An incredibly groovy late 60s soundtrack from Michel Legrand – presented here with 2 other lesser-known gems as well! La Piscine may well be one of the last under-reissued scores from Legrand's genius period – that time when he was hitting heavily on soundtracks for The Thomas Crown ... read moreCD
Wonderful work from Michel Legrand – the French composer, musician, and singer who first rose to fame in the 50s – and has managed to keep his creativity flowing strongly over the decades! This set is exactly what's promised by the title and cover – an album that features Legrand ... (French, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Blu-spec CD2 pressing!)
Michel Legrand/Jacques Demy —
Le Cinema En Chante ... CD Universal (Japan), 1960s/1970s/1980s. New Copy ...
$13.99
One of the coolest collaborations in French cinema – documented here in a host of wonderful songs! The package brings together the best bits from films directed by Jacques Demy and scored by Michel Legrand – a wonderful pairing that yielded some of the best 60s musical moments in ... read moreCD
2 soundtracks by Lurie. The Down By Law one is a bit more rootsy, with instrumentation that includes harmonica and banjo, in addition to jazz-based musings by a group that includes Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot, Nana Vasconcelos, and Lurie himself. The Variety soundtrack is more in the mode of work by ... read moreCD
Haunting work by John Lurie – one side the soundtrack to his famous film appearance in Stranger Than Paradise, the other a sute of tracks on the theme of Ayler. The Stranger Than Paradise tunes are performed by The Paradise String Quartet – and are mostly darker atmospheric tunes from ... read moreCD
Wonderfully groovy work from French soundtrack composer Michel Magne – two of his first big league efforts, both penned for director Henri Verneuil! The soundtrack to Melodie En Sous-Sol is lively and filled with jazz – served up here in a mode that echoes some of the uses of the genre ... read moreCD
A killer soundtrack from Henry Mancini – a record that's got both the terror promised in the title, and some sweeter moments that are pure Mancini all the way! Instrumentation is relatively jazzy overall – with some tight horn passages that shift between swinging saxes and lighter ... read moreCD
Delightful instrumentals – not as jazzy as Mancini's regular soundtrack work, but still pretty nice! The tracks are more in an easy instrumental vein – but given Hank's style, they're still pretty cool, especially as they feature work by west coast jazzmen like Shelly Manne, Victor ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Henry Mancini —
Mr Lucky ... CD RCA (Spain), 1959. Used ...
$6.99
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the early years of Henry Mancini – a hip jazzy TV score that we've loved for years! The jazzy theme to "Mr Lucky" is reason enough to buy this album – as it's got these wonderful warm washes of sound, interlayed in a way that makes ... read moreCD
An unusual one for Henry Mancini – and a real depature from his usual groovy soundtrack work, in favor of a western-themed batch of tunes! As you'd guess from the title, the album's got a distinct "Texas" sound – with tracks that kind of mosey along in a spaghetti western ... read moreCD
A great Mancini score for one of the goofiest films of the 60s! Peter Sellers stars as the sitar-playing Indian actor Hrundi Bakshi – next to the lovely Claudine Longet, who makes one of her few film appearances – and the whole thing's set to one of the greatest scores ever by Henry ... read moreCD
A later entry in the Pink Panther soundtrack series – but one that's still got plenty of great Henry Mancini touches! Themes are plenty playful, and also have some slight electric moments alongside the orchestral scoring – although most of the album's best instrumentation comes out in ... read moreCD
One of the darkest, most dramatic Henry Mancini soundtracks of the 50s – music penned for Orson Welles' Touch Of Evil, with a history as checkered as the film itself! Mancini's in his best early mode here – mixing bits of jazz with touches of rock and roll – and often hitting ... read moreCD
A Henry Mancini double-header – two overlooked soundtracks, back to back on a single CD! First up is Two For The Road – a wonderful soundtrack to one of our favorite American films of the 60s – the amazing Two For The Road, scored here beautifully by Henry Mancini! Mancini does ... read moreCD
An overlooked bit of 70s whimsy from Henry Mancini – a set that was recorded after his more famous RCA albums of the decade, for a comedy that disappeared as quickly as the record! Mancini's making the best of his fuller orchestrations here – working a larger woodwind section through ... read moreCD
A great little album, put together to accompany one of Muhammad Ali's finest moments on the big screen – in a blend of music that's way deeper than the usual sounds you'd hear ringside! Michael Masser helmed the set – produced and wrote most of the material – but also with key ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Sweet sexy grooves from Gianni Marchetti – a disco-era soundtrack from the end of the 70s, but one that's also got some of the lighter, slinkier touches of Italian erotic films from a few years before! The main theme – "I Was Made For Dancing" – is an English-language ... read moreCD
A great one from Gianni Marchetti – the Italian composer we know best for his work on The Wild Eye, but who sounds equally great on this set too! The best tracks have a heavy rhythm at the bottom – not really funky, but kind of mod, and a bit more off-kilter on the slower numbers ... read moreCD
Brian May —
Turkey Shoot ... CD Dual Planet (Australia), 1982. New Copy ...
