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by Ernesto De Pascale
June 1, 1999

During the Swinging Sixties, the most respected Italian composers and performers found work recording the prettier reflections of what was then the in sound. Despite extensive jazz backgrounds and advanced musical educations, these musicians were reduced to simply saying what people wanted to hear. It was in films that such Italian maestros as Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Piero Piccioni and Bruno Niccolai often found their most creative release. They could be creative, and still give the people what ...