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India

Music composed and conducted by Francesco de Masi featuring Alessandro Alessandroni – Sitar

INDIA was one of the first full-color documentaries produced for the Italian RAI-TV. At the time - we are speaking of the early ‘sixties – many parts of the world were still shrouded in mystery... and a visit INDIA was like a trip to another planet.

World famous documentarian Quilci Folco approached Francesco De Masi, one of Italy’s most talented and in-demand film score composers, to produce a painting-in-sound to help capture the essence of this fantastic voyage. Note, that this score was composed in a much more innocent time, years before the imported exoticisms of George Harrison and the Beatles became familiar to western ears, so authentic Indian music was NOT used, but rather EVOKED through De Masi’s orchestrations.

INDIA was also the impetus for Guitar and Whistle virtuoso, Alessandro Alessandroni to pick up a sitar for the first time – creating a frenzy in Europe for this exotic instrument.

In addition to the artistry of ‘Sandro, De Masi assembled some of the greatest session musicians in Italy to deliver what is surely one of the most colorful scores to come out of the Cinicetta!

Track Listing: 1. Alla scoperta dell’India
2. In nome di Maometto
3. Budda
4. L’immensa strada per l’Est
5. In nome di S.M. Britannica
6. La grande sommossa
7. Verso il trascendentale
8. Lo sconfinato popolo
9. Quando le terre ed I mare si incontrano
10. Un sogno chiamato India
11. Il paesaggio
12. La carestia
13. In nome di Maometto – sitar solo
14. India, oggi
15. Alla scoperta dell’India – sitar solo