La Dolce Vita [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Nino Rota

Overview

With La Dolce Vita, director Federico Fellini began a string of grand and surreal pictures that would seal his international reputation as one of the most innovative directors of the post-war era. By way of the dreamlike settings and complex narratives he created for masterpieces like 8 1/2, Juliet of the Spirits, Satyricon, and Armacord, Fellini expanded on the relatively traditional base of his '50s movies (Il Bidone, La Strada) and made stars out of Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina. Composer Nino Rota also came to prominence via Fellini's pictures by perfectly complimenting the director's fantastical work with impressionistic and eclectic scores. Like fellow countryman Ennio Morricone, Rota created soundtracks that were original enough to stand on their own apart from a given film. And while maybe not as innovative and stunning as his later backdrops for 8 1/2 and Juliet of the Spirits, La Dolce Vita still impresses with its popular main title theme, the fleet cocktail jazz of "Cadillac," and the murky and mysterious "Via Veneto e I Nobili." Using organ, piano, electric guitar, accordion, clarinets, trumpets, vibes, and, at times, a full orchestra, Rota creates a mix of askew circus music themes, lounge combo cuts, and Italian cafe interludes, all of which come off sounding quaint yet innovative. Along with most of Rota's work for Fellini, La Dolce Vita is essential listening for soundtrack fans. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2022
Label:	Cam / Sugar / Decca
UPC:	8024709231628
Rank:	88381

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nino Rota   Primary Artist,Conductor
Dino Verde   Primary Artist
Katyna Ranieri   Vocals
Carlo Savina   Conductor
Franco Ferrara   Conductor

Technical Credits

Walter Donaldson   Arranger,Composer
James Pierpont   Arranger,Composer
Perez Prado   Composer
Nino Rota   Arranger,Composer,Processing,Musical Adaptation
Renato Rascel   Arranger,Composer
Gus Kahn   Arranger,Composer
Eduardo Verde   Arranger,Composer
Mario Rosselli   Original Engineering
Andrea Fabrizii   Editing
Michelangelo Carosi   Original Engineering
T. Amurri   Arranger,Composer
Ted Koehler   Arranger,Composer
Jacques Offenbach   Arranger,Composer
Sandro Giovannini   Arranger,Composer
Giovanni Rota   Composer
Harold Arlen   Arranger,Composer
Federico Savina   Engineer
Pietro Garinei   Arranger,Composer
Riccardo Ricci   Mastering
Julius Fucik   Arranger,Composer
Alessandro Giovannini   Composer