Introspective work from Italian soundtrack genius Alessandro Alessandroni – mostly a western-themed score, one that features spare tunes that focus strongly on his own ability to play guitar with a haunting, ethereal quality! A few tracks have some nice electric instrumentation submerged in ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful 70s sound library album – and one that focuses strongly on the whistling talents of Alessandro Alessandroni! Make no mistake, this isn't the kind of cheesy whistling that you'd hear on midcentury pop singles – as Alessandroni first honed his craft on Italian western scores ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Weird and wonderful electronics from the Italian scene of the early 80s – a selection of instrumental tracks that were originally designed for TV programs on space and the stars! The music is heavy on analogue elements – lots of dark moogy moments, soaring sonic flights, and some more ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic kitschy biker material from Davie Allan and The Arrows – one of the best-ever groups to play on schlocky soundtracks during the 60s! There's lots of guitar and lots of fuzz – and guessing from the photos of the movie, the music was the best thing about it! Toddler Mike Curb ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great little Bollywood soundtrack by one of key composers of the genre – and one that's still got all the right sort of elements you might expect! There's some really great upbeat tracks – nice groovers that even get a bit funky at times – and which have a few cool instrumental ... (Global Grooves, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Ann-Margret at her grooviest – singing the super-groovy theme from The Swinger – perhaps her greatest film appearance ever! There's a mod bounce to the album that goes way way beyond any of Ann's other albums of the period – thanks to arrangements from Marty Paich, Quincy Jones, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A totally groovy French soundtrack from the 60s – one that features a few very cool instrumental tracks, mixed with vocal numbers by a variety of different French rock artists – who almost give the set the vibe of an AIP soundtrack from the US at the time! Nicole Croisille does a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Back cover has some light aging. Front is great.)
A pair of cool British TV soundtracks – both of which feature an action jazz style to rival the best early work of Henry Mancini for the television screen! First up is lost spy soundtrack work from the British composer Edwin Astley – best known for his work on The Saint and Danger Man, ... read moreCD
A tripped-out little rock opera from Lex De Azevedo – post-Hair in both approach and spirit, with a jaunty approach to songwriting that certainly owes a lot to the MacDermot tradition! Many of the tunes have the vocals done in a chorus mode – one that creates a soaring, almost ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Lex De Azevedo & Heather Young —
Debbie ... LP Embryo, 1978. Near Mint- 2LP ...
$9.99
A creepy little show from Lex De Azevedo – with lyricist Heather Young playing the lead – in a setting that's almost like an After School Special! LP, Vinyl record album
A definite disco sensation from Babla – a singer who refits older Indian film songs with new club grooves for the 80s – definitely very much in the mode that's promised by the title! The set features older songs by Shankhar Jakishan, Kalyanji Anadji, and Hemant Kumar – plus a few ... (Global Grooves, Soundtracks)read moreCD
One of the most enigmatic soundtracks we've ever heard from Luis Bacalov – a set that's still as groovy as his work from the 60s, but with a lot more 70s rock touches overall! These elements come through in some of the English language vocals at the start, but then slide into lighter ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most enigmatic soundtracks we've ever heard from Luis Bacalov – a set that's still as groovy as his work from the 60s, but with a lot more 70s rock touches overall! These elements come through in some of the English language vocals at the start, but then slide into lighter ... read moreCD
A great thriller soundtrack – by one of the Italian masters of the 60s! Bacalov's score for the film mixes jazzy numbers with more suspenseful orchestral ones – but the best cuts have a jaunty groovy quality, of the sort you dig these old Italian soundtracks for! Bruno Nicolai ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from Luiz Bacalov – a set that's filled with sex and slink, but which also has a great sense of groove as well – blending bossa jazz, mod moments, and all the best styles of the late 60s Italian scene! The music is mostly acoustic, but has a really ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Luis Bacalov with Gato Barbieri —
Desbandes ... LP Vista (Italy), 1975. Near Mint- ...
