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 from a film starring Brigitte Bardot – mixed with other tracks that seem to foreground a version of the old west that's a bit playful – using ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer cut from a rare Italian soundtrack – the mighty "Badabadaba" – a weirdly scatting vocal number that's almost in the territory of the classic "Mah Na Mah Na"! The track's got this fast-riffing acoustic guitar that really drives the rhythm – while a ... (Funky 45's, Soundtracks)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
A gem of a package from one of our favorite film composers ever – a huge 10CD assortment of music from the earliest years of Michel Legrand – a set that shows just what an amazing career he was already having in Paris before his mid 60s rise on the international scene! The scope of ... read moreCD
A wonderfully mellow record by John Lewis – recorded with some great European jazzmen! Lewis leads the group on piano – and he's joined by Bobby Jaspar on flute and tenor, Giovanni Tomasso on bass, and Rene Thomas on guitar. The tracks are long, and a number of them also feature a ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Green and blue label stereo pressing, with Atlantic inner sleeve. Cover has some edge wear and yellowing from age.)
Joseph J Lilley —
Beau James ... LP Imperial, Mid 50s. Very Good+ ...
$0.99
Bob Hope stars in this bio pic about the famous New York mayor, Jimmy Walker – with vocals by both Bob and his co-star Vera Miles, plus more by Jimmy Durante and The Skylarks, and even a bit of narration from Walter Winchell! LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has adhesive residue on the spine and seams, with a half split top seam.)
A stunning soundtrack from the glory days of the Czech film scene – served up here in a weird mix of electronics, orchestrations, and voices – all at a level that makes you feel like someone went into the sound labs of the Italian scene of the early 70s, cut up all the tapes from the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic sexy soundtrack from Bill Loose – scored for a Russ Meyer Sexploitation film, but handled with a care that goes way deeper than you might expect! Bill brings in some nice jazzy moments on organ and guitar – and there's also some Sunshine Pop-styled vocals at points – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(45 rpm "Cherry" red vinyl pressing – limited to 750 copies!)
A tremendous soundtrack – nearly perfect in every way, and put together with a heck of a lot more care than the Russ Meyer film it was recorded to accompany! We honestly have never heard another Bill Loose score before, but with this one we'd rank him right up there with our favorites of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(45 rpm neon green vinyl pressing – limited to 750 copies!)
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
(Cover has light wear and a gold promo stamp in the top left corner.)
Madredeus —
Ainda ... CD EMI (Brazil), 1995. Used ...
$1.99
Original motion picture soundtrack from the Wim Wenders film Lisbon Story. (Brazil, Soundtracks)CD
Henry Mancini —
Party ... LP RCA, 1968. Near Mint- ...
$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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has a cut corner.)
An extremely unique Henry Mancini soundtrack – scored for this European film that starred Marcello Mastroianni and Ingrid Bergman – with a sound that's almost in a similar mood to the work of Ennio Morricone from the same time! Most of the tracks are fairly dark and moody – with ... read moreCD
A keyboard classic from Henry Mancini – and one of his greatest soundtracks ever! The album's far far different than most of Mancini's other work – a stripped-down, slow-funk batch of tracks that mix together keyboards and organ, riffing out over rhythm and strings, in a mode that ... read moreCD
A hell of a soundtrack from the great Johnny Mandel – maybe his jazziest work of the 60s, and perfectly scored for this groovy cop film that stars Paul Newman as the 45-wielding title character! The vibe here is almost more 60s Quincy Jones than anything else – with sublime ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed mono pressing! Shrinkwrap has a sticker remnant.)
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
An unusual record – one that features most of a full episode of the show, with music by Shelly Manne, and narration and sound effects too! LP, Vinyl record album
A surprisingly nice score, done for a relatively goofy Italian comedy at the start of the 80s – set inside a Chinese restaurant in Rome, and handled with some definite Eastern touches in the instrumentation – but all mixed up in funky cop show sort of backings – almost an early ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really great soundtrack from Jack Marshall – the groovy arranger you might know from a host of Capitol Records albums in the early 60s – stepping out here on a film that marked the movie debut of Herman Munster! The music echoes some of the themes you'd hear on the Munsters TV show ... read moreCD
Curtis Mayfield's lasting classic – and an album that the world will remember forever! Apart from being his hugely successful entry into the blacksploitation soundtrack field, this album's also a monster set of grooves that includes some of Curtis' funkiest work ever – a record that ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Frank McDonald & Chris Rae —
Mean & Dirty ... LP De Wolfe (UK), 1978. New Copy (reissue)...
