An unusual score for an unusual Italian film of the 80s – one that presents outwardly as a bit of a comedy, but which has some darker moments too – all of which come through very nicely in the music by Fabio Libertori! Fabio's definitely in the spirit of the decade with his ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An unusual score for an unusual Italian film of the 80s – one that presents outwardly as a bit of a comedy, but which has some darker moments too – all of which come through very nicely in the music by Fabio Libertori! Fabio's definitely in the spirit of the decade with his ... read moreCD
A knockoff version of the Star Wars soundtrack, but one that's also played by the London Philharmonic, and with a very competent orchestral sound. Side one has some of the biggest themes from Star Wars, and side two's got other "Stereo Space Odyssey" tracks, including the "Theme ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Grey label pressing. Cover has a spot of green paint and some shrinkwrap remnants at the bottom seam.)
A pretty nice action soundtrack from French composer Jacques Loussier – not as all-out groovy as some of his other work from the 60s, but filled with some nice touches that include jagged instrumentation over orchestrations, creating some jazzed-up bits that feel more like 60s crime jazz than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s Japanese pressing. Cover has light wear.)
A really unusual sound library session from the start of the 70s – a record with a number of very short tracks, each of which might make a sort of theme for a TV show – although there's a unified quality to the record that maybe makes every single track work together more as a whole ... (Sound Library, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mad funk from the great Galt MacDermot – a wonderful selection of obscure tunes from some of his best funky soundtracks! Galt's work on Hair has been sampled heavily by a variety of hip hop producers over the years – but even better is his work for less famous soundtracks, a good ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreCD
Galt MacDermot's in definite Hair territory here – working through a "new musical fable" that has plenty of great hippie dippy touches! The play and lyrics are by William Dumaresq, but it's Galt's great music that really makes the whole thing crackle with electricity – played ... (Jazz, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(UK pressing on United Artists. Cover has unglued seams.)
Michel Magne —
Fantomas ... LP Universal (France), Mid 60s. New Copy ...
$19.99
Excellent French crime soundtracks from the 60s – handled up with a great mix of jazz, mod, and other groovy modes by the mighty Michel Magne! Fantomas was this creepy blue-faced master criminal – depicted in three French films at the time – Fantomas, Fantomas Se Dechaine, and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Very groovy work from the mighty Michel Magne – an early 60s soundtrack on the French scene, and one that showed that music like this was soon going to rival all the cool changes going on in Italian cinema too! There's a nice blend of jazzy and mod elements going on here – older ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Striking sounds from Michel Magne – an artist who's best known for his groovy soundtracks of the 60s – but who steps out here with a rare experimental set from the late 50s! The style is very much in keeping with the most compelling of the postwar generation in France – as Magne ... read moreCD
Striking sounds from Michel Magne – an artist who's best known for his groovy soundtracks of the 60s – but who steps out here with a rare experimental set from the late 50s! The style is very much in keeping with the most compelling of the postwar generation in France – as Magne ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Beautiful work from French Soundtrack legend Michel Magne – an artist who's known for some famous groovy work at the end of the 60s, and already pretty far on his way with this earlier set! The record has an odd mix of styles – sometimes using strings in conventionally sentimental ways ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great collection of work from Michel Magne – one of the hippest French soundtrack talents of the 60s! Most of side one features music for the film Les Tontons Flinguers – an early 60s soundtrack on the French scene, and one that showed that music like this was soon going to rival all ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Lucio Maia & Jorge Du Peixe —
Amarelo Manga ... CD Y Brazil (Brazil), 2003. Used ...
$9.99
A wonderful pastiche of musical cultures – recorded to accompany this groundbreaking film set in a run-down hotel in Recife! The work's got a style that follows vaguely in the manner of some of the best recent underground Brazilian work we've been stocking – a combination of older, ... (Brazil, Soundtracks)read moreCD
One of the funkiest albums ever from Henry Mancini – a brilliant reworking of hit 70s cop show themes, put together with a really jazzy groove! The group's a big one – filled with hip players who include Clare Fischer on organ, Artie Kane on electric piano and harpsichord, Don Menza on ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original black label pressing.)