$24.99
Beautiful – a larger suite of music by soundtrack maestro Luis Bacalov – featuring solo tenor from Gato Barbieri, plus Bacalov on piano and harpsichord, a larger ensemble, voices, and even magnetic tape! LP, Vinyl record album
One of Burt Bacharach's finest moments, and a soundtrack that we never tire of hearing! Burt wrote all the tunes – and the album's a wonderful romp, with lots of odd twists and turns that are quite different from Burt's usual bag (baby!), but which still have all of the charm of his best ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Burt Bacharach's finest moments, and a soundtrack that we never tire of hearing! Burt wrote all the tunes – and the album's a wonderful romp, with lots of odd twists and turns that are quite different from Burt's usual bag (baby!), but which still have all of the charm of his best ... read moreCD
(Limited edition!)
Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwicke/Artie Butler —
Love Machine ... LP Scepter, Late 60s. Sealed Gatefold ...
$3.99
Fantastic! This great Burt Bacharach score to an obscure film has some of his most fantastic orchestrations ever. The sound is cool, breezy, and with some amazing changes that make you gasp anew at his genius. Dionne Warwick sings on some tracks, and it's nice to hear her do material that you're ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole.)
Back-Wash Rhythm Band —
Golden Breed ... LP Capitol, Late 60s. Very Good ...
$24.99
One of our favorite surf soundtracks ever – and a batch of tracks that has a lot more to offer than some of the straighter, poppier competition at the time! There's a depth here that we really love – a way of digging in, and coming up with some great sounds that are clearly inspired by ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole.)
Bil & Cora Baird Marionettes/Sheldon Harnick & Jer —
Man In The Moon ... LP Golden, 1962. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
A pretty cool – and pretty weird kid record – one with a surprisingly sophisticated musical setup – thanks to lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock! LP, Vinyl record album
Nice soundtrack to the now-legendary film by Bruce Weber that tracked Chet Baker during some of the last days of his life. The set's got a nice mix of vocal and instrumental tracks, with Chet in fine enough form at the time of the recording. Titles include "You're My Thrill", "Moon ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Brigitte Bardot & Others —
Bardotmania ... CD El (UK), 1950s/Early 60s. New Copy 2 CDs ...
$6.9913.99
More of a celebration of Brigitte Bardot in general than a straight collection of her own recordings – a really cool 2CD package that features music from famous Bardot films, some tracks sung by Bardot herself, and a few other numbers by different singers too! The orchestrations are lush at ... (French, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Cool Barry score for this spacey 70s film – Disney's attempt to cash in on the Star Wars action, but not nearly as successful as some of the other hits at the time. Titles include "Laser", "Into The Hole", "Zero Gravity", "Six Robots", and "The ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of John Barry's earliest scores for Bond – when his style was nice and raw, and when the Bond theme couldn't be heard enough throughout the course of the movie! Matt Munro sings the lyrics to the forgotten title hit – and other tracks include "James Bond Theme", "Tani ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the greatest soundtracks ever from the great John Barry – a set of tracks that echoes some of his famous modes from James Bond films, yet also has a unique quality all its own! Barry's got a strongly jazzy sensibility here – and spaces out some great instrumentation with the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Well, it's not Jaws – but it's still pretty darn groovy – a very cool set of tracks that features some long, lush orchestrations from the great John Barry – plus some sublime disco sounds from Donna Summer! The first half of the record features Barry's extended "Return To ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sweet little soundtrack by John Barry – very different than the full-on style he used for James Bond – but equally groovy in its own sort of way! The music was written for a spy thriller starring Alec Guiness, George Segal, and Max Von Sydow – a moody film that's handled here ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono 360 Sound Masterworks pressing. Cover has some wear, aging, and a promo stamp.)