$4.9916.99
Seedy synth soundtrack genius from the early 80s! Turkey Shoot is a pretty notorious slice of early 80s Oz-sploitation cinema – and composer Brian May makes it all the more memorable with his soundtrack work here. It got some brief percussion and strings-heavy bits, but it's main style is ... read moreCD
Curtis Mayfield's lasting classic – and an album that the world will remember forever! Apart from being his hugely successful entry into the blacksploitation soundtrack field, this album's also a monster set of grooves that includes some of Curtis' funkiest work ever – a record that ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A journey into space with a wonderful sound – served up here as a set of cosmic instrumentals from Luciano Michelini, most of which have a pretty groovy vibe! The mix of 60s instrumentation, spacey touches, and light electric moments reminds us of Peter Thomas or Johnny Harris at their best ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A sweet electric score from Luicano Michelini – and one that we might almost point to as an early entry in the keyboard sound of Italian horror films! The style's not as proggy or rockish as Goblin – and Luciano borrows maybe a bit of funk from some of the cop/crime scene – yet ... read moreCD
Mario Migliardi is one of the lesser-known names from the golden age of Italian soundtracks – a composer we only know from a handful of films, but one who really does a great job with this early 70s western! Part of the music's strength is the presence of Franco De Gemini – whose ... read moreCD
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill —
Moomins ... CD Finders Keepers (UK), 1982. New Copy ...
$14.99
The Moomins comics have delighted the world for generations – but fewer folks have seen the early 80s Moomins TV show – which is a masterpiece of felt-based, stop-motion animation! And while the images on the screen are amazing, the music for the program is equally great – spare, ... read moreCD
One of the richest 60s moments from composer Hugo Montenegro – a soundtrack that's penned with a mix of string styles that are a nice bridge between the differing instrumental styles that Hugo would use in the 50s and the 60s! Some of the numbers showcase Montenegro's strong ability to score ... read moreCD
Hugo's covering all bases here – as he makes his way through a number of late 60s Morricone spaghetti western themes, all done with his groovier than usual twist on the material! The Montenegro touches here include some augmented rhythms – snapping the tunes along with a much modder ... read moreCD
Nice to know that we've lived past the year 2000 – and have managed to miss the holocaust that Kirk Douglas fought in this late 70s film! The movie's just the kind of overdone thriller that Kirk handled late in his career – but thankfully, the music from Ennio Morricone is much deeper ... read moreCD
A tremendous score from Ennio Morricone – one that has a number of links to earlier Italian soundtrack modes, but which still has some undeniable touches of the maestro! There's passages here that evoke the warmer, sometimes more romantic styles used in Italian films in the earlier part of ... read moreCD
The legendary maestro – standing strong with the baton in a beautiful concert presentation of some of his greatest themes from films! The album presents a full concert, recorded in Rome in 1998 – with Ennio Morricone conducting the Orchestra Of The Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, ... read moreCD
Ennio Morricone —
Faccia A Faccia ... CD Veritano/GDM (Italy), 1967. New Copy ...
$18.99
A wonderful western score from Ennio Morricone – less typical than some of his classics, and with a really unique sort of sound! Many of the numbers here have a really low-rumbling quality – sounds that don't blast out with action or violence, but which emerge slowly from the lower end ... read moreCD
Ennio Morricone —
La Califfa ... CD EMI/GDM (Italy), 1971. New Copy ...