Henry Mancini —
Hatari ... LP RCA, 1962. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
Mancini's light lilting groovy score to this flop of a film by Howard Hawks! Again, the score is better remembered than the film – probably because it gave the world the great cut "Baby Elephant Walk", a goofy little number that still gets churned up a lot today. There's lots of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has surface & edge wear, ink stamp on back.)
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
An unusual one for Henry Mancini – and a real depature from his usual groovy soundtrack work, in favor of a western-themed batch of tunes! As you'd guess from the title, the album's got a distinct "Texas" sound – with tracks that kind of mosey along in a spaghetti western ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Orange label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear and small aged spots.)
Mancini's Hollywood material, admittedly with a couple of snoozers, but also it's share of timeless classics, like "Dreamsville" and "Days of Wine & Roses", plus some great versions of other film stuff like "Walk On The Wild Side" and Nino Rota's "Drink More ... (Now Sound, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label mono pressing, with deep groove. Cover has light wear and partial top seam split.)
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
A mighty hefty package – one that features expanded soundtracks for the final three Pink Panther films in the original run, plus bonus tracks too! First up is Trail Of The Pink Panther – a mighty nice Henry Mancini soundtrack – penned for the final Pink Panther film to star Peter ... read moreCD
Kind of nutty stuff from this weird Blake Edwards film that starred James Coburn and Dick Shawn. The material's not as jazz-based as some of Mancini's other scores, but it does have a delightfully nutty sound that's in keeping with the kind of mad 60s film it was written for. The postwar memory ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove, including RCA inner sleeve. Cover has light edge and surface wear.)
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 sweet little entry in the small Italian genre of "erotic films on island location" – served up with this fantastic blend of 70s instrumentation and older exotica percussion! The setting is the Caribbean, but that's more in fantasy than the musical styles within – as Augusto ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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
Great work from one of the best contemporary soundtrack artists going – Cliff Martinez's score for Drive – done at a level that's got a really classic vibe! And by classic, we mean classic 80s electronic – as Cliff has this spare, moody style that's really wonderful – ... read moreCD
Compelling work from Cliff Martinez – a contemporary soundtrack composer who's been getting the sort of nods usually reserved for classic artists – thanks to his work in films like Drive and this little gem! The music's heavy on keyboards, and done with a spacious sort of vibe – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the grooviest spaghetti western scores we've ever heard – penned for an early collaboration between Terence Hill and Bud Spencer! The main theme "Trinity" starts off with some cool vocal backing by Alessandro Alessandroni's I Cantori Moderni, singing underneath the English-la ... read moreCD
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
Mario Migliardi —
Matalo ... CD Beat (Italy), 1970. New Copy ...
$16.9922.99
Really great music for one of the trippiest westerns ever recorded during the spaghetti generation – served up here with instrumentation that often has a lot more psychedelic touches than other western scores of the time! Mario Migliardi didn't do that much soundtrack work in the period, but ... read moreCD
Maybe the rarest work ever from composer Graeme Miller – tracks done for continued episodes of the Moomin animated series he scored with Steve Shill, but which were unused at the time, due to a shift in presentation of the series! The music here as all the charm of the other Moomins releases ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill —
Moomins ... CD Finders Keepers (UK), 1982. New Copy ...
$6.9916.99
The Moomins comics have delighted the world for generations – but fewer folks have seen the early 80s Moomins TV show – which is a masterpiece of felt-based, stop-motion animation! And while the images on the screen are amazing, the music for the program is equally great – spare, ... 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.)
