John Addison —
Sleuth ... LP Columbia, 1973. Very Good+ ...
$6.99
Mostly quirky orchestral numbers, written by Addison for this early 70s film that starred Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier. Tracks are relatively short, with lots of twists and turns conjured up by woodwinds and strings – and titles include "Milo The Clown", "The Bad Old ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Columbia Masterworks pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Noel Akchote/Mary Halvorson/Bill Frisell —
Loving Highsmith ... CD Ayler (Sweden), 2022. New Copy ...
$25.9928.99
A pair of duets, greatly expanded here – and taken way past their initial use as music for a really lovely film about the author Patricia Highsmith! There's nothing really soundtrack-like about the music – although the setting has given all the artists involved a chance to work on some ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Alessandro Alessandroni —
Sangue Di Sbirro ... CD Cinedelic (Italy), 1977. New Copy ...
$9.99
One of the funkiest soundtracks we've ever heard from Alessandro Alessandroni – a set that clearly shows he'd been listening to the score for Shaft, as well as a host of 70s sound library music too! There's lots of great Italian cop/crime grooves on the set – done at an understated ... read moreCD
A really great little single – one that takes a famous older theme from Italian sound library giant Alessandro Alessandroni, and turns it into a fantastic soul cut with vocals by Jessica Duncan! This isn't a cheapo "soundtrack remix" cut – as the tune's rebuilt right from the ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
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
A wonderful late 60s horror soundtrack – a real gem that's presented with a fair bit of exotic touches in the music! Weird vocals, percussion, odd horn parts, and other spooky bits really keep things interesting amidst the fuller orchestrations – and in a way, the score reminds us of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 1000 – on "Chlorophyll Blood" green vinyl!)
The great Luis Bacalov is one of the longtime masters of Italian cinema scoring – an artist who's done everything from 60s westerns to more contemporary sentimental films – and who turns out some really nice sounds for this obscure thriller from the 70s! The main theme of the film has ... read moreCD
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
Very groovy sounds created to match the films of director Fernando Di Leo – best known for his crime/cop films of the 70s, but heard here on a range of scores for different sorts of films from 1969! Silvano Spadaccio works with Iller Pattacini on the wonderful score for Amarsi Male – a ... read moreCD
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/Tom Jones/Dionne Warwick —
What's New Pussycat? ... LP United Artists, 1965. Very Good ...
$2.99
The classic Burt Bacharach score for What's New Pussycat – a mid 60s sex-farce starring Peter Sellers and Peter O'Toole! The album features some amazing vocal tracks that have become enduring classics – like "What's New Pussycat?" sung by Tom Jones, "Here I Am" sung ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing, including UA inner sleeve. Cover has light surface wear and a spot of pen.)
One of the most compelling albums in years from Billy Bang – and that's really saying a lot, given how much compelling music he's recorded! The set is put together in conjunction with a fascinating documentary on Bang's life, music, and time spent fighting in Vietnam – an experience ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A relatively serious score by John Barry – written for this mid 60s British social film that starred Judy Densch, Ann Lynn, and Norman Rodway. The scoring is incredibly sensitive – much more so than Barry's usual bag – with a solo reed instrument on many tracks, over ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some splitting in the top seam, with a small peeled spot from tape removal.)
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
(Mono black label pressing. Cover has light surface wear and clear tape on the corners.)
John Barry —
Whisperers ... LP United Artists, 1966. Near Mint- ...
$9.99
John Barry did the score for this dark British film starring Dame Edith Evans as an elderly woman slowly succumbing to the "whispers" of old age. The music is far different than Barry's Bond work, with more of a sophisticated orchestral sound – filled with dark brooding passages, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has a small split on the top left corner and light surface wear.)
A really unusual soundtrack from the great John Barry – maybe not what you'd expect for a British film set in the 19th Century! A large part of the soundtrack have these great brooding orchestrations – the kinds of passages that Barry would often unfurl in a James Bond film when the ... read moreCD
A great little James Bond soundtrack – written for one of the lesser-remembered Bond films, but filled with nice moments! There's a darker, moodier feel here than on some of Barry's other Bond scores – lots of stretched out tracks that have a bit more space than usual, and odd ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mexican pressing on UA/Gamma, in a flip-back cover with Spanish titles. Cover has some wear and aging, with lightly bent corners.)