$18.99
A really moody little record from Ennio Morricone – spare, subtle, and extremely beautiful – touched with notes of sadness and remorse, but also handled with a strong spirit of redemption! The sound here isn't as cold or atonal as that on some of Morricone's horror work – but it's ... read moreCD
An overlooked Morricone gem from the early 70s – a soundtrack that's both romantic and eerie – and which effortlessly steps between the two styles! The main theme of the film floats on air beautifully – one of those lighter than light Morricone works that stand out from the rest ... read moreCD
A real standout in Ennio Morricone's roster of great work from the time – a record with all the best elements in place – including vocals by Edda Dell'Orso and orchestrations by Bruno Nicolai – but an overall format that's a bit different than usual! Most of the tracks here are ... read moreCD
We're not sure why Ennio Morricone is making the "shush" sound at us on the cover – as the set's such a wonderful celebration of his music, it makes us want to cheer! The performance here is all new – and features Morricone conducting the Czech National Symphony in a ... read moreCD
Spooky sounds from the maestro – an incredible collection of those otherworldly sounds that Ennio Morricone brought to his soundtracks during the golden years of his talents – that time when he could make so many amazing sonic steps from standard, familiar acoustic instrumentation! ... read moreCD
A great Morricone soundtrack for a Jean-Paul Belmondo thriller – a score that starts out spare and brooding, then builds nicely as things move on – with lots of cool bottom-end sounds that make the whole thing really move up from the depths! Some tunes echo the sweeter side of ... read moreCD
The genius of Ennio Morricone – heard here in 2 different settings! Un Esercito Di 5 Uomini is a late 60s spaghetti western – but as usual with Morricone, the sound is way beyond the obvious – and comes across here with these fierce, dark musical lines that juxtapose sweeter ... read moreCD
Two Ennio Morricone soundtracks from the early 70s – back to back on a single CD! First up is Un Uomo Da Rispettare – a moody soundtrack to an obscure 1972 thriller starring Kirk Douglas – scored by the maestro with some especially inventive touches! Morricone's exploring his ... read moreCD
(Limited edition of 500!)
Ennio Morricone —
White Dog ... CD Film Score Monthly, 1982. Used ...
$19.99
An amazing soundtrack from Ennio Morricone – deeply sophisticated sounds, originally done for a very schlocky movie! To be fair, the movie's quite compelling in its own way – a Sam Fuller film about a racist dog – but Morricone's score is something completely different entirely, ... read moreCD
As any reader of these pages will know, we're nuts about Ennio Morricone – the greatest Italian soundtrack composer ever, and quite possibly one of the greatest composers to have ever walked the face of this planet! Here, a similarly Morricone-mad bunch of folks pay tribute to the maestro, ... read moreCD
(Out of print, promotional stamp on booklet cover.)
A film divided up into four different parts – three of which receive some great scoring from Ennio Morricone! The music is a bit overlooked in the Morricone canon – but stands out with some of the stronger elements he brought to his music of the period – especially that ... read moreCD
A pair of soundtracks from Mario Nascimbene – an Italian composer who handled some important films of the romantic 50s years, but also went on to do some great later work too! First up is Estate Violenta, a soundtrack that's maybe a bit more rich and orchestral than you'd guess from its ... read moreCD
Alfred Newman —
Airport ... CD Decca/Universal (Japan), 1970. New Copy ...
$13.99
One of the best later moments from soundtrack giant Alfred Newman – a stunning score for a star-studded disaster film at the start of the 70s! Newman's still got some of his older sense of orchestration here, but also gets a bit leaner for the modern age too – bringing in some groovier ... read moreCD
A 50s soundtrack classic – even if it was penned for a film that hasn't stood the test of time very well! Alfred Newman's one of those composers who always brings his a-game to the table – for a big film or small – and his music for this film adaptation of Francoise Sagan's ... read moreCD
(Limited edition of 2500 copies. Out of print.)
David Newman —
Kindred ... CD Varese, 1986. Used ...