$20.9922.98
A killer set from the legendary De Wolfe sound library of the 70s – a record that's got all the badass cop/crime vibe you'd expect from its shooting gallery target on the cover! The tracks are nice and lean – cop show funk, but without fuller orchestrations – so that you can ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A moody little soundtrack – but one that stands strongly on its own as a record – thanks to inventive weaving of vocals, tapes, and electronics from Shawn Pinchbeck and Rose McDowell! Rose has a voice that might be light and airy in another setting, but which is layered here in gentle ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An unusual little soundtrack to this obscure pre-Roots film about slavery – handled with some very nice touches from Gary McFarland, Bobby Scott, and Grady Tate! The music is penned by Scott, and is mostly in that hip blend of jazz and soul roots that he was using on some of his own 60s ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Gatefold cover version – just like the original album!)
A Corleone in Brooklyn – what could be better? Yet this Brooklyn is a 70s one, and gets scored by Franco Micalizzi in a really great way – funky at times, with other cool Italian scoring elements at others – all given a slight late 70s twist in the instrumentation and production, ... read moreCD
A Corleone in Brooklyn – what could be better? Yet this Brooklyn is a 70s one, and gets scored by Franco Micalizzi in a really great way – funky at times, with other cool Italian scoring elements at others – all given a slight late 70s twist in the instrumentation and production, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Classic cop soundtrack work from the Italian scene of the 70s – a funky nugget that rivals our own American police scores of the time, but one that also has some darker elements too! The upbeat tunes here often feature lots of keyboards, funky bass, and guitar – quick-tempo grooves ... read moreCD
A driving Italian soundtrack from the height of the cop/crime years – done with really full arrangements by Franco Micalizzi, in a way that easily rivals some of the best American work of the genre in the 70s! Most of the orchestrations are quite bold – upbeat rhythms with basslines ... read moreCD
Funky 70s crime cinema sounds from Italy – done for giallo, police thriller and gore maestro Umberto Lenzi's La Banda Del Gobbo, by Franco Micalizzi – a frenetic, funky and action packed score that hardly lets up for a moment! We knew we were in for a treat from the second we put it on ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A tremendous little police soundtrack from 70s Italy – one with plenty of Morricone-like touches, but that's A-OK with us! Luciano Michelini does a great job here of juxtaposing stark sounds with sweeter ones – particularly some great piano that's isolated nicely above the ... read moreCD
A tremendous little police soundtrack from 70s Italy – one with plenty of Morricone-like touches, but that's A-OK with us! Luciano Michelini does a great job here of juxtaposing stark sounds with sweeter ones – particularly some great piano that's isolated nicely above the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A sweet electric score from Luicano Michelini – and one that we might almost point to as an early entry in the keyboard sound of Italian horror films! The style's not as proggy or rockish as Goblin – and Luciano borrows maybe a bit of funk from some of the cop/crime scene – yet ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese white label promo, includes the insert. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill —
Carrier Frequency ... LP Finders Keepers (UK), 1984. New Copy ...
$22.99
A rare soundtrack from an unusual UK stage production of the early 80s – presented here on record for the first time ever! The piece was a stage extension of the novel Riddley Walker – and has this eerie, sci-fi like vibe – scored here by Graeme Miller and Steve Shill with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Charles Mingus —
Shadows ... LP Alternative Fox (UK), 1959. New Copy ...
$18.99
A great early moment for the legendary Charles Mingus – music that was used in the equally-legendary film Shadows – the first directorial effort from a young John Cassavetes! The album's worth it alone for the unusual piece "Untitled Percussion Composition" – one of the ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label Long Playing Unbreakable pressing with deep groove. Cover has light aging.)
