Henry Mancini - Sunflower 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2024

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In celebration of the film's 50th anniversary, Quartet Records and Studiocanal
present a new, entirely remastered edition of Henry Mancini's timeless score for
the 1970 Vittorio De Sica romantic classic SUNFLOWER. The film is set mostly in
the wake of World War II, and follows an Italian woman named Giovanna (Sophia
Loren) as she searches across Russia for any trace of her vanished husband,
Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni). What she discovers will change her life forever.
At the time he was asked to score SUNFLOWER, Henry Mancini (19241994) was
already a film music legend. His unforgettable melodies for directors Blake
Edwards and Stanley Donen had brought him international renown. For this film,
Mancini produced one of his most beautiful and dramatic scores. Its twin love
themes, capturing the rich flavors of both Italy and Russia, are exquisitely
balanced between romantic longing and painful melancholy, while powerful themes
for the characters' journeys add depth and pathos. SUNFLOWER earned Mancini an
Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Original Score, and inspired the hit
song "Loss of Love," with lyrics by Bob Merrill. It was especially successful in
Japan, where Mancini's celebrity rose to new heights. The LP issued at the time
of SUNFLOWER'S release was an incredible success, and has been reissued several
times on CD (though always in Japan). Quartet Records issued the premiere
release of the complete score in 2013 on a 2-CD set, with the remastered stereo
album on disc one, while the second disc featured the complete score from the
original recording that Mancini made at RCA Studios in Rome. Although that disc
featured every note written by the composer for the film (including several cues
that ultimately were not used in the final cut), the session tapes had been
preserved only in mono sound. This new edition has been produced, restored and
mastered by Chris Malone, and because the LP stereo program derived from the
original film recording, we have included it first on our CD and added all the
additional music composed by Mancini that was not on the LP to make a 70-minute
CD, without the need to repeat the same cues in stereo and mono. The package
includes a 16-page, full-color booklet with liner notes and track-by-track
analysis by film music writer John Takis.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Henry Mancini - Love Theme from Sunflower (2:30) 
1.02 - Henry Mancini - Masha's Theme (1:59) 
1.03 - Henry Mancini - Giovanna (1:59) 
1.04 - Henry Mancini - The Search (4:24) 
1.05 - Henry Mancini - Love in the Sand (3:05) 
1.06 - Henry Mancini - New Home in Moscow (1:23) 
1.07 - Henry Mancini - Two Girls (2:13) 
1.08 - Henry Mancini - The Retreat (5:13) 
1.09 - Henry Mancini - The Invitation (2:08) 
1.10 - Henry Mancini - Masha Finds Antonio (3:40) 
1.11 - Henry Mancini - The Parting in Milano (3:32) 
1.12 - Henry Mancini - Love Theme from Sunflower (Film Version) (2:30) 
1.13 - Henry Mancini - Love in the Sand (Film Version) (4:30) 
1.14 - Henry Mancini - The Wedding Night (4:21) 
1.15 - Henry Mancini - Last Memories (0:34) 
1.16 - Henry Mancini - The Photo of Antonio (0:39) 
1.17 - Henry Mancini - The Search (Film Version) (5:05) 
1.18 - Henry Mancini - Son of the Search (0:56) 
1.19 - Henry Mancini - The Cemetery (0:35) 
1.20 - Henry Mancini - Tu Sei Italiano? (1:27) 
1.21 - Henry Mancini - Without Any Hope (1:16) 
1.22 - Henry Mancini - The Station (2:04) 
1.23 - Henry Mancini - The Broken Photo (0:44) 
1.24 - Henry Mancini - Giovanna's New Life (1:01) 
1.25 - Henry Mancini - Mother's Visit (1:32) 
1.26 - Henry Mancini - Antonio's Flashback (0:48) 
1.27 - Henry Mancini - The Appointment (1:22) 
1.28 - Henry Mancini - End Titles from Sunflower (1:13)

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