Ennio Morricone

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM, Universal Music Publishing and EMI General Music Publishing, presents a remastered reissue of the beautiful, nostalgic Ennio Morricone score for the 1981 romantic drama LA DISUBBIDIENZA, directed by Aldo Lado, starring Stefania Sandrelli, Jacques Perrin and Mario Adorf.

Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia, the film is about a fourteen-year-old boy living in a bourgeois family with strong ties to fascism during the Republic of Salò, becoming involved in the partisan resistance, defying his parents’ authority. The appearance of two women will bring his adolescence to an end.

Ennio Morricone composed an enchanting score for LA DISUBBIDIENZA, with one of its most melancholic and heartbreaking themes (“Morire e Viverti”) features the voice of Edda Dell’Orso. Also featured is a profound love theme and beautiful variations on it. Another nostalgic theme, written for solo oboe, defines the boy’s loneliness. It also includes the beautiful song “Dolci Parole,” which is one of the few times Edda has performed a song with lyrics.

The score was released on LP in France in 1981 by General Music. In 1996, it made its first appearance on CD in Italy, with the same 10 tracks. In 2011, GDM CD Club released an expanded limited edition, removing two cues from the original vinyl and the first CD release, as they were neither composed for this film nor had anything to do with it. The new edition, supervised by the composer and produced by Dániel Winkler and Claudio Fuiano, containing all the music recorded for the film, which quickly sold out. This is a reissue of the same program, revised and mastered by Chris Malone from first-generation stereo master tapes. The booklet includes liner notes by Miguel Angel Ordóñez discussing the movie, the music and the composer.