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One of the lesser-known 60s soundtrack moments from Riz Ortolani – one of the first Italian film composers to break out on an international scale – and a great little set that really offers up some great aspects of his talents! The film's a dark horror movie from the mid 60s, scored by ... read more CD

A wonderful soundtrack from Riz Ortolani – a beautiful western score with a big, brooding use of guitar – and a sound that's even more robust than usual! About half the tracks feature the guitar strongly – used in a twangy way, unfolding slowly, with lots of echo – very ... read more CD

Creepy, cataclysmic sounds from Oscillotron – a set that's very much in keeping with their previous attempts to revive an older style of horror film scoring – but at a level that's maybe even better than before! The music here is sublime – maybe in the best territory of ... read more CD

A great relic from the vinyl years of Cinevox records – a special album that serves up the Piero Piccioni version of the score for the film Bora Bora – later scored by Les Baxter for the US release of the movie! For the set, Piccioni put together these brooding, subtle sounds that are ... read more CD

There's loads of great organ in this obscure soundtrack from Piero Piccioni – Hammond played with all these cool flutters and weird tones – and mixed with some playful horn passages too! The music moves between groovy styles and whimsical ones – jumping back and forth throughout ... read more CD

A great little score from Piero Piccioni – penned for a late 60s Italian film with a relatively sentimental vibe – but handled by the maestro with a quality that's far deeper than you might expect! The leadoff melody certainly echoes the story, but it already has some of those unusual ... read more CD

An unusual soundtrack for a very unusual film – one that features the lovely Soraya in three different stories, each of which seem to get a different musical treatment in the hands of Piero Piccioni! Some numbers are moody and mellow – maybe more conventionally romantic, and handled by ... read more CD

Great 60s work from Italian soundtrack maestro Piero Piccioni – featuring a score for a doctor comedy that starred the great Alberto Soldi! The music is a wonderful blend of the lighter side of styles that Piccioni worked in – with a bit of jazz, a bit of bossa, and often some nice ... read more CD

An early soundtrack from the great Piero Piccioni – and one that's a lot darker than some of his later music, too – thanks to a slow progression of moody strings and offbeat reed passages – often exploring the bluer tones of the spectrum, but in a way that's more modern than ... read more CD

Cool organ lines, wonderful keyboards, and lots of other great bits – all stepping out in a double-length set that's completely sublime – and maybe some of the best work we've ever heard from the mighty Piero Piccioni! The score is as sexy as you'd guess from the cover – and ... read more CD

Sublime work from Piero Piccioni – a really Morricone-like soundtrack, and one that's filled with hauntingly beautiful melodies! There's a lightly gliding feel to the record that's really wonderful – light lines on organ, topped with wordless vocals from Edda Dell'Orso and I Cantori ... read more CD

A pair of 80s Italian soundtracks – served up here in a double length set, with a heck of a lot of bonus tracks too! First up is Piero Piccioni's big score for Un Tassinaro A New York – aka Taxi Driver in New York, a follow-up to the first Alberto Sordi Tassinaro film – scored by ... read more CD

Heartwarming and sensitive sounds from Nicola Piovani – an 80s soundtrack that's not unlike some of Ennio Morricone's most famous work from the time – especially in its sense of memory and nostalgia! The core body of work here – five tracks from the original album – varies ... read more CD

A great little soundtrack, with almost a Morricone-like vibe – done in a style that shares some of the maestro's talent for isolating a key instrument next to larger orchestrations – all done with a beautiful balance of space and sound that makes even some of the mellower moments sound ... read more CD

Easily one of the greatest soundtracks ever from Italian maestro Berto Pisano – one of his best remembered works, not only for the driving theme of the film, but also for the dreamier numbers in the score – which float around with some real Morricone-like touches! There's some nice ... read more CD

A wild little soundtrack from the great Roberto Pregadio – one that's as playful as you'd guess from the image on the cover! The story's certainly a goofy one, and Pregadio serves up plenty of music to match – some really cool little tracks that have a lot more brightness and bounce ... read more CD

There's a special place in hell for music this great – a score that can hit a dramatic moment one minute, then step into groovier elements the next – all without hardly missing a musical beat! The soundtrack offers up way more than just the blood n guts sounds you might expect from the ... read more CD

A great third chapter in the Danish Pornography series by Alex Puddu – and, like the others, music that was recorded to accompany the re-release of some classic adult films from the 70s! As you'd guess from the title and project, the sound here is very retro overall – wicked funk that ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks) read more CD

Killer funk from the Italian scene of the 70s – work by the Pulsar Music Ltd combo, originally used as the soundtrack for the crime classic Milano Violenta! Italian crime films were really hitting their height at the time – documenting the new wave of terror that was hitting the cities ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks) read more CD

