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- RCA, the company I was working for at the time, around 1964–1965, asked me to score THE BIBLE ... I was just asked to prepare a piece inspired by the Creation as narrated in the Torah and the Bible ... I recorded both pieces under the direction of Franco Ferrara in RCA's magnificent Studio A. ... The realization convinced everybody: the company, the editor, and above all John Huston, who congratulated me vividly. Everything was going beyond any positive expectation, when at a certain point Dino De Laurentiis asked me to make the film directly with him, totally cutting RCA out of the deal. His offer was generous but incorrect. I dryly refused, though I was aware of the consequences. I was bound to RCA by an exclusive licensing, and apart from my contract, the label had already invested a lot of money in that production. I revealed what had happened to the company and tried to reach an agreement, which would have allowed me to keep the film. The record company refused, pointing out that exclusive licensing did not leave any room for negotiations. The chance blew by and the film's score was entrusted to the Japanese composer Mayuzumi, who did an excellent job, by the way. (en)
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