La classe operaia va in Paradiso

Quartet Records, in collaboration with GDM and Universal Music Publishing Italia, presents a remastered reissue of the ultimate edition of Ennio Morricone’s score for Elio Petri’s 1971 social drama LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO (aka THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN), a robust social drama about a conscientious factory worker who becomes a political activist after accidentally cutting off his finger while working on a machine. Starring Gian Maria Volonté, the film won the Palme d’Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, with a special mention for Volonté as Best Actor.

As he had done for other filmmakers, Morricone created a particular sound for Petri’s social cinema, based on grotesque forms and adding profane elements to the music itself. In LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO, Morricone composed one of his most famous main themes: a grotesque, cartoonish march that defines the alienated work of a factory, to which he added sound effects, electric guitars, violin, piano and the noises of machines and drills.

1. La classe operaia va in Paradiso 5:23

2. Metamorfosi 2:13

3. Sinfonia dell’ottimista 8:22

4. Inventario 3:02

5. Tempi di lavorazione 4:10

6. Il sogno 4:42

7. Pazzia di lavoro 2:28

8. Alienazione 3:51

Film Versions (mono)

9. La classe operaia va in Paradiso (#2) 3:43

10. Metamorfosi (#2) 1:59

11. Sinfonia dell’ottimista (#2) 10:35

12. Alienazione (#2) 5:48

13. Inventario (#2) 2:30

14. La classe operaia va in Paradiso (#3) 6:29

Total Disc Time: 65:21