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
(Mono black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Includes both songs from film, and dialogue as well – plus some rare TV show, TV commercial, and rehearsal tracks! (Vocalists, Soundtracks)LP, Vinyl record album
Features the classic "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" – plus "When Love Goes Wrong", "Bye Bye Baby", "Ain't There Anyone Here For Love", and "A Little Girl From Little Rock". LP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow and black label pressing with deep groove. Cover has some surface wear, discoloration from age, and a lightly bent corner.)
One of the richest 60s moments from composer Hugo Montenegro – a soundtrack that's penned with a mix of string styles that are a nice bridge between the differing instrumental styles that Hugo would use in the 50s and the 60s! Some of the numbers showcase Montenegro's strong ability to score ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging.)
Rudy Ray Moore & The Soul Rebellion Orchestra —
Dolemite ... CD Generation International/Traffic, 1975. New Copy ...
$7.9916.98
Quite possibly THE mother of all funky soundtracks – the legendary score to Rudy Ray Moore's classic first Dolemite film! The record's been referenced for years, and all the hype is totally right – because the whole thing's overflowing with funky tracks both vocal and instrumental ... (Soul, Soundtracks)read moreCD
A cool change from the usual from Ennio Morricone – a later soundtrack, and one that features some surprisingly jazzy tracks! Part of the set features the more standard Morricone orchestrations you might expect – some really great tracks that have offbeat larger arrangements that are ... read moreCD
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!)
A fantastically beautiful record – easily one of Ennio Morricone's dreamiest scores of the 70s! Although the film itself is a western, Morricone's soundtrack is far different than usual – with hardly any traditional western themes at all, and mostly just music that's in that mellow, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 very spooky score for this film that's also known in America as "The Cat With Nine Tails" – the second collaboration between Ennio Morricone and noted horror director Dario Argento! The album's a bit different than some of Morricone's other work on horror films – and at ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary Edition – limited edition of 499 copies, on smoke vinyl, with poster!)
A very spooky score for this film that's also known in America as "The Cat With Nine Tails" – the second collaboration between Ennio Morricone and noted horror director Dario Argento! The album's a bit different than some of Morricone's other work on horror films – and at ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more unusual Morricone scores of the 70s – penned as part of a collaboration with director Maximilian Schell, and done in ways that are a bit different than some of the maestro's Italian work! There's plenty of voices at play here – the lead of Edda Dell'Orso, and harmonies ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the more contemplative 70s soundtracks from Ennio Morricone – almost a step towards the direction he'd take with some of his big international hits of the 80s! The music is often pensive – with some beautiful spare woodwind moments amidst light larger orchestrations – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A real European classic from Ennio Morricone – one of his fantastic soundtracks for French director Henri Verneuil – who always seemed to manage to bring the best out in the maestro! As with some of Morricone's other music for Verneuil, there's an approach here that almost doesn't even ... read moreCD
One of the darkest, moodiest soundtracks we've ever heard from Ennio Morricone – even in comparison to some of his atonal horror work of the 70s! The vibe here is almost 20th Century avant chamber – a bit like work from Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova, but even more experimental – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(50th Anniversary edition – individually numbered limited edition of 1000 – on heavyweight orange marbled vinyl!)
One of Ennio Morricone's first groundbreaking scores for the western – a brilliant batch of tunes composed for The Big Gundown, handled in a way that mixed the typical western guitar-based themes with some of the maestro's other compulsions – like wordless vocals and isolated ... read moreCD
A real European classic from Ennio Morricone – one of his fantastic soundtracks for French director Henri Verneuil – who always seemed to manage to bring the best out in the maestro! As with some of Morricone's other music for Verneuil, there's an approach here that almost doesn't even ... read moreCD
Features tracks from Le Serpent, A Pistol For Ringo, Il Etait Une Fois La Revolution, L'Harem, Le Maietre Et Marguerite, and L'Adieu A Cheyenne. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and a few bits of clear tape on the seams.)