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
(Reissue released in 2000.)
John Barry/Shirley Bassey —
Goldfinger ... LP United Artists, 1964. Very Good+ ...
$14.99
The soundtrack that put John Barry over the top – and to many, THE James Bond soundtrack! The album chills from the first notes of the haunting title theme – the majestic "Goldfinger", sung by Shirley Bassey with a tone that's as dangerous as a razor-sharp hat spinning ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sure it's a soundtrack, and sure it's got a number of songs that are just instrumentals from the film – but the record also features some excellent late Beatles tracks that can only be found here – including the killer tracks "Hey Bulldog" (almost a funky nugget), "Only A ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram reissue from 2012. Includes the heavy inner sleeve.)
Sure, the film was one of Burt Reynold's cheesier moments of the 70s (he also directed it too!) – but it sports a great little score by Charles Bernstein, one that's got some funky moments you might not normally expect! There's a touch of country at points – given the southern setting ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MCA Classics pressing. Vinyl has a press flaw and makes a short click during "Hannah's Club", but the rest is great! Cover has a cutout notch, light wear.)
Elmer Bernstein at his greatest – working here with the best mix of drama and energy he could bring to a film score during this golden age – a perfect blend of older orchestrations and a new sort of emotion that was perfect for the 60s! The score follows strongly off some of Bernstein's ... read moreCD
Nicer work than usual for Elmer – at least for this period – a sweet 70s score that mixes some groovy vocal numbers, upbeat action themes, and more standard orchestral tunes. There's a sense of space to the work that's quite nice – almost as if Bernstein had been taking tips from ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cutout hole and notch, light wear, and aging.)
Elmer Bernstein serves up some of his most famous soundtrack themes – but in a style that's even more jazz-based than the original! The group here is a large one, filled with great west coast players – and Bernstein's tunes sparkle even more in this rich setting than they did in their ... read moreCD
Elmer Bernstein handled the score for this steamy Hal Wallis romance film from the early 60s, based on a play by Tennessee Williams. The whole thing's fairly orchestral, with occasional breakaway instrumental touches designed to convey a slight feeling of "rural" or "southern" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some wear and aging, half split top seam held with clear tape, some sticker remnants, and a small stain at the bottom left edge.)
Bernstein at his best – coming up with a strong and driving score, written to accompany this great little western that starred Dean Martin and John Wayne! The main theme's got a lot of punch, and is very much in a "Magnificent 7" mode, and the other tracks on the album are good ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A funky soundtrack for this film about fist fighting – scored by the great Franco Bixio with the same sense of punch and power he brought to his crime and cop scores! The music's got this great blend of strings and pulsating passages – a sense of drama that's never overdone, and which ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Note: Top of cover has a very small split, about an inch – price has been discounted to reflect this.)
(Out of print, promotional release. Comes with two copies of the booklet, one of which has a signature.)
Blundetto —
VTC ... LP Les Rhythmes Ruban (France), 2022. New Copy ...
$24.99
A great use for the mighty production talents of Blundetto – an artist we're more used to hearing in more of a hip-hop styled setting, but who really takes off here with some fresh flavors and a more sophisticated sound! Blundetto's always had a great ear for standout organic elements, and ... (New Grooves, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Chris Boardman —
Local Color ... CD Chris Boardman, 2007. Used ...
$4.99
... CD
Claude Bolling —
Awakening ... LP Entracte, 1980. Very Good+ ...
$6.99
Quite a rich score from Claude Bolling – more orchestral and less jazz-based than some of his other soundtracks of the 70s – but very well suited to this tale of Egyptological horror! Bolling unfolds his instruments in a very nice way – sometimes starting with very low-end sounds ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has a mark that makes a short,faint click during "Margaret's Decision". Cover has light edge wear.)
Ruud Bos —
De Fabriek ... LP 678 Records (Belgium), 1981. New Copy ...
$22.9939.99
A rare later soundtrack from Dutch composer Ruud Bos – best known for some very funky work at the start of the 70s, and still going strong here a decade later! The score's got a much more mid 70s vibe than you'd expect – like some of the best American cop show work of the early 70s, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare later soundtrack from Dutch composer Ruud Bos – best known for some very funky work at the start of the 70s, and still going strong here a decade later! The score's got a much more mid 70s vibe than you'd expect – like some of the best American cop show work of the early 70s, ... read moreCD
The title translates as "naked over the fence" – and that's definitely where these guys are going, thanks to a funky 70s soundtrack from Dutch jazzman Ruud Bos! The music is prime Euro soundtrack funk at its best – lots of sweet keyboards, jazzy guitar riffs, and all these ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 500 – on heavyweight white vinyl!)
