A great soundtrack for a silly film – one dubbed in the notes as a "Spaghetti Western Kung Fu" movie! The music's by Alessandro Alessandroni, and it's a wonderful combination of his slinky 70s themes and some of his sparer scoring for westerns – with some tracks that some ... read moreCD
What can we say? This is one of the greatest soul soundtracks ever! In a market that was dominated by the big-selling Shaft and Superfly albums, Roy slipped in this masterful blend of jazzy vibes and wah wah funk that's easily one of the best-composed records of the blacksploitation genre! The ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Sweet little CD that brings together 2 rare scores by Luis Bacalov, both from 60's films that involve questions of duty, honor, and violence. The soundtrack to A Ciascuno Il Suo was released in the US under the title We Still Kill The Old Way, but in an abbreviated form that doesn't include a lot ... read moreCD
2 spaghetti western soundtracks back to back – both written by the Italian composer Luis Bacalov! The best of these is L'Oro Dei Bravados, which features 9 tracks that mix together conventional guitar-based western styles, with some quirkier Italian soundtrack elements that make the music ... read moreCD
One of the most sought after reggae soundtracks, and it's no wonder – Chris "The Vampire" Blackwell pulled out all the stops on this great compilation to the rarely seen film. As you'd expect, it's an all star cast of island (and Island) greats, with pure roots numbers sitting ... (Reggae, Soundtracks)read moreCD
One of the greatest moments ever from saxophonist Gato Barbieri – and that's saying a lot, given that by the time of this recording, he'd already had a great 60s run as an avant jazz musician, and started the 70s with a string of albums that criss-crossed jazz and South American musical ... read moreCD
One of the greatest moments ever from saxophonist Gato Barbieri – and that's saying a lot, given that by the time of this recording, he'd already had a great 60s run as an avant jazz musician, and started the 70s with a string of albums that criss-crossed jazz and South American musical ... read moreCD
Quite a shift for John Barry – not the usual groovy music you might expect, and instead a somewhat serious score written for this historical epic written and directed by James Clavell, starring Omar Sharif and Michael Caine! The sound is still wonderful, though – proof that Barry was ... read moreCD
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
Two lost scores – packaged together on a single CD! First up is Billion Dollar Brain, composed by Richard Rodney Bennett – done for an obscure late 60s spy thriller starring Michael Caine, and a really dark soundtrack! Bennett did a fair bit of jazz arranging in his time – and ... read moreCD
A great Elmer Bernstein score for this creepy psycho drama! At the best times, the score has the jazzy overtones of Walk On The Wild Side or Man With The Golden Arm – serious and soundtracky to be sure, but with some great work in a drama jazz style that was always Bernstein's best calling ... read moreCD
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 moreCD
Fantastic funk from the Italian scene – penned for a cop movie that was also known over here as The Hired Gun! The style here is even more of a cut above than usual for Italian crime – really on a par with the best American work of the period, particularly some of the extra-hip stuff ... read moreCD
Fred Bongusto —
Il Tigre ... CD GDM (Italy), 1967. Used ...
$18.99
A totally wonderful soundtrack from the great Fred Bongusto – every bit as groovy as you'd guess from the image on the cover! The music is a hip blend of jazz and other 60s mod styles – including some especially wonderful tunes with wordless vocals from I Cantori Moderni – who ... read moreCD
A real lost gem – finally reissued! The cover to this one advertises the more famous names that do tracks for the album – like Mountain, Delaney & Bonnie, and others – but the best tracks here are those by the great arranger Jimmy Bowen, who turns out some excellent ... read moreCD
David Brent (Ricky Gervais) —
Life On The Road ... CD BBC/Universal (UK), 2016. Used ...
$7.99
A big leap into the musical mind of David Brent – aka the character created by Ricky Gervais for the original UK version of The Office – now off to follow his dream as a singer/songwriter! The music here follows from those last few musical moments that Gervais gave us on the final ... (Comedy/Spoken, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A nude panther? This one already had our attention with the title – and once we heard the music, things got even better – a very groovy blend of jazz and 60s elements by Sandro Brugnolini & Luigi Malatesta – put together in modes that rival some of the better-known Italian ... read moreCD
The first-ever non-soundtrack album from director/composer John Carpenter – but a record that also draws strongly from all his many years in movies! All the classic Carpenter elements are firmly in place – cool keyboards, compressed guitar parts, and this spacious style of building up ... read moreCD
A pair of creepy soundtracks – back to back on a single CD! First up is Missile To The Moon – a score that seems to end its object into space through an array of short, dramatic moments – which build in tension nicely with lots of dark corners and edges, before bursting forward ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis —
White Lunar ... CD Mute, 2009. Used 2CD Gatefold ...
$9.99
Selection of pieces taken from the motion pictures & documentaries "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford", "The Proposition", "The English Surgeon", "The Girls Of Phnom Penh" and a variety of pieces selected from the vaults. CD
Twangy guitar, driving rhythms, and some especially nice atmospheric moments – a nicely complex western score penned by the team of Enrico Ciacci ahnd Marcello Marrocchi, arranged and directed by the great Robby Poitevin! The main theme is great enough – a very echoey number, that ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Stelvio Cipriani —
Black Spider ... CD Kronos (Austria), 2013. Used ...
