Luciano Michelini

Reissue of the OST by Luciano Michelini for the dramatic film Anna, quel particolare piacere (aka Anna: The Pleasure, the Torment and Secrets of a Call Girl), directed in 1973 by Giuliano Carmineo with screenplay by Sauro Scavolini, Francesco Miliazia, and Ernesto Gastaldi, photography by Marcello Masciocchi, editing by Eugenio Alabiso, music by Luciano Michelini, production by Dania CC Champion, distribution by Interfilm, and starring Edwige Fenech, Corrado Pani, Richard Conte, Antonio Casale, Bruno Corazzari, Corrado Gaipa, Ettore Manni, Umberto Raho , John Richardson, and Laura Bonaparte. In February 1974, RCA released a promotional 33 rpm record (Original Cast SP 8049) with 14 tracks in stereo selected by Maestro Michelini himself.

Luciano Michelini is no stranger to the noir and detective genre, having set to music classics such as La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide, La città gioca d’azzardo, and Morte sospetta di una minorenne. In fact, this fabulous soundtrack contains stylistic variations that alternate between American Blaxploitation soundtracks and our own crime film scores. The criminal reality in which Anna finds herself trapped is illustrated by rhythmic themes where the wind instruments are the real protagonists and by orchestral themes of suspense. The sentimental side of the story is underlined by a recurring love theme for piano and orchestra where the crystal voice of the divine Edda Dell'Orso intervenes. Relaxing, Latin-flavored songs add a little pop flavor to this excellent soundtrack.