Fantastic funkiness! Although Les Baxter's best known for his easy listening work in the late 50s/early 60s, this 1969 biker flick soundtrack is a motherlode of funky funky tracks, and a veritable cornucopia of breakbeats. The drums are nice and hard, and there's plenty of fuzzy guitars to give a ... read moreCD
A real oddity – a soundtrack on Vee Jay records, the label best known for their groundbreaking work in soul, blues, and jazz. Even stranger, the score is for a schlocky Vincent Price film, based on a Jules Verne story – written by Les Baxter, in the flowery style he used for some of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some aging.)
Quite different than the original US release of this classic soundtrack – as this UK lineup features a lot more songs – a side one's worth of gems from the film, and side two featuring additional new tracks from Lennon & McCartney! Movie tunes include "If I Fell", "Ha ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Wild stuff – a soundtrack made up of a number of different avant classical pieces, designed to accompany the film The Female Prisoner. Boulez directs Webern's "Five Pieces For Orchestra OP 10", and Leonard Bernstein directs Mahler's "Third Movement from Symphony No 4". ... (Out Sound, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed, but with splitting on the spine and a cutout notch.)
Two spooky Spanish soundtracks – back to back on a single CD! First up is music from Horror Rises From The Tomb – sounds that often feature a very weird, often watery organ line – of the sort you'd imagine some creepy guy playing in order to get ghouls to rise from their grave ... read moreCD
A jazz soundtrack double-header – one that features both the small combo and larger band version of the soundtrack to The Sweet Smell Of Success! Part of the CD features the Chico Hamilton Quintet's album of music – a wonderful bit of cinematic jazz from the 50s. The combo was a key ... read moreCD
A pair of obscure soundtracks, both with a western theme – fitting together surprisingly well on a single CD! Hud is one of Paul Newman's finest early moments on screen – scored beautifully here by Elmer Bernstein, who shows a surprisingly deft ear for guitar lines – spun out in ... read moreCD
After the fame that the Shaft soundtrack brought to Isaac Hayes, it seemed like every funky group was trying to get in on the blacksploitation action – and Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds were no exception! Cornbread, Earl, & Me wasn't exactly a Superfly-type film, but the group do a ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a split bottom seam held with some tape)
Three great French jazz soundtracks on one CD! The bulk of the set is taken up with Art Blakey's wornderful score to the film Des Femmes Disparaissent – which features work by Jazz Messengers Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, and Benny Golson, recorded in Paris in 1958, with a hip swinging hardbop ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A great soundtrack for a really stupid movie – featuring an amazing theme song! The soundtrack features some incredibly subdued work from Blood Sweat & Tears – playing in a laidback and jazzy mode that's like the best of Quincy Jones or Dave Grusin electric soundtrack of the time! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(70s Masterworks pressing. Cover has some ring & edge wear.)
Despite the colonialist overtones of the project – sort of the African equivalent to Porgy & Bess, at least in terms of authenticity – this groundbreaking musical was actually a crucial moment in the development of South African jazz. It's unfortunate that the package doesn't list ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An unusual Caribbean soundtrack – issued on the mostly-Latin Tico label! Titles include "Goombay", "Push Push", "Basket On Head", "Stranded", "Coconut Water Rum & Gin", and "Wanna Do Nothing All Day". (Global Grooves, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing! Cover has some light wear and a cut corner.)
Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall —
Bold Venture ... LP Command Performance, Late 50s. Near Mint- ...
$6.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Claude Bolling —
Lucky Luke ... LP United Artists (France), Early 70s. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$9.99
One of the stranger soundtrack projects from French jazzman Claude Bolling – his music for the animated feature of the comic character Lucky Luke! Mostly instrumental, but features one vocal track by Nicole Croisille, and two more by Pat Woods. Nice gatefold cover – filled with inside ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Shrinkwrap has some sticker remnants. Cover has a cutout notch.)