$11.99
A really great little soundtrack – one that's got a sound that's as sexy and sophisticated as you might guess from the cover and title – served up by Italian 70s genius Stelvio Cipriani! Stelvio proves himself to be a giant both on the funky numbers and the mellower moments – the ... read moreCD
A mix of lushly romantic bits and modern studio flourishes from Italian soundtrack lifer Stelvio Cipriani – his compositions for Il Giardino Dell'Eden from 1980 – with sweeping strings and emotionally resonant pianos, along with some synthy and more stripped down touches. It somehow ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Stelvio Cipriani —
Papaya Dei Caraibi ... CD Chris' Soundtrack Corner (Germany), 1978. Used ...
$16.99
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
A wicked double-header – a pair of rare French vampire soundtracks, packaged together in a single CD! First up is Fascination – a totally cool score from Philippe D'Aram – one that's heavy on electronics, amidst the usual horror movie moods – which gives the music a cold, ... read moreCD
A surprisingly groovy soundtrack to a cheesy little Sinbad-esque film – with a really thumping electric groove melded with more exotic sounds! The work was done Guido & Maurizio De Angelis – a sequel to the Sandokan film from the previous year – with loads of chiming little ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis —
Mannaja/Tedeum ... CD BMG/RCA (Italy), 1972/1977. Used ...
$19.99
2 classic 60s spaghetti western soundtracks from Italian composer Francesco De Masi – back to back on a double-feature CD! Il Segno Del Coyote is a relatively traditional soundtrack – one that's got an older-style approach that features full, swelling strings on most numbers – ... read moreCD
A second volume of soundtrack work by Georges Delerue – written for the films of director Philippe De Broca, and covering a variety of different themes! The films covered in the set include Les Caprices De Marie, Chere Louise, L'Incorrigible, Julie Pot-de-Colle, Tendre Poulet, Le Cavaleur, L' ... read moreCD
A sexy Euro soundtrack from the 70s – penned for a film that's apparently filled with lots of scantily clad showgirls! The style is totally sweet – often heavy on the keyboards, or on the strings – slightly slinky one minute, then soaring to the skies in a Love Unlimited ... read moreCD
A couple of great soundtracks for the films of Billy Wilder – 1960's The Apartment, composed by Adolph Deutch, and Andre Previn's work for The Fortune Cookie – back-to-back on a single CD! Adolph Deutch's compositions from The Apartment roll from an easygoing jazzy vibe to sweeping ... read moreCD
Fantastic soundtrack work for the Stranger Things series from Netflix – a narrative set in the early 80s, and scored here with a sound that really gets that era right! This isn't schlocky 80s keyboard work, nor some sort of easy retro motif – and instead, the team of Kyle Dixon and ... read moreCD
Klaus Doldinger —
Das Boot ... CD Warner (Germany), 1982. Used ...
$7.99
(Out of print. Textured cover has two small tears from the original label, but hardly noticeable against blue background. Overall this set is in great shape.)
A beautiful jazzy score by Duke Ellington – and a fitting companion to this classic Otto Preminger film! The record captures Ellington at a perfect moment – right during his Indigos period of increased sophistication, when his band was at an all-time level of perfection – and ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Paul Englishby —
Luther ... CD Silva Screen, 2013. Used ...
$3.99
A groovier than usual score for a spaghetti western – penned by Gianni Ferrio, and filled with some really great touches! The quality of the record comes across from the very first track – the English language vocal theme "Let It Rain Let It Pour", which almost has a Leonard ... read moreCD
Part western, part Latin American – yet also filled with lots of weird and groovy touches – a compelling set from 60s Italy that goes way way way past the obvious! The set begins with an acoustic guitar over dramatic scoring, but then moves into modes that include mod rhythms, pan ... read moreCD
Another totally cool soundtrack from Italy! This nifty set brings together 17 very sexy tracks from the classic Emanuel softcore erotic film series. All the music is composed by Nico Fidenco, and it's got a sound that's different from a lot of these other Italian soundtracks, and which sounds a ... read moreCD
A compelling soundtrack for one of the more ill-fated westerns of the 50s! Friedhofer really moves beyond familiar stereotypes here – using offbeat orchestrations, often heavy on woodwinds and solo instrumentation, to create a nice sense of place and space – almost exotic at points, ... read moreCD
A pair of weird soundtracks from Italian soundtrack heavy Fabio Fizzi – the stylistically sprawling music for Zombi 2 (released in America as Zombie) and some later compositions for Un Gatto Nel Cervello! The Zombi grooves are wildly unpredictable – from neo Carribbean inflections, to ... read moreCD
Film noir to new wave, Italian film scores, cop movies, crime jazz, blacksploitation funk, spaghetti westerns, and more!
