I Malamondo. Ennio Morricone
I Malamondo (The bad world) is a sensationalist Italian documentary directed by Paolo Cavara with the outlandish tagline bizarre activities of European youth, which takes a scandalous and sordid look at young people doing all sorts of unusual things, ranging from nude skiing in Switzerland, to hog-butchering in Italy, and even taking part in an orgy in a graveyard. The film was quite notorious when it was first released in 1964, as it brought the recklessness and sexual liberation of kids across Europe firmly into the public eye
The main theme, “Penso a Te” (I think about you) actually starts out sounding much more like John Barry than Morricone, with a lazy, languid main theme performed on an electric guitar and accompanied by light strings and tapped snare drums. However, once the melody switches to a solo trumpet, and once the softly cooing choir comes in to back it, this becomes a prototypical Morricone piece, and in many ways can be seen as the origin of the style that graced so many spaghetti westerns over the years. Much of the rest of the score is similarly jazz-inflected, with numerous bossa nova and pop twist dance instrumentals.