A real standout in Ennio Morricone's roster of great work from the time – a record with all the best elements in place – including vocals by Edda Dell'Orso and orchestrations by Bruno Nicolai – but an overall format that's a bit different than usual! Most of the tracks here are ... read moreCD
A beautifully sensitive Italian police soundtrack from the 70s – one scored by Ennio Morricone with a bit less of the funky bits of other cop scores of the time, and a nice mix of sad-tinged, personal styles! There's a fair bit of key Morricone touches here that resonate with his best other ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A gorgeous second volume to this amazing set – every bit as career-spanning as the first edition, but with a nicely different focus! This time around, the set has some especially rare material for fans of the Italian soundtrack genius – including a full CD of rare TV soundtracks scored ... read moreCD
Rare soundtrack work from Ennio Morricone, recorded for an Italian TV series that didn't get any play on this side of the Atlantic! The music has a surprisingly haunting quality, especially for television – almost the darker side of Morricone that you'd hear in the earlier part of the 70s, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of Morricone's most famous scores – and certainly the one that got him recognized worldwide as a genius! The whole thing's pretty damn eerie – about as eerie as the movie, which is a real stunner – and it shifts from dark orchestral themes to sparer numbers that use guitar, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great Morricone soundtrack for a Jean-Paul Belmondo thriller – a score that starts out spare and brooding, then builds nicely as things move on – with lots of cool bottom-end sounds that make the whole thing really move up from the depths! Some tunes echo the sweeter side of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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
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
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
Ennio Morricone —
Themes – Passion ... LP Music On Vinyl (Netherlands), 1970s. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
$28.99
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
(Limited 180 gram pink & purple vinyl pressing, still in the stickered and numbered outer sleeve.)
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
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
One of the most haunting Morricone soundtracks ever – and one of the grooviest too! The album's a perfect blend of our two favorite styles of Morricone work – that of the floating female vocal over a gentle groove, and the darker, tenser side of his music. The main "Verushka" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition – on beautiful vinyl!)
Ennio Morricone & Gillo Pontecorvo —
Battle Of Algiers ... LP United Artists, 1967. Very Good+ ...
$9.99
A relatively dramatic score from Ennio Morricone– as you might guess from the military title! Some of the tunes here have a very strong military feel, but others move into surprisingly sweeter territory – that more mainstream side of Morricone's sound, but still pretty great – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tan label pressing. Cover has a cut corner, spots of clear tape on seams, sticker remnant.)
Ennio Morricone/Bruno Nicolai —
Bandits In Rome ... LP Quartet (Spain), 1968. New Copy ...
$34.9948.99
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
A dark and extremely avant garde soundtrack from the great Ennio Morricone – one that's done in collaboration with his own Gruppo Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – an ensemble with roots in film scoring, but expressions that are more in the mode of 20th century avant! The music is a ... read moreCD
A great score for an incredible film! Teorema is a strange and wonderful early film by Pier Paolo Pasolini – and about half of the soundtrack was written by Ennio Morricone, in a mixture of dark, edgey themes, and some more groovy tunes with a great late 60s Italy feel – an early ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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
(Mid 70s Japanese UA pressing. Cover has light wear.)
A pair of soundtracks for two of the creepiest horror movies of the 70s – back to back on a single CD, and given the top-shelf Film Score Monthly treatment! First up is the score for Soylent Green – a mix of very moody, unusually-toned passages that are mixed with some mellower, ... read moreCD
A great little score for a well-titled movie – given that Scent Of Mystery was the very first film ever issued in "Smell-O-Vision"! The film's big theatrical gimmick was that screenings were accompanied by a variety of odors to match the action or setting on the screen – but ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has some ring and edge wear, seam splitting, and a sticker at the spine.)
A wicked mix of proggish rocking and funky jazz – totally great, thanks to some added orchestrations from soundtrack maestro Luis Bacalov! The record is easily one of the most interesting from New Trolls – kind of a blend of jazz-influenced rock with some higher-concept ideas – ... (Rock, Soundtracks)read moreLP, Vinyl record album