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Divina creatura
Soundtrack / Score · 1975 · 13 tracks

Divina creatura

Ennio Morricone

Lush 1970s orchestral score blending tragic romanticism with 1920s salon music. Haunting wordless vocals and elegant piano evoke a world of fading aristocratic beauty.

1975 · Cinevox Record

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Divina creatura is a masterclass in atmospheric storytelling, where the elegance of the 1920s is filtered through the sophisticated, often melancholic lens of 1970s Italian cinema. The music feels like a velvet curtain being drawn across a window overlooking a decaying estate. It is deeply romantic, yet there is a persistent undercurrent of tragedy that prevents the listener from ever feeling truly at ease. The score balances the public face of its characters: expressed through jaunty, period-accurate piano dances: with their private obsessions, which are rendered in sweeping, mournful orchestral movements.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
L'ultimo arlecchino
3:20
02
L'amore è un pizzicor
2:10
03
Svegliarsi, ah che fatica!
0:42
04
Fox trot degli specchi
2:07
05
L'ultimo arlecchino
2:07
06
Danza come sai danzare tu
2:05
07
Dardanella
1:14
08
Divina creatura
2:07
09
Parlami d'amore mariú
2:20
10
Dardanella
2:17
11
L'amore è un pizzicor
2:10
12
L'ultimo arlecchino
3:04
13
Vortice
1:35
Moments Worth Listening For
The main theme where Edda Dell'Orso's voice enters over a bed of descending strings, creating a sense of inevitable heartbreak.
The jarring shift from a lighthearted 1920s fox-trot into a dark, minor-key piano soliloquy that signals the protagonist's descent.
The final track's slow dissolution into a single, sustained violin note that hangs in the air like a fading memory.
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How does Divina creatura sound next to the rest of Ennio Morricone's catalogue?

Love Romantic+2.9σ

The writing leans far further into love romantic than the rest of the catalogue.

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