These three movies were huge crowd-pleasers during the first half of the '70s, particularly for their scores and the main themes by Micalizzi which became major record and radio hits.

All three movies featured Renato Cestiè (born in 1963), then a red-haired kid with freckles, in the leading roles. "L'ultima neve di primavera" (aka "Last snows of spring") was directed in 1973 by Raimondo Del Balzo starring Bekim Fehmiu, Agostina Belli and Renato Cestiè.

"L'albero dalle foglie rosa" (aka "The Tree with pink leaves") was directed in 1974 by Armando Nannuzzi starring John Richardson, Angela Goodwin, Renato Cestiè

The third and last of the "melodramas" or "weepy" movies trilogy (as they were ironically called by the critics in those days) is "Bianchi cavalli d'agosto" (aka "White horses of summer") directed in 1975 by Raimondo Del Balzo and starring Frederick Stafford, Jean Seberg, Renato Cestiè.

Composer Micalizzi has been very cooperative in every phase of the production of this double CD. The original album master tapes and the complete recording session elements in full stereo were be used which have been preserved in very good condition in the RCA archives. From "L'ultima neve di primavera" there has been discovered ten unreleased tracks besides the original LP album material, from "L'albero dalle foglie rosa" only the album master was found in the Cinevox archives, but according to the composer's memory there was not much more music than the material which had already been selected for the LP album. With "Bianchi cavalli d'agosto" there was a truly amazing discovery made: an album mock-up with 12 selections (prepared at the time of the film's release for the promotional SP series of RCA) which had never been released. Besides these album selections there's also seven bonus tracks. With a total of 52 tracks and a duration close to 140 minutes, the music by Franco Micalizzi is pure joy for the ears with a huge amount of orchestral music material where romantic themes are alternated with sad and dramatic ones, cheerful themes with others in a dance-floor style with some winks to lounge and latin American genres. Franco Micalizzi also had such fabulous soloists at his disposal such as as Oscar Valdambrini (flugelhorn), Vincenzo Restuccia (percussions), Mario Gangi (guitar), and vocal performers like Irio De Paula, Giovanna Marinuzzi (daughter of Gino Marinuzzi Jr.) and the golden voice of the Italian Cinema Edda Dell'Orso.

Packaging & Liner Notes
Standard double CD jewel case.