Two of the grooviest tracks from the soundtrack to Gli Angeli Del 2000 – one of the best musical moments from Mario Molina! Edda Dell'Orso sings in the lead on "Ash" – but the tune is funky, and Edda's actually singing real lyrics – not the wordless vocalizations she ... (Funky 45's, Soundtracks)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
A pair of RCA Records gems from Hugo Montenegro – back to back on a single CD! First up is Theme From The Godfather – a sweet 70s update of the moogy groovy that Hugo Montenegro first started crafting in the 60s! The album's got both moog and Arp – the latter of which brings in ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreCD
(Hybrid Super Audio CD pressing – works on standard CD players!)
A beautiful illustration of the balance of light and darkness in the best work of Ennio Morricone – and an obscure soundtrack that dances between both sides of the spectrum! The main theme is incredibly sweet – one of those lightly drifting Morricone numbers that features wordless ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight "flaming" yellow vinyl!)
Great Morricone music for this legendary Italian western – a film that was first advertised with the line "When you've waited 15 years to a kill a man, it's a shame you can only kill him once!" The music here shows the same sort of determination as that statement – a driving, ... read moreCD
Great Morricone music for this legendary Italian western – a film that was first advertised with the line "When you've waited 15 years to a kill a man, it's a shame you can only kill him once!" The music here shows the same sort of determination as that statement – a driving, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 500 – on colored double vinyl!)
An overlooked Ennio Morricone score from the late 70s – one done for a b-grade erotic film, but which features the maestro working at the height of his powers! The instrumentation is maybe a bit more keyboard-oriented than a few years before – but handled in a way that really ... read moreCD
An overlooked Ennio Morricone score from the late 70s – one done for a b-grade erotic film, but which features the maestro working at the height of his powers! The instrumentation is maybe a bit more keyboard-oriented than a few years before – but handled in a way that really ... read moreCD
The actual film was weaker than the first Exorcist movie, but the soundtrack's a great one – a wonderful Ennio Morricone score, right up there with his better-known classics of the 70s! Some tracks have a full, sweeping style that's sublime – that compressed Morricone approach to ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition florescent green vinyl pressing!)
Bold, brash scoring from Ennio Morricone – a soundtrack that's a bit more dramatic than some of his better-known westerns from the time, done here with full orchestrations and a mix of haunting themes! The story is set in 18th century Mexico – and Morricone's music has some slight ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue and gold label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has a cutout hole.)
An early soundtrack from Ennio Morricone – and a more unusual setting than some of his famous later work of the 60s and 70s! The movie is a prison comedy, and is handled by Morricone with style that's heavily in the crime jazz side of the spectrum – maybe more in the mode of Piero ... read moreCD
A wonderfully weird Ennio Morricone score – done for an equally weird western that starred the great Terence Hill in the lead! The movie mixes in a bit of comedy with straight action – and Morricone's music really fits that vibe – with a blend of more familiar classic Morricone ... read moreCD
A fantastic score from Ennio Morricone – one of those extra-special soundtracks of his that really seem to elevate from the rest – with a sublime blend of elements that's completely unique! The sound here is in the best Mondo Morricone mode – often slowly stepping, kind of a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A groovy soundtrack to a film we'd love to see – an obscure thriller that starred Henry Fonda and Yul Brynner – and which, like most of the Morricone-scored films of the period, has dropped from cinematic history, even though the wonderful soundtrack lives on! The style of the music ... read moreCD
A wonderfully lush score from Ennio Morricone – done for this end-of-century film with Tim Roth in the lead – and which features the surprising appearance of Roger Waters and Eddie Van Halen on the track "Lost Boys Calling"! Don't worry, the rest of the album is prime ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Fantastic early soundtrack material from Ennio Morricone – penned for one of the "mondo" films of the time – a 1964 shockumentary on the state of Italian youth! As such, it's got lots of short jazzy tunes that run at a pretty fast groove, ostensibly to show the dissipation of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An impeccable collection of work from one of the greatest soundtrack talents ever – a package that brings together a range of rare work from the 70s, including a number of previously-unreleased tracks! The music does have some of the dark tinges promised by the title, but this is less the ... read moreCD
An impeccable collection of work from one of the greatest soundtrack talents ever – a package that brings together a range of rare work from the 70s, including a number of previously-unreleased tracks! The music does have some of the dark tinges promised by the title, but this is less the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited, numbered collector's edition with unique cover art, 2LP yellow vinyl, bonus single, and a 60 x 90 cm poster!)