Marion Brown is a stunning saxophonist whose music seems to know no bounds – always full of these hidden corners that the mainstream missed back in the day – which is definitely the case with this fantastic rare soundtrack session from the end of the 60s! The music is unlike most of ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Oscar Brown Jr, Sivuca, & Jean Pace —
Joy ... LP RCA, 1970. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
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
(Cover has ring and edge wear and partial seam splits.)
Some of the trippiest sound library material we've ever heard from Sandro Brugnolini – in part because the core group here is a psychedelic combo, which might have led to a few of the tracks being used in a short animated film on Sharon Tate and Charles Manson! Yet as with most of the great ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An amazing record – one that stands as one of Chico Buarque's greatest from the 70s! The set was recorded in Italy in 1970 – and features Chico singing lead vocals over backings handled by Ennio Morricone – all in a style that's a perfect blend of MPB with the best elements of ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreCD
An amazing record – one that stands as one of Chico Buarque's greatest from the 70s! The set was recorded in Italy in 1970 – and features Chico singing lead vocals over backings handled by Ennio Morricone – all in a style that's a perfect blend of MPB with the best elements of ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A fantastic soundtrack recorded in the immediate post-Tropicalia years – featuring some of the best early 70s work by Chico Buarque, Nara Leao, Maria Bethania, and others! The cover has a mad image with Buarque, Leao, and Bethania in top hats and shiny uniforms – and the music follows ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare Roy Budd score for a film that starred Michael Caine – a tipoff that you're likely in for the same territory that Budd handled for Caine's classic appearance in Get Carter! The vibe here is slightly different, but does share some similar great elements – including occasional use ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A rare Roy Budd score for a film that starred Michael Caine – a tipoff that you're likely in for the same territory that Budd handled for Caine's classic appearance in Get Carter! The vibe here is slightly different, but does share some similar great elements – including occasional use ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Roy Budd —
Wild Geese ... LP A&M, 1978. Near Mint- ...
Just Sold Out!
Tightly-strung score for this forgotten war flick starring Roger Moore, Richard Burton, and Richard Harris. Budd does a nice job with the orchestra on this one, and most of the themes have a snappy militaristic style, in the vein of The Magnificent Seven or The Great Escape. Not as many jazzy ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sweet sampling of 4 tracks from the wonderful Vigilante project – a sampling of the funky 70s soundtrack work of Roy Budd! The set features 3 tracks that are all dancefloor remixes of Budd's classic grooves, done with a style that still holds all the charm of the original, but which ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(In the original sleeve, which has some light wear.)
Very weird soundtrack to this spooky 70s film starring Peter Boyle! Bobby Scott did the score, and it's hipper than most of his other stuff – with a mixture of jazz, groovy, and straight orchestral scoring. Jerry Butler sings vocals on the tracks "Where Are You Going?" and "Yo ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl has light sleeve marks. Cover has a cutout hole, edge wear, partial seam splits, flaking on top corner.)
A pretty great soundtrack set from Calibro 35 – a group who've been giving us soundtrack-inspired music for years, and who finally get a crack at the real thing here! If you know the group, you'll know that they've got a great ear for classic cinematic modes – especially those on the ... (Deep Funk, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The legendary John Carpenter first made his mark with Halloween – both as a director, and as a composer – the second a role for which he's finally gotten the attention he deserved! The original Halloween soundtrack was a masterpiece in understatement – spare instrumentation, ... read moreCD
Amazing work from John Carpenter – still a dedicated soundtrack composer long into his film career – and always a master of spare, spooky electronics! The instrumentation here is a bit evolved from some of his earliest classics – different keyboards and electronics developed ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(RSD Essentials pressing. Quantities pressed on demand and strictly limited!)
Hypnotic sound library material from Italian composer Daniela Casa – some of her rarest work from the mid 70s – recorded in her home studio and never before released commercially! It's very compelling work, with a range of styles from minimalist soundtrack music, to fairly heavy psych, ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes themes from A New Kind Of Love, Cabinet Of Dr Caligari, The VIPs, Charade, 8 1/2, Lord Of The Flies, Mondo Cane, and more. (Now Sound, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono red label pressing. Cover has some wear and aging.)
