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Release Date: 2022Label: Chris' Soundtrack Corner
The CD soundtrack release for the 1978 Italian film "I Gabbiani Volano Basso" aka "Seagulls Fly Low", directed by Giorgio Cristallini under the Americanized pseudonym George Warner."The music for 'I Gabbiani Volano Basso' was written by Roberto Pregadio, one of the few Italian Silver Age composers who also made a career as a television personality. In most of his film scoring collaborations, it was Pregadio's job to flesh out or transcribe the musical ideas of his co-composers who usually didn't have the necessary musical training to do so. Such was the case with 'I Gabbiani Volano Basso', where Pregadio is actually credited together with two members of the film director's family, Paola and Carlo Cristallini, though only the latter is given credit. Besides the music that's in the film, the soundtrack also includes some major discoveries from the score that weren't even heard in the film itself.
This release from Chris' Soundtrack Corner marks the first ever presentation of any of the music from 'I Gabbiani Volano Basso'. Certain aspects of the recording indicate that the production was prepared for the release of an eventual soundtrack album that never materialized. One of these clues is that certain cues were recorded in shorter film versions as well as extended versions that would be more at home on a soundtrack or exploited on a later library LP, but that was never released.
Among the differences preserved on the CD is 'Titoli - Versione Disco' aka the record version of the opening music. This version is not only half a minute longer when compared with the film version, but it's actually mixed differently with a more prominent focus on the keyboard and the pop percussion, both of which appear in a more subdued fashion in the movie."
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