Here's a review from buysoundtrax.com:
Sweden’s Fin de Siècle Music has released the first ever CD release of one of Pino Donaggio’s rarest soundtrack LPs, Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia (Corruption in the Halls of Justice), a cynical Italian crime thriller from 1974 that starred Franco Nero. The label presents the CD in a 6-page digipak with original artwork, film stills, and liner notes by John Mansell. The music, Donaggio’s second film score, composed after Don’t Look Now and just before Carrie and the composer’s productive foray into horror scoring, is expressively melodic, laying down a low-key atmosphere while also supporting the film’s suspenseful moments in a way that suggests the brilliant suspense music the composer would apply to scores like Piranha, The Howling, and Dressed to Kill. Corruzione’s main theme is a lovely piano-based melody, supported often by strings and acoustic guitar, which is nicely varied throughout the score. A secondary motif, “Gioia,†is a brash and provocative dance-hall melody beautifully arranged for honky-tonk piano, clarinet, and tuba. “Eccellenza†is a rich, classical-sounding composition heavy on low strings. This soundtrack’s release on CD fills a big gap in available Donaggio recordings and is very welcome.
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