Bruno Nicolai ‎– Justine

2014 reissue

Jess Franco chose Bruno Nicolai to create the soundtrack for this film as well as others including: “99 Women” (“99 Donne”), “Les chauchemars naissent la nuit”, “Il trono di fuoco”, “Eugenie”, “Count Dracula” (“Il conte Dracula”), “Dracula vs. Frankenstein” (“Dracula contro Frankenstein”), “I desideri erotici di Christine”, “De Sade 2000”, and “Violenze erotiche in un carcere femminile.”

Bruno Nicolai (1926-1991) was a composer and orchestra conductor who conducted numerous soundtracks for Ennio Morricone, Carlo Rustichelli, Luis Bacalov and Nino Rota. His most famous scores were for the films by Jess Franco, including the thrillers “The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave” (aka “La notte che Evelyn uscì dalla tomba”), “The Case of the Bloody Iris” (aka “Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer?”), “All the Colors of Darkness” (aka “Tutti i colori del buio”), and for the Spaghetti Westerns “Run Man, Run” (aka “Corri uomo corri”), “Gentleman Killer” (aka “Gentleman jo… uccidi”), and “Have a Good Funeral, My Friend” (aka “Buon funerale amigos! paga Sartana”).

The soundtrack for “Justine” came out on vinyl in 1969 (Gemelli 10013) with 18 tracks (32:53 minutes), and then on CD in 1997 with the same tracks and length under the label Edi-pan (PAN CD 2503). For our CD we had access to the original master tapes and have included all the material recorded for the film, for a total of 27 tracks (56:25 minutes).