A great early record from the Munks – one that's actually got plenty of routines in with the songs – kind of a laff around the world spectacular that still has Ross Bagdasarian working hard in the studio! (Children's, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo Chipmunk Series pressing with deep groove. Cover has bent corners and a Sunset sticker.)
A striking soundtrack for this Italian horror film – not really a zombie flick exactly, but one with a very similar bent – scored by the great Stelvio Cipriani with loads of cool keyboards and rhythms! The horror mode's definitely of the John Carpenter generation – which means ... read moreCD
Stelvio Cipriani at his funkiest – taking all the lessons learned from his slinky, erotic sounds of the early 70s – and turning them into a mix of sweet sounds with a great late 70s vibe! Some tracks are upbeat and almost have a clubby feel, others have a great slow-stepping approach ... read moreCD
A record that's not only a landmark in Jamaican music – but also a set that was to reggae what Curtis Mayfield's Superfly was to 70s soul! In other words, the set not only raised the bar for all the competition, it also ended up in a lot more record collections than most of them too – ... (Reggae, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Vladimir Cosma scores for two films by Yves Robert – one of which features solo work by the great Toots Thielemans! LP, Vinyl record album
Elvis Costello (as Declan MacManus) & Others —
Courier (UK pressing) ... LP Virgin (UK), 1987. Near Mint- ...
$9.99
UK version of the soundtrack – with a fair bit of original material by Elvis Costello, recording under his real name of Declan MacManus – plus more by U2, Something Happens, Lord John White, Cry Before Dawn, Something Happens, and Too Much For The White Man. LP, Vinyl record album
Randy Crawford, Flora Purim, Eddie Harris, et al —
Sharky's Machine ... LP Warner, 1981. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$9.99
One of the coolest soundtracks ever for a Burt Reynolds film – an a hip mix of soul and jazz tracks that's gone onto become a classic over the years! The album's a compilation of sorts, but most of the material was recorded fresh for the film – and the different artists really work ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some edge wear and is lightly bent near the top.)
This Godfather's got a mighty long arm – and a mighty groovy sound, too – one that includes some great leaping rhythms bubbling up with basslines, and plenty of fantastic vocals from both Edda Ell'Orso and I Cantori Modern! Edda sings in that wordless breezy style she brought to some ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of our favorite-ever Miles Davis albums – even if it is a soundtrack that he recorded in France! The CD issue of this material features a whopping 20 minutes of extra material, for a total of 26 moody jazz tracks that were originally recorded for the French film Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A beautiful later album from Miles Davis – and a tremendous collaboration with composer Michel Legrand, in a set that returns Miles to the French soundtrack tradition he first started back in the late 50s! Some of the tracks here are quite spare – the kind of moody, ethereal solo ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the grooviest soundtracks we've ever seen for one of the classic Italian comedies from the team of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill – music that's got all the best qualities of Guido and Maurizio DeAngelis really coming to the forefront, without some of the sometimes-cheesy elements they ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nice bit of funky crime work from Italy – a soundtrack to an obscure payback film from the 70s, done here with a nice mix of heavy beats, tight guitar, and some cool keyboards! The groove here is very much in the style of some of the best compilations of Italian cop soundtrack work we've ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really haunting little sound library record, and one that's very different than just about anything else we can think of in the genre! The set is filled with spare keyboards and electronics – almost in the territory of Terry Riley, but slowed down in pace – so that it's more spacious ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An insanely fantastic overview of the soundtrack work of the legendary Francois DeRoubaix – the French film composer who often experimented with electronics, and also worked in a wider range of groovy styles too! Most of the music of Francois was never circulated on our side of the Atlantic, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Georges Delerue's great scores to Truffaut's later work, with a total of 18 tracks, including a few more tracks each from the films A Beautiful Girl Like Me, Day For Night, The Last Metro and The Woman Next Door. LP, Vinyl record album
A great overview of the early soundtrack work of Georges Delerue – one of the first great composers to emerge from the French new wave/nouvelle vague generation – and an artist whose music was often a key part of those films! Some of the new wave cinema used music by jazz artists and ... read moreCD