One of the coolest jazzy soundtracks of the early 60s! David Raksin's other great film work has jazz elements, too, but he goes all in on Two Late Blues. It has these incredible small combo cues – with little more than piano, drums, bass and horns – but they still manage to deliver ... read more CD

A classic from Italian comedic maestro Walter Rizzati – a late 70s score with just the right sort of vibe you might expect from the cover! The music is sometimes sexy, sometimes goofy – handled with disco-era instrumentation that includes wah-wah guitar, funky flute, and some nice ... read more CD

Pretty seductive sounds from Sante Maria Romitelli – scored for a late 60s film that was also known as Top Sensation – and which features a sensational blend of sounds to match! The music is in the best mod, jazzy style of the Italian scene of the time – and in fact, maybe has ... read more CD

A rare 50s soundtrack from Renzo Rossellini (brother of director Roberto) – penned for an all-star Italian cast that included Alberto Sordi, Sophia Loren, and Vittorio De Sica! The music here has that mix of unusual string and woodwind flourishes that marked the great shifts in Italian ... read more CD

A lightly whimsical score by Carlo Rustichelli – penned for an unusual 1972 Italian film that starred Dustin Hoffman! The tracks are all relatively short – most are between 1 and 2 minutes long – and offer variations on the main theme of the film, which is done in the Rota-esque ... read more CD

A nice Carlo Savina score for this Italian film also known as The Unnaturals – a title that's also reflected in some of the moodier, offbeat tunes used by Savina on the soundtrack! The music is an unusual blend – as there's some numbers that almost have a whimsical saxophone or ... read more CD

Loads of cool sounds here – from mellow bossa, to moody jazz, to a few more dramatic numbers – all wrapped up together in a package that's definitely the epitome of what we love in Italian soundtracks from the time! Each tune has a slightly different flavor, but the music is linked ... read more CD

A full, rich soundtrack in the classic Italian "blood and sandals" mode – scored to accompany the story of Achilles, who's at his heroic best during most of the narrative! Carlo Savina's music is rich in dramatic themes – often with brassy touches that evoke a more ancient ... read more CD

A great horror soundtrack from Carlo Savina – penned for this early 70s thriller that circulated the globe under a few different titles, and gained some big attention for its mix of sex and blood! Savina's soundtrack music is some of his darkest – often in the slightly atonal quality ... read more CD

A pair of 50s sci fi soundtracks – back to back in a single set! First up is Kronos – a score that makes some nice use of theremin alongside more conventional instrumentation – all with that extremely vivid feel that was often used to illuminate some of the less-than-special ... read more CD

An incredible record by Jimmy Smith – unlike anything we've ever heard from him! The session is a rare French soundtrack one – recorded in 1965, in a setting that was quite different than any of Jimmy's American sessions from the same time. According to the notes, Smith was just shown ... (Jazz, Soundtracks) read more CD

A great collection of jazz-based soundtrack work from French modernist Martial Solal – served up here in a nicely expanded CD set! First up is Solal's score for A Bout De Souffle – a film best known as Breathless around the world, and an early movie by Jean Luc Godard that perhaps gave ... read more CD

Herman Stein might not be one of the heavyweights of Hollywood scoring, but he really knocks it out of the park for his music to The Intruder – a lively dramatic soundtrack with some nice currents of jazz in the mix! The Intruder score is somewhere in territory explored by folks like Elmer ... read more CD

Sexy soundtracks from the great Peter Thomas – a trio of German goodies from the start of the 70s – all of which have the maestro at his groovy best! The music here rivals the best of Peter's crime and sci-fi work of the late 60s – and the films all appear to be the sort of sex-dr ... read more CD

Groovy genius from German arranger Peter Thomas – a sweet little follow-up to his soundtrack for Chariots Of The Gods! This time around, the setting's a bit more funky – a great mixture of mid 70s grooves with some of the trippier touches you'd know from Peter's previous space scores ... read more CD

An amazing little soundtrack from German maestro Peter Thomas – even weirder and more electric than some of his famous 60s recordings! Thomas scored the music for a spooky 70s film about the possibility of aliens on earth – and did so with a bit more tension than some of his other ... read more CD

A lively little soundtrack from Ken Thorne – very much in the same mode as his better-known late 60s comedic film work! The music's got a charm that matches the image on the cover – a bright sort of 60s approach – playful at some times, bold at others – with fuller ... read more CD

A wonderful soundtrack from the great Stefano Torossi – presented here with lots of bonus tracks in a really wonderful edition! The music a beautiful blend of Hammond organ, twangy guitar, and some swinging rhythms that are very much in the best late 60s Italian mode – maybe not as ... read more CD

A later soundtrack from the great Armando Trovajoli – the Italian composer who first rocked our world with some wonderful scores in the 60s, and who's still pretty great on this one from the start of the 90s! The music is a bit more timeless than you'd guess from the date, and maybe darker ... read more CD

