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
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
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
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 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
Two different Jimmy Stewart comedy soundtracks from the 60s – both of them nice! First up is Dear Brigitte – an overlooked 1965 score by George Duning – done with a mix of the playful modes you'd expect from the story, and some of those great deeper dramatic touches that Duning ... read moreCD
A creepy cover, but a really amazing batch of grooves – one that blends rootsy Brazilian percussion with elements of dub, funk, and hip hop – originally recorded as the soundtrack for a documentary on football, but sounding plenty darn great here on its own! Edson X is at the helm of ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Out of print. Booklet is wrinkled from light water damage, slipcover has water staining and an unglued seam.)
Original score by Fred Frith for Thomas Riedelsheimer's film about sculptor and land art pioneer Andy Goldsworthy! Frith plays guitar, violin, berimbao, piano, and adds in a bit of samples – with help from Wolfgang Stryi on soprano sax and bass clarinet, Karoline Hofler on bass, and Bernd ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A wonderfully striking soundtrack for a very offbeat film – an early 60s tale about a woman who gets trapped in her home elevator, and harassed by a band of intruders! The score by Paul Glass has all the right elements to live up to the tension in the story – beginning with those arch ... read moreCD
A great Jerry Goldsmith score from the mid 60s – penned for a western, but with a sensitivity that's much more like some of his best dramatic work of the time! There's some wonderful use of woodwinds and strings in the lineup – often with the sense of mature color and tone that Jerry ... read moreCD
The soundtrack to the 60s version of Stagecoach – the one with the outrageously beautiful Ann Margaret, Bing Crosby, Red Buttons, Slim Pickens and Alex Cord – with a lavish, though appropriately dust-strewn Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack! This '66 remake may not rival John Ford's landmark ... read moreCD
(Out of print,booklet has some light wear.)
Jerry Goldsmith/Lionel Newman —
Bandolero ... CD Project 3/La La Land, 1968. Used ...
$19.99
A way cooler soundtrack than you might expect – not only different than the usual western score of the time, but surprisingly sophisticated work for a movie that featured stars like Dean Martin, Jimmy Stewart, Raquel Welch, and George Kennedy! The music was conducted by Lionel Newman, and it' ... read moreCD
A great little soundtrack by Dave Grusin – and one of his rarest of the 70s! The work was written for the 1975 film by Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Mitchum as an American caught up in the world of the Japanese mob – and unlike other Grusin thriller scores from the time, this one's a ... read moreCD
One of the darkest soundtracks we've ever heard from David Holmes – presented here as one single long piece of music, put together almost as an audio collage that evokes all the tension and black mood of the film 71! Holmes really stretches himself strongly here – and goes for these ... read moreCD
(Case is clean but glossy finish shows signs of moisture on close inspection – still a nice copy.)
Nice soundtrack collection of Pedro Almodovar's films. 11 soundtracks, each house in it's own sleeve with a 60 page booklet with notes in English and Spanish. Includes the soundtracks for "The Flower of My Secret", "Live Flesh", "All About My Mother", "Talk to ... read moreCD
Frank Ilfman —
Sensoria ... CD Screamworks, 2016. Used ...
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One of the greatest soundtracks ever – a record that set a whole new standard for audio representation of a film! The mad music for the set was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vincius De Moraes – and performed by Luiz Bonfa on guitar – but despite such prime ... read moreCD
An amazing chapter in the pre-Hair career of Galt MacDermot – a set of rare organ recordings made in the mid 60s, all of which feature Bernard Purdie on drums! The groove here is really unique – never straight ahead, and always in that choppy, African-inspired MacDermot approach to ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
2 fab Mancini soundtracks on one CD! Mr Lucky may not be as famous as Peter Gunn, but one of Mancini's best soundtracks ever – and an equally great crime jazz TV set of tunes! The jazzy theme to "Mr Lucky" is reason enough to buy this album – as it's got these wonderful warm ... read moreCD
A classic! This is the record that made Mancini's career, and forever transformed the face of crime and jazz. The record's a stunning batch of instrumentals, played by a crack group of west coast players who also performed regularly in the TV show. Titles include the classic "Peter ... read moreCD
Wonderful TV soundtrack work from Skip Martin – who's really giving Henry Mancini a run for his money in the crime jazz department! Martin's score for the Mike Hammer show here is totally great – penned with a range of styles that run from swinging to sentimental – all handled by ... read moreCD
The MJQ always manage to sound especially great when working on music for film – and this album's a great illustration of that fact! The work here is written by John Lewis, for a movie that never lasted the test of time as much as the record – and it's some of John's most evocative ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Out of print, 2013 Japanese pressing – still sealed! Shrinkwrap has an old price sticker.)
One of the more obscure Ennio Morricone soundtracks of the late 60s – done in close collaboration with musical partner Bruno Nicolai, for a gangster film that stars John Cassavettes in the lead! A number of tracks have an older crime jazz sort of vibe – similar to the Italian modes ... read moreCD
The gentle, spare soundtrack to the film "The Piano" by noted UK minimalist Michael Nyman, very much in the vein of his non-soundtrack (and other soundtrack) work. 19 titles in all, including "To The Edge Of The Earth", "A Wild & Distant Shore", "The Heart ... (Out Sound, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A beat-era film classic – Andre Previn's jazzy score to the film based on Jack Kerouac's novel The Subterraneans! Previn's working here in a mode that's sometimes lush and emotive, but often more upbeat and jazzy – and performed by a host of great jazz players that include Gerry ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
AR Rahman —
Taal ... CD TIPS (India), 2006. Used ...
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(Note: CD is missing back artwork in case – and is priced accordingly.)
Sublime sounds from cellist Ernest Reijseger – an artist who we mostly know for his work in the field of improvised music, but who's also become one of the key soundtrack composers to work with director Werner Herzog over the past 20 years! In fact, it might well be said that Ernest is ... read moreCD