Beautifully slow-building work from Ennio Morricone – caught right at that near-perfect start of the 70s point when he was a master of understatement and spare musical elements! Many numbers begin with a sound that's often very spare – sliding out of the darkness sometimes with just a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 300!)
Ennio Morricone —
Spasmo ... CD Beat (Italy), 1974. New Copy ...
$19.9928.98
Sweetness and darkness – perfectly blended together in this classic mid 70s soundtrack by Ennio Morricone! The main theme of the film – "Bambole" – is one of those Mondo Morricone type numbers that floats along on a gossamy sheen – vocals gliding softly over light ... read moreCD
One of the first big moments of global fame for the legendary Ennio Morricone – and a record that still stands as one of his landmark albums all these many years later! The set's famous for its haunting theme – that "wah-wah-wah" melody that led to countless covers and ... read moreCD
A stunning set that's packed with some of our favorite music from the soundtrack genius Ennio Morricone – that special style he created in the late 60s, as a way of blending together influences from jazz, bossa nova, and other instrumental styles – hardly the sleepy lounge music of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Not the trashy kind of passion you might expect from the cover – but instead, one of the most trademark sides of legendary film composer Ennio Morricone – his talent for building a tune up slowly, almost out of nowhere, then letting it flow gently with a wonderful sense of space and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dark genius from the legendary Ennio Morricone – one of the most important film composers of the 20th Century, and a master in just about any style! The work here represents a shift that Morricone made into darker modes as the 70s approached – sounds that stepped off from some of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really fantastic score from Ennio Morricone – maybe better this time around than the images on the screen for some of his other westerns of the period – more proof that the maestro was always willing to rise above, and give his best no matter what the setting! The music begins with ... read moreCD
Morricone fans – this one's got it all! The music is completely wonderful throughout, and a great mix of everything that makes Ennio Morricone so tremendous – a bit of bossa here, some funky bits there, and even some spookier slow passages with a nice atonal feel! The main theme of ... read moreCD
A soundtrack as striking as it's cover image – and a real lesser-known western gem from Ennio Morricone! The music balances a broad number of styles here – from darkly chanting vocals, to warmer mellower strings, to elements that more playfully evoke a sense of time and place – ... read moreCD
Ennio Morricone/Bruno Nicolai —
Bandits In Rome ... LP Quartet (Spain), 1968. New Copy ...
$44.9948.99
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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
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
This is the small combo recording of tracks from the legendary jazz score to I Want To Live! Although not featured that prominently in the film, the band of Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Bud Shank, and others were a pretty tight little group – even though it was strange to see this west coast ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(80s Japanese Liberty pressing.pressing – LBJ 60063. Cover has light wear, with some residue and a sticker on the spine.)
Mario Nascimbene —
Psycorama ... LP Minstrel/Roundtable (Australia), Late 60s. New Copy (reissue)...
$18.9931.98
Some of the moodiest, most unusual music we've ever heard from Mario Nascimbene – an artist who's maybe best known for working in the more romantic side of the spectrum, but who here is using a "mixerama" keyboard – which works a bit like the mellotron to sample elements, then ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Joao Negrao —
Asfalto Selvagem ... LP Paneg/Mad About Records (Portugal), 1964. New Copy (reissue)...
$34.99
A rare little bossa jazz album from the early 60s Brazilian scene – one that's also a soundtrack too, which gives it a different feel than most other records of its type! The music is a mix of jazz and occasional larger orchestrations – in the best tradition of the late 50s French new ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bruno Nicolai —
Defense De Savoir ... LP RCA/Transversales Disques (France), 1973. Sealed ...
