A fantastic lost slice of work from the legendary Krzysztof Komeda – and a set that's quite different than some of his avant jazz classics of the 60s! This album's still got a lot of jazz in the mix, but there's also a lot of the "sweet" mentioned in the title – mostly in ... read moreCD
Erich Wolfgang Korngold —
Sea Hawk ... CD Membran (Germany), 1940. Used ...
$5.99
A weird and wonderful lost soundtrack from Polish composer Andrzej Korzynski – done for a movie that was essentially a children's story, but with a great array of unusual sounds and very cool 80s keyboards! The music is very much in par with some of Korzynski's other classics – and ... read moreCD
A rare set from a soundtrack artist who's finally getting his due – Poland's Andrzej Korzynski, whose work was mostly cut off from the rest of us during the years of Soviet dominance! Despite that remove, though, Korzynski works here in a keyboard mode that resonates with some of the coolest ... read moreCD
A lost soundtrack from Francis Lai – one that's not even as well-known as some of his more obscure French scores from the 70s! Like most of Lai's best, this one was penned for director Claude Lelouch – for a western-themed film that starred James Caan – but scored by Lai with a ... read moreCD
(Limited edition of 1000 copies.)
Francis Lai —
Cinema (3CD set) ... CD Play Time (France), 1960s/1970s/1980s. Used 3CD ...
$12.99
He's got shaggy long hair on the cover, but we still love him anyway – and honestly, Francis Lai may well be one of our favorite soundtrack composers ever! Sure, the guy hit early fame for his soundtrack to A Man & A Woman, but as this big box set will attest, he had a genius career that ... read moreCD
One of the greatest pairings of a soundtrack composer and film director we could ever think of – the beautiful sounds of Francis Lai, matched with the brilliant images of Claude Lelouch! Most folks know the pair best for their famous collaboration on the film Un Homme Et Une Femme (A Man ... read moreCD
An incredible collection – and the first to ever really dig deeply into the rich body of work from soundtrack composer Francis Lai! Lai's known best to the non-French world for a handful of movie hits – music for A Man & A Woman, Love Story, and a few other films – but over ... read moreCD
A classic Francis Lai score for this Claude Lelouch period film that starred Jacques Dutronc and Marlen Jobert – set in pre and post-war Paris, and featuring a variety of historical themes intertwined with the usual Lai touches! There's some nice 70s touches to the production and ... read moreCD
Two unusual western scores from French maestro Francis Lai – an artist who's usually better known for his romantic soundtracks of the 60s and 70s! Les Petroleuses has a nice variety of sounds – some of the slinky, sexy, Euro-styled numbers you'd expect from Lai in the early 70s, and ... read moreCD
A wonderful soundtrack to this overlooked Claude Lelouch film from the mid 70s – a sweet and sentimental comedy that's supported by a tremendous score from the great Francis Lai! Lai's working here in an evocative style that's almost a blend of his work on Vivre Pour Vivre and Passager De La ... read moreCD
One of the greatest soundtracks ever – an archetypal album from French composer Francis Lai, and a record that set the tone for countless other imitations to come – yet which is still the best! The groove here is really unique – a spare blend of bossa influences, jazzy organ ... read moreCD
A trio of western soundtracks from composer Angelo Lavagnino – one of the lesser-known composers of the Spaghetti years of the genre! First up is Johnny West – a soundtrack represented here by 11 tracks that range from more typical western themes to mellower, more introspective numbers ... read moreCD
A wonderful little record from Michel Legrand – one of his best non-soundtrack albums of the time! The album is titled after the theme to the soppy film Brian's Song – but it's got a lot more to offer than that – and has Legrand performing versions of soundtrack numbers from a ... (French, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Wonderful lost work from Michel Legrand – a fantastic, and fantastically overlooked, 70s soundtrack – completely essential to have in a CD version like this, since most of the music hardly appeared in the film at all! The score takes off nicely from some of Legrand's more famous work ... read moreCD
A dream come true – a special 5CD box set, based around one of our favorite soundtracks ever – with a huge amount of added music! The core score is presented on CDs 1 and 2 – fantastic music from the film Les Demoiselles De Rochefort (aka Young Girls Of Rochefort) – a jazzy ... read moreCD
Mitch Leigh & Joe Darion —
Man Of La Mancha ... CD United Artists/Ryko, 1972. Used ...