Jean Bouchety/Christian Chevalier —
Trop C'Est Trop! ... LP Pathe Marconi (France), 1975. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Jean Piere Bourtayre & Jean Bouchety —
Game Is Over ... LP Atco, 1967. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
A wonderful soundtrack to a very odd film – one of Jane Fonda's early French cinematic efforts, directed by (then) husband Roger Vadim. The score has a wonderful sweeping French feel – with bits of easy instrumentation, slight touches of jazz, and even a bit of tripped-out Eastern ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
This one's got a hokey title and cover – but it's a great batch of groovy 60s grooves! The album's supposed to feature songs from old-timey radio shows of the 30s and 40s, but Jimmy Bowen re-casts the songs (with the help of Ernie Freeman) into these campy 60s tunes, almost like a Laugh-In ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original stereo pressing. Cover has a cut corner & light aging.)
Leslie Bricusse/Lionel Newman —
Doctor Dolittle ... LP 20th Century, 1967. Sealed Gatefold ...
$2.99
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(Original 60s pressing – with book. Cover has a small cutout hole.)
Oscar Brown Jr, Sivuca, & Jean Pace —
Joy ... LP RCA, 1970. Very Good- ...
$0.99
Oscar Brown's score for a hip play that he wrote (one of his many plays!) – performed by him, Sivuca, and Jean Pace. Despite the "show" quality of the material, this actually stands simply as a great Oscar Brown Jr. LP, and the production is nice and intimate, and sounds just like ... (Vocalists, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ray Brown & Quincy Jones —
Adventurers ... LP Symbolic, 1970. Very Good+ ...
$19.99
A rare groover from the team of Ray Brown and Quincy Jones – a smoking little set that completely revises the music for The Adventurers! The original score for the film featured tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim, played by Deodato – a great combination at the time, but completely different ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent biker soundtrack – very different than the usual bag! For this one, Tony Bruno has come up with some great instrumentals – many of them jazzier than you'd think, and a few with some nice funky Capitol instrumental touches – not so much studio fuzz guitar, as they are ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ring & edge wear and some scrapes on front.)
Chico Buarque, Ney Matogrosso, Gal Costa, & Others —
Malandro ... LP Barclay (Brazil), 1985. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
The soundtrack for the film version of Chico Buarque's famous opera Malandro – and quite possibly the best recording of the music we've heard! The style here really benefits from the tighter studio production of the film – and the tunes are put together with strong arrangements that ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the heavy inner sleeve.)
RD Burman —
Mukti ... CD Subah Zindagi (UK), Late 70s. New Copy ...
$12.99
A classic soundtrack from Indian film composer Rahul Dev Burman – and one that reminds us just how important the voice was to the format over the years! Unlike some Bollywood soundtracks, which have long upbeat songs that are driving the dance numbers in the film – this score has a ... (Global Grooves, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Ralph Burns/Dustin Hoffman —
Lenny ... LP United Artists, 1974. Sealed ...
$0.99
Although the great Lenny Bruce never appeared in the Bob Fosse film based on his tragic story, Dustin Hoffman did a pretty great job of recreating his style, and of bringing together good performances of some of the most important monologues by Lenny, which are often missing from his other recorded ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed with hype sticker. Cover has a cut corner and some seepage stains at the top.)
Although Sam's best known as the tenor talent behind Louis Prima, he actually does a pretty darn great job on this soundtrack for an obscure jazzy film starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. Most of the tracks are standards, but they're done in Sam's hard heavy style, with lots of swinging and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Jerry Butler's funkiest moments of the 70s – served up in a fantastic soundtrack co-penned and arranged by the great Jerry Peters! Peters is best known for his hip work with a variety of soul acts in the studio, but he really steps out here for the score to Melinda – a lesser-kno ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
An obscure Hammer horror score from the 70s – one that's handled in an array of groovy modes by John Cacavas! We know Cacavas both for his sound library material and for famous scores for American films – and he seems to draw on the best of both modes here, by going for some tracks ... read moreCD
While some of this material was released later by Carlos in a different recording, this is the soundtrack to the film, with several orchestral songs and the Gene Kelly version of "Singin In The Rain" included next to Carlos' electronic versions of Beethoven and his own great work for the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Burbank pressing in a gatefold cover. Labels have address stickers.)
