpi, December 24, 1916 - Rome, November 13, 2004) was the author of hundreds of  lm soundtracks and will go down in history for his famous friendship with director Pietro Germi and for the “Brancaleone March,” a true iconic hymn like the “James Bond” theme” by Monty Norman or “the Raiders March” by John Williams from “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.  is unforgettable choir motif is in- troduced by “Branca Branca Branca Leon Leon Leon” and a whistle and is the heart of the background music, which the author reprises with orchestral versions that are sometimes comical and sometimes dramatic- all under the direction of Bruno Nicolai. Two of the other supporting scores are “Pirulè” the psalm theme of the pilgrims, and “Cuccuruccù” sung by a female voice accompanied by the mandola. For our CD (total running time 70:43 minutes) we were able to access the mono master tapes from the original recording session. We’ve included the audio editing on the  rst   een tracks which we personally prepared with Maestro Rustichelli for the CD’s  rst release in 1995, followed by  lm versions, alternate takes and the singles released in 1966 on the single Parade PRC 5002.  e CD ends with the rare take of the march introduced by the voice of Vittorio Gassman. Winner of three Silver Ribbons, the  lm was presented in competition at the 19th Cannes Film Festival.

01. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (Titoli) E DOPO LA BATTAGLIA 2:54
02. COMBATTIMENTO 1:07
03. UN PREZIOSO BOTTINO 1:49
04. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#2) 2:12
05. LA CITTÀ APPESTATA E CUCCURUCCÙ 1:40
06. LA DAMA MISTERIOSA 1:53
07. PIRULÈ (strani pellegrini) 2:33
08. BRANCALEONE E MATELDA (tema d’amore) 1:28
09. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#3) 1:18
10. TEMA D’AMORE E BRANCALEONE PRIGIONIERO 3:09
11. CAVALCATA E TEMA D’AMORE 1:45
12. GLI ULTIMI DUCHI DI BISANZIO 1:12
13. BRANCALENE INCONTRA TEODORA 2:57
14. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#4) 1:20
15. BRANCALEONE IN GABBIA E MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (Finale) 1:25  lm versions and alternates
16. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (Titoli) 2:16
17. L’ARMATA BRANCALEONE (il campo dei caduti) 3:17
18. COMBATTIMENTO (#2) 2:10
19. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#5) 2:42
20. L’ARMATA BRANCALEONE (peste!) 1:58
21. CUCCURUCCÚ 1:27
22. PIRULÈ (strani pellegrini #2) 3:49
23. BRANCALEONE E MATELDA (tema d’amore #2) 2:09
24. BRANCALEONE E MATELDA (tema d’amore #3) 2:06
25. L’ARMATA BRANCALEONE (tema dʼamore/A cavallo) 1:46
26. L’ARMATA BRANCALEONE (Bizantini/Incontro con Teodora) 4:33
27. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#6) 1:39
28. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (#7) 3:42
29. L’ARMATA BRANCALEONE (Brancaleone prigioniero) 1:39
30. PIRULÉ (liberazione di Brancaleone e Marcia- Finale) 1:52
31. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (versione singolo Lato A) 1:33
32. CUCCURUCCÚ (versione singolo Lato B) 1:39
33. MARCIA DI BRANCALEONE (con la voce di Vittorio Gassman) 0:31