$11.99
... CD
(Out of print. Enhanced CD. Barcode has a cutout hole.)
Incredible work from one of our favorite soundtrack artists ever – Sven Libaek, a Norwegian-born composer who recorded some of his grooviest work on the Australian scene of the 60s and 70s! Sven might have sounded fine in his homeland, but when he got to Oz he really opened up a lot – ... 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
Stefano Mainetti —
Zombi 3 ... CD Beat (Italy), 1987. Used ...
$18.99
A supremely 80s-styled soundtrack to this Lucio Fulci Zombi film from the decade of cheap horror – done with lots of heavy electric guitar in a post-Goblin sort of way, plus a bit of tinny percussion and keyboards – all of which must have been a great accompaniment to the cheesy special ... read moreCD
Very dark horror from the Italian 80s scene – 2 incredibly creepy soundtracks back to back! Fabio Frizzi did the score to L'Aldila – with a style that's got some of the same electronics used on his other work from the time, mixes with freer, floating orchestrations that do a good job ... read moreCD
Nice 60s crime jazz from Mancini! Although Mancini's fame was made in the late 50s for his work on the classic Peter Gunn TV show, it's less known that he also did the score for the less-than-successful Peter Gunn film. Directed in 1967 by Blake Edwards, the film was a weak attempt to transfer ... 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
Henry Mancini's second album of stuff for the Peter Gunn TV show, and arguably better than the first one! The album's straight-ahead crime jazz – performed by a great set of players that includes Plas Johnson, Shelly Manne, Ted Nash, Paul Horn, and other west coasters. Tracks include "M ... read moreCD
One of Henry Mancini's best soundtracks – made even better! The score for Mr. Lucky was a masterpiece of jazzy little themes – and it's always been one that we've loved way better than Peter Gunn or some of Mancini's other more famous work. Here, Mancini redoes that music with a west ... read moreCD
Henry Mancini —
Party ... CD RCA/Reel Time (UK), 1968. Used ...
$11.99
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
Mancini's fourth soundtrack for the Pink Panther series – done in the mid 70s, with a mixture of the styles he used for the older 60s films, with slight touches that resemble his groovier work on 70s cop and crime soundtracks. The main title for the film features snippets of the original ... 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
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
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
Beautifully chilling music to the second and third Friday The 13th films – all masterfully scored by Harry Manfredini! The sounds here aren't as electric or rockish as some of the other slasher work from the time – and in fact, most of the instrumentation is from acoustic sources, but ... 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
A classic take on the "Batman" hit of the 60s – one that moves the tune from camp TV theme to sweet rock instrumental territory – in a manner that prefaces later takes on the tune by The Who and The Jam! The track may well be the biggest ever by The Marketts – and ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A great collection of rare soundtrack work by Jack Marshall – an artist you might know more for his instrumental albums on Capitol Records! The biggest part of the set features Jack's great score for Thunder Road – that excellent late 50s film that starred Robert Mitchum as a hot ... 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
A surprisingly weird and wonderful little record – one that features Rod McKuen's music for the film A Boy Named Charlie Brown, plus a few other tracks as well – all done in that slightly-broken style of Rod's we love so much! The aging poet McKuen might have seemed a strange choice to ... read moreCD
One of the more laidback western soundtracks we've ever heard – and we mean that in a great way! Franco Micalizzi seems to work here in a way that's more focused on the overall music than the genre of the film – and turns in some really beautiful slow-stepping numbers – some with ... read moreCD
The first-ever issue of a wickedly groovy soundtrack for a weird 70s Italian film – one that's also known under the title of Super Stooges Vs The Wonder Women! Franco Micalizzi always does a pretty darn great job, but he's really outdone himself here – blending together bits of ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
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
A lovely little soundtrack from Paul Misraki – done in the mix of jazz and more exotic elements you'd know from his famous 60s scores, but with a feel that's sometimes a bit more playful overall! The record begins with a great vocal reading of the song "Les Volets Clos" by ... read moreCD
A brilliant album through and through – not just a standout from the late 50s years of the Modern Jazz Quartet, but also a compelling soundtrack composed entirely by pianist John Lewis! Lewis' writing was always a key part of the group's sound, but here it really comes into its own – ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)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
Ennio Morricone —
Allonsanfan ... CD Beat (Italy), 1974. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
A lost 70s score from Ennio Morricone – penned for a period piece set in 19th Century Italy, and done with a driving, dramatic sort of feel! Some of the numbers here have that subdued orchestral mode that Morricone used at his most subtle moments – a style that's not as crazy as some ... read moreCD
Master Morricone in giallo mode – a lost early 70s genre effort from one of the greatest composers of all time! Chi L'Ha Vista Morire deals with a child murderer, and Morricone amps up the chill factor by working heavily with oddly bright-sounding choral arrangements – with ... 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 ...