$14.99
The sexy score for 99 Donne – an obscure Jess Franco film about 99 female prisoners, locked behind bars and alone with their passions! Given the setting, Bruno Nicolai's soundtrack is actually incredibly free of kitsch – and instead blends together driving upbeat numbers with some ... read moreCD
A rare Bruno Nicolai score for the follow-up to the movie Quando Le Donne Avevano La Coda (aka When Women Had Tails) – and a soundtrack that also includes some melodic elements from the Ennio Morricone music for the first film! As with that one, the style here is pretty playful – maybe ... read moreCD
2 obscure western soundtracks by the great Bruno Nicolai – back to back on one CD, and filled with some really cool, dark-sounding themes! Apocalisse Joe has lots of the slower, moodier elements that we like in Nicolai's work with Ennio Morricone – and there's even a bit of off-kilter ... read moreCD
Mostly instrumental music from Jack Nitzsche – but with 2 vocal songs – "Memo From Turner" by Mick Jagger, and "Gone Dead Train" by Randy Newman. CD
(Out of print.)
Alex North —
Africa ... CD Prometheus, Mid 60s. Used ...
$9.99
A pretty serious orchestral score by Alex North, designed to accompany an ABC documentary about the changes in Africa during the 60s. Given that the documentary takes a look at the emerging politics and cultures in post-colonial Africa, it's amazing how white and western the soundtrack is – ... read moreCD
A beautiful bossa soundtrack from late 60s Italy – somewhat obscure, but easily right up there with some of the better-known classics from the time! The score is awash in bossa-styled rhythms, and features a fair bit of organ, vibes, and piano – often used sparely and spaciously to ... read moreCD
Riz Ortolani was a film score giant in the 60s, but he was still going strong well into the 80s, too – as you'll hear on his excellent soundtrack for this film! The story's a relatively serious one, and so is the music by Ortolani – very much in the mode of his most careful, most ... read moreCD
Riz Ortolani scored most of his bigger fame in the 60s – a time when some of his soundtracks hit huge global success – but the maestro kept on doing great work into the 70s, including this overlooked gem from the middle part of the decade! Ortolani sounds quite different here than on ... read moreCD
Pan/Scan is a great name for a group like this – given that sound of this album is nicely cinematic overall, and takes us back to the days when larger format films had to be panned and scanned when they were shown on TV! There's a fair bit of electronics in the music – following on ... read moreCD
You know you've got a great soundtrack on your hands when individual tunes have subtitles like "sexy pop", "escorsicmo", "rito diabolico", and "ipnosi" – and the music here definitely lives up to that promise! We've never seen the film, so we don't ... read moreCD
(Limited edition of 300!)
Frank Perkins/Troy Donahue/Modern Folk Quartet/Con —
Palm Springs Weekend ... CD Warner/Intrada, 1963. New Copy ...
$18.99
A 60s rock and roll soundtrack, but one that's also a cut above the usual mixed-bag bunch – thanks to a nicely cohesive set of charts from arranger Frank Perkins! About half the tracks here are by Frank – and they're nicely groovy instrumentals that have a jot of jerk and twist rhythms ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
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 moreCD
A trio of soundtracks from 60s films that starred Italian comedy giant Toto – each of them a bit different, given the change of narrative and composer! Piero Piccioni steps off with 15 tracks from Toto Diabolicus – music that mixes a bit of crime jazz with some of his early ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
Basil Poledouris —
Robocop ... CD Milan, 1987. Used ...
$6.99
An early 70s giallo soundtrack by Roberto Pregadio – who we know and love for some very cool and moddish jazzy soundtrack work a bit earlier on – and this is another groovy, yet necessarily seedy and sinister set from the under-appreciated composer! It revolves around a funky theme, ... read moreCD
A really beautiful little set of tracks – music composed to accompany vintage porn films from the 70s – played to perfection by the great Alex Puddu! The story behind the project is great – a friend was involved in rescuing and issuing rare porn from the underground – most ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A beautiful little soundtrack – one that's put together to accompany the fantastic bio-pic on the life of Elis Regina – one of the greatest Brazilian singers ever – and a set that's filled with some of her most compelling songs, plus a handful of great tracks by other artists too! ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A really great soundtrack from Gruff Rhys – a set that's maybe even more personal and beautiful than some of his more familiar records on his own! The music's for a film about the first week that poet Dylan Thomas spent in America in the 50s – but the sound is quite different from any ... read moreCD
Film noir to new wave, Italian film scores, cop movies, crime jazz, blacksploitation funk, spaghetti westerns, and more!
Henry Mancini —
Two For The Road/
