Condenados a Vivir (Cut-Throats Nine) [Original Score] (1972)
Composed by Carmelo Bernaola (1929-2002)
Tracklisting:
1. [00:00] Main Title
2. [02:14] The Wagon
3. [02:26] Attack & Run
4. [04:40] A Long Walk
5. [06:47] Killing The Horse
6. [08:34] Fighting Back
7. [09:22] Revolt
8. [10:17] Staying Alive
9. [13:22] Violence & Pain
10. [14:17] Soldiers
11. [15:43] The Chains
12. [17:38] After The Train
13. [18:13] Father & Daughter
14. [19:09] Going Crazy
15. [20:35] At The Station
16. [21:18] Vision
17. [22:11] Time To Wait
18. [22:54] All This Gold
19. [23:34] Massacre
20. [25:06] End Title
Directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (1921-2012) and co-written with Santiago Moncada (1928-2018), this Spanish western stars José Manuel Martín, Ricardo Díaz, Alberto Dalbés (1922-1983), Antonio Iranzo (1930-2003), Carlos Romero Marchent (1944-2013), Emilio Rodríguez (-1983), Robert Hundar (1935-2008), and actress, director, producer, and writer Emma Cohen (1946-2016). Released in the United States as 'Cut-Throats Nine and 'Bronson's Revenge (VHS release), the film did something none of the others had done, and that's place primary focus on mutilation and the sheer joy of its characters whilst inflicting it. Every man here is a nasty, sadistic, backstabbing scoundrel, and the few characters with a bit of humanity surrender at one point or another guilty of heinous acts. A very ironic bias insofar as men are attached to each other, thus constituting an entity which, instead of walking in the same step, will attempt to self-devour. Shot on location in the snowy Pyrenees mountains, the striking cinematography by Luis Cuadrado (1934-1980) highlights the vast expanse of the mountains and the isolation of the situation the characters find themselves in. A thoroughly nihilistic viewing experience, this is a remarkable film with strong connotations to Sergio Corbucci's 'The Great Silence (1968). Incidentally, there's only seven cut-throats in the film, despite the nine of the US title.
Sgt. Brown (Robert Hundar), along with daughter Cathy (Emma Cohen), is tasked with transporting seven ruthless criminals on a four-hundred-mile trek to the gallows at Fort Green. On the way across the mountains, they are waylaid by bandits looking for gold. All the escorts are murdered but Brown, his daughter, and the chain-gang of criminals manage to escape when their wagon overturns in a gully, killing the horses in the process. The film quickly turns into survival as the journey continues on foot. As the group treks through the cold, unforgiving mountains, tensions mount as the prisoners will try everything to save their skin in a game of psychological tension with the Sergeant. But Brown, seething with hostility, has ulterior motives, and that's to find out which of the seven murdered his wife. But the chained prisoners are carrying another secret besides concealing who murdered Mrs Brown, but this only makes things worse as greed and distrust take over and the journey turns into a bloody nightmare...
The musical score by Carmelo Bernaola comes across as surreal, eerie and brooding. Though criticized as repetitious, it is actually a complex score with a different piece of music for each different mood. It is also possible that the filmmakers ran out of budget before the music was finished and dealt with this by repeating the same piece of music throughout the last part of the film, but it nevertheless ends up as an integral part of what haunts the film. Spanish composer (and clarinetist) Carmelo Bernaola created music for over forty films, most notably for the western and horror genre. In addition to film scores, he also composed music for several plays and television shows, though regarded these 'functional compositions as distinct from his 'real catalogue of vocal and instrumental works.
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