One of the strangest chapters in the history of the breakbeat! When this weird soundtrack to a religious film starring Pat Boone came out, who'd have thought that it would become one of the most sought-after soundtracks for hip hoppers. Released on the tiny religious label, Light, the album's a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
John Carpenter takes his classic film themes, and does them one better – by working here with his Lost Themes Band in some wonderful new versions of these famous tunes! The music is still very heavy on that stark guitar and keyboard style that Carpenter virtually invented in the late 70s ... read moreCD
John Carpenter takes his classic film themes, and does them one better – by working here with his Lost Themes Band in some wonderful new versions of these famous tunes! The music is still very heavy on that stark guitar and keyboard style that Carpenter virtually invented in the late 70s ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Leave it to John Carpenter to take a story about a car that kills people on its own, and turn it into something of weirdness and wonder! Carpenter's film version of the Stephen King book has gone on to become something of a timeless classic in contemporary horror – and one of the biggest ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Benny Carter/Louis Armstrong/Sammy Davis Jr —
Man Called Adam ... LP Reprise, 1966. Very Good+ ...
$6.99
A nice little soundtrack from the prime years of the Rat Pack – for a film that featured Sammy Davis Jr as a trumpet player! The overall score features work by Benny Carter – nice and jazzy, with the 60s swing he was bringing to his best work at the time – and on top of this, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color mono pressing. Cover has a cutout grommet.)
Chic, Teddy Pendergrass, & Others —
Soup For One ... LP Mirage, 1982. Very Good- ...
$0.99
Some of the coolest, weirdest music that electronic genius Suzanne Ciani ever recorded – sounds for a live performance of a socially-conscious opera – but done with a very eerie vibe that must have overwhelmed any of the artists on the stage! On record, the music works more as one long ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A horror soundtrack for the Mario Bava classic Baron Blood – but one that's done with some groovier touches than you might expect! Maestro Stelvio Cipriani handled the work for the score – and although he definitely brings in all the right dark edges for the narrative, he also ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Stelvio Cipriani —
Papaya Dei Caraibi ... CD Chris' Soundtrack Corner (Germany), 1978. New Copy ...
$21.99
Sexy sounds from the Italian scene of the 70s – music that's every bit as warmly erotic as you'd imagine from the cover! But as you might guess from Stelvio Cipriani, there's also a nice undercurrent of funk, too – kind of a gentle groove that's almost like some Euro sound library cuts ... read moreCD
Classic Italian cop work from the mighty Stelvio Cipriani – one of the few Italian composers who can work in a heavily electric mode, yet still get the richness of that scene's more acoustic years! The music is heavy on guitar and keyboards – but not in the later way inspired by Goblin ... read moreCD
Classic Italian cop work from the mighty Stelvio Cipriani – one of the few Italian composers who can work in a heavily electric mode, yet still get the richness of that scene's more acoustic years! The music is heavy on guitar and keyboards – but not in the later way inspired by Goblin ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 300 – on 180 gram vinyl & bonus CD!)
Stelvio Cipriani works here in a mode that's maybe a bit more string-heavy than some of his 70s work – but still used with that great sense of compression and space that always makes his music so wonderful! Unlike some other Italian soundtracks of 80s vintage, this one really has the sense ... read moreCD
Rhythmical movement is our favorite kind of movement – especially when it's done right, which it definitely is in the hands of Italian soundtrack maestro Stelvio Cipriani – who turns in some wonderful grooves for this rare sound library set! The album's got a funky vibe that matches ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Corner of cover has a very slight bump from shipping – but a very minor issue.)
Erotic demonic genius from Stelvio Cipriani – a slinky little soundtrack that's even more electric than some of his other 70s work! The vibe here is still very much in the best Ciprani mode of the time – often slightly funky, with undercurrents of groove that run through the tracks via ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Film noir to new wave, Italian film scores, cop movies, crime jazz, blacksploitation funk, spaghetti westerns, and more!
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