$19.99
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
A score that's arguably much better than the movie it was written for – a great Ennio Morricone moment for a 70s thriller that starred Rock Hudson! Morricone's a bit restrained, but in a way that's pretty nice – making for some lighter orchestral numbers that offset the darker mood of ... 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
An unusual period score by Ennio Morricone – and a record that turned out to be one of his most successful of the 70s! The film, as you might guess from the title, is about the famous and unjust trial of Italian-American activists Sacco & Vanzetti – and in keeping with that setting ... 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
A soundtrack for the 21st Century – original film tunes written and scored by il maestro Morricone, re-mixed and re-done by the Compost Records collective! Compost isn't normally as into the soundtrack bag as some of their other contemporaries on the European scene – which is why this ... 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 surprisingly obscure soundtrack from Ennio Morricone – especially given that it was recorded at a time that's been quite well documented on record over the years! Yet the music here is also a bit different than the usual Morricone modes – just a handful of tracks, but longer too ... read moreCD
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
John Morris —
Bank Shot ... CD United Artists/Kritzerland, 1974. Used ...
$5.99
A goofy little score to a goofy little heist movie from the early 70s – put together with music that's as playful as the images on the screen! There's a real carnivalesque feel to John Morris' music for the film – and at many points, the tunes almost feel more like the kind you'd get ... read moreCD
2 great jazz soundtracks from the west coast scene of the 50s – back to back on one CD! First up is The Subterraneans – Andre Previn's jazzy score to the film based on Jack Kerouac's novel of the same name! Previn's working here in a mode that's sometimes lush and emotive, but often ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)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
A mad mix of tunes and sounds from the Nicktoons animated universe – full songs, shorter melodies, and even some snippets that work together nicely with the longer cuts! The whole thing almost feels like a mixtape of cartoon sources – especially given that the whole thing features a ... read moreCD
(Barcode has a cutout hole. Out of print.)
Bruno Nicolai —
El Cisco ... CD Digitmovies (Italy), 1966. Used ...
$13.99
An early western soundtrack from Italian maestro Bruno Nicolai – presented here for the first time ever, complete with a huge number of tracks from this obscure film! Much of the work is in a tense orchestra mode – peppered with western themes, but more conventionally dramatic overall ... read moreCD
A dark dark masterpiece from the legendary Bruno Nicolai – written for an equally dark thriller with a wonderful edge! The work here is on a par with that of Nicolai's frequent partner, Ennio Morricone – often using full orchestrations to score a deeper theme in the film – but ... 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
A full western soundtrack from the mighty Bruno Nicolai – augmented by a smaller number of tracks from two more films! The bulk of the CD features Bruno's groovy score for Arizona Si Scateno E Li Fece Fuori Tutti – a film with a very cool vocal theme that's sung a number of times in ... read moreCD
Sweet funky sounds from Japanese keyboardist/arranger Yuji Ohno – one of his lesser-known film scores from the 70s, but also one of his best! The record's got a bit of a cop/crime vibe overall – with lots of warm electric touches, of the sort you might find on an American thriller of ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
The contemporary soundtrack is alive and well in the hands of an artist like Oneohtrix Point Never – brought back to a new sense of intensity that it hadn't had since the early days of electronic pioneers like John Carpenter and David Lynch! Tracks are mostly spare, but striking – and, ... read moreCD
Film noir to new wave, Italian film scores, cop movies, crime jazz, blacksploitation funk, spaghetti westerns, and more!
Krzysztof Komeda —
People Meet & Sweet Music Fills The Heart (with bonus tracks) ... CD 
