La Strada: Vinyl 2LP Actress Immersing listeners in a torturous

Immersing listeners in a torturous tale of birth

The chorus is very sarcastic

they soon found their songs reflecting the films and began investigating this connection in earnest

But in that cheekiness lies hidden intention: across the gorgeous set

Save Me - Live Y Club - London 30/05/1980

La Strada: Vinyl 2LP Actress Immersing listeners in a torturousThe score to Federico Fellinis 1954 film La Strada was composed by Nino Rota. Its main theme recurs throughout the film being played by the characters, firstly on violin then on trumpet. Fellini initially wanted to use a soundtrack by Arcangelo Corelli which he played on tape whilst filming. Rota wasnt particularly on board with this idea so wrote his own piece that was rhythmically identical to match the on screen movements. Rotas final score