With a title like this, you can probably already feel the music – a dark toned take on the spaghetti western sound of the time – served up with the kind of brooding, haunting themes that provide a perfect backdrop for a man on a mission! Instrumentation is nicely compressed at points ... read more CD

A beautiful score to this lesser-known Marcello Mastroianni film from 1970 – sublime sounds from the great Armando Trovajoli – done in a beautiful mix of electric keyboards, wordless vocals, and dreamy orchestrations! The set's got this warmly stepping groove that's really tremendous ... read more CD

One of the most unusual soundtracks we've ever heard from the mighty Armando Trovajoli – an early 60s sci-fi score, but one that's got plenty of jazz in the mix too! The music's quite compelling – warm at some moments, electronic and spooky at others – almost in that weird blend ... read more CD

Fantastic! This is one of the best groovy soundtracks we've heard in ages – and it's all built around one lovely little melody – in a way that's similar to Francis Lai's legendary Man & A Woman soundtrack! The tune is totally compelling, and is played in a variety of speeds and ... read more CD

Funky grooves, floating vocals, mellow keyboards, and a whole lot more – easily one of the greatest soundtracks ever from the legendary Armando Trovajoli – and certainly one of the grooviest too! There's a sublime quality to this score that's well made Sessomatto one of the best-remembe ... read more CD

One of the greatest soundtracks we've ever heard from Piero Umiliani – an incredibly groovy record from the very first note! The score's got a fantastic mix of groovy scoring, jazzy bits, and cool little vocals – spare organ lines that set the tune on most numbers, stepping basslines ... read more CD

Very cool, very groovy soundtrack from this Italian film about satanic ritual and demonic possession! The great Piero Umiliani serves up a wide-ranging batch of tracks, from breezy vocal pop numbers (with vocals by Shirley Hammer), to spooky funk instrumentals with a sort of "haunted ... read more CD

Great grooves from Piero Umiliani – a sweet 70s session of sound library material, served up in a warm blend of funky rhythms and mighty nice keyboards! Hammond is in the lead on most numbers – echoing those cool odd phrasing styles that Umiliani used in the late 60s, but given more of ... read more CD

We're not entirely sure what "fischiando" means, but we can definitely testify that the album lives up to the "beat" in its title – those kind of groovy, mod tunes we love so much in Italian 60s soundtracks from the great Piero Umiliani! This set's even more obscure than ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks) read more CD

Sweetly funky and very slinky – this is one of the best early 70s scores by the great Italian composer Piero Umiliani! The record has lots of bubbling electric piano, rumbling electric basslines, warm acoustic percussion, and moody wordless vocals. At some level, the album sounds a lot like ... read more CD

A great entry in the Kriminal series of films – one that features some wonderfully groovy work from Piero Umiliani! The music here is Umiliani at his most playful – rooted in jazz, but with warmer touches from bossa and other mod 60s Italian styles too – sometimes set to wordless ... read more CD

A whimsical little soundtrack from Piero Umiliani – scored for an Italian comedy that stars the great Alberto Sordi – in a performance set to music from the maestro that's nicely upbeat and groovy! The mode here is more early 60s Italian than the mod styles of the late 60s – a ... read more CD

Way more than you'd expect from any sort of typical gangster movie – a set of godlike sounds that could only have come from the hands of the great Piero Umiliani! The music is filled with jazzy touches and these stunning deeper currents – served up in a mix of vibes, flute, Hammond, ... read more CD

Amazing work from the legendary Piero Umiliani – a perfect soundtrack to show the warmer sound of his talents, which are sometimes eclipsed by his weirder electronic modes! The soundtrack's from an erotic film starring sex-goddess Zeudi Araya, but despite the kinky origins of the material, ... read more CD

One of the coolest Italian soundtracks we've heard in a long time – a wonderful set of tunes that moves from slinky, to easy, to groovy, and beyond! The tunes start out bubbling very spare and slow – with floating piano, moog, and other nice bits – and as the record progresses, ... read more CD

A sweet little island-based soundtrack from Piero Umiliani – one that's served up in just the right blend of exotica and jazz! Some elements here resonate with Umiliani's more familiar Italian scores of the time – some sweet keyboards that trip out nicely at a level that's a few ... read more CD

Percussion and special effects – a really wonderful blend, especially in the hands of Italian maestro Piero Umiliani! The album's one of Piero's more experimental and electronic outings – done for the Liuto sound library label, with lots of cool production techniques that make the ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks) read more CD

A gem of a record from the great Piero Umiliani – and maybe one of his funkiest, grooviest projects ever! The set is more sound library funk than soundtrack – and features some very strong keyboard work in the lead on most track – including Fender Rhodes, moog, Hammond, and even ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks) read more CD

