Piero Piccioni - Lo Scopone scentifico (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2023

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A delightful score by Piero Piccioni for Luigi Comencini’s film LO
SCOPONE SCIENTIFICO, a 1973 Italian comedy-drama starring Alberto Sordi, Silvana
Mangano, Joseph Cotten and Bette Davis. The story is about an aging and wealthy
American woman who journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur, George, to
play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife, Antonia. The
annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes, then
ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple’s dream of scoring a
victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter, Cleopatra,
seeks revenge on her parents’ behalf.
Piero Piccioni composed a colorful, bittersweet score, dominated by a celebrated
theme for piano and orchestra, as well as a beautiful love theme. The score also
features a bossa, a waltz and a tango. A coveted promotional LP was released by
General Music in 1973, currently one of the composer’s most expensive LPs
when one appears on the second-hand market.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Piero Piccioni - Lunga storia d'amore (2:23)
1.02 - Piero Piccioni - Roma amara (2:46)
1.03 - Piero Piccioni - Roma Romana (2:09)
1.04 - Piero Piccioni - Swinging Waltz (3:35)
1.05 - Piero Piccioni - Cocktails from Manhattan (3:04)
1.06 - Piero Piccioni - Lunga storia d'amore (Piano) (2:37)
1.07 - Piero Piccioni - Gioco di Carte (3:38)
1.08 - Piero Piccioni - Gioco di Danari (2:40)
1.09 - Piero Piccioni - Tango Scopone (1:36)
1.10 - Piero Piccioni - Lunga storia (1:08)
1.11 - Piero Piccioni - Roma di un tempo (1:05)

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