$14.99
A cool little soundtrack from Bruno Nicolai – penned for a French film instead of an Italian movie – and with a sound that's a bit different than usual! Nicolai makes nice use of some sweeter themes here – a hint of the modes you might find in Michel Legrand or Francis Lai in the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Some of the darkest work we've ever heard from Bruno Nicolai – an Italian soundtrack composer who's usually in the more groovy side of the spectrum – but who here proves that he can be as moody and offbeat as his frequent musical partner, Ennio Morricone! The tunes have some occasional ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 400!)
Bruno Nicolai —
Geminus ... LP Four Flies (Italy), 1969. New Copy ...
$29.99
Bruno Nicolai is at the top of his game here – really working magic for the soundtrack to this extended late 60s mini-series for Italian television! The music sums up all the best Nicolai modes of the time – some of those Morricone-like moments of mellow groove, mixed with starker ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A trio of historically-themed soundtracks from the pre-kitsch years of Italian cinema – all of them delivered with a good deal of tension and drama! Roberto Nicolosi composed all three scores – one in collaboration with Angelo Lavagnino – and the work is a mixture of full strings ... read moreCD
(Out of print & still sealed.)
Harry Nilsson —
Popeye ... LP Boardwalk, 1980. Sealed ...
Just Sold Out!
Written by Harry Nilsson, arranged and conducted by Van Dyke Parks. LP, Vinyl record album
(Still sealed! Cover has lightly bent corners.)
Harry Nilsson/Micky Dolenz & Davy Jones —
Point ... LP MCA (Japan), 1977. Near Mint- ...
$14.99
A very weird variation on Harry Nilsson's excellent animated soundtrack for The Point – done here in an unusual British version, with post-Monkees work by Davy Jones as Oblio, and Micky Dolenz as Count's Kid and Leafman! (Rock, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
A deeply dark album from Nine Inch Nails – music done for the 90s videogame Quake, and which marked one of the first times a big-name act was providing the score for such a format! The music here is even heavier and murkier than the group's better-known records – almost experimental, ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jack Nitzsche, Willy De Ville, Mutiny, & Others —
Cruising ... LP Columbia/Lorimar, 1980. Very Good+ ...
$16.99
Strange mix of tracks for this film that has Al Pacino going undercover in New York's gay scene of the 70s. Most of the tracks are discrete songs, not instrumentals, and produced by Nitzsche. Jerome Bailey and Mutiny turn in one funk number called "Lump", and other tracks include "L ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The first James Bond soundtrack – pre-John Barry, but already showing Bond music as a genre unto itself! Monty Norman handles the music – and brings together some cool Caribbean sounds with familiar jazz riffs – a blend that showcases the Jamaican setting of the main narrative, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing.)
Alex North —
Bad Seed ... LP RCA, 1956. Very Good+ ...
$49.99
Nicely moody music from Alex North – served up here with direction from Ray Heindorf! LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear, a small peeled spot from sticker removal filled with marker, small pieces of clear tape on the spine, and a few small stained spots on back.)
Includes themes from Desiree, The Racers, Les Miserables, Viva Zapata, I'll Cry Tomorrow, The Bachelor Party, Unchained, Stage Struck, The 13th Letter, The Bad Seed, The Rose Tattoo, and A Streetcar Named Desire. LP, Vinyl record album
Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn —
Ravenous ... CD Virgin, 1999. Used ...
$14.99
Really groovy sounds from two great Italian film composers of the 60s – Bruno Nicolai and Nino Olivero – both working here to create a wide assortment of different instrumental modes! The film follows in the "Mondo" style of the period – kind of a fake documentary, with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the coolest, grooviest soundtracks we've ever heard from Riz Ortolani – an artist who did bigger, more mainstream film scores in the 60s – but who really developed a more electric vibe in the 70s! This soundtrack has Riz working at the top of his powers – bringing in ... read moreCD
One of the first big international soundtracks to come from the Italian scene in the 60s – the start of a great run that would continue through the decade, although maybe not with results as strongly as this! The score is for a strange documentary-like film (the title means "World Gone ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album