A wonderful sound library set from the great Piero Umiliani – and a record that's filled with some of his coolest electronics ever! The feel of the record is very much in keeping with the image on the cover – kind of sci fi, but kind of playful too – a wonderful blend of ... read more CD

Videogram are a group who definitely live up to their name – with this cool 80s sound that really feels like the music from some straight-to-video horror flick – served up here in a cover that would have been perfect for the VHS package! The music is very heavy on keyboards, ... read more CD

One of the most amazing records we've heard from Scott Walker in years – a set that even stands out from the incredible sounds of his revived career in the past decade or two! Walker's been a dark artist during all of those times – far moodier than any of his work of the 60s or 70s ... (Rock, Soundtracks) read more CD

A stunner of a soundtrack from the maestro Barry White – his only entry into the blacksploitation film genre of the 70s, and a complete doozy throughout! For the album, Barry's stripped down the bigger space of his own records, and his Love Unlimited productions – into some shorter ... (Soul, Soundtracks) read more CD

Not a folk group of the kind you'd find in Greenwich Village or the Appalachians – and instead an unusual sound library project from maestro Piero Umiliani – one that mixes acoustic instrumentation with his usual sweet Italian grooves! The forward instrumentation here sometimes comes ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks) read more CD

A richly playful soundtrack from Bruno Zambrini – scored for the fourth film in the very popular Fantozzi series – and maybe even more offbeat than all the previous three soundtracks put together! There's no returning current of music at any one time – and instead, the whole ... read more CD

One of the coolest Dracula soundtracks we've ever heard – a score penned for a mid 80s Italian comedic take on the vampire, served up with plenty of playful instrumentation to match! There's some spooky touches here at times, but always used ironically – such as pipe organ, turned ... read more CD

Two creepy old guys, with giant balls of yarn, slowly unraveling a dress worn by a sexy starlet – probably everything you need to know about the movie and the record, summed up by the goofy image on the cover! The score is definitely in the more playful Italian comedic modes of the early 80s ... read more CD

Sweet bossa nova from the European scene – almost all of it from the kinds of late 60s Italian soundtracks that took the best elements of the style from Brazil, then expanded it into a whole new groovy style of its own! The music here certainly has lots of the snapping rhythms and breezy ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

Not the straight disco you might expect from the title – and instead a whole host of weird and wonderful grooves from the later years of the Lollywood film scene! These Pakistani tracks follow a bit of the style of Bollywood work of the time, but often have a tighter, more compressed ... (Global Grooves, Soundtracks) read more CD

The first-ever volume of the now-legendary Easy Tempo series – a collection of soundtrack grooves that hipped us back to the wonders of the Italian scene of the 60s and 70s – and did so at a time when few folks had ever thought to reissue this music! Right from the start, this series ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

One of our favorite volumes in this now-legendary series – a set of grooves that runs from 70s electric back to 60s groovy – with plenty of space in between! There's a number of cuts on here that feel like they were lifted from lost CTI sessions of the 70s, thanks to warm keyboards and ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

Slammin's a definite good choice for the title of this one – as this 5th entry in the Easy Tempo series seems even funkier than the other volumes – a set that's got plenty of full-on grooves, hand-picked from the genius Italian soundtrack years of the 60s and 70s! If you're looking for ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

This great series keeps on redefining itself! While previous volumes have focused on funky, jazzy, and Latiny cuts – this fab 8th volume features a beautiful blend of tracks with a spare easy feel, and an exploration into the Italian minimalist groove – that ethereal, almost ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

Way more than just the usual collection of famous British TV themes from the 60s – as this set offers up some great rare nuggets, unusual versions, and some obscure tracks that are all pretty darn fresh to our American years! As you well know if you're a fan of anything pop culture from this ... read more CD

An incredible package that really gets at the full range of music used in the films of French director Francois Truffaut – a legacy that begins with the jazzy sound of his early new wave recordings, through his 70s work with composers Georges Delerue and Antoine Duhamel, to his still-strong ... read more CD

The gritty soundtrack to early 90s hood drama classic – heavy with some of biggest and best names in hop of the era –including Too Short, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Too Short. Boogie Down Production, Brand Nubian, DJ Quik and more! 16 tracks on the CD version, including Too Short " ... (Hip Hop, Soundtracks) read more CD

One of the coolest records we've ever heard from DJ Muro – and that's saying a hell of a lot, given how much we love his other projects! This totally wonderful set has Muro mixing it up with snippets of songs from Japanese animated work of the 60s, 70s, and 80s – very cool, very groovy ... (Funky Compilations, Soundtracks) read more CD

Some of the coolest, most swinging film themes you'll ever hope to hear – not the usual band of over-hashed classics from the 50s and 60s – but instead a really fresh, obscure collection – and one that features lots of rare work from the British scene too! Vocals and ... read more CD